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Republicans Responsible for Mass Shootings
Republicans are responsible for mass shootings and deaths since 2004 because President George W. Bush let the Assault Weapons Ban expire in 2004. Republicans have refused since then to allow it to be renewed.
Under the 1994 Clinton Administration Assault Weapons Ban, the maximum capacity of a magazine was set at 10 rounds. AR-15s were one of 18 semiautomatic weapons banned under the 1994 law that expired in 2004 during the Republican George W. Bush administration despite broad public support and a drop in gun fatalities.
Since then, killers have used semiautomatics to target victims en masse at Virginia Tech in 2007; the Fort Hood military base in 2009; the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colorado in 2012; a Sikh temple in Wisconsin in 2012; Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, CT in 2012, the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando in 2016, the 2017 Las Vegas shooting which left 58 people dead, the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fl in which 17 students died, mass shooting on March 22, 2021 at a King Soopers supermarket in Boulder, CO in which 10 people were killed, May 14, 2022 a gunman shot 13 people killing 10 at a grocery store in Buffalo and May 24, 2022 at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde TX which left 21 people dead and 17 more injured.
America on track for record year in mass shootings
Mass murder has become a regular occurrence in red states like Texas, as Republicans apparently keep trying to gaslight us about how the guns somehow have nothing to do with it.
Red Republican States respond to shootings by taking away restrictions and passing laws making it easier to get more guns
Radical Right Wing Republican Supreme Court Strikes Down Bump Stock Ban
Supreme Court puts its ‘right-wing political agenda above public safety
NBA Coach Gregg Popovich calls out Republicans for Inaction on Gun Reform
San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich on Sunday plead for gun control before his team’s before final regular season game in Dallas.
Inside the NRA’s impact on Republican politics
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins breaks down the ways the National Rifle Association’s longtime chief, Wayne LaPierre, influenced Republican politics over his long tenure.
When the 2nd amendment was written, muskets were the “arms” the writers of the constitution were referring to, not semi-automatic weapons with a hundred rounds of ammunition
Deadly start to 2023 as mass shootings pervade nation
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REPUBLICANS GLORIFY & PRAISE “Weapons of Death”
Republicans believe any weapon you can think of should be legal so they can overthrow a ‘Tyrannical Government’ if necessary.
Club Q Shooting Survivor ‘Disgusted’ Over Republicans ‘Gun Reform Inaction’
A Club Q shooting survivor testified in front of the House Oversight Committee about the rise of anti-LGBTQ+ violence in the U.S
Republican Senator Brags About Stonewalling Gun Control While Multiple Mass Shootings Are Happening
During a day in which 60 shootings occurred, including multiple mass shootings, Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas tweeted that gun control was “not gonna happen.” He and his Party are going to do everything they can to block gun control legislation that the majority of Americans support, all because they love their money from the gun industry.
Republicans don’t care that a clear majority of Americans has supported banning Assault Weapons for years. They’ve put their allegiance to the NRA above doing what the American people want. This is more proof that Republicans don’t believe in Democracy or representative government. Similar to Fascist Authoritarian Dictator Regimes, it’s about cramming what they want down their subjects throats.
Since Republicans have consistently refused to make assault weapons illegal, refused to pass legislation which demands tests & minimum requirements for gun / weapons ownership, Republicans are responsible for ALL mass shootings in the United States in which assault weapons were used.
People have to get a license to drive a car… they also should be required to pass some kind of tests to own a gun.
REPUBLICAN Trump signed law to help Mentally Ill Get Guns
Rachel Maddow points out the irony of Donald Trump’s remarks that the Las Vegas shooter was “sick and demented” when one of Trump’s only legislative accomplishments was a law to make it easier for the mentally ill to get guns.
NRA’s ‘Good Guy With A Gun’ Theory Failed In Real Time In Uvalde
In addition to the police response being an unfathomable failure, it is also proof that the ‘good guy with a gun’ theory doesn’t work.
Texas rampage is among deadliest school shootings in U.S. history
In 2020, there were more than 19,000 gun-related homicides in the U.S., according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s an average of 53 per day. There have been 213 mass shootings so far this year. The death toll in school mass shootings is also startling — since the Sandy Hook massacre in 2012, 77 students have been killed.
Eric Swalwell SHREDS Republicans in SPEECH OF THE YEAR over inaction after Uvalde. Republicans are truly DESPICABLE and responsible for everything which is wrong in our country.
REPUBLICANS Have No Answer to Eric Swalwell’s Simple Question!
Jesse talks about Eric Swalwell’s simple question to Republican members of his committee, including Jim Jordan and Louie Gohmert. He asked, “Are you here for our kids, or are you here for the killers?”
U.S. Gun Culture Wasn’t Always Like This
A Political Party That Doesn’t Care If You Get Shot
Despite clear evidence to the contrary, the GOP continues to push the idea that liberal policy is the culprit for gun violence in America. Fred Guttenberg, who lost his daughter in the mass shooting in Parkland, FL, joins Katie Phang to discuss.
Lawrence: Republicans Don’t Want You To Know The Truth About TX School Massacre
For years, Republicans have argued that the only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains why the mass murder of 19 students and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, has again proven that Republican plan will never work.
Being Murdered In School Is A Uniquely American Way Of Death
May 24, 2022 MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell covers the tragic news of yet another mass shooting in an American school, this time an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and looks back at the history at this uniquely American way of death.
Lawrence: GOP Position Is Kids Have To Die Because The Constitution Says So
Texas Democratic candidate for Governor Beto O’Rourke interrupted a press conference in Uvalde, Texas, being chaired by his political rival, Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott, telling Abbott the Uvalde shooting was “totally predictable.” MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell covers that and how the Republican solution to school shootings didn’t work in Uvalde, Texas.
Florida student arrested for plotting school shooting
The Daytona Beach Police Department said that they have arrested 19-year-old John Hagins, an Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University student, for plotting to shoot up the school on the final day before winter break. Dec 9, 2021
A 15-year-old sophomore from Oxford High School has been charged in connection with a shooting inside the school that left 4 students dead and 7 injured. Dec 1, 2021
Manslaughter charges filed against parents of accused killer in Michigan school shooting; authorities search for couple
Hours after a prosecutor filed involuntary manslaughter charges against the parents of the suspect in the Oxford High School shooting, authorities claimed they appeared to be fleeing from authorities.
Jennifer and James Crumbley were each charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter after the prosecutor said they bought the firearm for their son as a Christmas gift. Their 15-year-old son, Ethan, is accused of fatally shooting four students and injuring seven others at Oxford High School on Tuesday.
Sen. Chris Murphy on school shooting in Michigan that left 3 dead, and at least 8 injured: “I’m at my wits end about why Republicans’ concern for life seems so limited when the choices we could make to try to protect our kids are so obvious, are so politically popular, are so possible.”
Democratic Senator Chris Murphy Makes Passionate Case For Gun Control Following Oxford High School Shooting In Michigan
Mass Shootings In The U.S.
Mass shooting at grocery store in Boulder, Colorado
Colorado police arrested a person of interest after a shooting at a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder. Police confirmed 10 people were killed, including an officer.
Mass shootings in the US: A timeline
Here’s a timeline of the other tragic, deadly mass killings in the United States from Pulse to the University of Texas clock tower massacre
The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in which 20 children were massacred with a semi-automatic weapon demonstrates the need for legislation restricting such weapons.
UCSB Victim’s Dad: ‘My Kid Died’ Because Nobody Acted After Sandy Hook
How A Handgun Is Different To An AR-15
Stephanie Ruhle takes a look at what teachers would be up against, if they were armed with a handgun and confronted with an AR-15. MSNBC Terrorism Analyst Malcolm Nance explains just how outgunned these teachers would be.
As shown in the above video, a bullet fired from a AR-15 travels at speeds of over 2,182 miles per hour.
AR-15: The Gun Behind So Many Mass Shootings
The AR-15 assault rifle is commonly used in mass shootings in the United States. Here’s a closer look at likely reasons why.
Proof That AR-15s Are Weapons Of War
The death toll from the shooting in Colorado may be unusual in most countries, but it’s common in the U.S. because the alleged killer used an “AR-15 style rifle,” a weapon explicitly meant for going on offense and not defense. In this special report, MSNBC’s Ari Melber traces the origins of the weapon and its intended use, how civilians came about using it in increasing numbers, and what makes it so deadly. This is an excerpt from a longer special report. Aired on 03/23/2021.
Two days before the deadly riots at the Capitol, the NRA sent a letter to its members claiming that under the Biden administration, armed government agents would “storm your house, take your guns and haul you to prison.”
The LIE that the NRA and Republicans continue to peddle that… “Democrats want to take your guns away” is TOTAL BS!
They use this ridiculous lie to make sure low-information people ALWAYS vote for Republicans, who want to take away their Healthcare, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security while giving Tax Breaks to the Rich.
Amazing how almost half of the people in this country are so stupid that they consistently vote for Republicans… who consistently do NOTHING for them.
Per an article at; wpr.org/survey-only-3-percent-americans-own-half-guns-us;
“Only 3 Percent Of Americans Own Half The Guns In US. The percentage of Americans who own guns decreased from 25 percent to 22 percent, according to the report. It also found about 78 percent of Americans don’t own guns, and 19 percent of adults in the U.S. own the remaining half of firearms in the country.
The Guardian newspaper referred to the 3 percent group as “super-owners” and said they own an average of 17 guns each”.
A small portion of the population who believe there should be NO regulations are bullying and forcing their radical demands of “no regulations” down the throats of the majority.
83 Percent of Americans support background checks on people purchasing guns and limiting access to semi-automatic weapons. The NRA and Republicans are doing everything possible to thwart the will of the American people.
GOP, Fox News Lie About Gun Control After Boulder, Atlanta Shootings
Seth takes a closer look at Republicans, the gun lobby and Fox News once again lying and making ridiculous excuses for why they oppose wildly popular gun safety measures after two horrific shootings in the span of less than a week.
Why Arming Teachers Is A Fantasy War Game
Today at a listening session with school shooting survivors and family of victims at the White House, President Donald Trump suggested arming school personnel with handguns. Lawrence O’Donnell breaks down why this an unrealistic solution to school shootings.
