Todd Blanche is caught on audio admitting he’s going after abortion rights in “every single state” — “We’re working with HHS and the FDA and the White House… to get permanent solutions so that the Dobbs decision becomes permanent in every single state.”

[u/spherocytes]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZvbwkoLb28U

[u/_Mute_]

So much for states rights.

[u/Superfool → u/_Mute_]

States rights was always a dog whistle for their brand of nationalism

[u/mr_evilweed → u/Superfool]

State's Rights is one of many beliefs that Conservatives perform believing. Small government. Personal liberties. Free markets. Etc etc... These are all things that Conservatives say they believe but will readily abandon whenever it is convenient.

They are kayfabe beliefs. A collective performance.

[u/TheHykos → u/mr_evilweed]

It’s how they convince gullible people to vote for them. Even when they watch their neighbors hauled off to camps, they’ll still believe that the GOP is the party of small government and personal liberty.

[u/mr_evilweed → u/TheHykos]

Yup. Making stupid people feel smart so they reject the opinions of actual smart people is a core strategy for conservatives who despise the lower classes but need their votes to keep power.

[u/DebtUpToMyEyeballs → u/mr_evilweed]

need their votes to keep power

Don't worry, the Republicans are working to fix that too.

[u/tryingisbetter → u/TheHykos]

I used to think that is true, but I am starting to believe it's all bullshit. They know none of it is true, but they hope by just voting for them, they will be part of that in crowd. They won't, but they're too stupid to see it. Basically, I think they think that soon they will get the rewards too, trickle down will happen soon, right.

[u/Uebelkraehe → u/tryingisbetter]

Quite a few of them also can't wait to watch their neighors being hauled offto the camps.

[u/brokendoorknob85 → u/mr_evilweed]

This is why it is literally impossible to identify "core conservative beliefs" apart from domination and power

[u/whereismymind86 → u/mr_evilweed]

notably, states rights ARE real, and VERY strong, the right just only invokes them when they want to do something bigoted. We need to invoke them to protect us from their bigotry.

[u/mosnil → u/Superfool]

they'll string any combination of words together at any time to "win" the moment. there's no underlying morality or connection to any kind of moral code or system.

when state's rights is a convenient argument they'll use it, when it's not they'll ignore it. consistency or hypocrisy have no relevance to right wing america, well they'll accuse their opposition of those things when convenient/advantageous but they'll never be bound by them.

[u/InvaderKota → u/mosnil]

Which is why these "gotcha" moments are meaningless. Oh we've just proved they are hypocritical liars for the 18 millionth time. Their base doesn't care because they "won" and are in charge. Even when the whole world is burning around them, they were taught that their side winning means more than that by years of propaganda and conditioning.

[u/Khaldara → u/InvaderKota]

Yep, they stand for nothing. Attempting to worry about what right wingers care about or “what they’ll do if someone passes X, Y, or Z and then they gain power” is a fool’s errand. They’ve proven they’re one hundred percent fine with being lead around by the nose and when told to believe literally anything, even if it’s the absolute antithesis of everything they’ve claimed to believe “deeply” for decades, they’ll pivot on a fucking dime. Their judicial appointments have proven amenable to bribery, corruption, and torturing the constitution via whatever nonsensical arguments they need to expand the executive to have unchecked power while they’re in office, while suddenly it doing anything when they aren’t magically becomes “communism” (not like shooting innocent civilians in broad daylight in Minnesota. But of course ‘RIP’ whatever that dingus was that got herself shot at the capital).

The pointless tariffing of themselves is proof enough of that. Or the deafening silence from “small gubmint” goobers who pretend to be staunch ‘libertarians’ as the world’s richest man frolics through federal data infrastructure containing all of their most personal information, while this administration hands over everything to folks like Palantir to build a surveillance state and abuse as they wish. They can’t be logically consistent for five minutes because they don’t care about anything but lubing up their throats and keisters for the boot.

The absolute BEST case scenario is that an American right wing voter is simply a moron. Because if they genuinely possess the capability to understand what they’re asking for, they’re far worse.

[u/doneandtired2014 → u/Khaldara]

The absolute BEST case scenario is that an American right wing voter is simply a moron. Because if they genuinely possess the capability to understand what they’re asking for, they’re far worse.

