people thought that that outrage would translate into electoral doom for the political party that had been pushing to end roe. but instead after the court s decision, the response from elected republicans was basically, eh, no big deal. the kind of angry leftists, many of whom are pretty ignorant and don t even know what overturning roe means i think a month afterards are going to be surprised, wait, nothing about my life changed. there s a narrative forming in america that the republican party and the pro-life movement is on the run. oh, no, we re going nowhere. my guess is in terms of the impact on federal raies, i think it s probably going to be a wash. did not turn out to be a wash, not even close. in ballot measure after ballot measure across the country voters came out in support of reproductive choice. in kansas, in vermont, in california, in michigan, in montana, in kentucky, literally everywhere abortion rights were on the ballot. abortion rights won. in the
more than he did then. zero. in other news, there are now just five days until the government funding runs out and senate lawmakers scrambling to get a deal. democrats will not release the version of the senate ominous bill today as originally planned while they continue negotiations with republicans. senate appropriations chair patrick leahy said the two sides made significant progress over the weekend. but they will have to work faster to avoid a shutdown on friday. nbc news reports democrats and republicans still have not agreed on top line spending numbers for an om anybodious package that will fund the federal government through the fiscal year that ends in september 2023. without those numbers, appropriators cannot finalize details of the deal. complicating the gop internal politics is house minority leader kevin mccarthy who is