Trump signed law to help Mentally Ill Get Guns
Rachel Maddow points out the irony of Donald Trump’s remarks that the Las Vegas shooter was “sick and demented” when one of Trump’s first legislative accomplishments was a law to make it easier for the mentally ill to get guns.
Texas Loosening Gun Laws Weeks After Mass Shooting
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott defended new gun laws that ease restrictions on gun owners in that state, hours after the laws went into effect and hours after a gunman shot at least 21 people, killing seven, in and around Odessa, Texas.
The new laws loosen restrictions on gun ownership and use in schools, foster homes, apartment buildings, and houses of worship.
Republican Tells THE TRUTH About Gun Control
Republicans are owned by the NRA and gun lobbies. Although over half of Americans want Assault Weapons banned and enhanced background checks to stop mentally ill people from getting guns, Republicans don’t care and will continue to do nothing. The only solutions is to vote Republicans out of office.
90% of Americans and 92% of gun owners want gun reform, but the NRA has found clever ways to block that in Washington.
Far-right militias and domestic terrorism in America
As shown, Republican congressmen are bought & paid for by the NRA.
The NRA is also responsible because they also do not want any restrictions on the sale / purchase of assault weapons and have used their lobbying power to make sure Republicans don’t support assault weapons bans.
Florida school shooting: Details emerge in timeline, what we know about suspect
Florida student to NRA and Trump: ‘We call BS’
Emma Gonzalez, a student at the Parkland, Florida high school where 17 people were left dead after a mass shooting, calls out President Trump and the NRA by name at an anti-gun rally in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Republican Florida lawmakers refuse to consider assault weapons ban despite call for tougher gun control laws
President Obama Speaks on Common-Sense Measures to Reduce Gun Violence
Parkland Shooting Survivor Sam Zeif, who lost a close friend three years ago in the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, joins MSNBC’s Brian Williams to discuss the mass shooting in a Colorado supermarket
Donald Trump Jr. Blames Victims Of School Shooting
Bill Moyers calls out and exposes the NRA
Title from Youtube: “NRA Should Be Classified As A Terrorist Organization”
GUNS RUIN LIVES
Gun advocates love to claim guns save lives and are necessary for self protection. Here’s just a few examples of how guns ruined lives and how if the shooters didn’t have a gun, none of these events would have happened…
Columbine High School Massacre – click here to read
Colorado Theater Shooting– click here to read
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting – click here to read
Florida man gets life in prison for killing teen over loud music – click here to read
Pennsylvania Road-rage killing after lane merge – click here to read
The most notable examples above of killings which could have been avoided are the Pennsylvania road-rage killing and Killing teen over loud music. These were rage and out-of-control temper cases. If the shooters hadn’t had a gun these events wouldn’t have happened. Their having a gun caused their lives & their families, the people they shot and their families to be destroyed.
As shown in the above examples, not everyone is emotionally stable enough to own deadly weapons. People have to get a license to drive a car… they also should be required to pass some kind of tests to own a gun. Also, military grade weapons which can rapid fire over 20 rounds of ammo should not be allowed to be owned by Average Joe citizens.
Republicans do not care that 80% of Americans want Gun Control legislation to be passed.
Republicans War On The Poor and Working Families
Robert Reich connects the dots to expose Republicans War on the Poor and Working Families including their opposition to minimum wage, unemployment insurance, food stamps and more.
Republicans are constantly demonizing the poor by claiming their lazy and don’t work. Millions of people who are poor work full time in low paying jobs, such as those in the food service industry at places like McDonalds, Taco Bell, etc. Just because these jobs are low paying doesn’t mean they are not important. We couldn’t function as a society if no one was willing to work these jobs.
REPUBLICAN Ron DeSantis LOWERS Minimum Wage In Florida
The above video exposes how Republicans are hypocrites who engage in, and condone Socialism for the Rich in the form of corporate bails-outs, tax payer funded sports stadiums, farm subsidies (22 billion in 2019 when Trump was President), but harsh “pull yourself by up by your own bootstraps” Capitalism for everyone else.
Republicans are demanding stricter work requirements in the debt ceiling fight, which also include GOP demands for cuts targeting the poor. “You’re taking people off of SNAP, off of food stamps, and Medicaid,” MSNBC’s Ali Velhi tells Joy Reid. “What kind of country is looking to have fewer people have enough.”
Fox Guest Compares Poor People To Dogs Who Are Only Obedient When They’re Hungry
A Fox News guest this past week may have accidentally let the cat out of the bag when he said that poor people have it too good by receiving extended unemployment benefits, then drew a parallel to military dogs who are only obedient to commands when they are hungry. This is what the Right wants for America – a country so starving and desperate that they will do anything their masters ask them to do.
House Republicans tried to pass H.R. 5003, misleadingly titled “Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016”, a bill which would inevitably take free school lunches away from poor schools and children.
The bill was introduced by Indiana Republican Todd Rokita and would have affected up to 50,000 students just in his home state alone.
REPUBLICAN Mitch McConnell Blocks Program To Give Poor Students Free School Lunches
Mitch McConnell and his Republican followers in the Senate are currently blocking an extension of a federal waiver program that would allow more children to receive free school meals. This comes as nearly half of the population of McConnell’s own state, Kentucky, would benefit from the legislation. This is pure evil coming from Republicans, as they have no other motivations than wanting people to hurt. Mar 9, 2022
Republicans voted to cut 39 Billion Dollars from the Food Stamp program, but have no problem giving tax breaks to the wealthy.
Republican Florida Senator Rick Scott wants to Tax the Poor plus eliminate Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid as shown in the above interview with FOX NEWS John Roberts
Republicans Tax Hike On Poor People Exposed
Republican Senator Rick Scott’s “agenda” for the Republican Party is blowing up in their faces, and now the Party is in full panic mode as it has been revealed that Scott’s plan would raise taxes on the bottom 40% of income earners by about $1,000 per year. Running on a platform of raising taxes on the most vulnerable citizens is never a winning strategy, but Scott thought that he knew better than Mitch McConnell and his arrogance could sink his Party in November. Mar 9, 2022
Rick Scott Forced To Lie About His Tax Plan After It Blows Up In His Face
Republican Senator Rick Scott is now trying to lie his way out of his plan to raise taxes on low income Americans, and he’s claiming that this was never part of his plan. However, it is clear as day in the plan as Scott prepared it, and no amount of creative talking and linguistic gymnastics are going to be able to change the fact that this is what he wanted to do.
Avlon calls out GOP senator for denial on Fox
Rick Scott Lies to Sean Hannity About Tax Hikes In His Plan. Sen. Rick Scott (R-Florida) proposed a plan to raise income taxes on Americans who don’t pay them currently, and then denied it in an interview on Fox.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is a typical Republican who wants to cut Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid.
Republicans in the US Senate voted to cut funding from Medicare and Medicaid in order to help fund their 2 TRILLION tax cuts for the rich. They are taking away healthcare from the needy in order to give more money to the greedy.
A new study shows that despite the makers vs. takers rhetoric pushed by many Republicans, red states are the most dependent on government programs.
Republicans Don’t Care about the Poor
Paul Ryan’s attitude about poor people is typical of most Republicans. His idea of helping the poor is to completely eliminate food stamps, social security, medicare and medicaid.
Paul Ryan frequently talks about “taker & makers”. If anyone is a “taker”, it’s Paul Ryan and Republican politicians who’s been on the public dole their entire life and does nothing to help average Joe Americans.
Paul Ryan has been dreaming about cutting Medicaid Since College
REPUBLICAN Paul Ryan stated; “The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand .” That’s freshly minted GOP vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan talking — statements he would eventually recant — at a party celebrating what would have been the prolific author’s 100th birthday…”. Did Rand, a libertarian darling, idolize serial killer Walter Edward Hickman?
Paul Ryan’s anti-poverty agenda is a SHAM. His idea of helping the poor is to completely eliminate food stamps, social security, medicare and medicaid.
ALL Republicans are in principle against government programs and Paul Ryan is no different. They vilify government programs by calling them “socialism” and “communism”.
GOP gets ‘down the block’ tough
The Nation’s John Nichols and Sen. Jeff Merkley join to discuss the GOP’s new faux tough-guy attitude, and how it’s hurting countless Americans.
Republicans voted to cut 39 Billion Dollars from the Food Stamp program, but have no problem giving tax breaks to the wealthy.
Congress dithers while Americans go hungry
Millions of Americans struggle to put food on the table while Congress struggles to negotiate a farm bill linked to SNAP
Food stamp cuts to create ‘hunger cliff’
About 47 million poor people are about to have less to eat — and the worst may still be coming.
Trump Wants To Replace Food Stamps With Food Boxes
Rep. Jack Kingston, who is running in Georgia’s senate primary, attacked the poor in a recent conversation with supporters.
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT ADMITTED HE WASN’T CONCERNED ABOUT THE POOR
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said that he’s “not concerned about the very poor,” citing the social safety net in place for that segment of the populace and adding that he’s focused on the middle class”.
Mitt Romney admits he is not concerned about the poor — not long after he tried to convince a crowd he was.
This chart shows where all of the money is going. There would be plenty of money for Healthcare and to help the Poor if so much wasn’t being wasted on the military.
Since 2001, the United States has been spending 900 Million a week in Afghanistan. Republicans has no problem spending trillions on the military, bombs and wars, but they want to cut programs like food stamps, medicare, social security, etc which benefits regular Americans and the poor.
Congressman Who Gets Millions In Farm Subsidies: Food Stamps Stealing ‘Other People’s Money – Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-TN) agitated against food aid for poor Americans included in the Farm Bill during last week’s House Agricultural Committee debate, accusing the government of stealing “other people’s money.” Funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has already been decimated in both the House and Senate versions of the Farm Bill, cutting off nearly 2 million working families, children, and seniors from food assistance.
Fincher invoked the Bible in his defense of the devastating cuts, quoting, “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.” Read the whole story here
Congressman Quotes Jesus In Bid To Gut Food Stamps
While Republican Stephen Fincher cites chapter and verse to prove that it is immoral for out of work folks to mooch off government largesse, he fails to mention that his own fingers have been observed in the public till.
Farm Subsidy Recipients Who Voted to Cut Food Stamps
http://www.alternet.org/10-farm-subsidy-recipients-who-voted-cut-food-stamps
GOP’s definition of freedom means freedom from Social Security and affordable Health Care for most families and even freedom from necessary food-assistance benefits for about 170,000 veterans.
