We are on the cusp of the largest mental health crisis this country has faced

[Biker]

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[Biker]

[Biker]

[CHEEZY17]

I know I personally can't wait for the rounding up of all the Jews, blacks, gays, homos, retards and Democrats!
It's gonna be great!

Wait, what? He was already president and none of that happened?

[Animal]

I just can't understand these political commercials. They paint this picture that women are dying all over Texas because of Abortion laws. Then they explain how Ted Cruz did this. He did this to women. He specifically changed the abortion laws to target women in Texas and now he doesn't care.

I thought the democrats were the ones that were so big on telling the truth and fact checking and stopping media that is untrue.

The most that Ted Cruz could have had anything to do with the abortion laws in Texas right now would have been his vote to approve some of the Supreme Court nominees. And that would have been done with the majority of all of the other senators. Ted Cruz isn't involved in Texas laws. He's a US senator not a Texas Senator. He doesn't vote on laws in Texas, he doesn't make laws in Texas. He doesn't make Supreme Court decisions.

And voting in Collin Allred (like the ads say) won't change the abortion laws in Texas. The most that Colin Allred could possibly do is try to pass some law that would make abortions legal in the US. And that probably won't happen.

I could not care any less on this subject, frankly. I'm for abortions. But I just don't get the drama and the intensity of these commercials.

[Biker]

I just can't understand these political commercials. They paint this picture that women are dying all over Texas because of Abortion laws. Then they explain how Ted Cruz did this. He did this to women. He specifically changed the abortion laws to target women in Texas and now he doesn't care.

I thought the democrats were the ones that were so big on telling the truth and fact checking and stopping media that is untrue.

The most that Ted Cruz could have had anything to do with the abortion laws in Texas right now would have been his vote to approve some of the Supreme Court nominees. And that would have been done with the majority of all of the other senators. Ted Cruz isn't involved in Texas laws. He's a US senator not a Texas Senator. He doesn't vote on laws in Texas, he doesn't make laws in Texas. He doesn't make Supreme Court decisions.

And voting in Collin Allred (like the ads say) won't change the abortion laws in Texas. The most that Colin Allred could possibly do is try to pass some law that would make abortions legal in the US. And that probably won't happen.

I could not care any less on this subject, frankly. I'm for abortions. But I just don't get the drama and the intensity of these commercials.

Its all about the women vote

[Animal]

I just can't understand these political commercials. They paint this picture that women are dying all over Texas because of Abortion laws. Then they explain how Ted Cruz did this. He did this to women. He specifically changed the abortion laws to target women in Texas and now he doesn't care.

I thought the democrats were the ones that were so big on telling the truth and fact checking and stopping media that is untrue.

The most that Ted Cruz could have had anything to do with the abortion laws in Texas right now would have been his vote to approve some of the Supreme Court nominees. And that would have been done with the majority of all of the other senators. Ted Cruz isn't involved in Texas laws. He's a US senator not a Texas Senator. He doesn't vote on laws in Texas, he doesn't make laws in Texas. He doesn't make Supreme Court decisions.

And voting in Collin Allred (like the ads say) won't change the abortion laws in Texas. The most that Colin Allred could possibly do is try to pass some law that would make abortions legal in the US. And that probably won't happen.

I could not care any less on this subject, frankly. I'm for abortions. But I just don't get the drama and the intensity of these commercials.

Its all about the women vote

Well, there's a whole lot to not like about Ted Cruz, but abortion isn't one of them. I just can't believe how they weaponize that topic during elections.

[Biker]

Well, there's a whole lot to not like about Ted Cruz, but abortion isn't one of them. I just can't believe how they weaponize that topic during elections.