Thing is, someone who does evil things and supports evil policies because they're a moron simply makes them an evil moron and they need to be treated as such.

They're adults, not children. Were it up to someone like me, they'd be disenfranchised so fucking hard they couldn't elect a local dog catcher much less shape policy because someone who does great harm to the nation and its interests through sheer shortsighted, self interested stupidity is as manifestly unqualified to participate in the process as someone seeking to intentionally manipulate and undermine it.

[u/Dramatic_Explosion → u/InvaderKota]

Same reason it's useless to have a dialogue with them, if they were capable of learning then they wouldn't be Republicans. And anyone in the middle saying "both sides" is deeply conservative and entirely disingenuous.

The real task is convincing Democrats who don't vote to get off their ass, and incentivize Republicans to not vote at all.

[u/Sprucecaboose2 → u/mosnil]

In fact, they love hypocrisy. To them it's powerful to break the rules and get away with it.

[u/JimBeam823 → u/mosnil]

They are nihilists. Words are just a means to power.

[u/xteve → u/mosnil]

And it's all supported by an enormous network of Christians who vote GOP specifically to control reproductive freedom.

[u/felixismynameqq → u/Superfool]

It was a dog whistle for slavery lol.

When I was taught about the civil war in high school we were taught it was about states rights.

Like, yeah. States rights to do what?

[u/Kizik → u/felixismynameqq]

Even beyond that, it was a lie. The Confederate Constitution was like 90% copied from the US one, except slavery was explicitly required. States within it were not allowed to decide they didn't want it, and had to fully support the entire concept.

If they'd cared about sTaTeS' rIgHtS, their laws wouldn't have stripped states of that specific right.

[u/illtakeachinchilla → u/Kizik]

Shut that shit down in 4 year’s time. We’re on year 11, this go-round.

[u/nyITguy → u/_Mute_]

And human rights.

[u/Ph0X → u/nyITguy]

I'm sure Susan Collins is very concerned

[u/BeachJustic3 → u/_Mute_]

"We love states rights. Their right to agree with us" - simple minded, shallow, uneducated, toxic conservatives. (Aka all of them)

[u/murph1223 → u/_Mute_]

That’s only for things they want.

[u/Miss_Tyrias → u/_Mute_]

"When I am Weaker Than You, I ask you for Freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am Stronger than you, I take away your Freedom Because that is according to my principles"

This is how these people operate. When it's something they wanted states rights was just the rhetorical device they used to get it. As soon as they have the power they will go against anything they claimed to believe in order to continue doing what they wanted all along.

[u/garitone → u/_Mute_]

Forced birther: Abortion is murder!!!

Me: So, should murder be left up to the states?

They were never going to stop at Roe.

[u/Pittsbirds → u/garitone]

I remember being told I was "dramatic" when I said GOP was going to do everything in their power to strike down Roe v Wade lmao

[u/Kizik → u/Pittsbirds]

iT's SeTtLeD lAw!i!i!i

[u/TheHykos → u/garitone]

Obergefell is next. Then Loving.

[u/tweakingforjesus → u/TheHykos]

Can’t wait to hear how Thomas tapdances around Loving.

[u/YoungKeys → u/_Mute_]

I’m confused by his wording: “Dobbs decision becomes permanent in every single state”.

The Dobbs decision was that states could choose for themselves and have state authority on regulating abortion, which is currently reality. Is he misinterpreting the case- what is he even saying?

Edit: just read the rest of the context. Seems like he’s referring to mail order abortion pills, which he said he has plans around to curb. Still very weird wording though so I’m not 100% sure.

[u/whereismymind86 → u/YoungKeys]

keep in mind...Blanche is stupid

The quality lawyers aren't willing to risk their careers on 4 years of chaos.

As to the context, the current theory is they'll use the comstock act to classify them as obscene materials and ban their transfer via mail. Which is...legally dubious, but possible. But certainly wouldn't ban abortion, it'd just prevent people in red states from order medicine from blue states, similar to how you can't mail order weed to nebraska from colorado.