Republicans Take Hypocritical Stance In Food Stamp Debate
House Agriculture Committee Republicans who vocally supported billions in cuts to federal food assistance are big-time recipients of government help in the form of farm subsidies.
Reps. Stephen Fincher (R-Tenn.) and Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.) both cited the Bible last week to argue that while individual Christians have a responsibility to feed the poor, the federal government does not.
The Fincher That Stole Food Stamps
The second most heavily subsidized farmer in Congress said Washington should not “steal” from taxpayers to support food assistance like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — better known as food stamps.
Republicans are for “welfare for the Wealthy” and they want to continue spending trillions on the military. We should cut military spending in half and in doing so there would enough money to take care of All Americans, including the homeless.
Cutting assistance to the poor is in direct opposition to Christ’s teachings.
Matthew 25:40 says “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me”.
Matthew 25:31-46 says “For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home. I was naked, and you gave me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me.’’
Republicans constantly site the bible to rationalize their every day actions, but are hypocrites by doing everything possible to take away assistance to the poor.
Cutting assistance to the poor is in direct violation of Christ’s teachings. Republican Christian Religious Fanatics are some of the biggest hypocrites in the world.
Republicans are Enemies Of the Poor and Middle Class
If you make less that $40,000 a year you would be crazy to vote for Republicans. Like Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney said” I’m not concerned about the poor”.
Republicans REFUSE to increase taxes on the rich but want to increase taxes on the poor. There are many corporations which pays no taxes at all and Republicans refuse to do anything about it. Republicans are protectors of the rich and do not care about the middle class and the poor.
If you have any low income republican friends, try to make them understand they are being used and they need to STOP voting for republicans.
Republicans want to take away Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare. Don’t let them! ALL Republicans should be fired

Republicans War on Education, History, Teachers & Books
REPUBLICANS are passing Laws banning books, limiting what Teachers can Teach and what can be discussed in classrooms with huge fines of up to $10,000 for violations. Republicans want BIG GOVERNMENT controlling every aspect of people’s lives.
Trump has taken the GOP’s assault on transgendered people and teachers to a new level this week by signing an executive order that allows the Department of Justice to begin prosecuting teachers who support transgender and nonbinary students. But the order is much darker than it would seem – if a teacher uses pronouns for a student that do not correspond with the gender assigned to them at birth, they will be prosecuted. This is about to lead to all sorts of chaos in the education system,
REPUBLICAN’S WAR on Teachers
This short video shows how oppressive and unbearable life could become unless REPUBLICANS are STOPPED by VOTING THEM OUT.
Teachers Pull Books To Avoid Felony Prosecution From DeSantis Law
Teachers are being told to withhold ALL of their classroom library books until they can be individually reviewed for certification in the wake of a new law, House Bill 1467, which can result in a third-degree felony if violated.
Indoctrination by cartoon? DeSantis’ latest attack on ‘woke schools.’
Ron DeSantis says Florida schools should be about “education over indoctrination.” So why is his state now bringing in lessons on race and social justice from a right-wing group whose leader brags about indoctrinating kids? Mehdi breaks down the hypocrisy behind DeSantis’ war on ‘woke’ schools.
‘Outrageous’: Don Lemon reacts to Florida book law championed by DeSantis
Embattled Florida parents to America: You’re next if DeSantis wins!
Alex Wagner looks at the agenda Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has laid out for his state and his disingenuous pushback on criticism of his cultural crusade as parents of students at New College of Florida caution the rest of America that if DeSantis succeeds in making an example of their school, Republicans everywhere will try to follow suit.
Republican’s War on Woke is a war against young people… an attack on how they think, exist, speak and especially how they understand the world they live in.
Ken Burns Compares DeSantis Bills to ‘Soviet System’ on CNN: ‘The Way the Nazis Would Build a Potemkin Village’
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns joined CNN on Tuesday and accused Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) of creating a Soviet-like system through his bills targeting materials available in public schools. DeSantis has been focused on introducing legislation specifically aimed at explicit and “woke” materials in schools. His efforts have earned major pushback as critics argue new strict guidelines can be used to target LGBTQ and Black history-related content. House Bill 999 would give more power to a university board of trustees over curriculum being taught and essentially ban controversial curriculum like Critical Race Theory. [source: mediaite.com/tv/ken-burns-compares-desantis-bills-to-soviet-system-on-cnn-the-way-the-nazis-would-build-a-potemkin-village]
DeSantis & Florida Republicans are following in the footsteps of Autocrat Dictator of Hungary Viktor Orban by taking control of Education
Right Wingers around the world are systematically destroying Democracy, implementing One Party Rule with rigged elections, take-over of the News Media, Judiciary and take-over of Education, similar to what DeSantis and Republicans are doing in Florida.
Thom Hartmann explains how Victor Orbán and his Radical Right-Wing Party took over the once Democratic government in Hungary and turned it into a anti-democratic authoritarian fascist one-party-rule dictatorship where elections & the courts are rigged, all of the media is state controlled and praise for Victor Orbán Propaganda is seen everywhere. Republicans are following the same playbook so it could happen here unless they are STOPPED.
Outrageous’: Florida teacher rips DeSantis’ censorship, criminal threats
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is pushing a new law forcing teachers to remove books from classrooms that are not deemed “appropriate.” So-called “Woke Busters” are joining DeSantis’ effort and forcing libraries and schools to remove “offensive” books. Florida public school teacher Andrea Phillips joins MSNBC’s Ari Melber, calling the law “outrageous,” and adding students “don’t have books to read.”
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten reacts to former REPUBLICAN Secretary of State Mike Pompeo labeling her as the the world’s ‘most dangerous person’.
Radical Right Wing REPUBLICAN Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin Installs Regressive Education Board Members determined to Suppress and Re-Write History
Conservative Group Pushes To Shift Public Schools To Christian Nationalist Principles
Kathryn Joyce, investigative reporter at Salon, talks with Alex Wagner about the role of Hillsdale College at the center of the conservative effort to make education a political battlefield with initiatives like the “Stop Woke Act” in Florida to align civic and history curricula with right-wing Christian perspectives. Aug 20, 2022
Republicans admitting they want a dictatorship and want to eliminate Democracy
New Florida Teacher Training Aims To Indoctrinate Educators With Radical Right Wing Ideology
Florida Teachers Afraid, Confused As REPUBLICAN DeSantis Politicizes Curriculum
Alex Wagner travels to Florida to talk with Don Falls, a teacher who has joined a lawsuit against Ron DeSantis’ “Stop Woke Act” that has put teachers in fear of being punish for teaching factual history, and Jennifer Jenkins, a school board member who has personally experienced the threats and intimidation by Republican activists using culture war excuses as cover for a political power grab.
New Florida teacher training downplays role of slavery in U.S. history
Alex Wagner looks at how Florida teachers are being trained to teach the history of slavery in the United States. Jelani Cobb, dean of the Columbia Journalism School, joins to talk about Florida’s emphasis on descent-based slavery as a way of minimizing the slave trade.
Students say DeSantis’ African-American studies ban ‘symbolizes… deep hatred’
REPUBLICAN DeSantis Imposes Extreme Culture War Framing On Nuanced U.S. Civics
Jelani Cobb, dean of the Columbia Journalism School, talks with Alex Wagner about the political utility for Ron DeSantis of bringing polarizing culture war themes to the discussion of complicated American history and civics.
REPUBLICAN DeSantis culture war on U.S. history threatens to backfire on Florida higher education
Jelani Cobb, dean of the Columbia Journalism School, talks with Alex Wagner about how Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ efforts to erase Black history in the United States by intimidating librarians, teachers, school boards and universities risks pushing Florida and its Southern associations back into the past and undercutting the ability of Southern schools to draw competent, reputable faculty.
Professor slams DeSantis for quashing Black history education
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is trying to control the type of education that Florida students can receive, most recently rejecting an advanced placement course in African-American studies, claiming it was “contrary to Florida law” and “significantly lacking educational value.” The law he is referring to seems to be the “Stop Woke Act” that basically gives him the power to downplay the true racial history of America. This has impacted many educators, but there are some in the state who refuse to back down. Dr. Marvin Dunn, one of the preeminent historians in Florida, is saying “Bring it on.”
Schools Are Fighting Back Hard Against REPUBLICAN Attacks
Republicans have spent the past few years attacking public education – and teachers, especially – as part of their ongoing assault on the LGBTQ+ community. And school districts have finally had enough, and they are working tirelessly to fight back against the onslaught of attacks, lies, and conspiracy theories that Republicans are spreading about our school systems
REPUBLICANS in Oklahoma are taking the suppression of education to a whole new level, with new legislation that would allow teachers to be fined $10,000 for teaching anything that goes against Christian beliefs, which would include basic biology lessons. It would also be illegal for teachers to raise money from outside sources to pay the fines, and they would also likely be fired for offenses – and each individual student’s families could sue for $10,000. This is not just obscene, it is an attack on public education and teachers.
REPUBLICAN State Bills To Limit What Teachers Can Say
Republicans across the country have introduced 137 pieces of legislation at the state level trying to limit what teachers are legally allowed to teach their students. Discussions about race, gender, and sexual orientation are being outlawed in areas where Republicans have the numbers to pass the legislation. This is going to set our education system back generations, and experts believe it will soon lead to a mass exodus of teachers all over America.
REPUBLICANS Wants to Regulate What You Can Say in Classrooms
Teacher reacts to Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ policy
Cory Bernaert, an openly gay kindergarten teacher in Florida, reacts to what critics call Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law, which goes into effect today.
Florida REPUBLICAN Ron DeSantis Signs Bill Requiring Colleges To Survey Student, Faculty Beliefs
‘Whitewashing History’: Tennessee GOP Wants To Ban Lessons On Systemic Racism
“This fight against teaching America’s racist past has now been integrated into the broader REPUBLICAN cancel culture, wokeness, moral panic being stoked,” says Chris Hayes on GOP state reps trying to ban critical race theory in schools across the U.S.
Tennessee REPUBLICANS Draft Bill To ARREST Teachers For Teaching
Republicans in Tennessee have taken the assault on teachers to another level by backing legislation that would make it a criminal offense for teachers to teach “ban books.” The books would designated by the state (Republicans) and any teacher that is caught teaching them would be hit with a misdemeanor charge for first offense, which also carries a penalty of up to $50,000. The attack on education is getting extreme, and not enough people are paying attention, as Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins points out.
