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Morning Digest: Voters have the chance to protect abortion access this fall—even in Idaho

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Morning Digest: Voters have the chance to protect abortion access this fall—even in Idaho Reproductive rights will be on the ballot in as many as five states David Nir and Jeff Singer Jul 15   Rally to promote initiative to restore abortion rights to Idaho. (Credit: Idahoans United for Women and Families Facebook) Leading Off Abortion Voters in as many as five states will have the chance to either safeguard—or roll back—abortion access this fall, among them Idaho , where election officials confirmed Monday that an initiative to restore the right to an abortion has qualified for the November ballot. Nevada and Virginia , meanwhile, will choose whether to amend their constitutions to enshrine existing protections. Republicans in Missouri, by contrast, are asking voters to repeal an amendment they approved two years ago to restore reproductive rights. And conservatives in Colorado are collecting signatures in an attempt to remove constitutional language protecting abortion...

Trump's GOP Is Ripping This Nation Apart. The Question Is: Why? THE MORAL DEPRAVITY OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DEFINED!

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  THOM HARTMANN'S LENGTHY LIST NEEDS TO STAND BY ITSELF FOR  SERIOUS CONSIDERATION OF THE MORAL DEPRAVITY OF THE  REPUBLICAN  PARTY...REPUBLICANS ARE SILENT...INCLUDING THE  MASS GOP! Trump’s GOP Is Ripping This Nation Apart. The Question Is: Why? The morality of today’s Republican Party has been laid bare. But it boggles the mind the depth of this destruction and cruelty. Thom Hartmann Jul 14, 2026 Common Dreams President Donald Trump is destroying the nation like a crazed maniac. Does anyone really understand what motivates him or the party he controls. (Cartoon: AI generated via The Hartmann Report) Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill — which gave the top 1% fully $118 billion this year in tax cuts — turns a year old this week and Republicans in Congress actually celebrated the largest cuts to food assistance and Medicaid in American history. They told us it was about fraud, about lazy people gaming the system, about restoring the dignity of work. Exactly a ye...