GOP suppresses the vote, risks your health, rules your womb. Sean Hammond of MEC on climate change

Michigan Policast for Tuesday, September 7, 2021 Sleazy but not illegal ballot drives to reduce voting access and endanger public health Texas abortion bounties, Roe v Wade, and Michigan's 1931 abortion law COVID. More COVID....

Michigan Policast for Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Sleazy but not illegal ballot drives to reduce voting access and endanger public health
Texas abortion bounties, Roe v Wade, and Michigan's 1931 abortion law
COVID. More COVID.
Sean Hammond from Michigan Environmental Council
Political notes

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@MichiganLCV
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@PressSec (Jen Psaki)

Jump to a topic:

Segment one: Sleazy but not illegal Republican “ballot” initiatives
Segment two: Texas abortion bounties, Roe v Wade, and Michigan's 1931 abortion law
Segment three: COVID. More COVID.
Segment four: Sean Hammond from Michigan Environmental Council
Segment five: Political notes

 

Sleazy but not illegal ballot drives to reduce voting access and endanger public health

Michigan Republicans announce voting restrictions ballot measure as end-run around Whitmer ⋆ Michigan Advance
Republicans launch ‘secure MI vote’ drive to reform Michigan election laws | Bridge Michigan
GOP legislators in Texas give final approval to new voting restrictions, overcoming Democratic opposition – The Washington Post
Texas G.O.P. Passes Election Bill, Raising Voting Barriers Even Higher – The New York Times
Trump called Michigan GOP leader on election audit, co-chair says

 

“A democracy only works when the voice of the people can be heard. No matter what they claim, the purpose of the GOP’s petition drive is to make it harder for some voters to vote, plain and simple,” said Nancy Wang, executive director of VNP. https://t.co/jDLQ4YPrwE

— VotersNotPoliticians (@NotPoliticians) September 3, 2021

“Republicans in Michigan and across the country have spent nearly a year promoting the Big Lie, and this attempt to place barriers between eligible voters and the ballot box is what they’ve been building up to,” said Inglot. “The 2020 election was the most secure in our state’s history, and these policies are nothing more than a flimsy justification for voter suppression. Michiganders will not stand for these attacks. It’s on all of us to come together across race, income level, and ZIP code to defend our freedom to vote.”

…

“A democracy only works when the voice of the people can be heard. No matter what they claim, the purpose of the GOP’s petition drive is to make it harder for some voters to vote, plain and simple. Voters Not Politicians will be alerting the public of the facts of this proposal and how it is anti-democratic and unnecessary,” said Nancy Wang, Voters Not Politicians executive director. “Now is the time for voters across the state to stand up for our freedom to vote and oppose this package of voter suppression measures.” ~Michigan Advance

 

 

Maddock said “we” “again” have donors who are “willing” to fund Unlock Michigan’s new initiative.

It will be interesting to watch because Unlock Michigan’s last campaign was primarily bankrolled by nonprofits that don’t disclose their donors. https://t.co/a5SKppMt2M

— Craig Mauger (@CraigDMauger) September 3, 2021

“We’re pretty hopeful and optimistic here that we can get this process moving quickly, and get these enacted into law,” [Republican consultant Jaime] Roe said. “I would hope that the legislature would take immediate action particularly, please if we act with dispatch to get support from across the state.” ~Bridge Michigan

 

 

“A democracy only works when the voice of the people can be heard. No matter what they claim, the purpose of the GOP’s petition drive is to make it harder for some voters to vote, plain and simple,” said Nancy Wang, executive director of VNP. https://t.co/jDLQ4YPrwE

— VotersNotPoliticians (@NotPoliticians) September 3, 2021

Really?!? Secure MI Vote petition is just a deceptive effort to overturn the clear will of Michigan voters, who voted overwhelmingly in 2018 to enshrine strong protections for our democracy and all citizens’ freedom to vote in our state constitution. pic.twitter.com/hQNhRqeEz1

— Lavora Barnes (@LavoraBarnes) September 2, 2021

Voter suppression is unAmerican. That’s all.