Florida is BANNING MATH BOOKS & Blaming it on Critical Race Theory!
Jesse talks about the latest insanity coming out of Florida, where they are banning DOZENS and DOZENS of math textbooks because “they incorporate prohibited topics or unsolicited strategies, including CRT.” Except for the fact that in their own press release, they don’t give a single example.
Banning Books and Ideas isn’t a Culture War, it’s Fascism!
Texas Students Push Back On School Book Ban:‘Stop The Censorship’
“These Texas students organized a backlash to the backlash, reasserting their right for open inquiry and critical thinking in their education.”
REPUBLICANS Pushing Bill To Ban Teaching History Of Slavery
As the GOP seeks to suppress classroom lessons about racism and slavery, parts of academia are aligning with their right-wing rhetoric. The University of North Carolina now drawing backlash after denying Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones a tenured position.
REPUBLICAN Bill Will Fine Teachers $10,000 for CONTRADICTING RELIGION
Jesse talks about an egregious bill being proposed in Oklahoma which seeks to fine teachers $10,000 for teaching things that go against religious texts, such as evolution, the big bang theory, LGBTQ issues, and others.
Tucker Carlson Explicitly Calls For Violence Against Teachers
Fox News has ramped up their violent rhetoric against teachers, and host Tucker Carlson became the first on the network to specifically call for violence against teachers. Carlson asked openly why children’s fathers weren’t going in and “thrashing” the teachers that he claims are imposing sexuality on students – a claim echoed by many Republicans without any evidence whatsoever.
Party Lawmakers Banning Books To Ease ‘White Discomfort’
REPUBLICAN lawmakers in 22 states have unveiled bills to limit teachings about race and sexuality in public schools. Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” and Art Spiegelman’s “Maus” have now joined the list of works banned by local school boards for so-called “objectionable” content.
REPUBLICANS War With Books And ‘Critical Race Theory’ In Schools
Former assistant U.S. attorney Maya Wiley and democratic strategist Basil Smikle on Republican efforts to ban books and limit what teachers can teach about racism and sexism.
A Look Inside The Math Textbooks Rejected By Florida
Florida refused to provide evidence for how exactly the math textbooks they rejected “indoctrinated” youth. So reporter Judd Legum tracked down the textbooks to find out what’s really inside.
Books Banned by FLORIDA REPUBLICANS Discussed in this video
Parents Organize To Fight Back Against GOP’s Classroom Culture War
GLSEN’s executive director Melanie Willingham-Jaggers and organizer Julie Collins join Jonathan Capehart to discuss how parents are strategizing and organizing against the GOP’s classroom culture war. Plus, a new analysis looks at the staggering numbers of abuse LGBTQ+ students face in Florida’s schools
Conservative Pastor Holds Actual Book Burning In Tennessee
A pro-Trump conservative pastor in Tennessee named Greg Locke held an actual book burning this week, where parents were encouraged to throw youg adult novels into the flames. It didn’t take long to go from book banning to book burnings.
REPUBLICANS Banning & Burning Books
Book Burning and Literary Censorship Similar to 1930’s Nazi Germany
AOC SHREDS Republicans to their face over Book Banning which include Rosa Parks
Banning Books Stifles Curiosity, and Ultimately Imperils Society
In recent weeks, hundreds of books have either been challenged, barred, or face proposals to get pulled from schools, curricula, and libraries across the country. They’ve been deemed “controversial” for a variety of reasons. Some say they contain “objectionable language”, they’re “too sexually explicit”, or they fall falsely accused of being about Critical Race Theory. In some cases, the problem with these books is that their contents just might make a young reader or, more likely their parents, uncomfortable. There are a host of arguments made against the books – some are simply prudish, but several are clearly racist or homophobic or transphobic, and most of it is anti-intellectual: the same sort that gets us climate deniers and anti-vaxxers. Simply put, banning books is bad. It deprives people young and old of exposure to ideas, concepts, and world views that are not their own. It stifles curiosity. It perpetuates stereotypes. And when you dampen curiosity, you weaken our ability to think critically – to know when you are being fooled. Banning books is going to make us into a stupid society, vulnerable to misinformation and manipulation. We are less informed when our choices about the range of information we consume is arbitrarily limited. Sometimes it feels like there’s too much to fight for and it’s hard to win.
Teacher Resigns During Kansas School Board Meeting With Powerful Speech
Opinion: Fighting Fascism from Our Classrooms – The Educators Room
As the United States is gets closer and closer to outright fascism, classrooms represent crucial sites of resistance.
Per the above article: “American Authoritarianism Isn’t New”
“It’s important during this dark time to remember that banning books and threatening teachers isn’t new. Former high school history teacher, Ursula Wolfe-Rocca, compiled an excellent critical review of McCarthyism for the Zinn Education Project. She reminds us of the long history of targeting anti-racist, queer, leftist, and anti-war organizers and educators.
When I read about the current anti-Critical Race Theory push in schools, I also think of educators more recently who risked their jobs in order to promote conversations about equity.
As we consider our strategies to push back against rising fascism today, we would do well to remember its historical roots in this country. In doing so, we can also find examples of educators who resisted. While silencing critical thought in American schools is not new, certain aspects of this moment feel uniquely dangerous.
Across the country, Republican-controlled states are passing laws that are limiting access to voting, gerrymandering districts, and changing the way votes are counted and certified. Without federal intervention, we will enter into a dismal new period in the United States. The same folks who want to ban books and anti-racist teaching will control our government at every level.
What Can Educators Do?
To fight fascism from your classroom, you can’t do it alone. In her dedication of We Do This ‘Til We Free Us, Mariame Kaba shares wisdom from her father, “Everything worthwhile is done with others.” Practically every significant social change in history was accomplished through collective action. Joining a community means access to resources, wisdom, and support. And if something goes wrong, you won’t be alone.
As you fight fascism in your classroom, remember to do what you do best. When people disagree with your politics, they will try to attack your skill and expertise. Don’t let them. Come to your class prepared. Make space for student-led discussion and inquiry, but ground your teaching in facts. The Morningside Center offers ten guidelines for teaching about controversial topics.
Our job as educators has always been to help students make sense of the world. That way they make a difference in it. Students need to learn about the history and presence of racism in the United States. They also need an understanding of the Constitution, as well as fights over democracy that have taken place in the United States. Classrooms must be places where students learn this context. Only then can they comprehend and fight back against the rising threat of fascism”.
Anthony Crawford, Teacher
Millwood High School
“My name is Anthony Crawford. I’m a teacher in Oklahoma, and I’m also part of a group of educators and students represented by the ACLU in a lawsuit against the state’s law, HB 1775 – which severely restricts learning and talking about race and gender in the classroom.
You see, Oklahoma, where I live and teach, is one of nine states that passed classroom censorship bills last year that try to silence conversations about race and gender – bills that chill students’ and educators’ First Amendment right to talk about issues that impact our everyday lives.
State lawmakers and school boards across the country have also made moves to remove books by Black, LGBTQ, and other authors discussing race, gender, and sexuality from curriculums amidst the ongoing debate about teaching “critical race theory” in schools.
But this isn’t the first time America has tried to eradicate certain truths out of history books. Read my story in full here and you’ll get a bigger picture of what I’m talking about.
When I was a junior in high school, for instance, I was kicked out of AP History class just for asking when we were going to learn about Black history. It was Black History Month, Anthony.
Later, when I became a teacher, I made it my goal to equip my students with a curriculum that incorporates readings on race and gender – that gives them an accurate picture of history, that helps them understand what kind of society they live in, and how this reality came into being.
Some aspects of Black history can be hard to talk about, but learning about it builds students’ confidence and empowers them to take life into their own hands.
That’s also one of the reasons why I’ve chosen to defy HB 1775 by not altering my teaching – and why, again, I hope you’ll dive into my story on this urgent fight against censorship alongside the ACLU right now.
After all, the more of us there are who are informed and speaking out – the stronger we can be for our students and our right to learn.
Thanks for reading,
Anthony Crawford
(reprint from ALCU newsletter article)
Republicans War on Women
REPUBLICANS have passed RADICAL “War On Women” Anti-Choice Laws which Bans Abortions after 6 weeks with NO EXCEPTION for Insest or Rape. FORCES a women to Carry and give Birth to a RAPIST CHILD (even if they’re 10 years old) and in Texas, empowers Anti-Abortion Vigilantes to sue anyone who assists a women seeking an abortion for $10,000.
Republicans Watching Your Daughter
Texas Republicans Anti-Choice Law Against Women’s Rights has turned the U.S. into a Gestapo Secret Police State by placing $10,000 Bounties on anyone who helps a Women get an Abortion
Texas Abortion Law ‘Turns Every Anti-Abortion Zealot Into A Bounty Hunter’
Rachel Maddow explains how Trump filed 3 seats in the Supreme Court with judges who voted to overturn Roe V. Wade, the bizarre rules of the new Texas anti-abortion law and how it will become the new template for Republican legislatures to effectively ban abortion in the United States by delegating vigilantes to hunt down women to target with lawsuits.
Republicans want to FORCE women to give birth while taking away Healthcare, Food & Financial Assistance to those who can’t afford to care for the babies they want to force women to have.
Georgia Woman dies due Republican’s Abortion Ban
Bans in states with abortion restrictions leading to preventable deaths
Troubling and horrific reports of women who need emergency care being denied what is medically necessary because health care providers are in practicing in states with extremely restrictive abortion laws.
10-year-old rape victim unable to get abortion in Ohio thanks to Trump, Republicans and the Radical Right Wing Supreme Court
A 10-year-old girl was raped and forced to travel to Indiana to get an abortion due to Republican dominated Ohio having banned most abortions.
Doctor who provided abortion for 10-year-old Ohio rape victim speaks out
Woman criminally charged after miscarriage in Ohio
Consequences of Republican’s Anti-Abortion Laws
Republican’s Anti-Abortion Laws have caused women to almost die from being denied medical care and forced over 60,000 births to women who were sexually abused.
Trump’s deadly abortion ban: ‘Women are dying. They got what they wanted.’
