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CNN Host Confronts MAGA Panelist Scott Jennings During Trump Discussion: ‘Zip It!’

Jan 6, 2025 | thedailybeast.com | William Vaillancourt |Mary Ann Akers |Juliegrace Brufke |Kelly Weill

CNN anchor Kate Bolduan told conservative network contributor Scott Jennings to “zip it” Monday during a discussion about the reasons American voters came out in droves to support Donald Trump’s reelection.
Where's The Action?

Dec 4, 2024 | open.substack.com | Kelly Weill

Hey MomLeft readers! This is the last post before a winter hiatus. I’ll be back in mid-January. Be good, I love you!A little over two years ago, I thought the Republican National Committee had a good idea. While overhauling its strategy to reach racial minorities, the RNC launched a series of community centers that hosted free Easter egg hunts, pizza dinners, and dances. Political messaging was present but not central to operations; a free pizza night might have doubled as a phone banking drive.
Get Stupid

Nov 20, 2024 | momleft.com | Kelly Weill

In the two years before Donald Trump’s reelection, the head of Oklahoma’s public school system conducted a trial run of some of the right’s most ambitious education policies. Ryan Walters, the superintendent of Oklahoma’s pubic schools, spoke at a Moms for Liberty summit and defended the anti-LGBT group from criticism. He threatened a takeover of a Tulsa school district that defied his directives, ultimately forcing out its superintendent.
Time to Care

Nov 6, 2024 | momleft.com | Kelly Weill

Last night our rights were on the line and repression won. I’m not going to pretend to forecast what comes next. Republicans have already published their wishlist for the subjugation of women and the impoverishment of American families. The question of how we react, rebuild, and (please don’t let fear of cringe lingo stop you) resist is up to us. Donald Trump is a fascist, or near enough to a fascist that the distinction is uselessly academic.
This Election Is Women's Work

Nov 4, 2024 | momleft.com | Kelly Weill

If the 2024 presidential election has featured a November surprise, it was a Saturday night poll of Iowa voters that found Kamala Harris to be leading Donald Trump by three points in the typically red state. Political observers have issued all the expected caveats. Yes it’s only one poll, albeit a good one. Yes, a Trump Iowa win is within the poll’s margin of error. Still: Harris’s gains are monumental in Iowa where Trump held an 18-point lead over Joe Biden in June. What’s changed?
Daddy Issues

Oct 28, 2024 | momleft.com | Kelly Weill

At a campaign rally for Donald Trump last week, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson foretold vengeance against the left via an extended metaphor about a father spanking a teenage girl. “If you allow your hormone-addled 15-year-old daughter to slam the door of her bedroom and give you the finger, you’re going to get more of it,” Carlson told the crowd. “There has to be a point at which dad comes home. Dad comes home and he’s pissed. He’s not vengeful, he loves his children.
Meet the IQ Test Tube Babies

Oct 18, 2024 | momleft.com | Kelly Weill

In conversations with an undercover reporter from the British organization Hope Not Hate, a leader of the so-called “pro-natalist” movement gave away the game. “I don’t care if you call me a eugenicist,” said a former head of the non-profit group Pronatalist.org. She went on three times to refer to her work as eugenics.
What Will It Take?

Oct 14, 2024 | open.substack.com | Kelly Weill

Israeli forces bombed a Gaza school on Sunday night, and a tent encampment outside a Gaza hospital on Monday morning. Both locations were serving as shelters for displaced Palestinians. At least 20 people, including children, were massacred in the school bombing. Footage from Monday’s hospital attack shows a person in the rubble of a hospital bed, burning alive. You can hear children screaming.
MomLinks: Grift Shopping

Oct 4, 2024 | momleft.com | Kelly Weill

Happy Friday, moms and honorary moms. Fall is in the air. Leaves are on the ground. School boards are back in session and goddamn are they already producing some bangers. In the spirit of catching up on reading (October always gives me the nagging feeling that I’ve forgotten a homework assignment), here’s what I’ve been studying from a very busy week in the parentsphere:MomLeft is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
Return Down For What?

Sep 30, 2024 | momleft.com | Kelly Weill

Would abolition of washing machines lead to greater human freedom? This was the question put forth on Twitter this month by a Dutch scholar, who suggested that degrowth—that is, the program of slowing economic output and capital accumulation, and instead investing in more environmental and human-friendly causes—should involve forgoing certain domestic technologies. Namely, washing machines.