SAVE Act would require birth cert or passport that matches voters legal name. 69M women may have a legal name that doesn’t match their birth cert. An estimated 21M would be turned away at polls. This act is an attempt to disenfranchise women voters.
https://www.thepersistent.com/this-bill-in-the-senate-could-disenfranchise-millions-of-women-voters/

@amydiehl@mstdn.social That could backfire on them. I saw it asserted a day or two ago that without white women voting disproportionately conservative, no conservative would have won election in the last century.

I don't know how true the assertion is.

[UPDATE (see below): Looks like it's not.]

SAVE Act would require birth cert or passport that matches voters legal name. 69M women may have a legal name that doesn’t match their birth cert. An estimated 21M would be turned away at polls. This act is an attempt to disenfranchise women voters.
https://www.thepersistent.com/this-bill-in-the-senate-could-disenfranchise-millions-of-women-voters/

@amydiehl

It's useful to know who has funded a war on women for over 60 years.

The fossil fuel industry.

Koch Network, Heritage Foundation, Federalist Society.

All avatars of the same billionaire bigots.

Charles Koch - abortion criminalization was supposed to be a felony disenfranchisement scheme.
https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/11/koch-brothers-pouring-money-into-anti-abortion-agenda-through-the-center-to-protect-patient-rights-and-freedom-partners.html

Anatomy of the War on Women: How the Koch Brothers Are Funding the Anti-Choice Agenda

The assault had been years, even decades, in the making. But three years ago, a Supreme Court case, the U.S. Census, and anti-Obama backlash set the course for the arsonists who trained their flame-throwers on women's fundamental freedoms.

Rewire News Group (rewirenewsgroup.com)

Mothers Want Federally Funded Childcare. Why Are These Koch-Funded Women Opposing It?

The right-wing, anti-feminist, Koch-funded “Independent Women’s Forum” has been at the forefront of assaults on federally funded childcare.

Ms. Magazine (msmagazine.com)

Efforts at no sex education, no contraception, deprofessionalization of nursing & teaching, no daycare, ...

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SAVE Act would require birth cert or passport that matches voters legal name. 69M women may have a legal name that doesn’t match their birth cert. An estimated 21M would be turned away at polls. This act is an attempt to disenfranchise women voters.
https://www.thepersistent.com/this-bill-in-the-senate-could-disenfranchise-millions-of-women-voters/

@amydiehl

It's useful to know who has funded a war on women for over 60 years.

The fossil fuel industry.

Koch Network, Heritage Foundation, Federalist Society.

All avatars of the same billionaire bigots.

Charles Koch - abortion criminalization was supposed to be a felony disenfranchisement scheme.
https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/11/koch-brothers-pouring-money-into-anti-abortion-agenda-through-the-center-to-protect-patient-rights-and-freedom-partners.html

Anatomy of the War on Women: How the Koch Brothers Are Funding the Anti-Choice Agenda

The assault had been years, even decades, in the making. But three years ago, a Supreme Court case, the U.S. Census, and anti-Obama backlash set the course for the arsonists who trained their flame-throwers on women's fundamental freedoms.

Rewire News Group (rewirenewsgroup.com)

Mothers Want Federally Funded Childcare. Why Are These Koch-Funded Women Opposing It?

The right-wing, anti-feminist, Koch-funded “Independent Women’s Forum” has been at the forefront of assaults on federally funded childcare.

Ms. Magazine (msmagazine.com)

Efforts at no sex education, no contraception, deprofessionalization of nursing & teaching, no daycare, ...

1/

SAVE Act would require birth cert or passport that matches voters legal name. 69M women may have a legal name that doesn’t match their birth cert. An estimated 21M would be turned away at polls. This act is an attempt to disenfranchise women voters.
https://www.thepersistent.com/this-bill-in-the-senate-could-disenfranchise-millions-of-women-voters/

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... ending no fault divorce, promoting child marriage, no ratification of the ERA, forced AI adoption, book bans & illiteracy, ending independence in institutions & higher education, eroding LGBTQ civil rights, & shielding sexual predators.

Republican against child marriage ban calls teens "ripe, fertile"

Lawmaker Jess Edwards opposed a child marriage ban and described teens as being of a "ripe, fertile" age.

Newsweek (www.newsweek.com)

Why Are Some Republican Lawmakers Hellbent on Preserving Child Marriage?

GOP lawmakers across the U.S. have opposed raising the marriage age, with some arguing child marriage bans would encourage abortion.