Amber Nicole Thurman died after doctors delayed her life-saving abortion care. Her death was ruled “preventable” by the Georgia Maternal Mortality Review Committee, ProPublica reported. MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains that without Republican appointees to the Supreme Court, Amber Nicole Thurman would be alive today.
Arizona’s abortion ban is exactly what Trump wanted
Arizona banned abortion after the state’s supreme court revived a 160-year-old law that criminalizes abortion — just one day after Donald Trump said that abortion rights should be left up to the states.
Arizona Supreme Court to enforce 1864 abortion ban, when age of consent was 10
Arizona Republicans block efforts to repeal Civil War-era abortion law
Arizona high court upholds 1864 abortion law
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled that a 160-year-old state law that bans almost all abortions is still enforceable. The law makes it a felony for anyone who performs or helps a woman obtain an abortion. The decision adds Arizona to a growing list of states where abortion care is largely banned.
President Biden stated at his 2024 State of the Union Address: ‘Those overturning Roe v. Wade have no clue about the power of women’
A new poll from NPR shows the majority of people disagree with the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade.
Mar 26, 2024 – The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could impact access to Mifepristone, an abortion pill. A number of justices indicated the lawsuit should be dismissed.
Radical Right Wing Republican Christian Nationalists are part of the Christo-fascist movement passing strict anti-abortion laws to charge a woman with murder who aborts a pregnancy for any reason.
Law Giving Fetuses The Rights Of A Born Person Targeted By Abortion Rights Groups
Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center, talks about the next step by opponents of abortion, “fetal personhood,” and how poorly thought-out anti-abortion laws are having a chilling effect on women’s health providers who aren’t sure what is newly illegal.
What to Know About the Alabama Supreme Court’s Embryo Ruling
The Alabama Supreme Court just made a terrifying embryo ruling — and the judge, Chief Justice Tom Parker, who is a proponent of the Seven Mountains Mandate went as far as to quote the Bible in their defense. This is Christian Nationalist Fascism.
GOP Policy Is To Victimize Rape Victims Forcing Them To Give Birth
In the 50 years of debate on abortion in the United States, Republican politicians don’t tell the truth when asked why victims of rape and incest should be forced to give birth.
GOP Blocks Bill Protecting Right To Travel For Abortion
As states try to ban interstate travel for women to access legal abortion services, Senate Republicans have blocked a bill that would protect a woman’s right to travel for healthcare. Sen. Amy Klobuchar tells MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell that while Democrats can’t codify Roe, they can “at least guarantee women’s right to travel to states that may allow for reproductive services.”
Republicans Push Abortion Bills Through House, Proving They Learned Nothing From Midterms
Republicans wasted no time moving several anti-abortion bills through the House of Representatives.
Senate Republicans block bill that would protect abortion access in US
Senate Democrats forced a vote Wednesday to advance the Women’s Health Protection Act that would codify abortion rights into federal law in the wake of the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion.
Texas Supreme Court rules against woman who sued to get abortion due to medical emergency
The Texas Supreme Court has ruled against 31-year-old Kate Cox who sued to get an emergency abortion because her fetus had developed a lethal condition and her health was at risk. The Court is made up entirely of Republicans, including John Devine, who centered his 2012 election on his anti-abortion ideology, including boasting about getting arrested dozens of times for protesting abortion clinics. Cox’s lawyers say she has left the state to get an abortion.
‘Wake The Hell Up!’: Mika blasts ‘cruel’ ‘desperate’ Texas AG mimicking Trump on women’s rights
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday night temporarily halted a lower court’s order that would have permitted Kate Cox, a pregnant Dallas woman, whose fetus has lethal abnormality, to get an abortion after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton requested the high court step in to intervene.
‘This is not where America is’: Mika blasts Texas AG over blocking abortion
Texas resident Kate Cox has left the state to get an abortion after her fetus was given a fatal diagnosis. The move comes while Cox had been awaiting a decision from the Texas Supreme Court about whether she would be allowed to get the abortion.
Mom who sought abortion dies. See her chilling texts hours before her death
Michigan Example Exposes Dishonesty Of GOP Insistence On Abortion As A ‘State Issue’
Alex Wagner shows that despite a litany of Republicans insisting in approval of the Dobbs decision that abortion laws should be decided at the state level, Republicans are actually pursuing a federal abortion ban and are trying to prevent Michiganders from voting to protect abortion rights.
The Illegitimate Republican Minority Appointed Supreme Court voted to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, according to an initial draft opinion written by Samuel Alito obtained by POLITICO.
Democrats Senator Chuck Schumer, Vice President Kamala Harris and Senator Elizabeth Warren express outrage over Supreme Court Memo justifying overturning Roe V. Wade
Democrats, outraged by Roe v. Wade draft opinion, call for action
Republican Senator Katie Britt, who was last seen making a fool of herself from her own kitchen during her State of the Union Response, has put forth legislation that could end up creating a national database with the personal information of every pregnant woman in America. Britt claims that the legislation would only create resources for pregnant women to understand their options (options that don’t include any information about terminating a pregnancy,) but the legislation actually says that women can enter their information for the government to track and store. This is exceptionally dangerous, given the laws that are popping up all over the country.
Fmr. Planned Parenthood President ‘Shocked To Read The Disregard For Women’
Former President of Planned Parenthood Cecile Richards and NBC News Washington correspondent Yamiche Alcindor discuss the fallout from the leaked draft SCOTUS opinion and how the conservative campaign to overturn Roe is out of step with the American people.
Republican Supreme Court nominees learned not to tell the truth about their Roe v. Wade opinions after Reagan nominee Robert Bork told the truth and lost his confirmation hearing vote 42-58 in 1987
Samuel Alito’s Lies Did Not Stop In His Confirmation Hearing
Lawrence O’Donnell details the years of lying and hypocrisy from Republicans and Republican-appointed Supreme Court Justices on abortion rights.
Sen. Whitehouse: We Have A ‘Rotten Ethics Mess’ At Supreme Court
In the wake of a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell speaks to Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse who says ethics rules are “optional” for the Supreme Court and weaker than other equivalent rules in the executive and legislative branches.
‘Offensive’: Ted Cruz Compares Roe V. Wade Protestors To 1/6 Protestors
Every Republican senator voted against advancing the Women’s Health Protection Act, which prohibits government restrictions on abortion, on Wednesday. Sen. Patty Murray joins Joy Reid on this vote that puts Republicans on the record as refusing to codify Roe v. Wade into law.
Republicans Assault on Women
They want to criminalize miscarriages.
They want women to file a "fetal death certificate" for any & all miscarriages.
And they want it to be a public document.
Think about that.
They want to make *public* these traumatic experiences of loss.
They don’t deserve their power. https://t.co/fQig5WOSAw
— Buffy Wicks (@BuffyWicks) May 27, 2021
‘We’re Under A Five Alarm Fire,’ Political Strategist Says Of New Anti-Abortion Laws
The Radical Right Wing Republican Dominated Supreme Court justices have made it clear that not only would they refuse to block extremist anti-abortion laws like the Texas bounty law, but that they are also on track to fulfilling one of the Christian right’s most durable goals. Namely, gutting or just going all-in and overturning Roe v. Wade.
Like Iranian Religious Fanatics, Republican Christian Nationalist believe the Church Should Run The United States Government
Why Most Republicans Won’t Defend The Texas Abortion Ban
Chris Hayes breaks down why most Republicans are not out there celebrating and defending the Texas abortion ban—even the ones in Texas.
Woman charged with murder in Texas after causing a ‘self-induced abortion’
Officials in Starr County, Texas, say 26-year-old Lizelle Herrera is facing a murder charge after authorities said she caused “the death of an individual by self-induced abortion”.
Reproductive rights advocates are voicing their outrage after a woman in Texas was arrested and charged with murder for what law enforcement called “the death of an individual by self-induced abortion.”
“Herrera was arrested and served with an indictment on the charge of Murder after Herrera did then and there intentionally and knowingly cause the death of an individual by self-induced abortion,” sheriff’s Maj. Carlos Delgado said in a statement to the Associated Press.
Rockie Gonzalez, founder of Frontera Fund, the nonprofit abortion access fund that organized the protest, called the arrest “inhumane,” adding in a Saturday statement that “criminalizing pregnant people’s choices or pregnancy outcomes, which the state of Texas has done, takes away people’s autonomy over their own bodies, and leaves them with no safe options when they choose not to become a parent.”
Chris Hayes On Why Texas Abortion Law Design Is Particularly Egregious
Trump states Women should be punished for having an abortion
In 2012 the Republican party waged a War on Women and the Progressives fought back with this powerful ad featuring prominent women reading out offensive lines from Republican candidates and lawmakers.
New Abortion Law In Texas Is Among Most Restrictive In US
Texas Gov. Greg Abbot signed a controversial “fetal heartbeat” abortion ban into law Wednesday that critics say is among the most restrictive in the nation.
Supreme Court to take up case next term that could limit Roe v. Wade
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up a major abortion case next term concerning a controversial Mississippi law that banned most abortions after 15 weeks, rekindling a potentially major challenge to Roe v. Wade at the majority conservative court.
Republicans Pass More New Anti-Choice Laws (4/15/21)
Jennifer O’Mara bravely shared her own emotional pregnancy story in response to a bill that she says would force grieving parents to ‘relive trauma.’
Alabama bill would make false rape allegations a crime
In the midst of debating a radical anti-abortion law, state Republicans proposed a bill that could punish victims for coming forward.
Four GOP States, Ohio, Mississippi, Georgia and Alabama have passed radical new bills to overturn Roe v Wade.
This video with Rachel Maddow shows a lists of states in which Republicans has passed laws to close Abortion Clinics.
On December 11, 2013, Senator Whitmer shared a deeply personal story as part of her testimony against legislation to force women in Michigan to pre-purchase rape insurance riders as a part of their health insurance coverage.
Sen. Warren on Republicans’ efforts to change the laws so employers can deny women access to birth control coverage
Abortion bans force women to ‘new back alley’ Rebekah Dryden, senior producer for “All In with Chris Hayes,” talks with Rachel Maddow about a the war on abortion rights targeting medication abortions.
Most-needy are victims of Texas war on women Rachel Maddow reports on the plight of a Texas doctor who has been forced by new anti-abortion laws to stop helping women in need.