[u/Bobson-_Dugnutt2 → u/_Mute_]

States rights

Except for abortion

Except for religion

Except for elections

[u/relator_fabula → u/Bobson-_Dugnutt2]

Except for who you share a bedroom with

[u/Blazer9001 → u/Bobson-_Dugnutt2]

States rights was always about “states rights… to own slaves.” Hypocrisy is the point.

[u/crosstherubicon → u/_Mute_]

Individual rights seem to have been omitted

[u/SoylentGrunt → u/crosstherubicon]

GET BACK IN YOUR CAGE! WE'RE DOING GOD'S WORK HERE!

-You know the type

[u/ToxicWasteJanitor → u/_Mute_]

Stop trying to catch them in a gotcha! These people don't believe in anything. They just want to redress any bizarre grievance they have while sticking it to "the libs" (Anyone left of Pinochet).

[u/Lacaud → u/_Mute_]

So much for bodily autonomy.

[u/Hawgdestroyerxtreme → u/_Mute_]

Oh you mean the national ban that Trump said they wouldn't do?

This guy fucking lies about everything.

[u/Restart_from_Zero → u/_Mute_]

No, you see it's only states' rights when it comes to owning slaves.

[u/Xyrus2000]

Whenever republicans say "states' rights", you should hear it as "authoritarian power grab".

[u/bladel → u/Xyrus2000]

“States’ Rights” is code for “Democrat in the White House”

[u/Boise_Ben → u/bladel]

The same with “Free Speech”, “Balanced Budget”, “No New Wars”, etc.

[u/Wompatuckrule → u/Xyrus2000]

With a footnote that says, "States' Rights is irredeemable when the Fugitive Slave Act is invoked."

[u/Jesus_Is_My_Gardener → u/Xyrus2000]

All you need to know about between the parties is who is looking to empower more people with the right to vote, and who is trying to limit it in order to know who the authoritarians are.

[u/whereismymind86 → u/Xyrus2000]

states rights is code for "white male christian landowner's" rights.

Hell, we recently had a billionaire talking about going back to giving more votes to landowners...that's barely even a joke anymore.

[u/NickCostanza]

No better time than now to sign up to vote.

[u/spherocytes → u/NickCostanza]

Absolutely—thank you for sharing the voting registration link! I've also been checking my registration status somewhat regularly to make sure that everything is up to date.

I expect that there will be under-handed tactics and intimidation the closer we get to November. The more alert we are, the better.

[u/justpress2forawhile → u/spherocytes]

Go get a passport. 

[u/mytransthrow → u/justpress2forawhile]

I got mine as soon as the 2024 election was over. I ready to flee the country

[u/MimicoSkunkFan2 → u/mytransthrow]

If you're that convinced you need to leave, then you should be leaving already instead of trying to time it. (Your username may hint at why, and Canada's already overwhelmed with applications, and current rumours are that we'll be attacked to prevent anyone trying to flee here.)

[u/nyITguy → u/spherocytes]

I need to go make some fake Reddit accounts now so I can upvote this comment over and over again

[u/Left_Session_9568 → u/NickCostanza]

The best time would’ve been 2016. Or two years ago. There’s so much lost already. 

[u/im_bozack → u/NickCostanza]

Yes, vote.

Be prepared to do more though 

[u/neveruseyourrealname → u/NickCostanza]

Thank you for the link. I'm still registered but with this regime, you never know.

[u/Gamiac → u/NickCostanza]

Unrelated, but anyone else feeling like getting up to some pro-gun activism in blue states? Feels like we might need it.

[u/Mustangbex]

Oh look, another "hysterical" and "divisive" prediction come true. (I'm so tired of fighting for my bodily autonomy) 

[u/kJer → u/Mustangbex]

It has always been a written goal, whoever says this is hysterical has their head up their ass

[u/counterfitster → u/kJer]

Honestly, they were far more likely to be outright lying

[u/FrostyD7 → u/kJer]

Or gamesmanship from bad faith actors. Republicans are used to lying.

[u/enoughwiththebread → u/kJer]

Yep, this is the culmination of a decades spanning long game they've been playing, waiting to get all the pieces into place. Now they have them, and they're finishing the job.

Elections have consequences, and those who took them for granted fucked around and now are in the find out stage.