I guess they just dont have anything else to run on. Inflation has jacked up all prices, we've been invaded by 15 million illegals in the last four years, and the world is on fire. Then throw in us flirting with a hot war with two nuclear powers. Things havent been exactly great during this administration, thus they run on an issue like abortion and hope that the dunces in the electorate do not understand that its now a state issue, not federal

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https://people.com/texas-teen-suffering ... an-8738512

Texas Teen Suffering Miscarriage Dies Days After Baby Shower Due to Abortion Ban as Mom Begs Doctors to 'Do Something'
Nevaeh Crain, 18, died from sepsis after doctors had to “confirm fetal demise” before intervening in her miscarriage

Nevaeh Crain was six months pregnant when she developed sepsis while suffering a miscarriage
The 18-year-old went to the emergency room three times with severe symptoms, and doctors had to “confirm fetal demise” before intervening
She died hours later in the intensive care unit
A Texas teen died after the state’s ban on abortion stopped her from getting life-saving medical care while experiencing pregnancy complications.

On October 28, 2023, the day of her baby shower, Nevaeh Crain woke up with a headache. Shortly after, the 18-year-old, who was six months pregnant, developed a fever followed by nausea and vomiting. She struggled through her baby shower and by 3 p.m. her family decided to take her to the emergency room, ProPublica reports.

Crain’s boyfriend Randall Broussard drove her to a nearby hospital where they sat in the waiting room for four hours. Staff reportedly gave her a plastic pan as she continued to vomit while waiting.

After testing, Crain was diagnosed with strep throat. The teen was also experiencing abdominal pain, in addition to vomiting, but her pregnancy was not evaluated. She was discharged and prescribed antibiotics.

In the middle of the night, Crain woke up her mother, Candace Fails, complaining of intense stomach pains, according to the outlet. Fails drove her daughter to a different hospital, where an OB-GYN reported that she had a fever of 102.8 and a high pulse. She was showing signs of sepsis.

Sepsis is “a serious condition in which the body responds improperly to an infection," according to the Mayo Clinic. It can lead to septic shock and death. In a typical year, at least 1.7 million adults in the U.S. develop sepsis, and nearly 270,000 die from the infection, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Crain was given IV fluids and antibiotics for two hours, but her condition continued to decline. In addition to strep, she also had a urinary tract infection. However, a nurse checked that her baby had a heartbeat so she was free to be discharged from the hospital with more antibiotics.

“It’s bulls---,” Fails said, per the outlet, as Crain had to be taken home in a wheelchair because she was unable to walk.

The following morning, Crain cried in pain to her family, and by 9 a.m. she was back at the hospital after she started experiencing heavy bleeding. She was suffering a miscarriage.

Medical staff started Crain on IV antibiotics and the OB-GYN on duty also reported that she couldn’t find a fetal heartbeat at the time. Fails told the outlet that a half hour later, she noticed her daughter’s thighs were covered in blood.

“Do something,” Fails pleaded with doctors.

The near-total ban on abortion in Texas meant that the doctors couldn't do anything to remove the unviable fetus unless Crain's life was at risk. She would either have to get sick enough for doctors to intervene, or miscarry on her own.

“Pretty consistently, people say, ‘Until we can be absolutely certain this isn’t a normal pregnancy, we can’t do anything, because it could be alleged that we were doing an abortion,’” Dr. Tony Ogburn, an OB-GYN in San Antonio, told ProPublica.

Eventually, doctors performed a second ultrasound to “confirm fetal demise” more than two hours after Crain arrived at the hospital. At that point, Crain was unable to sign consent forms due to “extreme pain,” so Fails quickly signed a release to allow her daughter to undergo an “unplanned dilation and curettage” or “unplanned cesarean section.”

However, doctors decided it was now too dangerous to perform the procedure, according to medical records obtained by the outlet. They suspected that she was bleeding internally after developing a dangerous complication of sepsis called disseminated intravascular coagulation.

Fails recalled her daughter sitting up in the hospital bed as black blood ran from her mouth and nostrils, telling her, “You’re strong, Nevaeh. God made us strong.”

Crain died hours later in the intensive care unit.

ProPublica reviewed more than 800 pages of Crain's medical records and consulted with medical experts, who said that if the teen received proper care she might have survived.