— NextGen America (@NextGenAmerica) September 7, 2021

 

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Texas abortion bounties, Roe v Wade, and Michigan's 1931 abortion law

If Roe is overturned, Michigan has abortion ban on the books
Texas six-week abortion ban takes effect – The Washington Post
What the Supreme Court's order in Texas abortion case means for Roe v. Wade – The Washington Post
Old Michigan law could ban abortion, as Texas ignites Roe v. Wade debate | Bridge Michigan
EPIC-MRA August 9-15 2021 poll (last question: pro-choice vs. pro-life)
The 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act could stop Texas vigilantes from interfering with women's abortion rights.
Opinion: What the Justice Department should do to stop the Texas abortion law
Biden, Schumer, Pelosi: Enough talk. Act. Expand the courts. Now.
The stats don't lie: GOP forced birthers really don't care about lives of Texas mothers and infants
March of Dimes Report Shows Texas Ranked at the Bottom for Infant Mortality
Satanists Take Legal Action Against Texas Abortion Ban, Citing Religious Freedom Restoration Act

 

SCOTUS’s failure to block #SB8 has delivered catastrophe to women in Texas. This radical law is an all out effort to erase the rights and protections of Roe v Wade.

— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) September 1, 2021

Anyone going for a bounty that deprives women of their constitutional rights may get a disagreeable legal surprise https://t.co/12CIwbzu2p

— Jennifer ‘pro-voting' Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) September 5, 2021

The [Michigan]law makes it a felony to use an instrument or administer any substance with the intent “to procure the miscarriage” of a woman unless necessary to preserve her life. ~AP News

Breaking: Merrick Garland said today, the Justice Department will seek “to protect the constitutional rights of women and other persons, including access to an abortion.” https://t.co/oNTwPdjAgb

— Duty To Warn (@duty2warn) September 6, 2021

If Roe is formally overturned, there is a Michigan law on the books that criminalizes abortion–and makes it a felony.

Let me be abundantly clear. We won't prosecute that. As long as I hold office, we will never, ever prosecute any person for exercising reproductive freedom.

— Eli Savit (@EliNSavit) September 2, 2021

 

The Texas abortion ban is just the beginning https://t.co/bqWVOKwxlY

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) September 6, 2021

 

As the Satanic Temple’s website explains:

”Consistent with our tenets that call for bodily autonomy and acting in accordance with best scientific evidence, The Satanic Temple religiously objects to many of the restrictions that states have enacted that interfere with abortion access. TST is taking many steps on behalf of our members and those who share our beliefs to establish exemptions from laws that do not promote the health and safety of patients and violate our conscience and beliefs.” ~Daily Kos

 

https://t.co/e9g7WzwlM4 pic.twitter.com/ppDQ0Ypc6p

— Office of Monty Boa (@MontyBoa99) September 5, 2021

Texas has an infant mortality problem. The March of Dimes 2020 report card, a review of the health of moms and babies across the U.S., grading states and 100 cities on preterm birth rates and infant death, gave Texas a grade of a D. ~Reform Austin

 

Here’s my proposal for how the Biden administration and Merrick Garland should stop the bounty hunters whom Texas has weaponized to go after anyone who helps a woman exercise her rights under Roe v. Wade:https://t.co/VEjXqT0XQS

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) September 5, 2021

Portland to vote to ban Texas travel, trade following new abortion law https://t.co/bhNq1qCdFf pic.twitter.com/Vd02sLKu4R

— The Hill (@thehill) September 6, 2021

 

Doing some research on donors to Texas legislators who sponsored the state's new abortion ban — a law that allows ANYONE TO SUE ANYONE who helps a woman get an abortion in Texas and receive 10K

The top donor to the sponsors of this law?

TEXANS FOR LAWSUIT REFORM

Not a joke.

