Once again, a Trump win has 'insiders' questioning women's electability. Mikie Sherrill shrugs it off in New Jersey. Sherrill, a four-term House member and the lone woman running for governor in New Jersey, acknowledged that “insiders” have raised questions about whether women can win.

White men have been losing elections for hundreds of years and we don’t hear anything about them not being “electable” 🙄

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An incredibly powerful moment from Senator Maggie Hassan. As the mother of a son with severe cerebral palsy, she understands the search for answers.

Instead of helping families, RFK Jr. pushes long-debunked vaccine lies, making it harder to find real solutions.

He is dangerous and unqualified.

Trump pardons anti-abortion activists who blockaded clinic entrances President Donald Trump is pardoning anti-abortion activists who were convicted in the October 2020 invasion and blockade of a Washington clinic.

Trump has pardoned a number of anti-abortion activists convicted of violating a federal law meant to protect abortion clinics from blockades and violence — a law that anti-abortion activists would very like to take down.
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I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers | Rebecca Shaw Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s desperation to be cool as they suck up to Donald Trump is so cringe it makes my skin crawl

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The women of the West are making political history — and have been for 130 years Even before women had the right to vote, they were winning elections in the West. Now they're breaking barriers in three states with majority women-led legislatures.

I wrote about the surprising history of women in the west leading the way into political life.

Now the region is home to the only three majority women-led state legislatures in the country.

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Here’s Why Abortion Largely Won on Election Day—But Not on the Top of the Ticket Voters supported abortion rights measures while electing antiabortion candidates in the 2024 election. The split reflects a complicated abortion landscape post-Dobbs

"If the goal is for abortion to be de-siloed from partisan politics, we are making progress. But if our goal is bigger—and it should be—we should do much more."

@kellybaden.bsky.social lays it all out:

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A bright spot to begin the week. Excited about this campaign. Congresswoman Sherrill is a strong and compassionate leader.