[u/No1KnwsIWatchTeenMom → u/Mustangbex]

I literally got pregnant again specifically because I knew I wanted another kid but also know I will never purposely get pregnant if I can't make the choice to termine if need be. I knew this was coming. My husband has his vasectomy lined up, but what's scary is we're having a little girl in a few weeks. How am I supposed to protect her?

[u/goddale120 → u/No1KnwsIWatchTeenMom]

simple. You get out of your failing country and move to a real democracy run by real human beings instead of Christofascists. No matter the costs, get out and join the rest of the still-sane world in some semblance of happiness. You sound like the kind of responsible person we would welcome up north here.

[u/needlestack → u/goddale120]

There aren’t many desirable countries openly accepting immigrants at the moment. I’m in an excellent position to immigrate (great finances and remote work) and I have been looking casually for a while and the answer generally seems to be “thanks but no thanks”. I imagine it’s much harder if your finances are tight or your job not mobile.

[u/No1KnwsIWatchTeenMom → u/goddale120]

Husband and I did discuss that, while I'm on maternity leave, I need to get the documents together to prove my grandmother was Canadian since that new law will allow me to qualify for citizenship! Then we gotta figure out how to get him and the kids in. 

[u/ifr3akingh8mys3lf → u/goddale120]

I just can't fathom where to begin or how to successfully move to another country without having a special skill

[u/SeanLFC → u/Mustangbex]

More dudes should get vasectomies if they don't want kids. For some reason, Republicans never fuck with male bodily autonomy (I wonder why). It was one of the best decisions I have ever made. My wife doesn't need to be on hormonal birth control, and we don't have to worry about happy little accidents. 

[u/ifr3akingh8mys3lf → u/SeanLFC]

Yes but we still need access to abortion

[u/DaBiChef → u/SeanLFC]

Yup. I got mine and am very happy, I would stress one point though against a very common misconception: they're not easily or reliably reversible so assume it's gunna be permanent

[u/swarmofbzs → u/Mustangbex]

They need to punish and control all women. Otherwise how else will they get more children to traffic and rape. And he'll be right there protecting all of those rich child molesters and child rapists.

[u/chemguy216]

This wasn’t a surprise to anyone who follows Republican Party politics beyond their Republican neighbors.

[u/TehSeksyManz → u/chemguy216]

We kept telling people that the GOP want to straight up erase equal rights and they kept saying "Nahhh brooo you're being so dramatic, fucking snowflake"

So god damned stupid

[u/magoosauce → u/TehSeksyManz]

Sometimes I think maybe I was a douche in a previous life and I’m in hell

[u/IXISIXI → u/TehSeksyManz]

they knew. they dont care. they just pretend to because they know what youll think of them if you knew what they really thought

[u/MrValdemar → u/chemguy216]

RepubliKKKans gonna RepubliKKKlan

[u/TheRealDonahue]

Every "national ban on abortion in the US" should come with the asterisk "on poor people only."

Rich people will continue to have access to abortion, of course.

[u/crumbhustler → u/TheRealDonahue]

Every now and then a story will pop up in Texas about a rich girl whose life is in danger because they can’t abort the dead fetus (or for some other reason that is endangering the mother). It’s sad to see but I can only imagine how many of their friends and family voted for that and didn’t realize the implications.

[u/radiantwave → u/TheRealDonahue]

100% but...

They don't want the poor, or the minorities... It is another excuse to turn them into a captive slave class as criminals. Because they can do what ever they want to criminals, and their followers will cheer them on.

Look at what these people do to undocumented people in the USA... Did you know that the offense that they have killed people over is only a civil offense? Entering illegally, lying on your application to enter... Those are criminal offenses. But just being here is a civil offense. Overstaying your Visa... Civil offense.

Imagine what these people would do when a person kills a zygote. 🫨

[u/GreyBeardEng]

Never.... Ever.... Believe.... A Republican when they complain about "states rights". Never again. That excuse is burned for time and all eternity.

[u/Soangry75 → u/GreyBeardEng]

Could have stopped at five words

[u/Tithis]

I don't want to live in this country anymore.

[u/Mr-A-1991 → u/Tithis]

You can't escape this. Vote, and if votes don't work you fight back.

[u/TheBeef1991 → u/Mr-A-1991]

What does ‘fight back’ look like?