Republican Paul Ryan stated in the above video – “We don’t want a country where abortion is simply outlawed. We want a country where it isn’t even considered”
Why The Rich & Wealthy Hate Democracy
If working people were a bit more desperate about their economic situations, the wealthy believe, they’d be less likely to organize, protest, or even vote.
What Aristotle Knew About Oligarchy That We Forgot
In this video, we explore Aristotle’s book “Politics,” where he breaks down different types of government, including oligarchy – when the rich call the shots. Aristotle didn’t just theorize; he studied 158 constitutions from Greek city-states and beyond, giving us deep insights into how governments really work.
Robert Reich connects the dots to expose Republicans War on the Poor and Working Families including their opposition to minimum wage, unemployment insurance, food stamps and more.
Study Finds The United States Is An Oligarchy
The US is dominated by a rich and powerful elite. So concludes a recent study by Princeton University.
If you don’t know what Oligarchy means, here’s wiki’s definition;
Oligarchy (from Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía); from ὀλίγος (olígos), meaning “few”, and ἄρχω (arkho), meaning “to rule or to command”) is a form of power structure in which power effectively rests with a small number of people. These people could be distinguished by royalty, wealth, family ties, education, corporate, religious or military control. Such states are often controlled by a few prominent families who typically pass their influence from one generation to the next, but inheritance is not a necessary condition for the application of this term.
Proof The US Is An Oligarchy, Not A Democracy
“A study, to appear in the Fall 2014 issue of the academic journal Perspectives on Politics, finds that the U.S. is no democracy, but instead an oligarchy… The authors of this historically important study are Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page, and their article is titled “Testing Theories of American Politics.” The authors clarify that the data available are probably under-representing the actual extent of control of the U.S. by the super-rich”
Throughout history, oligarchies have often been tyrannical (relying on public obedience and/or oppression to exist). Aristotle pioneered the use of the term as a synonym for rule by the rich, for which the exact term is plutocracy. However, oligarchy is not always rule by the wealthy, as oligarchs can simply be a privileged group, and do not have to be connected by either wealth or by bloodlines – as in a monarchy.
Thomas Hartmann explains how Reagan Republicans tuned the United States into a Oligarchy
MSNBC Panel Discusses U.S. Oligarchy (Pt. 1)
MSNBC Panel Discusses U.S. Oligarchy (Pt. 2)
The two professors have conducted exhaustive research to try to present data-driven support for this conclusion. Here’s how they explain it: the wealthy few move policy, while the average American has little power
Eric Zuess, writing in Counterpunch, isn’t surprised by the survey’s results.
American democracy is a sham, no matter how much it’s pumped by the oligarchs who run the country (and who control the nation’s “news” media),” he writes. “The US, in other words, is basically similar to Russia or most other dubious ‘electoral’ ‘democratic’ countries. We weren’t formerly, but we clearly are now.”
Corporate Boot-licker Sean Hannity Whines About The Rich Paying Taxes
Major Study Finds The US Is An Oligarchy
Government serves special interests, not people.
Per the above article: “The U.S. government does not represent the interests of the majority of the country’s citizens, but is instead ruled by those of the rich and powerful, a new study from Princeton and Northwestern universities has concluded.
The report, “Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens” (PDF), used extensive policy data collected between 1981 and 2002 to empirically determine the state of the U.S. political system.
After sifting through nearly 1,800 U.S. policies enacted in that period and comparing them to the expressed preferences of average Americans (50th percentile of income), affluent Americans (90th percentile), and large special interests groups, researchers concluded that the U.S. is dominated by its economic elite.
The peer-reviewed study, which will be taught at these universities in September, says: “The central point that emerges from our research is that economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on US government policy, while mass-based interest groups and average citizens have little or no independent influence.”
Researchers concluded that U.S. government policies rarely align with the preferences of the majority of Americans, but do favour special interests and lobbying organizations: “When a majority of citizens disagrees with economic elites and/or with organized interests, they generally lose. Moreover, because of the strong status quo bias built into the US political system, even when fairly large majorities of Americans favour policy change, they generally do not get it.”
Republicans must lie to survive: They have no other choice
From Ronald Reagan to Donald Trump, the path to Republican political success is rooted in profound deception
Per the above article; “The GOP exists to serve the interests of the wealthy and big business that comprise the richest 1%. No party, however, can ever win an election with only 1% of the vote. So to win elections, the GOP must necessarily reach beyond its own wealthy core and attempt to convince a large segment of working people in the 99% to vote for Republicans.
Normally, a political party wins elections by offering policies that benefit the voters. These policies attract the voters who then cast their votes for the political party.
But for the Republican Party, this is not an option. A candidate could not possibly campaign on the policies favored by the 1%. Just imagine the stump speech. “Vote for me and I will slash your health care! In fact, I’ll do even better — I’ll fight like mad to completely eliminate your health care!”
“Vote for me and I will get rid of your pensions! This would save corporations a bundle and boost profits to the shareholders! Screw the workers!”
“Vote for me and I promise to ship your jobs overseas under globalization! The exact same labor can be hired in Asia for only pennies! Hurray!”
The Republican Party is left with only one option. It cannot possibly be honest about its true intentions and actual policies. The working class would never vote for them. Instead, the only option is to lie”.
Proof of how Republican’s policies are bad for working class people is how California Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Larry Elder ran on a platform of eliminating the minimum wage.
Right Wing Media Brainwashing Viewers
The definition of Propaganda is; “information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view”.
If you’ve been watching nothing but Right Wing Media, you’d be shocked by the information they haven’t been reporting which the majority of people see on ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, etc. Right Wing Media outlets spins news so it’s always favorable towards Republicans.
FOX News pundits (and other Right Wing Media outlets) are helping destroy the United States & Democracy by promoting lies, hate, conspiracy theories, omission of the facts, etc to keep their viewers in the dark about the damage Republicans has been doing to the United States, it’s citizens and outright lies such as the 2020 election being “Stolen” and Trump “Won in a landslide”. Example shown on this page.
Strategist for GOP 2008 McCain / Palin Presidential campaign Steve Schmidt explains how Fox News and Rupert Murdoch have destroyed America
The “Fox-Can-Lie Lawsuit” established that they’re not required to be truthful by law. Since Fox has established that they have the legal right not to be truthful, Fox Opinion Hosts are free to tell their Right Wing viewers that Democrats are “Radical Leftist Socialists” who want to take away your guns & freedom, that Republican policies are good for this country, that Trump’s a rational person and the MSM (Main Stream Media) such as ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, New York Times, Washington Post etc is “Fake News”. ALL the exact opposite of the TRUTH.
Right Wing media outlets brainwash their viewers into believing the Mainstream Media is “Fake News” so they only watch Right Wing Media sources. This helps them make more money because MORE VIEWERS = MORE PROFITS in advertising. And it helps Republicans get re-elected, against the best interests of middle class and poor Americans. Right-Wing outlets want to KEEP their viewers brainwashed so they never watch legitimate news and learn the truth about the damage Trump and Republicans have been doing to our country while screwing over “the little guy”.
How Fox News and Right-Wing Media Brainwashed This Dad and Destroyed a Family
‘It was like some alien took over his body.’ Right-wing media brainwashed Jen Senko’s once open-minded father, but the story didn’t end there.
Fox News staffers agree: Fox is not a news organization
Multiple Fox News employees told media reporters that newly released filings from Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against the right-wing network show that Fox prioritizes its prime-time opinion programming over its news division. They echo what past staffers who have left say: Fox is a propaganda network for Republicans.
Per the above article: “Multiple Fox News employees told media reporters that newly released filings from Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against the right-wing network show that Fox prioritizes its prime-time opinion programming over its news division. They echo what past staffers who have left say: Fox is a propaganda network for Republicans”.
Anonymous quotes from Fox staffers show Fox is not a news organization
In response to incendiary revelations in two recent filings released as part of Dominion’s defamation case against Fox News, as well as a host of supplemental exhibits also provided by Dominion, the rift between the façade of Fox’s “news side” and its actual core business as a Republican propaganda outlet has grown into public view.
- A Fox News journalist told CNN that “the opinion folks are probably right in that there really isn’t a lot of love lost between us and them.”
- According to The Daily Beast, a Fox reporter “wondered how [Fox primetime host Tucker] Carlson could continue to work for the company after it was revealed that he was demanding at least one journalist be fired for doing their job.”
- A Fox producer told The Daily Beast: Carlson “acts like the king of Fox. Entitlement. Extremely unprofessional.”
- One Fox correspondent told The Daily Beast: “Honestly, Tucker is a joke, and I don’t know many in the news division that likes or respects him. He makes our jobs harder and way more dangerous.”
- A senior Fox staffer told CNN media correspondent Oliver Darcy that he was correct and “should keep saying” that the Dominion filings made it clear that Fox isn’t a news network.
- A news production staffer at Fox told The Daily Beast that it’s always been “opinion first, news secondary” there: “The news side has always been kind of used as a bit of a shield, a bit of a legitimacy play. And I think that in and of itself is, it’s kind of falling apart now.”
- A Fox producer referenced the criticism of Fox’s reporters revealed in the filings, telling The Daily Beast: “If journalists are being criticized for being hard on the Trump admin or truthfully talking about the election, it’s a form of censorship. The news division is being given less importance.”
- A Fox reporter called out Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott in The Daily Beast’s report for “clearly not looking out for the news side,” adding: “How can we all continue to work for her?! How can anyone watching Fox for news believe that they’re gonna get news if she’s in charge? We are not happy.”
- A veteran Fox journalist told The Daily Beast that “Tucker has publicly attacked and humiliated journalists here at Fox before,” so “it shouldn’t be a surprise that he was trashing us behind the scenes.”
- One Fox correspondent told Brian Stelter, writing for Vanity Fair of the released text messages from Fox’s prime-time opinion hosts: “We thought they hated us, but now we know it in their own words.”
- A Fox staffer told CNN that “people are really shocked and disgusted” by what was revealed in the filings, adding: “Even longtime staffers. You would think after all we’ve been through nothing could surprise us. But this is unprecedented.”
- A Fox reporter told The Daily Beast that the fallout from the filings is “demoralizing, deflating and soul-crushing” to a journalist.
- More than one Fox employee told Stelter “we’re all embarrassed” by the filings’ contents.
