Couldn't drink enough to make this make sense
I didn’t even try. In fact, I was stone sober all night – and I do mean all night.
*yawn*
Thank Keith for the music selection. My basic ass would have had you listening to The Secret Garden.
2020
Kaiser Health News| No Winner for President Yet and Health Care Hangs in the Balance | Julie Rovner
The 19th | For the presidency and key races, election outcomes remain uncertain | Annelise McGough
Slate | The future of abortion in America is state by state. | Christina Cauterucci
Politics Colorado and Louisiana made very different calls on ballot measures.
The 19th | Initiatives to restrict abortion access fail in Colorado, but pass in Louisiana | Shefali Luthra
Vox | Live results: Abortion ballot initiatives in Colorado and Louisiana | Anna North
Colorado
New York Times | Colorado Proposition 115 Election Results: Ban Late-Term Abortions
Colorado Newsline | Ballot measure roundup: Abortion restrictions fail as income tax cut, paid leave, tobacco taxes pass | Chase Woodruff
Colorado Times Recorder | In Victory for Abortion Rights, CO's Prop. 115 Abortion Ban Fails | Madeleine Schmidt
HuffPost | Colorado Rejects Ballot Initiative Seeking To Ban Abortion Later In Pregnancy | Alanna Vagianos
KUNC-FM (Greeley, CO) | State To Create New Paid Family Leave Program Following Passage Of Prop 118 | Scott Franz
Vox | Colorado Proposition 115 results: 22-week abortion ban rejected | Anna North
Also non-abortion Colorado…
HuffPost | Colorado Voters Pass Paid Family Leave | Emily Friedlander Peck
Louisiana
New York Times | Louisiana Amendment 1 Election Results: State That Abortion Is Not a Right
CNN | Louisiana voters approve amendment limiting abortion protections | Caroline Kelly
The Hill | Louisiana passes amendment stating abortion is not a right | Tal Axelrod
HuffPost | Louisiana Voters Pass Restrictive Anti-Abortion Amendment | Lydia O'Connor
KPLC-TV (Lake Charles, LA ) | Louisiana approves Amendment 1 stating abortion not a right
Mother Jones | Louisiana just passed an amendment to pave the way to decimating abortion rights | Becca Andrews
WWNO-FM (New Orleans, LA) | Louisiana Voters Approve Amendment 1, Writing No Right To Abortion Into The State Constitution | Bobbi-Jeanne Misick
Slate | 2020 election results in historic firsts, including for Black, LGBTQ candidates. | Rachelle Hampton
LGBTQ Nation | 3 LGBTQ incumbents win U.S. House races while 3 challengers lose | Alex Bollinger
Delaware
The Advocate | Sarah McBride Makes History as Nation's 1st Openly Trans State Sen. | Trudy Ring
Daily Beast | Sarah McBride Makes History as First Out Trans State Senator | Tim Teeman
Deadline Hollywood | Sarah McBride Becomes First Transgender State Senator In the U.S. | Nellie Andreeva
CBS | Sarah McBride becomes nation's first openly transgender state senator | Caitlin O'Kane
Glamour | Sarah McBride Becomes First Trans State Senator in US History | Stacey Leasca
LGBTQ Nation | Sarah McBride will be the nation’s highest ranking transgender politician after election victory | Molly Sprayregen
The Lily | Sarah McBride becomes highest-ranking transgender state legislator in America | Cecilia Nowell
NewNowNext | Sarah McBride Is America's First Trans State Senator | Sam Manzella
The 19th | Sarah McBride elected first openly transgender state senator | Barbara Rodriguez
Teen Vogue | Delaware’s Sarah McBride Makes History as First Trans Senator | Brittney McNamara
USA Today | 'We did it': Sarah McBride makes history as first transgender state senator | Morgan Hines
Variety | Delaware Makes History by Electing Its First Transgender Senator, Sarah McBride | Jazz Tangcay
Florida
Complex | Florida Voters Make History by Electing Two LGBTQ Lawmakers | Joshua Espinoza
Metro Weekly | Shevrin Jones elected Florida's first openly gay state senator | John Riley
Kansas
The Advocate | Stephanie Byers Wins to Become Kansas's 1st Trans Elected Official | Tracy E. Gilchrist
Kansas City Star | Kansas makes history, elects retired Wichita teacher as its first transgender legislator | Denise Neil
LGBTQ Nation | Out Congresswoman Sharice Davids wins reelection | Molly Sprayregen
New Hampshire
LGBTQ Nation | Out Congressman Chris Pappas reelected to House of Representatives | Juwan Holmes
New York
LGBTQ Nation | Ritchie Torres will be the first out Afro-Latinx person elected to Congress | Juwan Holmes
LGBTQ Nation | A gay Black socialist just shattered a rainbow ceiling in New York when he won his election | Molly Sprayregen
Metro Weekly | Ritchie Torres becomes first openly gay Afro-Latino elected to Congress | John Riley
The Wrap | Ritchie Torres Becomes First Afro-Latino LGBTQ Member of Congress | Lindsey Ellefson
Ohio
The Advocate | Ohio's Hamilton County Elects First Woman, First LGBTQ+ Sheriff | Trudy Ring
LGBTQ Nation | The sheriff fired her because she’s a lesbian so she ran against him. She’ll be the new sheriff now. | Juwan Holmes
Oklahoma
LGBTQ Nation | Oklahoma elects a non-binary Black Muslim millennial to the state House | Juwan Holmes
Vermont
LGBTQ Nation | Taylor Small will be Vermont’s first out transgender legislator | Molly Sprayregen
Other positive state results…
Oregon
The Oregonian | Universal preschool measure passes, meaning new income tax for Multnomah County’s highest earners | Eder Campuzano
Vox | Oregon Measure 26-214 results: Tuition-free preschool approved in Portland and Multnomah County | Anna North
Abortion
Mic | The new Supreme Court's first crack at Roe v. Wade could come as soon as Friday | Ray Levy-Uyeda
Brookings Institution | Roe v. Wade isn’t the only way to protect a woman’s right to choose | Isabel Sawhill
Daily Trojan | The abortion rights movement neglects intersectionality | Myriam Alcala
Here & Now | White House Global Anti-Abortion Rules Limit Access To Women's Healthcare | Sarah Varney
Reuters | Kenyan charities urge government to quit U.S.-led anti-abortion pact | Nita Bhalla
LGBTQ
NPR | Faith, LGBTQ Rights Collide At Supreme Court | Nina Totenberg
Reuters | LGBT and religious rights collide in U.S. Supreme Court foster-care case | Lawrence Hurley, Andrew Chung
The Advocate Magazine | Remember (!) SCOTUS Hears Huge LGBTQ+ Rights Case Day After Election | Trudy Ring
The Imprint | Pandemic Worsened Existing Challenges for LGBTQ Foster Youth | John Kelly
Pregnancy & Parenting
Detroit Free Press | COVID-19 could be the wakeup call businesses need to fix a broken child care system | Kendra Hurley
Glamour | Black Women Who've Died in Childbirth Won't Be Forgotten | Shannon Miller
Seattle Times | Pandemic recession disproportionately affects women as more working moms are forced to quit jobs | Katie Surma
Reproductive Health & Justice
Ohio Capital Journal | Why protecting the ACA is crucial for women of color | Carles Anderson
Work & Money
CNN | The next president must help women get back to work | Heather Murren
The National Law Review | Civil Rights Organizations File Lawsuit Seeking to Halt President Trump’s Executive Order Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping | Stacie Linguist
More, More, More
Teen Vogue | Under Trump's Presidency, Television Often Sold Us a Feminist Dream Marie Solis