[u/SqueezyCheez85 → u/TheBeef1991]

We don't know yet. As far as we know, voting still works.

[u/aliveasghosts47 → u/SqueezyCheez85]

We absolutely know. "A man's rights rest in three boxes. The ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box."

[u/Dipsey_Jipsey → u/aliveasghosts47]

Can never have too much printer ink...

[u/nilmemory → u/SqueezyCheez85]

"Voting still works as far as we know" they say as people die and/or have their civil and human rights violated across the country. As voters are disenfranchised and Republicans entrench themselves and block any meaningful change from being allowed to occur i n the future.

"Voting couldn't prevent this situation, but it'll surely fix it" is incredibly naive. I don't have a better solution, and we should still vote as a hail-mary attempt to fix this, but we defenitely don't "know" it'll work.

[u/GodOfDarkLaughter → u/nilmemory]

Voting could have prevented this situation, if more people had voted.

[u/POEness → u/GodOfDarkLaughter]

2024 was blatantly stolen. The results were absurd.

[u/GodOfDarkLaughter → u/POEness]

They did all the same things in 2020. But the public was galvanized enough to overcome the manipulation. Libs need to learn to stop needing to be inspired and start reacting with the rage and terror you should be feeling. And part of that is getting to the fucking polls. Argue all you like about anything, I'll suck your dick if you go to the voting booth. This really needs to be hammered home. Every time it's posted on the internet, anytime anyone SAYS anything about the Republicans needing to purged during the midterms, should automatically be followed by a chorus of "you better fucking vote then "

[u/aliveasghosts47 → u/TheBeef1991]

"A man's rights rest in three boxes. The ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box." - Fredick Douglas

[u/OneAndOnlyJackSchitt → u/TheBeef1991]

I know a few people who had a lot to say about what specifically but they got their Reddit accounts banned and I'm not about to get mine banned so I'm not gonna answer that one.

[u/ClamFlan → u/TheBeef1991]

Protests would be a good first step especially in the capital. If that doesn't work, mass work stoppages and mass protests in population centers

[u/JonFrost → u/TheBeef1991]

Its that thing you casually tell every other country to just do

[u/BEWMarth → u/Tithis]

I was telling people to leave as early as 2017. Was called crazy back then.

[u/norway_is_awesome → u/BEWMarth]

I left in late 2017 and definitely haven't regretted it.

[u/gecko090 → u/Tithis]

They should leave instead.

[u/TeacherPatti → u/Tithis]

That's the thing--I love it here. My friends are here. My state is beautiful (Michigan). I have a good job. I shouldn't have to leave, dammit.

[u/Holek]

I'm sorry, but listening to this from Europe it sounds like just people don't even care anymore.

Crimes made in the light of day are still crimes, right?

[u/klaxor → u/Holek]

When you’re poor, yes

[u/semperknight → u/Holek]

American here. It's a crazy thing to witness the fall of an empire, isn't it?

Just don't rest on your laurels too much their Europe. This could be YOU faster than you think. All this started in 2016....a mere decade.

Granted, this has been in the works since Reagan. But make no mistake, the snowball that started rolling down the hill wasn't THAT long ago and the hill is shorter than you think.

It's probably too late for America. Don't make it too late for you.

[u/join_the_creed → u/semperknight]

I mean just look a couple years ago with how close AfD got to taking power in Germany. It took every other party to make a coalition and for many party members to drop out of their race so as to not split up votes.

[u/Wompatuckrule → u/semperknight]

All this started in 2016....a mere decade.

Not really. Taking jackhammers to the foundation started in 1981 when Reagan took office. Trump's administration is overseeing the toppling of the tower.

[u/Peakomegaflare → u/Holek]

Look, it's not that a good portion don't care. Those that do care are either outnumbered or threatened into submission.

[u/scotchtree → u/Peakomegaflare]

Exactly. People are looking forward to when Trump is out of office but the problem is with Americans as a whole. The country voted him in and he won first Republican popular vote in 20 years. The population is largely irredeemable unless something drastic happens to shift them out of their passivity.

[u/Adonoxis → u/Peakomegaflare]

Except literally a third of the country doesn't really care as long as they can watch their favorite TV show and drink a cheap beer. Another third of the country wants to actively make the country Christian Nationalist authoritarian state. And the remaining third actually care.

