Ok, when I see "Dems" I'm thinking politicians or at least party members, not everyone who voted for a candidate with (D) next to their name, so now your comment makes more sense.

WA isn't nearly as "overwhelmingly blue" as a lot of people seem to think, though. It's basically a couple of blue cities in a sea of red, just like a lot of other states. It usually shakes out to mostly blue statewide candidates, but the margin isn't that big.

It doesn't take a lot of otherwise blue bigots or people confused by the deliberately obfuscated language on the ballot to swing that vote, is what I'm saying. I'm still crossing my fingers that it'll end up failing, since more progressive districts are larger and take longer to count, but even if it fails it would be at a margin closer than I'm comfortable with.

I do suspect that if it passes, it would get repealed in the next election as soon as people realize the implications, but we'll see what happens.

Still says too early to call, so there's still a chance. The biggest (which correlates with progressive) districts are still counting, so it's likely to shift a little towards "no". We'll see if it's enough.

No matter the result, it's disappointing that it's not getting decisively rejected. Just goes to show that the bigots with a lot of ad spending money are still a force to be reckoned with.

Not sure why Dems are being called out here? This was a ballot initiative by a Republican, submitted for direct vote. Dems didn't control any part of this.

Who says that's their goal? Their goal is to force the women out of the workplace and making them stay at home wives.

They also want women to stay at home, though. So having them forced to carry the baby and then lose their job plays nicely into their goal of forcing every woman to be a stay at home wife.

They're more likely to put up with domestic abuse if they're completely reliant on the man, you know.

It's probably from employers refusing to give them enough hours to earn benefits, so it totals out to less than two full time jobs. And it would be a nightmare to schedule your life around.

Haven't they been open to peace talks all along? Trump just didn't want to agree to their terms.

So good it's worth the brain parasites. Just ask RFK Jr.

It's especially bound to happen because it's basically a medical procedure which is incompatible with being a medical professional. A medical professional would lose their license for performing this procedure, so the only way to do it is by using someone unqualified.

That sounds like a tea egg. Century eggs are cured in an alkaline solution for weeks to months. Both taste fine.

If it's not medically necessary, yes. Not all wisdom teeth need to be removed, but some do. It's kind of like foreskin in that way.

It's not mutilation if it's done to a consenting adult. This applies to both vasectomies and circumcision. Sometimes there are medical reasons for either procedure.