Fox staffers in the past have also explained how the network operates like a propaganda outfit rather than a news organization
“This reaction to the contents of the Dominion filings is not the first time current or former Fox staffers have called out the network for being little more than a GOP propaganda shop; Fox veterans Chris Wallace, Carl Cameron, Shepard Smith, and Chris Stirewalt all agreed that Fox’s core business is not news once they left the network. Wallace called it “unsustainable” that Fox questioned the 2020 election results and downplayed the pro-Trump insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Cameron said that “over the years, the right-wing hosts drowned out straight journalism with partisan misinformation.” According to CNN, Smith believed “that his presence on Fox became untenable as opinion shows on the network spread falsehoods that hosts knew were lies.” Stirewalt admitted that Fox became “an arm of a political party” during the Trump years. And there was even more on-the-record criticism of the network from former employees who said they were “increasingly embarrassed by the channel,” which had become “a destructive propaganda machine” during the Trump era”.
Additionally, a September 2019 report from The Daily Beast attributed the following anonymous quotes criticizing the network to then-current Fox staffers:
- “Fox has acted like state media for a long time. This is just one small element to it.”
- “As an employee, I have had concerns about how close Fox has become with the White House and the administration. I don’t think I’m the only person there who has these concerns. …
- With these layoffs in multiple news departments coming just a few weeks before the election, it looks like Fox is more like an extension of this administration, instead of a news network.”
- “The opinion team appears to have won the internal battle” with the news side.
- The leaders of the Fox News website “are not interested in facts. They are obsessed with pitching ‘on-brand’ stories that include Blue Lives Matter, anything antifa-related, anyone who has suffered during BLM protests that can put the protestors in a negative light, anything that threatens Christianity, and anyone who is a Trump supporter who has somehow been wronged.”
- “The Brain Room, in their research, came up with facts that were not used in Fox reports or were in contradiction to what Fox aired. I have to imagine that kind of tension has always existed there, between the fact-checkers and what is often reported.”
- Top Fox executives have “long been unsupportive of real, unbiased reporting. They do not see themselves as a real news operation in the sense that people are doing original work, trying to break stories and get to the bottom of things, wherever the chips fall.”
As shown in the above screen shot from FOX’s Jessee Watters show, the chyron makes the outrageously false claim that “Biden Convicts Trump”, a lie Trump and other Radical Right Wingers has been using to SMEAR, DEMONIZE and make their brainwashed viewers hate President Biden so they’ll vote Republican, against their own best interests.
Trump has been spreading the ridiculous lie that Joe Biden is responsible for Trump being indicted in New York, Georgia, Washington & Miami and has weaponized the government to go after him and engage in “Election Interference”.
There’s not a shred of evidence that Biden has encouraged State or Federal Prosecutors to “go after” Trump.
Why Fox is ‘the most destructive institution in all of American politics’
FOX SUED FOR SPREADING 2020 ELECTION LIES |
FOX News SUED for spreading 2020 election lies. Court documents show hosts Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham and others knew Trump’s voter fraud claims were false, but continued peddling them to maintaining ratings.
For years Rupert Murdoch, Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham & the rest of Fox News were enraging viewers on air, while laughing at them off-air. Their lies lead followers to mount a deadly attack on our Capitol.
FOX LIED to their viewers about “Stolen” and “Rigged” Election claims… putting PROFITS above the TRUTH and PATRIOTISM
2 Weeks after the Election was called for Joe Biden, Fox Pundits cast doubt on the results nearly 800 times
Fox pundits repeatedly aided Trump’s efforts to undermine election results, laying the groundwork to cry foul if Trump lost, echoing debunked theories of fraud, pushing the idea that Democrats are trying to “steal” this from him, and arguing that Trump is justified in pursuing his claims of a rigged election. This pattern of coverage continued in the lead-up to the day of the riots.
Explosive findings showing that top Fox News hosts did not believe the 2020 election was stolen.
Tucker Carlson And Sean Hannity Forced To Sit For Depositions In Defamation Case
Some of Fox News’ biggest stars have been forced to sit depositions in the ongoing defamation lawsuit against the network. Both Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson have reportedly been deposed, among others, and this looks to be the one time that Fox can’t get out of serious trouble for what their hosts and guests said on the network.
One of the key lessons we have learned from these filings in Dominion’s case against Fox is there’s nothing too low, nothing too extreme and nothing too dangerous. If the base likes it, the base gets it—because Fox knows where their bread is buttered.”
Docs show Fox hosts didn’t believe election lie
Lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News show that the network’s primetime hosts didn’t believe election lies being spread by Donald Trump and his allies and even found them to be “unbelievably offensive” and the real harm to democracy that persists today.
Text messages between FOX hosts show they knew Trump’s voter fraud claims were lies but continued to peddle those same lies on TV.
Fox News Exposed for Peddling Trump’s Big Lie
Judge in Fox News case tears into the network
The judge overseeing Dominion Voting Systems’ massive defamation case against Fox News has sanctioned the right-wing network and said that he plans to appoint an outside attorney to investigate whether they lied to the court and withheld key evidence
BS,’ ‘Insane,’ ‘Crazy,’ ‘Nuts,’ ‘Reckless,’: Fox News legal bomb goes off
Bombshell new evidence in Dominion’s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit amps up pressure on Fox News. A new filing reveals star Fox News hosts knew Trump’s election claims were “BS” and “insane” but peddled them and promoted them on air anyway. The text and email evidence shows even Fox News titan Rupert Murdoch called the conspiracies “really crazy stuff.”
Hear what Tucker Carlson privately said about Trump’s lies
Lawsuit filing shows Fox hosts didn’t believe election fraud lies they pushed on TV
A new court filing shows top executives at Fox News and leading network personalities privately dismissed former President Trump’s false claims of voter fraud after the election even as they peddled those same lies on TV. The filing is part of an ongoing defamation lawsuit filed against the network by Dominion Voting Systems.
Tucker Carlson Warned Staff Trump Would Destroy Fox If They Didn’t Back His Lies
Fox News host Tucker Carlson is apparently living in constant fear of Donald Trump, according to court documents that were released this week. Following the 2020 election and Fox’s decision to call Arizona for President Biden, Carlson texted one of his producers and said that Trump was the “king” and that he could destroy Fox News if they didn’t continue to peddle his election lies.
Fox News host Tucker Carlson texts exposed calling Donald Trump satanic after the Fox News lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems surfaces the truth and proves how much Tucker Carlson lies to his viewers.
Trump tries to make his own criminal indictment about Joe Biden
Biden allies, legal experts and strategists say silence may be the best option even in the face of a torrent of Trump attacks.
Per the above article; “When Donald Trump announced to the world Thursday night that he had been indicted on a raft of federal charges, his message was consistent and singularly focused: Joe Biden is using the government to crush his political comeback. That the attorney general appointed by Biden had named a special counsel to helm the investigation — a move intended to insulate the president from a decision to prosecute — was omitted by Trump and the battery of Republican allies who quickly rushed to his defense. And it’s likely to be a nuance lost on voters, as the indictment stokes Republican fears about political bias inside the Justice Department.
Trump’s announcement that he had been indicted began, “The corrupt Biden Administration has informed my attorneys,” going on to call it a “boxes hoax” and “election interference.” Nearly every statement after that continued to invoke the president for his predecessor’s problems. A centerpiece of Trump’s defense is: ‘This is a political prosecution brought against me by the Biden government.
Asked during a news conference Thursday what he could tell Americans to convince them they should trust the Justice Department’s independence, Biden responded that his record in office belies the accusations he now faces.
“You’ll notice, I have never once — not one single time — suggested to the Justice Department what they should do or not do on whether to bring any charges or not bring any charges,” he said. “I’m honest.”
BUSTED! The Dishonest Methods FOX Uses to Make Their Viewers Disrespect and Hate Joe Biden
Fox News was caught red-handed deceptively editing a sound bite to Joe Biden say something he didn’t say. This was another “scandal” they invented to make their viewers hate Joe Biden & Democrats, the very party which stands up for the Middle Class and the Poor.
Fox News laying the groundwork for the next big lie about non-existent fraud
Fox News lies about poll numbers in the above video, claiming Trump is so far ahead that the only way Biden can win is if Democrats rig the election.
Pretty rich when TRUMP paid Hush Money to silence a porn star keep the American people from finding out about his adulterous affairs to influence the outcome of the 2016 election, engaged in a corrupt & illegal smear tactic to destroy Joe Biden as a potential 2020 Democrat candidate by demanding the Government of Ukraine publicly announce investigations of Biden before Military Aid would be released. After learning that he lost the 2020 election, Trump REFUSED to admit defeat and LIED claiming without any proof that the election was ‘stolen’ and he ‘won in a landslide’. Trump demanded Georgia Election Officials “find votes” to help him STEAL the 2020 election. Trump used legal tactics to challenge the election results in 50 lawsuits and when those challenges didn’t work he resorted to inciting his followers to engage in a violent COUP to overturn the 2020 election to stay in power against the will of the people. This violent coup was the final act committed by the most Lawless and Corrupt administration in American History. In addition, lawless congressional Republicans behaved like spoiled brats, voting to overturn the election results in Congress, because they didn’t want to accept the fact they they LOST.
After all of the lawless, rotten behavior Trump and Republicans engaged in, Fox “News” propaganda peddlers have a lot of nerve insinuating ‘Democrats’ might ‘steal’ the 2024 election. These people are ROTTEN to the CORE and have no decency or shame.
Angelo Carusone, President of Media Matters and Ben Rhodes, former Deputy National Security Advisor under President Obama join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with a look at how right wing media, and Fox News specifically are setting the expectation for their audience that it is not possible for President Biden to win a second term without some type of nefarious activity, stoking the same lies that fueled the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.
See Fox News hosts humiliated as FBI Biden ‘informant’ gets arrested for lying
For months, the right-wing media promoted claims from an “informant” to make their case against the Bidens. But after the informant was arrested for lying to the FBI, the Fox News primetime hosts were oddly silent.
Fox News fearmongering backfires on live TV
When Curtis Sliwa and the Guardian Angels attacked a “migrant shoplifter” live on Fox News, it fit perfectly with the right’s narrative about “illegals” and “rampant crime.” Except after the cameras turned off, a little more reporting and digging revealed the truth.