Since her death, Fails has sought legal action to hold the hospitals accountable. However, according to Texas law emergency care cases require plaintiffs to prove "willful and wanton negligence" by hospitals, and she has reportedly been unable to find an attorney to take her case.

https://www.kxan.com/state-of-texas/sta ... nate-race/

State of Texas: Woman’s death highlights divide over abortion ban in Senate race

This week, a report from the nonprofit investigative newsroom ProPublica made public the 2021 death of Josseli Barnica, a 28-year-old mother who died of sepsis due to an untreated miscarriage.

According to their reporting, her doctors told her it would be a “crime” to treat her until the fetus’ heart stopped beating, ultimately delaying her care and causing her death.

The story has reinvigorated the concern that Texas’ abortion ban does not give doctors enough autonomy to treat pregnancy complications.

U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate who has made abortion access a central tenant of his campaign, quickly used Barnica’s story as a critique of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s anti-abortion stance.

“Josseli Barnica should be alive today but because of Ted Cruz’s cruel abortion ban, Texas women have been denied the life-saving health care they need,” Allred wrote on social media.

Cruz called the story “heartbreaking,” but said Texas’ law is not to blame.

“I’ve read the story here, and the facts of the case seem heartbreaking. That this woman lost her life is truly a tragedy,” Cruz told reporters after a rally in Georgetown on Wednesday. “The Texas law makes clear that any procedure that is necessary to save the life of a mother can be done and should be done. We don’t know all the details of what happened here, but it is critical that we do everything necessary to save the lives of moms and we grieve with the family at the tragedy that occurred here.”

Texas law prohibits abortion in nearly all cases, without exceptions for rape or incest. Physicians may be punished for performing abortions with six-figure fines, the loss of their medical license, and prison time.

But abortion is allowed if, as is written in the law, “in the exercise of reasonable medical judgment, the pregnant female on whom the abortion is performed, induced, or attempted has a life-threatening physical condition aggravated by, caused by, or arising from a pregnancy that places the female at risk of death or poses a serious risk of substantial impairment of a major bodily function unless the abortion is performed or induced.”

Physicians have sued to argue that language is too vague, claiming the “reasonable medical judgment” standard is too subjective to allow them to act freely without concern for their own liability.

In May, the Texas Supreme Court rejected those concerns, ruling that the abortion ban’s exceptions are acceptable and permit abortions before imminent emergencies.

“The law does not require a woman to surrender her life or to first suffer serious bodily injury before an abortion may be performed,” the court wrote.

According to October polling from the Texas Politics Project, 7% of Texas likely voters say abortion/women’s rights is the most important issue to their vote, trailing the economy, immigration/border security, and inflation/cost of living.

While the presidential and Senate races have taken center stage this election cycle, there are several local races across the state with high stakes as well.

In Amarillo, a proposition to make the city a sanctuary for the unborn is on the ballot. Proposition A would allow citizens to sue anyone aiding an Amarillo citizen in getting an abortion. It would also make it illegal to travel through the city while seeking an abortion.

After multiple iterations of that ordinance were rejected by the Amarillo City Council, its adoption has been left to local voters as a measure on the Nov. 5, 2024 ballot.

https://www.newsweek.com/kate-cox-texas ... on-1973698

Kate Cox, Other Texas Women Denied Abortions Slam Ted Cruz: 'Liar'

Senator Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, was forced on the defensive on abortion during last week's debate against Democratic Representative Colin Allred.

Cruz has long been staunchly anti-abortion but has remained quiet on the issue and repeatedly declined to answer questions from reporters as he faces what polls indicate is a competitive race that could determine which party controls the U.S. Senate.

Allred, on the other hand, has made abortion central to his campaign, blaming Cruz for the state's extreme abortion ban and vowing to restore access if he wins in November.

Abortion has become an election liability for Republicans since a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2022 overturned Roe v. Wade, with voters choosing to protect abortion rights in every state where the issue has been on the ballot, including in the staunchly Republican states of Kansas and Kentucky.

Kate Cox and several other women who were denied abortions in Texas are supporting Allred's campaign, hopeful that the issue will rally enough voters to propel him to victory in a state that has not elected a Democrat to a statewide office in 30 years.