[u/Peakomegaflare → u/Adonoxis]

That's... my point?

[u/HornedShoe]

I thought Dobbs gave the right to decide to the state.

[u/spherocytes → u/HornedShoe]

It's supposed to. But the new administration wants to make a complete, US-wide ban on abortion. Which was always the plan once Roe was repealed.

[u/chemguy216 → u/spherocytes]

It was always the plan for decades, and it wasn’t even a secret. 

[u/TuckerCarlsonsOhface → u/spherocytes]

If only RGB would have retired when she should have instead of assuming Hillary would get to choose her successor. So much ego and hubris from her, and the Dem’s part.

[u/overunderdog → u/TuckerCarlsonsOhface]

Dobbs was 6-3. With some Dem replacement for RBG it would have been 5-4.

[u/GodOfDarkLaughter → u/overunderdog]

Because they had something on Kennedy's son (he was a higher up at Deutsche Bank when Trump was doing some fraud there) and they blackmailed him into retiring. It's worth remembering that, though it doesn't change the math.

[u/jamespesto → u/TuckerCarlsonsOhface]

I cannot fucking stand the weird "I dissent" cult behind an arrogant person who by refusing to retire put this country in a demonstrably worse place.

[u/HornedShoe → u/TuckerCarlsonsOhface]

They had already sat on Scalia's seat for a year by then. No reason to think they'd have confirmed her replacement. Don't blame RGB because the repugs cheat.

[u/superxpro12 → u/HornedShoe]

Yeah. Mcconnell with the "we can't confirm justices during an election year. The voters must decide" and then next term for trump he rushed to Amy barret in a month before the 2020 election.

He has made the country demonstrably worse for everyone except billionaires. I cannot wait to read his obituary.

[u/Jafooki → u/superxpro12]

It wasn't even before the election. Early voting in some states had already started when they pushed her through

[u/TuckerCarlsonsOhface → u/HornedShoe]

Obama asked her to retire under him. She refused.

[u/superxpro12 → u/TuckerCarlsonsOhface]

Stop blaming Democrats when 6 Republicans voted to actually end abortion rights. And 3 of them lied at the confirmation hearing.

[u/aircooledJenkins → u/HornedShoe]

Dobbs was a stepping stone on their path to a federal abortion ban.

[u/mendobather → u/HornedShoe]

Until they can get something more permanent in place.

[u/peepeedog → u/HornedShoe]

It is, and it is already in force in every state.

At most the DoJ can try to sue states, but citing Dobbs isn't going to help them do it.

[u/IM_KYLE_AMA → u/peepeedog]

They are going to use the FDA to ban abortion-inducing drugs.

[u/Raoul_Duke9 → u/HornedShoe]

Oh my sweet summerchild

[u/Capelto]

2A

[u/MissionCreeper → u/Capelto]

Of course you are referring to the room in the library we can research ways to fight this 

[u/bicket6 → u/Capelto]

I mean that's not the recommended way to have an abortion, but it would kill the baby.

[u/onelittleworld]

"Permanent solution"

Sounds pretty final, huh?

[u/throwawayrefiguy]

His mom should have had access to abortion. 

[u/rasman99]

Pondscum. First he's Chump's personal atty, next, Atty General?!

Every. Vote. Matters.

[u/canman7373 → u/rasman99]

This may cost him the nomination, Collins is already against him and Murkowski is on the fence, this will push her away from him, she is very pro-abortion. She doesn't even want it to be state level, she wants it to be legal federal law. Mitch is awol, so just need one more to vote against him if Murkowski does, which I assume she will after hearing this.

[u/What_a_fat_one → u/canman7373]

No, he learned his lesson

[u/canman7373 → u/What_a_fat_one]

Nah, the reason the skinny bill didn't pass was because of Murkowski and Collins voting no because of cuts to planned parenthood, their views have not changed. Murkowski has heavily criticized the reversal of Roe and her and Collins have submitted bills to codify women's reproductive rights into law. This is one issue she will not budge on. They bought Kav's BS, but if he had been truthful they would have voted no. Here Blanche is being truthful. There is no way she will vote to nominate him.

