Kyle Griffin I wish we didn't have a handful of judges make decisions for every woman in the United States.

🧵Within hours the message sent loud and clear to women across this country is that if you ovulate, get pregnant, that very second you do you become property of the State. Over the last two years Texas has been leading the charge to make women 2nd class citizens, if not cattle

The precedent this sets should terrify even of you who think abortion should be illegal. Here’s why. 🧵

Mifepristone is used worldwide for miscarriage & abortion - it is safer than pregnancy, Viagra, and Penicillin.

Despite that, a religious lobby group convinced a random male judge in Texas to remove its long standing FDA approval on the basis of “safety.”

What if the next culture war is against your birth control, vaccines, or hormone replacement? Apparently, instead of scientists and experts reviewing data like every developed nation does, in the US a highly funded religious zealot can just judge-shop & do what they please.

• My expert opinion as an ObGyn licensed in Texas. • Breakdown of abortion pill safety data. • More info on the ADF & their hate filled history. • What this precedent might mean for the future of meds. Click: youtu.be/0iVEHcS_kGs

In the US money and power means so much more than science or democracy.

I will be forcibly taking my family to Texas. My friends also know they have to have their tickets booked soon. No, you can’t just watch it on TV. Nothing in the world compares to seeing this. On average, a given location only sees one every 375 years. bit.ly/40Rk8aV

“I prefer the RV parks. I prefer the Walmart parking lots to the beaches and things like that. There’s something normal to me about it,” Thomas said. “I come from regular stock, and I prefer that — I prefer being around that.” #resignclarence huffpost.com/entry/clarence…

Years ago, I attended a meeting about the future of democracy at Harlan Crow’s “house” (which was staged as a museum). I left deeply shaken by the Nazi memorabilia on display. Apparently I wasn’t alone. washingtonian.com/2023/04/07/cla… 1/5

Good.

'I am a racist:' Texas man convicted of murdering BLM protester’s social media posts reveal racist comments, anti-protester views statesman.com/story/news/loc… via Austin Statesman

NEWS: A little scoop building off of ProPublica’s great reporting: Slate can confirm Clarence Thomas’ mom definitely still lives in the house Harlan Crow bought. At least as of 2 weeks ago when Joel D. Anderson 🆓 interviewed her there for Slow Burn season 8 slate.com/news-and-polit…

At Greg Abbott's voucher rally in San Antonio, they can't close the doors to drown out the anti-voucher protesters because the gym has no air conditioning and it would imperil the elderly attendees. A great night in Bexar County #txlege

Holy shit. The convicted murderer who Greg Abbott (R) said he is moving to pardon for shooting a Black Lives Matter protestor just had his private texts released— they show him calling Black people “monkeys,” “animals,” and saying he wants to hunt them. houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas…

The Texas man Gov. Greg Abbott wants to pardon after he was found guilty of shooting a protester has several racist social media posts calling BLM protesters “people acting like monkeys” The jury didnt see these posts while deciding to convict statesman.com/story/news/loc…

As Texas Gov Abbot prepares to pardon a white man & convicted murderer for killing a peaceful BLM protestor—Texas sentences a Black man to 70 years in prison for “spitting at police” to “make an example out of him.”😳 Systemic white supremacy is thriving in the GOP. Horrific.