In interviews with Newsweek, Cox and four other women—Lauren Miller, Taylor Edwards, Kaitlyn Kash and Ashley Brandt—excoriated Cruz for his record on abortion, calling him a "liar" who would work to further erode reproductive rights.

Newsweek has contacted the Cruz and Allred campaigns for comment via email.

"There's nothing reasonable about the abortion bans in Texas," Cox said, when asked if she had a message for Cruz. "There's nothing pro-life about having women suffering and being pushed to the brink of death."

Cruz said Texas "made a perfectly reasonable decision to protect life" when it enacted a law that banned abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy. The state then enacted one of the nation's strictest abortion bans after Roe was overturned, allowing exceptions only to save the life of the mother. But Cox and others were still denied abortions while facing dangerous pregnancy complications.

Texans "have to vote like our lives depend on it, because for me and so many others, they do," Cox said.

Cox, a 32-year-old mother of two from Dallas, sued Texas in December last year to obtain an abortion after her fetus developed a fatal condition. She ultimately fled Texas to get an abortion in another state, a day before the state Supreme Court denied her request.

Cox, who is now expecting her third child, said she "wouldn't be pregnant today if I didn't have access to abortion care."

Miller, Edwards, Kash and Brandt were among 22 plaintiffs in Zurawski v. Texas, which sought an amendment to the state's abortion law to clarify when medically necessary abortions can be performed. The lawsuit argued that the language creates confusion among doctors, who were turning away some pregnant women experiencing complications because they fear repercussions. Under Texas law, doctors who perform abortions risk life in prison, fines of up to $100,000 and revocation of their state medical licenses. The Texas Supreme Court also rejected that challenge, saying the law's exceptions are broad enough.

During the debate, Allred urged Cruz to speak directly to Kate Cox and other women who have suffered because of Texas' restrictions and explain why he described them as reasonable.

Cruz also repeatedly avoided directly answering whether or not he supported exceptions in cases of rape and incest. "Why do you keep asking me that?" Cruz asked the moderator at one point.

Asked if he supports Texas' law, Cruz said the specifics of abortion law have been and should be decided by the Texas Legislature.

"I don't serve in the state Legislature. I'm not the governor," he said.

Miller, 37, slammed Cruz for seeking to distance himself from Texas' strict ban.

"The first thing to always remember with Ted Cruz is that he's a liar. He's just a liar," she told Newsweek. "If there is one thing that Donald Trump has ever been right about, is that he is Lyin' Ted."

She said that Cruz would push for a national abortion ban if reelected, calling him a "dyed in the wool anti-abortion politician who wants to strip women of our rights."

He "was instrumental in helping to overturn Roe v. Wade," she added, noting that Cruz and other Republicans senators had blocked President Barack Obama from appointing a Supreme Court justice in 2016. President Donald Trump later appointed three Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn Roe.

Miller also criticized Cruz for not showing up when she testified in June about how Texas' abortion ban affected her before a Senate subcommittee that he sits on.

"I don't know if he was too busy podcasting or whatever, but he certainly wasn't there to do his job," she said.

Allred, she said, spent an hour talking to her that day.

"That's the kind of representative I want, somebody who will actually listen," she said.

Edwards, 32, said Cruz "refused to take any accountability for his actions" during the debate but that he is "happy" that extreme abortion bans are in place.

"I think it showed people that he's trying to dodge the blame for something, an environment he created," she told Newsweek.

Edwards, who needed IVF to get pregnant, is also concerned about future access to fertility treatment.

IVF is "also at risk with Ted Cruz winning, and no matter what he says about supporting it, his actions speak differently than his words," she said. (Cruz and other Senate Republicans voted against legislation earlier this year that would have made it a nationwide right for women to access IVF.)

"I think Texans are fed up with this, and I think that they realize that we need a change in office," Edwards added. Allred's victory, she said, would show "the rest of the country how serious we are about women's rights and that we're not going back in time."

Kash, 37, of Austin, said Cruz refused to meet with her when she traveled to Washington, D.C., over the summer.

He's "a disgrace," she told Newsweek. "You can't ignore half of your constituents," she said about her message to Cruz. "Women make up half of the voting bloc, and you can't ignore us. You can't not hear what is happening to us. You may choose not to act on it, but you need to hear it out."

