I knew from the moment I heard this that somehow the story of my very mild encounter with Devin Nunes on the
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I know there is animosity between us because I left MAGA and ended my support for Trump. The journey I chose wasn’t an easy one but I felt it was the right thing to do when I made this decision. Since
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Follow the GUN LOBBY donations as MASS SHOOTINGS SURGE Mass shootings surge. Republicans block assault weapon ban. Why? Follow the money with this infographic which shows the biggest donors, largest Republican recipients and how you
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Today, January 22, 2023, we should be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision. Instead we are running a series we originally published in June, 2022 after the Dobbs
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I’m going to put a trigger warning here but I will ask you not to look away. When I was thirteen, I miscarried a pregnancy my father inflicted on me. I mostly
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I had an abortion when I was a 20-year-old college student. I was living with my boyfriend and I was on birth control that failed. I chose to have an abortion for
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I wasn’t ready to be pregnant. I had plans, and becoming a mom at this stage of my life wasn’t one of them. We were shocked. It was emotional, but we embraced
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I have never shared this publicly before but I had a miscarriage. I’d like to share the story. It was a handful of years ago. I found out I was pregnant! I
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In 1971 abortion was still illegal in the U.S. It was during the summer after my sophomore year of college that I learned that I was pregnant at 19. I was living
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Summertime on the Jersey shore, where I was working at Brigantine Castle, a small amusement park with a haunted castle, carnival games and an arcade. I was a carnie. When the castle
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