Today, during the start of Black Maternal Health Week, Angela Fobbs, Global Black Caucus Chair, released the following statement: “Across the United States, Black women have long faced devastating barriers to accessible maternal care, leading to disproportionately higher pregnancy-related complications and mortality rates. While the Biden-Harris Administration is addressing this crisis head-on, Donald Trump is hellbent on worsening Black maternal health by pushing to repeal the Affordable Care Act and unleashing extreme abortion bans across the country. Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans are waging a war on reproductive rights that disproportionately harms Black women as he and his MAGA allies plan to ban abortion nationwide, with or without Congress. This November, the stakes could not be higher, and Americans Abroad will head to the polls knowing that healthcare is on the ballot.”

The Blue Vote Café podcast is your window into the world of Democrats Abroad and the issues that face Americans living outside the United States. Hosts David Schellenberg and Rachel Eugster look inward to showcase DA’s caucuses, task forces, and individual leaders and members. And they look outward to explore questions of interest to Americans at home and abroad. Guests have included Leigh MacGowan (aka Politics Girl) Former Ambassador to Canada Bruce Heyman and Mrs. Vicki Heyman Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Jill J. Karovsky Author David Pepper Stewart Reynolds (aka social media darling Brittlestar) Novelist Steve Erickson

Honeydew Projections The roots of a family brood lay In the hopes and inspirations Of dreams bred invoiced Determining clan limbs budding and prospering Or stagnating while decaying Kindred folk impart insistence

Selfish Politics I was standing outside Minding my own business Taking in the stench of burnt marijuana Watching the homeless bumming cigarettes While the street workers loafed And little children run wantonly Amongst each other while giggling insanely

January 15th holds significant importance as it marks both Martin Luther King's Birthday and International Voter Registration Day, creating a powerful nexus between civil rights and democratic participation. Request your Absentee Ballot today at https://www.votefromabroad.org/ Voters in the USA: Go to https://iwillvote.com/ and register to vote or verify that you are registered to vote.

In Memoriam: Sandra Day O'Connor (1930-2023) With profound sadness, we announce the passing of a trailblazer and legal luminary, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, on December 1, 2023. The first woman to serve as a Supreme Court Justice in the United States, Justice O'Connor leaves behind a legacy that forever altered the landscape of American jurisprudence.