Tag: "#MAGA Republicans"

Stop MAGA Shutdown!

Stop MAGA Shutdown!
Posted by on Jan 18, 2023 in Intro, Economic Justice
Stop MAGA Shutdown!

Call or write your representatives TODAY!  Better yet...contact your representatives and one or more of the legislators listed below.  For contact information go to

Common Cause

Background

MAGA Republicans in the U.S. House are planning a US government shutdown to force President Biden to destroy essential programs like Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Veterans benefits, public schools, college loans, and climate jobs.

President Biden will not give in to these MAGA terrorist demands, so the United States will default on its bonds, triggering an economic meltdown.

  • Stock markets will collapse, wiping out pension funds, 501ks, and IRAs.
  • Interest rates will soar, canceling investments in construction and manufacturing.
  • The U.S. government will be unable to pay the military, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, etc.
  • State and local governments will be unable to pay police, teachers, firefighters, hospitals, etc.

Before long, the U.S. will be in a Depression. But we can stop a MAGA Shutdown if only 5 out of 223 House Republicans vote with Democrats to lift the debt ceiling. 19 of them represent Democratic districts won by Joe Biden, so they are vulnerable to organized pressure from their own constituents. So we will organize voters in every Republican district to change their minds – or defeat as many as we can in 2024.

Republicans Against Default

  • Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01)

    • “I will tell you that we will not allow our country to default on our debt. The full faith and credit of the United States is what gives us the position we hold in the world. So that’s off the table. We’re not going to default. We cannot allow ourselves to default.”

Republicans who represent Democratic districts

  • David Schweikert (AZ-01)
  • Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06)
  • Mike Garcia (CA-27)
  • Young Kim (CA-40)
  • Ken Calvert (CA-41)
  • Michelle Steel (CA-45)
  • Zach Nunn (IA-03)
  • John James (MI-10)
  • Don Bacon (NE-02)
  • Tom Kean Jr. (NJ-07)
  • Nick LaLota (NY-01)
  • George Santos (NY-03)
  • Anthony D’Esposito (NY-04)
  • Mike Lawler (NY-17)
  • Marc Molinaro (NY-19)
  • Brandon Williams (NY-22)
  • Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05)
  • Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01): opposes default 

At a time when we are seeing one crises after another, this may be one of the most important for all of us to deal with.  Use your VOICE and apply the pressure.  Our very well-being hangs in the balance.  ACT TODAY!!!

 

A PROCHOICE MAN SPEAKS DIRECTLY TO MEN

A PROCHOICE MAN SPEAKS DIRECTLY TO MEN
Posted by on May 14, 2022 in Reproductive Rights, Newsworthy
A PROCHOICE MAN SPEAKS DIRECTLY TO MEN
 

A  PROCHOICE  MAN  SPEAKS  DIRECTLY  TO  MEN

As a dedicated male feminist, I have fought for abortion rights since 1984.

Yet in all these years, I have never spoken directly to men about why every prochoice man needs to join this fight.

The time has come.

In a few weeks, the MAGA Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade, the historic 1973 ruling that made abortion accessible and legal throughout the United States.

The results will be immediate and devastating, especially for women of color, poor, young, or LGBTQ+ people.

Just look at Texas, where MAGA Republicans banned abortions after 6 weeks - just 2 weeks after a missed period. Abortions in Texas dropped by half as women were forced to travel long distances to neighboring states. After Roe, many neighboring states will slam their doors shut.

What about shipments of safe abortion pills after 6 weeks? You guessed it - Texas banned those too.

Extreme, anti-choice Republicans in state legislatures have been ramming through laws regulating and prohibiting abortion for the last 30+ years, often in the dead of night.

For example, Louisiana Republicans in 2006 outlawed nearly all abortions, including for rape and incest. The law punishes anyone who performs or aids in an abortion with up to 10 years in prison - specifically forced labor camps - and a maximum fine of $100,000.

So when Roe is overturned, abortion will be outlawed or severely restricted in as many as 28 states, leaving the most personal, private decisions of 58% of the country controlled by MAGA Republicans.

For a brief time, abortion will remain legal in deep-blue Democratic states like New York, Illinois, and California.

But if MAGA Republicans win Congress in November - which polls say is possible - they will immediately pass a law to outlaw abortion in all 50 states - even Democratic-controlled states.

And this MAGA Supreme Court will do nothing to stop them.

So prochoice men: it’s time for all of us to join the solution.

Women have been fighting for reproductive freedom and abortion care since the 1960s. Women have marched, lobbied, donated, campaigned for prochoice candidates, and run for office themselves - even for President.

But MAGA Republicans cannot be defeated by prochoice, politically active women alone.

Moreover, abortion access has never been just a “women’s issue.” It affects every man who has ever experienced an unintended pregnancy with a partner - or tragically discovered a medical circumstance that made abortion necessary.

Abortion is an issue of personal freedom vs. governmental control over private decisions which impact everyone in a community and a family - including men.

We are fighting for a future where abortion is available in all of our communities, and all people can create the families they want without barriers, stigma or shame.

It’s time to call in every male ally to join the fight.

Ask yourself: are you "prochoice"? It's an extraordinarily simple question.

If a person gets pregnant - and believes deeply that she cannot carry that pregnancy to term - who should decide?

The person with her family and medical team, or Republican politicians, or anti-abortion vigilantes, or local law enforcement?

If you answer "the person," you're prochoice - just like me.

So now - in the post-Roe era - ALL pro-choice men must act.

Thanks for all you do.

Bob Fertik
Co-founder, #VOTEPROCHOICE
President, Democrats.com