Forcing teachers to tell parents about a child’s LGBTQ identity could create “immeasurable trauma,” one activist said.
— Read on truthout.org/articles/gov-glenn-youngkin-aims-to-force-teachers-to-out-lgbtq-students-to-parents/
Category Archives: GOP
GOP’s Domestic Terrorists — FBI Standoff Suspect Posted ‘Call to Arms’ on Trump’s Truth Social
The suspect has been identified by media as Ricky Walter Shiffer. Social media posts reviewed by VICE News appear to show a man violently angry about the FBI’s search of Trump’s home.
— Read on www.vice.com/en/article/z34mz4/fbi-ricky-walter-shiffer-truth-social
Gerrymandering Is the Real Rot in Democracy’s Foundation
Gerrymandering in states like Ohio are pushing state legislatures to the extreme right, in fundamentally un-democratic ways.
— Read on www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a40872936/gerrymandering-ohio/
America’s Whiny Whiny — Teacher quits after school takes down his display of historic Black people
In the spring, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed laws banning LGBTQ and racial issues from classrooms. This is the result.
— Read on www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/08/teacher-quits-school-takes-display-historic-black-people/
GOP’s Domestic Terrorists — Suspect killed in standoff after alleged attempt to breach FBI office in Cincinnati
The suspect died in a gunfire exchange with officers, authorities said.
— Read on www.cbsnews.com/news/alleged-fbi-office-breach-cincinnati-ohio-standoff-suspect-dies/
Politicians seek to control classroom discussions about slavery in the US
Lawmakers are seeking to downplay the role that slavery played in the development of the United States, but history tells a different story.
— Read on theconversation.com/politicians-seek-to-control-classroom-discussions-about-slavery-in-the-us-187057
Trump Takes The Fifth Like ‘The Mob’
As he bloody well had to.
— Read on abovethelaw.com/2022/08/trump-takes-the-fifth-like-the-mob/
Texas’s federal courts are rigged to block President Biden’s policies and benefit Republicans
It’s easy to secure court orders blocking “Remain in Mexico,” and other major policies when you can choose your own judges.
— Read on www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/8/10/23296841/supreme-court-biden-judiciary-republicans-texas-judge-shopping-immigration-obamacare
Republicans Are Rooting for Civil War
Executing a valid search warrant, FBI agents arrived in the morning to search the office. The word “unprecedented” was on everyone’s lips. They seized business records, computers, and other documents related to possible crimes. An enraged Donald Trump denounced the FBI and the Justice Department, saying not that they…
— Read on www.thebulwark.com/republicans-are-rooting-for-civil-war-trump-mar-a-lago/
What the GOP Really Loves Is Money, Power, and Hate
If this was just routine political corruption by a few rogue politicians, it would be a problem but not a crisis—however—this cynical embrace of strongman oligarchy has put America itself at risk.
— Read on www.commondreams.org/views/2022/08/09/what-gop-really-loves-money-power-and-hate
‘The Daily Show’ Showed When GOP Loved FBI Investigations
The program unearthed old footage of Fox News commentators talking about Hillary Clinton’s email servers, but made it about Trump.
— Read on uproxx.com/viral/the-daily-show-trump-fbi-hillary-clinton-video/
The Republican response to the Mar-a-Lago raid should scare you
Leading Republicans are in thrall to a dangerously conspiratorial view of the US government.
— Read on www.vox.com/2022/8/9/23298080/mar-a-lago-raid-trump-florida-desantis-republicans-regime
Paul Manafort Exclusive: I Gave Trump Campaign Polling Data to Russian Associate
Trump’s former campaign chair tells Insider he shared polling data with longtime business associate Konstantin Kilimnik to help secure business deals.
— Read on www.businessinsider.com/paul-manafort-exclusive-interview-trump-campaign-polling-data-russia-kilimnik-2022-8
GOP Suddenly Wants to Defund Law Enforcement After Mar-a-Lago Raid
Trump sycophant Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says defunding the Department of Justice would “completely cut out of their budget the ability to persecute Republicans”
— Read on www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/mar-a-lago-raid-gop-response-defund-fbi-1394486/
Firearms banned at events with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has argued ‘gun-free’ zones are less safe
Firearms banned at events with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has argued ‘gun-free’ zones are less safe
— Read on www.businessinsider.com/guns-banned-at-turning-point-rallies-with-florida-gov-ron-desantis-2022-8
How Republicans Are ‘Weaponizing’ Public Office Against Climate Action
A Times investigation revealed a coordinated effort by state treasurers to use government muscle and public funds to punish companies trying to reduce greenhouse gases.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2022/08/05/climate/republican-treasurers-climate-change.html
The Director of the FBI Helped to Overturn Roe
FBI Director Chris Wray has now admitted to botching the FBI investigation into Brett Kavanaugh, as his own Federalist Society connections to the anti-abortion agenda run deep.
— Read on shero.substack.com/p/the-director-of-the-fbi-helped-to
SCOTUS Claims Abortion Proponents Are Motivated by Eugenics and Eliminating the ‘Unfit’—But History Says Otherwise
The Court claims that abortion will suppress the size of the Black community, meaning that overturning Roe will stop this eugenics impulse.
— Read on msmagazine.com/2022/08/04/abortion-eugenics-black-women/
‘Abject humiliation’: Kansas City Star editorial dances on Eric Greitens political grave
‘Abject humiliation’: Kansas City Star editorial dances on Eric Greitens political grave
— Read on www.rawstory.com/eric-greitens-2657799687/
Chicago Police Stopped Black Drivers 5 Times More Often Than White Drivers In 2021, State Report Says
The number of traffic stops in Chicago has increased exponentially since 2015, following a lawsuit settlement that restricted the use stop-and-frisk.
— Read on blockclubchicago.org/2022/08/01/chicago-police-stopped-black-drivers-5-times-more-often-than-white-drivers-in-2021-state-report-says/