Kash said that Cruz has "done nothing" for Texans, recalling how he went to Cancun during a deadly winter storm that left millions of Texans without power in 2021.

"We were one of the towns hit hardest by the ice storm, and I didn't have power for six days...and I remember that he went on a vacation," she said.

Texans need to vote for Allred because the state government is not hearing women on abortion, she added.

"We need federal protection," she said. "Our state government is not listening. I've lobbied at the state Legislature, I have tried to get bills out of committee, I've testified in front of the Texas Medical Board. We've sued the state, the state is not coming to help us."

Brandt, 33, who is from the Dallas area, called Cruz's stance on abortion "disgusting."

She also called him out for ducking questions about the issue.

"There are videos of him being asked about Kate Cox...he literally runs away," she said. "We need someone who's actually going to stand up for us. Speak out for us, hear us when we're going to them. He won't even take calls."

Texas "needs politicians like Colin Allred who are going to advocate for us, for all Texans," she added.

"In order to restore Roe and restore rights, they're going to need as many Senate votes as they can, and so Texas needs to have a Democratic senator in there... so that we can move forward. If we have someone like Ted Cruz in the Senate, we're not going to get anywhere."

Cruz desperately wants to pursue his main job of podcasting. Vote him out to oblige.

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Nah, he's got another term left in him. And Allred is an Establishment cuck

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Cut the dead weight, Cancun Cruz doesn't even want to do his job. Let CloseTed go on the permanent vacation he desperately wants.

[Biker]

Best compilation thus far


https://x.com/DissidentMedia/status/1854134993443869051

[Biker]

Cut the dead weight, Cancun Cruz doesn't even want to do his job. Let CloseTed go on the permanent vacation he desperately wants.

How'd that work out?

[Biker]

https://x.com/PC_from_Berks/status/1854163749625573553

[Biker]

The racism is nice too, eh?






Hey Dot, this is really how they feel about us.

[CHEEZY17]

The racism is nice too, eh?






Hey Dot, this is really how they feel about us.

The sad/funny part is that they think they are on some moral high ground.

[B-Tender]

The threads on Reddit right now are downright hilarious.

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How'd that work out?

Y'all are the ones that say you want to cut government bloat, but you keep voting for useless reps like Cruz.

[Animal]

How'd that work out?

Y'all are the ones that say you want to cut government bloat, but you keep voting for useless reps like Cruz.

while that is true, what we mostly want is not to have our taxes raised because "we don't pay our part" and then hand that money out for free to people that have student loans, want to buy houses, or whatever the gimmick is because someone wants their vote. Thanks.

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Best compilation thus far


https://x.com/DissidentMedia/status/1854134993443869051

The screaming chick in the blue shirt is my personal fav.

[Biker]

Best compilation thus far


https://x.com/DissidentMedia/status/1854134993443869051

The screaming chick in the blue shirt is my personal fav.

I was partial to the black woman who thought that she would wake up a literal slave this morning

[Animal]

the democrat's method of getting voters this election reminded me of the Baptist's method of getting members. You just literally have to scare them into joining.

[Geist]

the democrat's method of getting voters this election reminded me of the Baptist's method of getting members. You just literally have to scare them into joining.

Utterly fucking pathetic. Their loudest message since 2016 has been "We're not Trump" while trying to shove anointed cunts down our throats.

I voted for the ghost of Joseph Stalin, he had a few ideas that could sort us out.

[CHEEZY17]

the democrat's method of getting voters this election reminded me of the Baptist's method of getting members. You just literally have to scare them into joining.

Utterly fucking pathetic. Their loudest message since 2016 has been "We're not Trump" while trying to shove anointed cunts down our throats.

I voted for the ghost of Joseph Stalin, he had a few ideas that could sort us out.

Wait, you mean the DNC changing the rules to make sure Hillary got the nod and to screw Bernie in2016 and then pulling a soft coup on Biden this year to appoint a wholly unqualified DEI hire may not have been the right moves?