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) September 4, 2021

This will come as a shock but the leadership of Texans for Lawsuit Reform includes 9 men and zero women pic.twitter.com/Yml2pZl5bm

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) September 4, 2021

 




 

COVID. More COVID.

Wayne County issues mask mandate for all schools this fall
Michigan COVID cases up among vaccinated but less likely to be hospitalized or die | Bridge Michigan
Federal judge blocks Western Michigan University vaccine requirement on religious grounds ⋆ Michigan Advance
Gov. Whitmer to veto COVID-19 bill passed by Michigan Senate
Judge denies MSU employee's request to block vaccine mandate
Majority of Michigan students must now mask up, as Ingham, Washtenaw add rules | Bridge Michigan
‘Breakthrough’ Infections Do Not Mean COVID Vaccines Are Failing
COVID-19 Vaccine Breakthrough Case Investigation and Reporting
The Latest: Merkel says vaccinated aren't ‘guinea pigs'

Doctor: Unvaccinated patients fill up hospital beds I need for others https://t.co/HMuMmZTHf8

— Detroit Free Press (@freep) September 6, 2021

Judge denies MSU employee's request to block university's vaccine mandate https://t.co/PaYa0xZVrC

— Lansing State Journal (@LSJNews) September 1, 2021

At least 16 of Michigan’s 83 counties now have countywide school mask mandates. There are at least 220 districts with a mask policy in place, and 717,740 students (59 percent of all public K-12 students) must mask up. ~Bridge Michigan

#ICYMI The Healing Memorial Art Installation is on display at the TCF Center – now until August 2022. Designed to provide healing for losses during the COVID-19 pandemic, this project is comprised of small memorial pouches.

Want to participate? Visit https://t.co/jC94RVkWUK pic.twitter.com/r4XE07NWb9

— City of Detroit (@CityofDetroit) September 5, 2021

It’s the quiet anti vaxxers that worry me. All three of them.

— Jlifsonmoon.com (@DoYouEvenLif) September 7, 2021

Sean Hammond from Michigan Environmental Council

Sean Hammond, Policy Director, Michigan Environmental Council  
Michigan Environmental Council
Michigan Environmental Council on Youtube

Overlapping Disasters Expose Harsh Climate Reality: The U.S. Is Not Ready – The New York Times

Climate change widespread, rapid, and intensifying – IPCC
U.N. climate change report sounds ‘code red for humanity'
COVID FUND INVESTMENTS WOULD MAKE PEOPLE, HOMES, PLANET HEALTHIER
THE BIDEN PLAN FOR A CLEAN ENERGY REVOLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Rising Waters Threaten Great Lakes Communities
The Great Lakes are filled to their brims, with no signs of receding
With higher Great Lakes, review zoning for coastal resiliency: Part 1
High Risk Erosion Areas: Program and Maps

'The United States is way far behind on acting on climate change, both from a mitigation perspective. And then just from dealing with the impacts.' ~@SeanNHammond @michenvcouncilClick To Tweet
'The solution to the high #GreatLakes water levels is permanent setbacks, not trying to figure out shoreline mitigation year after year after year.' ~@SeanNHammond @michenvcouncil Click To Tweet
'Every year that we don't invest in the infrastructure we need to met mitigate the impacts of climate change, we're going to see that costs go up, not just in dollars, but in human lives.' ~@SeanNHammond @michenvcouncilClick To Tweet
'If we don't provide mitigation for heat, mitigation for these flood events, mitigation for the storms, we're going to pay for it year over year with an increasing bill, and we're going to pay for in lives lost' ~@SeanNHammond @MichEnvCouncil Click To Tweet

President Joe Biden approved major disaster declarations Monday green-lighting federal aid for people in six New Jersey counties and five New York counties affected by devastating flooding last week from the remnants of Hurricane Ida. https://t.co/QRimxpsRmj

