War on Women

[Vrede too]

Trump surrogates (Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, Republican National Committee chief strategist Sean Spicer, Rudy Giuliani) not sure groping is sexual assault

Tell the Senate Committee on Committees:

"Remove Sen. Sessions from the Judiciary Committee. Men who can't define sexual assault can't make our laws governing sexual assault."

[Boatrocker]

Trump surrogates (Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, Republican National Committee chief strategist Sean Spicer, Rudy Giuliani) not sure groping is sexual assault

Tell the Senate Committee on Committees:

"Remove Sen. Sessions from the Judiciary Committee. Men who can't define sexual assault can't make our laws governing sexual assault."

I xtruggle enough with SC; I'm damn careful these days to whom I admit my AL birth and raisin'.

[Vrede too]

Just tell folks that you're a refugee . . . or escapee.

New petition, somewhat different targets:

The petition to Senate Republican leaders reads:

"Hold Sen. Jeff Sessions publicly and visibly accountable for sanctioning Donald Trump’s comments about serial sexual assault. Strip Sessions of all of his committee responsibilities and assignments.”

[rstrong]

Other Republicans are defending him: Rush Limbaugh complains about nonconsensual sex being called rape

The Guardian lists the new allegations from just one day:

On an extraordinary day even by 2016 standards, a raft of allegations emerged about Trump’s behaviour towards women, teenage girls – and a 10-year-old.

- Two women, Jessica Leeds and Rachel Crooks, told the New York Times that Trump groped or kissed them without consent.

- Another woman, Mindy McGillivray, claimed she was groped by the Republican nominee at a Trump foundation event at his Mar-A-Lago estate in Florida.

- Natasha Stoynoff, a reporter for People magazine, who said Trump forced himself on her shortly before she was due to interview him and his wife in 2005.

- Two Miss USA contestants claimed Trump deliberately walked in on them when they were naked in a dressing room. Five Miss Teen USA contestants also told Buzzfeed he had entered their dressing room while the young women – aged between 15 and 19 – were getting changed.

- A recording emerged in which Trump appears to sexualise a 10-year-old girl, with a video recording him saying of the child: “I am going to be dating her in 10 years. Can you believe it?”

Trump helpfully backed that dressing room allegation with another recording that emerged this week:

Well, I’ll tell you the funniest is that before a show, I’ll go backstage and everyone’s getting dressed, and everything else, and you know, no men are anywhere, and I’m allowed to go in because I’m the owner of the pageant and therefore I’m inspecting it ... I sort of get away with things like that.

[Vrede too]

I'm with Her, and her, and her, and her, and her, and her, and her, and her, and her, and her, and her, and her . . .

[Vrede too]

Voters Travel Near and Far to Pay Homage to Feminist Icon on Election Day



One hundred and forty-four years ago, a woman named Susan B. Anthony was arrested for voting in a presidential election.

Today, millions of women will cast their vote for Hillary Clinton -- the first female presidential nominee for a major political party.

Anthony's home city of Rochester, New York, is honoring her role in the movement for women's right to vote. It has become a bit of a tradition in Rochester to place "I Voted" stickers on Anthony's grave, but this year's turnout is unprecedented given the historic nature of the election.

The City of Rochester posted on Facebook that thousands have already gathered at the site. Mount Hope Cemetery is open until 9 p.m. so last-minute voters can still stop by to add their "I Voted" stickers, as well as special stickers made by the city that read, "#BecauseOfWomenLikeHER," on Anthony's grave.

Dozens of women visited the suffragette's grave to leave flowers or their "I Voted" stickers when Hillary Clinton became the Democratic nominee earlier this year. Some women, such as Elissa Blattman and her mother, visited Anthony's grave after early voting.

"Ever since I first found out about people putting their 'I Voted' stickers on Susan B. Anthony’s grave, it has been on my bucket list to do the same," Blattman told ABC News.

So she and her mother drove more than 350 miles from Rockville, Maryland (my childhood home, represent!), to Rochester, New York, to honor the iconic feminist.

"Words cannot express how glad I am that I got to pay tribute to her in this way, using the sticker I received after voting for the potential first woman president," she said....

Even for those of us that don't like Hillary, this is a great day for America.

Edit: That a woman got so close. We're still behind several Muslim nations.

[Vrede too]

Women Are Donating to Planned Parenthood in Mike Pence's Name
A brilliant act of defiance.

... To that end, women all over are donating to Planned Parenthood in his name. Not only are they supporting much-needed services for women, but they're also ensuring that certificates with the donation information are sent to Pence's office....

Darn, wish I'd seen that before sending off my wager donations.

[Vrede too]

Massive March for Women's Rights Planned for Trump's Inauguration

Maybe Mr.B will join the pro-sexual assault counter protest.

[Mr.B]

Massive March for Women's Rights Planned for Trump's Inauguration

"Maybe Mr.B will join the pro-sexual assault counter protest."

Nah, you go on by yourself, you don't need me; I thank you for asking though.
You're the one all gung-ho over being groped; that's more than I care to know.

[Vrede too]

Yet another wasting of our money by the women and Constitution hating NC GOP?

The ACLU, Center for Reproductive Rights, and Planned Parenthood Have Leveled a Coordinated Legal Strike on Restrictive Abortion Laws in Three States (Alaska, Missouri, and North Carolina)

[O Really]

Y'ever notice that it is extremely rare, if not non-existent, that people who keep passing unconstitutional restrictions on abortion are people who might actually have an abortion? Who proposes the restrictions? Old males. Or sometimes young males. Or sometimes old females. But people who are really affected by the laws? Nope, hardly ever.

[Vrede too]

If males got pregnant abortion would be a sacrament.

[Vrede too]

Obama bars states from denying (federal) Planned Parenthood funding

[Vrede too]

Children Scream 'Just Stop' in 911 Call From Lawmaker's Home

Unsurprising details:
South Carolina legislator accused of beating his wife and pointing a gun at her
cheating
The 36-year-old Republican was easily re-elected to a second term last month with no opposition.
state's high rate of women killed by men who know them.
staunch defender of the Confederate flag.
After the flag was removed in July 2015, he sponsored a bill calling for a statewide vote on whether to return the flag to a pole in front of the Statehouse.

[O Really]

What would be surprising if he actually got forced to resign or couldn't get re-elected again next time.

[Vrede too]

Looks like that will be up to the D.A.

... By state law, Corley must be suspended from the House if indicted on a felony charge....

[O Really]

Suspended isn't the same as getting kicked out. And if he pleads down to a misdemeanor or gets off entirely, he's good to go.

[Vrede too]

True, but it's rare for anyone to stay after a violent felony indictment.

[O Really]

It's rare for a Governor to get by with a Brazilian girl friend and still get elected to Congress, too, but this is after all South Carolina where they love them some randy gentlemen.

[Vrede too]

My Rep:



:cussing:

Congressman Meadows: Stop Your Attack on Laws Protecting Rape Victims on Campus (petition)