Grassroots Preview: A Defining Moment

The Right Wants Control of Our Identities and Women’s Bodies

Hank Kalet Aug 13 ∙ Preview

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This is a preview of my upcoming column for the Progressive Populist, which will be dated Sept. 1. It is available to paid subscribers of this newsletter. I am offering half of the $50 annual subscription through the end of the summer.

The 2024 election is about control of one’s body and one’s identity, and it is clear that the Republican ticket poses a danger to both.

The attack includes the 2022 Dobbs ruling on abortion and the repeated rhetorical assaults on the trans community, but is much deeper and darker, part of an effort to erase much of the progress we have made as a culture since the end of World War II.

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This may seem like hyperbole. It may sound extreme. But my language is a direct response to the actions, plans, and rhetoric being used by former President (and current nominee) Donald Trump, his running mate J.D. Vance, and elected members of the party, which attempts to frame their bigotry as protection, and masks the very real assault on freedom of identity and bodily autonomy.

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