— NPR (@NPR) September 6, 2021

The U.S. Coast Guard said it was investigating nearly 350 reports of oil spills in and along the U.S. Gulf of Mexico in the wake of Hurricane Ida https://t.co/fgU79h1C4g pic.twitter.com/eZMUD9r50a

— Reuters (@Reuters) September 7, 2021

Climate change is here, and it's only going to get worse, we have to take bold action to protect the generations that come after us.@MichEnvCouncil member @DetroitTransit‘s Megan Owens has a great op-ed on ways to move forward!https://t.co/NVWE64UxjM

— Sean Hammond (@SeanNHammond) August 27, 2021

The IPCC report is coming out tomorrow. As a climate scientist, I’d like you to know: I don’t have hope.

I have something better: certainty.

We know exactly what’s causing climate change. We can absolutely 1) avoid the worst and 2) build a better world in the process.

— Kate Marvel (@DrKateMarvel) August 8, 2021

A welcome to our newest member group, @KalamazooCrisis!

These individuals and organizations collectively work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adopt renewable energy immediately and drastically.

We can't wait to deepen our relationship with the Coalition and K'zoo. pic.twitter.com/AMV0gYPCqe

— Michigan Environmental Council (@MichEnvCouncil) September 4, 2021

 
Political notes

U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens marries in small, outdoor Michigan ceremony
Biden's Approval Rating Hits A New Low After The Afghanistan Withdrawal
GOP bill bans Whitmer from using warning system — but not the one she used during pandemic ⋆ Michigan Advance
State prepares for possible partial govt. shutdown on Oct. 1, despite ‘optimism' ⋆ Michigan Advance
Marist Poll – Refugees, Biden approval
Bobby Crim finishes his final 10-mile race, thanks Flint for its ‘exceptional people, community’ – mlive.com
Crim Road Race posters at Sloan Museum
Crim Fitness Foundation

 

The bill says the alert system must not be activated to announce a new law or executive order unless the policy responds to “an immediate or nearly immediate loss of life or property.”

The state has reported 20,257 deaths linked to COVID-19. https://t.co/WCZCnTk3S2

— Craig Mauger (@CraigDMauger) September 1, 2021

On September 3rd, Rob Gulley and I said forever and ever and I became his adoring wife. Blessed beyond belief and excited for a lifetime with this wonderful man who I love so much. pic.twitter.com/xYFpYVDCX2

— Haley Stevens (@HaleyLive) September 5, 2021

 

Walt and Bobby Crim 

Bobby Crim finishes his final 10-mile race, thanks Flint for its ‘exceptional people, community’ https://t.co/nk8nKkmqBY

— MLive (@MLive) August 31, 2021

It’s not mentioned in this piece and hasn’t received much attention in Lansing but there are GOP legislative staffers mixed up in this too. https://t.co/Yo9TvnDJEj

— Joshua Pugh (@JPughMI) September 5, 2021

While the Senate was in the final weeks of negotiating the infrastructure bill, Tommy Tuberville bought and sold between $170,000 and $475,000 in stock and options of a mining and steel manufacturing company that said it could benefit greatly from the planhttps://t.co/Ptjw6PgVW9

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) September 6, 2021

It’s pretty simple: unless we get rid of the filibuster, we’re going to sit around admiring a lot of problems and sending a lot of tweets. Instead, we should get something done.

— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) September 7, 2021

Last, year, a far-right protester hit a Lansing reporter in the head with a gun at the Michigan Capitol. A Traverse City reporter was just punched in the face at an anti-mask rally. Proud Boys attacked a Portland reporter yesterday. The real danger to reporters is the far right.

— Susan J. Demas (@sjdemas) September 5, 2021

 

Join State Superintendent Dr. Michael Rice on DPTV’s Michigan’s Great Return to School: A Statewide Townhall this Wednesday at 6 p.m. pic.twitter.com/yyedMZdScp

— Michigan Dept of Ed (@mieducation) September 7, 2021

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