Medical organizations that support Issue 1 (1/2): The Ohio Section of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists The Ohio Academy of Family Physicians The American College of Physicians, Ohio Chapter The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine

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"Republicans...are unwilling to talk to their Democratic colleagues, who have repeatedly offered to work with those Republicans who reject MAGA extremism." But the Dems are called obstructionist... open.substack.com/pub/heathercox…

"Jordan’s failure to win the speakership even after threatening his colleagues showed that Trump cannot put his chosen candidate into the chair, but Emmer’s failure to win the speakership suggests Trump’s opposition can keep a candidate out of it." open.substack.com/pub/heathercox…

The mass shooting tonight was in Lewiston, Maine. Maine senator Susan Collins has expressed concern about the shooting. Susan Collins voted AGAINST renewing the assault weapons ban -- and AGAINST a ban on high-capacity magazines that allow mass shooters to kill faster.

The GOP has "elected a pro-Trump extremist as speaker. Johnson was instrumental in Trump’s attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election." open.substack.com/pub/heathercox…

"This nation faces grave threats to its constitutional order, because one of our two major political parties has embraced autocratic extremism." Speaker Big Lie, by Dan Rather open.substack.com/pub/steady/p/s…

"The firearms industry estimates that about 20 million AR-15s have been sold in the U.S., and mass shootings took off as individual rights trumped the rights of the community. "The NRA spent more than $204 million on the 2008 election." open.substack.com/pub/heathercox…

#OhioGOP "began their 'On the Record” blog on the state Senate website after Ohio voters rejected their attempts to make it much harder to pass constitutional amendments. ... "'It’s factually incorrect and basically lies.'" open.substack.com/pub/heathercox…

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"Agreeing to Trump’s claims about the rigged election is the absurdity you have to pledge allegiance to in order to show you belong to the tribe. It ensures your fealty by making you complicit." Peter Pomerantsev theguardian.com/us-news/commen…

“MAGA is ascendant, ...and if you don’t think that moving from Kevin McCarthy to MAGA Mike Johnson shows the ascendance of this movement, and where the power of the Republican Party truly lies, then you’re not paying attention.” ~ Matt Gaetz open.substack.com/pub/heathercox…

One need not be a chamber to be haunted; One need not be a house; The brain has corridors surpassing Material place. ~Emily Dickinson

"The House measure, providing aid for Israel only if Democrats agree to set aside Ukraine and Gaza and permit rich people to cheat on their taxes, will set up a fight with the Senate." open.substack.com/pub/heathercox…

"The greatest benefit of this exercise is not to get the metaphysics just right, which might be impossible, but to choose a life of conscious action."

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"The Republican Party’s problem continues to be America’s problem, and it is getting bigger by the day....All they have to do is steadfastly vote no. If they can prevent the government from accomplishing anything, they will have achieved their goal." open.substack.com/pub/heathercox…

“What will be lost when algorithms replace human creativity? …The technology will inevitably improve somewhat, but what’s the point of building tools that do things humans like doing and are already good at?” theguardian.com/books/2023/nov…