Rolling Stone (www.rollingstone.com)

Republicans Are Really Into This Whole Child Marriage Thing

Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.

Jezebel (www.jezebel.com)

They fund disinformation about the "male loneliness epidemic" which is really homophobia & "sudden divorce syndrome" hitting misogynists hard.

They fund efforts at male supremacy

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forbes.com

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Project 2025: Affirmative action

Over the course of U.S. history, Americans have attempted to level the playing field (e.g. Civil War, women's suffrage, civil rights movement). According to Project 2025, these changes begat “woke diversificrats” who believe the federal government can produce equality. It advocates “states’ rights” — the path of Southerners who championed slavery.

The Fulcrum (thefulcrum.us)

https://msmagazine.com/2024/09/09/misogynist-manifesto-project-2025-marriage-women-abortion-bible-divorce-men/

The Same Dark Money Groups That Helped Overturn Roe Are Also Behind Attacks on Abortion Pill

Dark money groups are fighting to eliminate one of the easiest to access and safest forms of abortion in this country — abortion pills.

Ms. Magazine (msmagazine.com)

Charles Koch & his ilk are unparalleled bullshit artists determined to fry the planet & end democracy.
https://www.benzinga.com/markets/tech/26/02/50321116/charles-koch-says-his-fathers-letter-left-him-a-stark-warning-that-changed-how-he-viewed-inherited-wealth-beware-of-this-curse

A Koch-funded group is tapping star marketers for a $250 million push to 'reignite the American spirit'

The Koch-funded Stand Together is supporting a new effort that's lined up top marketers to boost civic engagement around America's 250th birthday.

Business Insider (www.businessinsider.com)

Misogynist Manifesto: Project 2025 Says Yes to ‘Biblically Based Marriages’ and No to Reproductive Rights

Misogynist Manifesto: Right-Wing Republican Blueprint Project 2025 Says Yes to ‘Biblically Based Marriages’ and No to Reproductive Rights

Ms. Magazine (msmagazine.com)

The Same Groups That Helped Overturn Roe and Attack Abortion Pills Are Also Lobbying Against the ERA

Anti-abortion groups are fighting to overturn Roe v. Wade, attack medication abortion pills, and stop the Equal Rights Amendment.

Ms. Magazine (msmagazine.com)

Dark Money “Women’s Groups” Are Using Anti-Trans Scaremongering to Oppose the Equal Rights Amendment

Anti-feminist women’s groups set on quashing the Equal Rights Amendment are stoking baseless fears about trans women.

Truthout (truthout.org)

Project 2025: The Right’s Dystopian Plan to Dismantle Civil Rights and What It Means for Women

Project 2025: The right-wing Heritage Foundation plan on civil rights, abortion access, gender studies, woke, and what it means for women.

Ms. Magazine (msmagazine.com)

Revealed: how top pop stars are used to ‘launder the reputation’ of Koch family

Stand Together Music, part of rightwing billionaire Charles Koch’s advocacy network, collaborates with Pitbull, Machine Gun Kelly and others

the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

forbes.com

(www.forbes.com)

E&E News: Koch-backed group launches permitting push

The Americans for Prosperity campaign joins a drive from other industry lobby groups.

(subscriber.politicopro.com)

forbes.com

(www.forbes.com)

‘Project 2025’: plan to dismantle US climate policy for next Republican president

Rightwing groups penned a conservative wish list of proposals for the next conservative president to gut environmental protections

the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

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The Billionaire Kingmaker (Still) Dividing the Nation

Despite a rebrand, Charles Koch won’t stop until U.S. democracy is dead.

Progressive.org (progressive.org)

Morrison v. Olson and the triumph of the unitary executive theory

Courtly Observations is a recurring series by Erwin Chemerinsky that focuses on what the Supreme Court’s decisions will mean for the law, for lawyers and lower courts, and for people’s lives. […]

SCOTUSblog (www.scotusblog.com)

The Koch Government: These 44 Trump Officials Have Close Ties to Right-Wing Billionaire Brothers - Public Citizen

Public Citizen (www.citizen.org)

‘Get the right cases to the supreme court’: inside Charles Koch’s network

Billionaire’s web of rightwing groups works to bring cases to court that could undermine core functionings of the US government

the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

The dangerous legal theory behind Trump’s power grabs

There was no “unitary executive” until some dudes made the idea up to save Nixon.

