Crash Course: Trump vows to "NEVER" take away birth control — except he spent four years doing just that

Trump's attacks on contraception were unrelenting — he even asked the Supreme Court to block women's access Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRoMabJP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvZGRiYTV5eDhzcS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWxzbThsbXdhOG0mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZkbKIU9mS5c2ZFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). ~/AASU4wA~/RgRoMabJP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMHFsM2E4b2lrai8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWxzbThsbXdhOG1XA3NwY0IKZkbKIU9mS5c2ZFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRoMabJP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvcWVwc3JubnNmbC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWxzbThsbXdhOG1XA3NwY0IKZkbKIU9mS5c2ZFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRoMabJP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvcHYxOGU4NXJuZy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWxzbThsbXdhOG1XA3NwY0IKZkbKIU9mS5c2ZFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRoMabJP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvZjA3MXFibXR2MS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWxzbThsbXdhOG1XA3NwY0IKZkbKIU9mS5c2ZFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRoMabJP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvczgyZjJxZGNvcC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWxzbThsbXdhOG1XA3NwY0IKZkbKIU9mS5c2ZFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo Trump vows to "NEVER" take away birth control — except he spent four years doing just that From Amanda Marcotte: Trump lies about everything. This is the same man [who repeatedly said he would testify in his hush money trial](~/AASU4wA~/RgRoMabJP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvN3kyYzA4MXNpcS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWxzbThsbXdhOG1XA3NwY0IKZkbKIU9mS5c2ZFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), but, of course, [wriggled away at the last minute](~/AASU4wA~/RgRoMabJP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvc2U1OHZocDhsbC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWxzbThsbXdhOG0mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZkbKIU9mS5c2ZFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). But in this case, there's a giant pile of receipts from Trump's four years befouling the White House. Even before he set foot in the Oval Office to the day he tried to steal the 2020 election, Trump let loose a horde of Bible-thumping fanatics across the administration who did everything they could to slap birth control out of the hands of women who need it. [Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRoMabJP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvc3Y5cDc3eHVpMy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWxzbThsbXdhOG0mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZkbKIU9mS5c2ZFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). ~/AASU4wA~/RgRoMabJP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvamQ2MTUzbjBiMC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWxzbThsbXdhOG1XA3NwY0IKZkbKIU9mS5c2ZFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRoMabJP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvdXgwY2VxcGg1YS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWxzbThsbXdhOG1XA3NwY0IKZkbKIU9mS5c2ZFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRoMabJP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvbms5d2hpcDg4cC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWxzbThsbXdhOG1XA3NwY0IKZkbKIU9mS5c2ZFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRoMabJP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvNHE0b2Q3eWx5ei8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWxzbThsbXdhOG1XA3NwY0IKZkbKIU9mS5c2ZFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo "The American Dream is dying": Democrats' main selling point "is not a winning message" As I explained in a recent essay here at Salon, being boring, nice, and passive will not help President Biden and the Democrats defeat Donald Trump and the MAGA movement and the other neofascists. Political scientist M. Steven Fish agrees. In this conversation, Fish highlights how the Democrats continue to be poor storytellers and have neglected the importance of emotions in winning over the mass public to their cause. He also warns that the Democrats (and by implication too many liberals and progressives) fundamentally misunderstand the (white) working class and why they support Donald Trump and the Republicans. Toward the end of this conversation, Fish offers advice for President Biden and the Democrats for how they recalibrate their messaging and leadership style to defeat Donald Trump and the Republicans in the 2024 election and beyond. [Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRoMabJP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvaWl5b2czczI0ei8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWxzbThsbXdhOG0mbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZkbKIU9mS5c2ZFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). 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