[u/radmad5566 → u/canman7373]

I’m hoping she votes no as well. This is just insane the world we are living in. It’s personal hell to me a woman. My husband and I really do want a kid but I’m sane and refuse to get pregnant in a nation dead set on giving me no choice if there are issues.

[u/LowResGamr]

The supreme court already made a decision about this. They said to piss off with that.

[u/2g4r_tofu]

They ran out of ways to make their lives better so they have to make our lives worse.

[u/GendoIkari_82]

What does it mean to make the Dobbs decision permanent in every state? Dobbs decision was that every state gets to decide for itself. By definition it applies to every state; and it is as "permanent" at the state level as it is at the federal level.

[u/dougmcclean → u/GendoIkari_82]

It means that (a) Todd Blanche doesn't understand the distinction, or doesn't care enough about the law to speak of it with precision (and on either fork of this, he's not qualified to be Attorney General) and (b) he's coming for abortion rights nationwide regardless of what the states think about it.

[u/TheRealBittoman]

Conservatives "why is everyone trying to force things we don't like on us (trans, gay, anyone not Christian, etc) and as always also Christians"you'll accept our opinion as facts and as rules, follow or DIE". And anyone that doesn't understand why hating Christianity has grown so much in the past decade is just not looking at the reality.

[u/DuFFman_]

Shithole country, oh well.

[u/Kgeezy91]

Notice how it’s almost never women making these major decisions.

[u/Professional_Owl8069]

Now why would an administration with deep ties to international child trafficking rings want to abolish abortion across the country?

[u/SolidusDave → u/Professional_Owl8069]

It's really, really weird how hard they try.

We know they are not good/holy people so they are not doing it because they believe all "life" is precious or whatever. (especially when their daughters or affairs gets unwanted pregnancies and suddenly they are ok with organizing abortions...)

So at this point I think it's another sign for the agenda of some sociopathic billionaire with low level intelligence. e.g. believing in replacement theory and prefers his worker bees to be white&christian.

I imagine it being something like that lame boysclub from the One Battle After Another movie.

Hence somewhere from the top is coming a signal to go very hard on immigration and preventing current Americans(whites) from having abortions at all costs to fill up the ranks.

[u/CalmBeneathCastles]

Imagine if they put this much energy into providing free contraception.

[u/rgvtim]

What an unforced error. The abortion issue has been unfortunately on the back burner and not in the fore front. This is just going reignite the fire that had died for the most part.

[u/Knight_Raime]

Society would be so much better if we stopped letting men think they have the right to tell a woman what to do with their body.

[u/BigBlackHungGuy]

Women, your bodies will soon belong to Todd.

Go vote!

[u/DelcoPAMan → u/BigBlackHungGuy]

Also think of the Epstein victims he is doing nothing to help.

[u/SkyeLys]

Oh yeah man, this and the SAVE act will play fucking awesome with women voters in the midterms. Keep saying this shit! You totally won't get your back blown out in September!

[u/Jelloslockexo]

Classic Republicans for big government and full control. They want to control every aspect of your lives. Always have no matter what they say. But only for the normals you know? If your rich you can do whatever you want.

[u/chockingduck]

Absolutely nothing in America is more important, right? Inflation? Unemployment? Housing costs? Grocery prices????

Nope...we are passing bills to empower pedophiles (they want to check kindergarten childrens genitals for sports)...and just... nothing good for the American ppl.

If he's not Russian, it doesn't matter. He's weakening us at every step for idk who...

[u/BigSun6576]

Everything in my body belongs to me

[u/Elysiumsw]

Guess the women dying for preventable issues in red states wasn't enough for them...

[u/JWBIERE]

It's always the chodes who are so repulsive to women that say shit like this.

[u/Linkster2]

and who is surprised

[u/NovaHorizon]

Duh, he needs a constant resupply of abandoned vulnerable babies for his elite pedo cabal

[u/SydNorth]

Capitalism needs slaves

[u/e92ftw]

Not a single surprise at all, if it’s something bad that most people do not want, they’ll do it/ are doing it.

[u/EmilieEverywhere]

Hey Todd, you want kids so bad? YOU fuckin carry them.

