if there is anything tha recent events in tennessee and other states have taught us, i should be that state legislatures are critical fo our democracy. i mean, it is where america policy is made and if we don t know who you re stat representatives are, you shoul get to know them because the are determining the future state houses create policies whose impact can reach beyond state lines and influenc entire regions, affectin peoples pocketbooks, education s abilities to make decisions about their own bodies and virtually every facet of lif you can think of beyond laws alone, how you state legislature s run has direct impact on you as well i mean, look at tennessee. more than 136,000 tennesseeans woke up on friday morning with a no representation in their own state house. that s because the republica majority expelled of the two youngest black male legislators, representatives justin pearson and justin jones, saying the violated house decorum rules all for demanding tha
the pressure on moscow while also trying to soften, of course, the economic fallout. their unity is being tested. leaders are now facing political blowback at home as the prices for energy, food and other goods surge. on sunday u.s. president joe biden urged allies to stand strong and confront those challenges head on. have a listen. the entire world is feeling the impact of russia s brutal war on ukraine and on our energy markets. we need worldwide effort to invest in transformative clean energy projects, to ensure the critical infrastructure is resilient to changing climate, democracies demonstrate what we can do, all that we have to offer, i have no doubt that we ll win the competition every time. meanwhile, british prime minister boris johnson is urging the u.s. and other allies not to falter when it comes to supporting ukraine. warning that the consequences of a russian victory could be catastrophic. this is something that america historically does and has to do, a
wondering what will the front pages say in another 49 years? will we be in the same conversation? one difference between 1973 and today is real time data. searches for abortion were especially high this week in areas like madison, wisconsin, kansas city, missouri, and salt lake city, utah. areas where the procedure is now banned. this weekend google searches for the question, can i get an abortion are over indexing in those states where it is now illegal. missouri, wisconsin, kentucky, arkansas, oklahoma all the top of the google trends data. axios reports that the top queries related to abortion right now include, is it illegal? abortion banned states, and abortion pill. searches for abortion pill are highest right now in red states including some that have already banned abortion and others likely to follow. so this data is important. it provides an insight into what people are searching for in the privacy of their own homes and it is buttressed by local reporting showing i
more like governor chris christie. it is hard to think who they think their audience is because they re running in a republican primary that, you know, now the republican base voter, ramaswamy, trump, that is seeming to be what they are looking for. nikki haley was great. but when you are hypocritical on attacks on spending and hedging on abortion compared to your other rivals on the stage and talking about defending u.s. aid for ukraine, these are all positions that may make sense in a general election audience, and maybe with some swing voting women. but i don t know how they re going to play also, what they believe, it is a conundrum. if the things that you believe are really far away from the core tenants of maga or trump politics and you re at 3% or 5% anyway, why not say what you think. i mean, like if you re goal in this race, chris christie for example, is to get republicans to rethink what they ve signed
donors, they are not conservative when it comes t abortion and they believe the lates abortion law that has come t ron desantis s desk, the six-week abortion ban is too extreme. he does plan to sign it. they worry it will hurt him in a general election if he win the nomination they are very concerned that roe is going to continue t bring out more democrati voters and alienates women i the suburbs, college educated, swing voting women who tend to determine elections. the moms of lansing, michigan. these are the types of topic that make them go out and vote that very much can concern these donors in the republican party. people like donald trump, he even knows abortion is ver unpopular. that s why he actually blame the overturning of roe for the losses of 2022, which made