Year they are history making, unprecedented, consequential from Criminal Investigations into the former president of the United States to midterm elections that preserved our democracy, from the makeup o the Supreme Court and th decisions that threatened ou rights to the very rapid ris of hate speech on public discourse, we have plenty to dig into you are watching simone and yo know i have a lot to say when i reflect on the wil ride that was 2022, i keep coming back to these words historic and unprecedented democrats bumped historica trends by expanding thei Senate Majority and preventing a red wave in the house of representatives. And voters, they changed the representation in more way than one electing the first gen z membe of congress with Maxwell Frost In Florida The First woman elected to congress from vermont, wit becca blunt, the First Out Lesbian governors, lamar heal in massachusetts, and tina kotek in oregon. The first black governor o maryland with wes moore. The list just g
year they are history making, unprecedented, consequential from criminal investigations into the former president of the united states to midterm elections that preserved our democracy, from the makeup o the supreme court and th decisions that threatened ou rights to the very rapid ris of hate speech on public discourse, we have plenty to dig into you are watching simone and yo know i have a lot to say when i reflect on the wil ride that was 2022, i keep coming back to these words historic and unprecedented democrats bumped historica trends by expanding thei senate majority and preventing a red wave in the house of representatives. and voters, they changed the representation in more way than one electing the first gen z membe of congress with maxwell frost in florida the first woman elected to congress from vermont, wit becca blunt, the first out lesbian governor s, lamar heal in massachusetts, and tina kotek in oregon. the first black governor o maryland with wes moore. th
think, is by far the mos unprecedented decision by th court. the courts move to take away a woman s right to make decision about her own body, it is no going as many planned, though. it woke up plenty of people an got them to fight, which led dictionary.com to choose woman as the word of the ear those who attempt to poach our rights are being taught lesson that most of us, frankly, have done our whole lives. don t you mess with women. now, the, we face a series o upcoming court decisions tha could actually chisel away a our rights even further. affirmative action is on the line as our lgbtq+ rights and democracy itself so, let s bring in some folk to write this down mark joseph stern is a senio writer for slate and alexi mcgill johnson is the presiden and ceo of planned parenthood. mark, every single time this year, something has gone dow with the supreme court, we hav chatted. so, i m going to start with yo because these decisions, as we have discussed, are just s wildly out of step w
On Election Day 2022, November 8, voters, defying political gravity and beltway pundit groupthink, struck a major blow against MAGA Republican extremism.
On Election Day 2022, November 8, voters, defying political gravity and beltway pundit groupthink, struck a major blow against MAGA Republican extremism.