It is Wednesday morning, 3 August 2022.
A little bit of news on the local front. The vote to amend the Kansas constitution went “No” and it was a resounding, winning by almost 20% with the largest primary voter turnout in Kansas history.
So… what did we learn?
I think we learned that women can and should be trusted to make their own decisions regarding their reproductive health. The whole point about Justice Alito’s opinion was to take Roe v Wade off the table and turn it over to the states and keep those laws local.
I would argue make it more local. Maybe rather than leave it up to the state, leave it up to the county. Or, instead of leaving it up to the county, leave it up to the community, the town, the city. Or, rather than leave it up to the town, leave it up to the neighborhood.
Or… this is a crazy thought – just leave it up to the individual.
I’m very proud of my fellow Kansans today. You don’t amend the state constitution to take away freedom.
Also on the news this morning, I see in a number of Republican primaries, election-deniers won. People are complaining that some of these election-deniers received backing from the DNC. I’m fine with that. The objective is to prop up a weak candidate that is easier to defeat in November. It’s the same strategy that Richard Nixon, with the help of criminal Roger Stone (yeah, he was pardoned by Trump, but he accepted the pardon, which in itself is an admission of guilt) used in the 1972 election to prop up weak candidate George Wallace over Hubert Humphrey.
Anyway, I need to get ready for my workday.
Once again, congrats to the women of Kansas.
I hope the world is treating you better than you deserve.
Peace y’all.