Mother Jones (www.motherjones.com)

https://theconversation.com/dick-cheneys-expansive-vision-of-presidential-power-lives-on-in-trumps-agenda-269071https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/01/30/trump-firing-executive-branch-supreme-court/

Despite Aggressive Rebrand, Charles Koch is Still Fighting Against Democracy

The media have latched on to Charles Koch's recent expressions of regret over partisanship. But this is a rebranding, not a redirection. 

HNN (www.hnn.us)

The Koch dynasty wants to rule from beyond the grave, just like the Bradley Foundation & Scaife Foundation & their attacks on voting rights.
https://popular.info/p/charles-kochs-5-billion-tax-loophole

forbes.com

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/us/politics/koch-network-2024-election-trump.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/27/koch-americans-for-prosperity-trump-tax-breaks

Just a moment...

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forbes.com

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@zakalwe @amydiehl It wouldn’t backfire on Republicans.

2024 data: https://vividmaps.com/presidential-election-if-only-white-men-voted/

2018 data: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-if-only-men-voted-only-women-only-nonwhite-voters/

SAVE Act would require birth cert or passport that matches voters legal name. 69M women may have a legal name that doesn’t match their birth cert. An estimated 21M would be turned away at polls. This act is an attempt to disenfranchise women voters.
https://www.thepersistent.com/this-bill-in-the-senate-could-disenfranchise-millions-of-women-voters/

@amydiehl For a nation that advertises itself as a bastion of democracy, Americans put a lot of effort into denying people their right to vote.
I prefer our system, where you get in trouble if you *don't* vote. It's inclusive.

SAVE Act would require birth cert or passport that matches voters legal name. 69M women may have a legal name that doesn’t match their birth cert. An estimated 21M would be turned away at polls. This act is an attempt to disenfranchise women voters.
https://www.thepersistent.com/this-bill-in-the-senate-could-disenfranchise-millions-of-women-voters/

SAVE Act would require birth cert or passport that matches voters legal name. 69M women may have a legal name that doesn’t match their birth cert. An estimated 21M would be turned away at polls. This act is an attempt to disenfranchise women voters.
https://www.thepersistent.com/this-bill-in-the-senate-could-disenfranchise-millions-of-women-voters/

SAVE Act would require birth cert or passport that matches voters legal name. 69M women may have a legal name that doesn’t match their birth cert. An estimated 21M would be turned away at polls. This act is an attempt to disenfranchise women voters.
https://www.thepersistent.com/this-bill-in-the-senate-could-disenfranchise-millions-of-women-voters/

SAVE Act would require birth cert or passport that matches voters legal name. 69M women may have a legal name that doesn’t match their birth cert. An estimated 21M would be turned away at polls. This act is an attempt to disenfranchise women voters.
https://www.thepersistent.com/this-bill-in-the-senate-could-disenfranchise-millions-of-women-voters/

SAVE Act would require birth cert or passport that matches voters legal name. 69M women may have a legal name that doesn’t match their birth cert. An estimated 21M would be turned away at polls. This act is an attempt to disenfranchise women voters.
https://www.thepersistent.com/this-bill-in-the-senate-could-disenfranchise-millions-of-women-voters/

@amydiehl

It's useful to know who has funded a war on women for over 60 years.

The fossil fuel industry.

Koch Network, Heritage Foundation, Federalist Society.

All avatars of the same billionaire bigots.

Charles Koch - abortion criminalization was supposed to be a felony disenfranchisement scheme.
https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/11/koch-brothers-pouring-money-into-anti-abortion-agenda-through-the-center-to-protect-patient-rights-and-freedom-partners.html

Anatomy of the War on Women: How the Koch Brothers Are Funding the Anti-Choice Agenda

The assault had been years, even decades, in the making. But three years ago, a Supreme Court case, the U.S. Census, and anti-Obama backlash set the course for the arsonists who trained their flame-throwers on women's fundamental freedoms.

Rewire News Group (rewirenewsgroup.com)

Mothers Want Federally Funded Childcare. Why Are These Koch-Funded Women Opposing It?

The right-wing, anti-feminist, Koch-funded “Independent Women’s Forum” has been at the forefront of assaults on federally funded childcare.

Ms. Magazine (msmagazine.com)

Efforts at no sex education, no contraception, deprofessionalization of nursing & teaching, no daycare, ...

1/

SAVE Act would require birth cert or passport that matches voters legal name. 69M women may have a legal name that doesn’t match their birth cert. An estimated 21M would be turned away at polls. This act is an attempt to disenfranchise women voters.
https://www.thepersistent.com/this-bill-in-the-senate-could-disenfranchise-millions-of-women-voters/