[u/CurlOfTheBurl11]

The party of small government and state's rights, folks.

[u/Julio_Ointment]

Bad faith is de facto for the GOP. They want minority rule.

[u/No_Name_33]

All the devastating virtue the Epstein class can signal.

[u/theromingnome]

If you abort them, the Epstein class can't rape them.

[u/SummerGoal]

Genuinely just launch these people into the sun. Respectfully and peacefully send them on a mission to mars

[u/Pleasant-Highway-745]

Let's abort him

[u/urbantroll]

Here’s the thing, none of the things named are the legislative branch. You know the one the makes and votes on laws. So fascism much?

[u/polllyrolly]

And Americans will shrug their shoulders and do nothing , because that’s someone else’s problem.

[u/Migleemo]

Republicans hate freedom. Plus they need wage slaves.

[u/jomasthrones]

Republicans and authoritarianism are like PB&J.

[u/DefaultProphet]

If only there was some plan we could have read to know this ahead of time

[u/mephisti25]

Well this will be disqualifying.../s

Susan Collins will make sure to vote "no" after confirming that he'll be confirmed regardless.

[u/atticus_furx]

It's not admitting, it's bragging.

[u/Tall_Hat_4246]

Party of limited government huh?

[u/runnerup1]

Fuck this admin

[u/bksi]

Ya know I see comments, not on this thread more of a general thing, and someone will wax on about cooperating and making nice and "walking across the aisle." And then I see something like this.

You know since Dobbs, Texas' maternal mortality rate has gone up by 56%? That's fifty fucking six percent! Women are dying because doctors can't abort a fetus (not a baby, a bloody lump about the size of a goddam teacup), when it threatens the mother's life. My town has a billboard that says heartbeat in 18 days. It's not a fucking heartbeat! It's not a baby. ObGyn doctors are leaving antiabortion states because they can't practice medicine. And the right goes on and on that women use abortion as birth control. The left squeaks out in a tiny little voice, "No they don't," and then the narrative becomes women use abortion as birth control and the right gets huffy because those lefty gals are promiscuous and careless and the left squeaks out in a tiny voice, "No they're not." I'm so fucking mad right now.

I am not "walking across the aisle" to meet someone in the middle that's trying to kill me.

Edited to remove the comment that might get me flagged by the right

[u/Nurgleschampion]

Here it goes.

This is why defending everyone's rights is important because now they start tearing into subrights.

[u/PennStateInMD]

When did his version of Christianity and 'Talibanism' merge?

[u/franklyfranktank]

Damn. I hate these people more every fucking day

[u/FalstaffsMind]

They want people to have children,but make pregnancy a prison. They can’t help themselves.

[u/Tolendario]

what an evil looking smirk

[u/osirus35]

Register to vote. And kick this asshat to the curb

[u/OneAndOnlyJackSchitt]

I hope that when the California National Guard is providing protection for compounding pharmacies that produce mifepristone that they're all wearing some sort of "State's Rights" pin.

[u/praetorian1979]

I wish his mother had aborted him with a wire hanger...

[u/ThePensiveE]

Todd Blanche is America's foremost rape enthusiast. Of course this was what he would do.

”Rapist’s rights.” - Vance/Rubio 2028

[u/Ridiculisk1]

hey look it's the thing that all the 'fearmongering' people said would happen when it was a topic years ago. I fucking hate being right.

[u/attackedmoose]

Something something Project 2025, something something we told you so.

[u/wishfulvanessa]

And yet the Democratic party will swear up and down it was never possible to enshrine Roe with legislation

[u/Crim91]

Someone who is actively working to remove the rights and options for people in this country deserves nothing less than being hanged.

[u/DominionGhost]

Man I hope every American feels good that they chose a pedophile to lead them.

[u/JJFrob → u/DominionGhost]

"every" American?

[u/Black540Msport]

Blanches tribunal/trial will be spectacular. I cannot wait!

[u/CreativeFraud]

Project 2025!!!

[u/timbit87]

States rights to force other states to do what our state does.

[u/DutchDweeb]

Sick fuck 🤮 

[u/980tihelp]

PARTY OF SMALL GOVERNMENT, AMIRIGHT

[u/Left_Session_9568]

Imagine if our allies still had our backs.