Issa over-promised and under-delivered. The dramatic hearing that Republicans and Fox News hoped to use to bring down the Obama presidency and permanently derail Hillary Clinton’s still-unknown ambitions did neither — there’s still no conspiracy; there’s still no cover-up; there’s still no political scandal.
Tag Archives: Reproductive Rights
Another Benghazi hearing falls flat
Just don’t rape anybody
Is that really so hard to say? Guys, seriously. This isn’t about women jumping through every hoop imaginable in order to “avoid being raped”. This is about YOU, you know, NOT RAPING ANYBODY. Rape culture and hyper-masculinity and patriarchy and agency are all a part of talking about it, and those aspects are important to understanding and we should be discussing them. But what it comes down to is this: Stop raping. At its simplest, that’s it. That’s where we start.
Caution on Syria, another attempt to close Guantanamo
When I am making decisions about America’s national security and the potential for taking additional action in response to chemical weapon use, I’ve got to make sure I’ve got the facts.
Bold stance on reproductive rights
When you read about some of these laws, you want to check the calendar; you want to make sure you’re still living in 2013.

Oklahoma
Death toll from the Moore, Oklahoma tornado is still officially 51, but expected to climb by another 40.