FOX, Republicans and Right Wing Media caught LYING about veterans kicked out of a New York hotel to make room for Migrants
Fox News runs with fake story about migrants displacing homeless veterans
Fox News went all in on a story about migrants displacing veterans from a New York hotel, featuring it on no less than 15 different shows. The network even claimed to have substantiated the reporting themselves. But then the whole thing unraveled.
Laura Ingraham gets fact-checked by Juliet Jeske of Decoding Fox News for misrepresenting the conviction of anti-choice protestors.
CNN rolls tape on Fox hosts’ public spin vs. private pleas
As Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham and Brian Kilmeade were frantically texting Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows on the day of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, CNN’s John Berman shows how the Fox News anchors were reporting the event publicly.
Inside the unprecedented partnership between Fox News and the Trump White House
Hear the Giuliani off-air audio Fox News withheld from Dominion lawyers
Alex Wagner shares exclusive audio recordings made by former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg while she was a producer for Maria Bartiromo that show members of Donald Trump’s team being less confident in private about evidence against Dominion Voting Systems than was being expressed on Fox and by Trump himself.
The most prominent stars and highest-ranking executives at Fox News privately ridiculed claims of election fraud in the 2020 election, despite the right-wing channel allowing lies about the presidential contest to be promoted on its air, damning messages contained in a court filing revealed.
Fox suit: Carlson pushed Trump team to denounce Powell—to save himself
When the Trump campaign announced they had cut ties with Sidney Powell, we assumed she had finally gone too far, even for Trump. “But now we know in fact Tucker Carlson pushed them to say all of that because he questioned Powell—and his viewers hated him for it,” says Chris Hayes.
Busted: Fox News caught on secret recording amid billion dollar lawsuit for peddling lies
MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber reports on a bombshell leak in the billion dollar legal earthquake rocking Fox News and its Chief Rupert Murdoch. The New York Times obtaining a recording of a Zoom meeting with Fox’s CEO and the network’s top anchors, which reveals an internal panic over losing viewers for reporting accurate facts. CEO Suzanne Scott saying “if we hadn’t called Arizona… our ratings would have been even bigger.”
Dominion suit has proven that Fox sells lies
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell analyzes the latest filing in the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox where Chairman Rupert Murdoch admits that his network’s hosts “endorsed” lies, and explains why Tucker Carlson and other Fox hosts live in fear of their audience finding out about those lies.
Fox News chief admits it in bombshell: We went from numbers to ‘endorsing’ lies
MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber reports on the fallout at Fox News following Rupert Murdoch’s shocking confession under oath that is rocking his media empire. Murdoch confessing that some Fox hosts “endorsed” Trump’s election lies, admitting he did nothing to stop it. Murdoch adding he “seriously doubted” Trump’s claims from the very beginning. Melber breaks down Murdoch’s testimony, saying Dominion’s evidence against the network is “damning.”
Hannity admits the lie as ‘time travel’ scandal hits Fox News empire
Fox News is on defense and facing over a billion dollars in potential punishment for fueling Donald Trump’s election lies. The CEO of Fox News Suzanne Scott admitting President Biden was legitimately elected despite the network’s coverage. MSNBC’s Ari Melber reports on explosive legal filings that show top Fox hosts didn’t believe the 2020 election was stolen, as more evidence is expected to be released.
Fox News host admits to cheering for US division in order to boost ratings
As the US traverses division, CNN’s SE Cupp reacts to Fox News host Jesse Watters saying on-air that he wants to see disarray on the left and that it is good for their network’s ratings.
Rupert Murdoch told Fox News CEO to boost Republicans in “any way we can.”
Tucker Carlson Is The Biggest Hypocrite At Fox News
The Dominion lawsuit against Fox News has revealed that Tucker Carlson publicly supported the former president while privately despising him. Elsewhere, Oklahomans rejected an effort to legalize recreational use of marijuana.
Fox News host Sean Hannity admitted under oath that he never believed Trump was cheated of victory in the 2020 presidential election. David Shuster breaks it down on Rebel HQ.
TEXTS REVEAL Sean Hannity TOOK ORDERS From Trump White House
Jesse talks about what newly public text messages reveal about the relationship between Fox New’s Sean Hannity and Donald Trump’s White House in the aftermath of Trump’s 2020 election loss to Joe Biden. In text messages between Sean Hannity and WH Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Hannity replied with “Yes sir. On it” when ordered by Meadows on how to talk about the election.
Texts show Sean Hannity behaving like a member of Trump’s Whitehouse team
Bombshell Text Evidence Ties Trump Allies to Coup Plot
Explosive new stats evidence in the January 6th committee probe was revealed. CNN obtaining more than 2,000 leaked text messages with Trump’s Chief of Staff Mark Meadows revealing communications before the riot and in the moments after it. From Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene asking Trump to declare martial law to Donald Trump Jr. asking to “condemn” the riot to Sean Hannity taking orders from Meadows. Ari Melber reports on the new evidence and is joined by Former Solicitor General Neal Katyal who calls on Attorney General Garland to act immediately.
Jan 6th Committee EXPOSES Fox News & Laura Ingraham’s COLLUSION with Trump
What Fox News hosts said privately vs. publicly on Jan. 6
In private text messages on Jan. 6, Fox News hosts condemned President Trump’s response to the attack. In public, those same hosts deflected blame from Trump.
Fox News Hosts, Trump Jr. Texts Reveal Everyone Was Horrified By Riot—Except Trump
“Here is the raw truth that is exposed in just those few text messages. Everyone—except for the actual mob and Donald Trump—was on the same page as they watched the horrifying insurrection transpire,” says Chris Hayes. “Everyone else immediately recognized that it was wrong, that it was horribly dangerous and destructive, and that the president alone was controlling it and could stop it.”
Jan. 6 Committee Releases ‘Explosive’ Texts From Sean Hannity
Private text messages shed light on how Fox News host Sean Hannity acted more like a member of Trump’s team and advisor rather than an independent “journalist” who just reports the news
‘Foxitis’: MAGA Rioters Use Fox News Defense To Fight Criminal Charges
One of the alleged rioters who stormed the Capitol is claiming Fox made them do it, his lawyer coining the phrase “Foxitis” for his defense. This defendant is not the first rioter to blame the conservative outlet for their actions on January 6. MSNBC’s Ari Melber discusses how the network’s misinformation affects Americans and how a “Foxitis” defense may play out in court.
Hannity confession: See smoking gun evidence as Fox chief Murdoch forced under oath
Fox Chief Rupert Murdoch is testifying in a billion-dollar lawsuit defamation suit, accusing Murdoch and the network’s anchors of “repeatedly and knowingly” pushing false claims. Fox denies wrongdoing and argues It was reporting on newsworthy claims. MSNBC’s Ari Melber reports on the legal implications of Murdoch’s testimony, and what it could mean for the future of his media empire.
On January 6, Right-Wing Media Is Living In Another Universe
Most major news networks aired last night’s 1/6 hearing in full — and then there’s right-wing media, which seems to live in an alternate universe. In spite of facts and a 10-month-long investigation, Ayman says, “a whole separate reality has been manufactured by the right.”
FOX Refused to Air Jan. 6 Hearings to Keep Their Viewers In The Dark
While all major TV Networks committed to Air the Jan. 6 Hearings FOX Refused to Air them apparently to prevent their viewers from learning the truth about the extent of Republicans attempted coup to overthrow the U.S. Government and STEAL the 2020 Election.
25 years of dangerous lies from Fox News: “There is a direct pipeline from what appears on Fox News to the absolute worst manifestations, worst behavior, worst elements of our politics and society.”
Former Fox News Host Says They Lie by Omission.
Former Extremist Nails Fox News For Marketing Hate
A former extremist named Frank Meeink now spends his time educating others about hate and working against the crowds he once ran with. And recently, he called out Fox News for doing little more than “re-marketing hate” to the American public. His assessment is spot on, as Fox News has always peddled in hate bordering on extremism, but they have brought plenty of the most extreme ideas from the hate crowd into the mainstream.
Lies and Disinformation from Right Wing Media and Republicans are destroying the United States
Radicalization is infesting airwaves of pro-Trump media
CNN’s Brian Stelter explains how the country faces radicalization as some right-wing media outlets flood the airwaves with conspiracy theories and disinformation.
Former Fox News analyst says Fox has become ‘destructive propaganda machine’
Ex-Fox News analyst: Trump is a danger to the US
Republicans must lie to survive: They have no other choice
From Ronald Reagan to Donald Trump, the path to Republican political success is rooted in profound deception
Per the above article; “The GOP exists to serve the interests of the wealthy and big business that comprise the richest 1%. No party, however, can ever win an election with only 1% of the vote. So to win elections, the GOP must necessarily reach beyond its own wealthy core and attempt to convince a large segment of working people in the 99% to vote for Republicans.
Normally, a political party wins elections by offering policies that benefit the voters. These policies attract the voters who then cast their votes for the political party.
But for the Republican Party, this is not an option. A candidate could not possibly campaign on the policies favored by the 1%. Just imagine the stump speech. “Vote for me and I will slash your health care! In fact, I’ll do even better — I’ll fight like mad to completely eliminate your health care!”
“Vote for me and I will get rid of your pensions! This would save corporations a bundle and boost profits to the shareholders! Screw the workers!”
“Vote for me and I promise to ship your jobs overseas under globalization! The exact same labor can be hired in Asia for only pennies! Hurray!”
The Republican Party is left with only one option. It cannot possibly be honest about its true intentions and actual policies. The working class would never vote for them. Instead, the only option is to lie”.
Right Wing Media has been extremely effective in propagating and reinforcing Republican’s lies to brainwashed viewers.
Proof of how Republican’s policies are bad for working class people is how California Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Larry Elder ran on a platform of eliminating the minimum wage.
Fox News C.E.O.’s Strategy at Center of $1.6 Billion Lawsuit (Published 2022)
Suzanne Scott remade Fox News Media into a lucrative consumer brand. But a defamation suit against the company is a test of her strategy and leadership.
Per the above article from the New York Times; “Since Scott took over the top job at Fox News in 2018, her colleagues said, she has managed from behind the scenes with a simple mantra: Respect Fox’s audience. Often that involves sparing conservative viewers what they don’t want to hear — even when that means ignoring one of the biggest stories of the year.
That strategy has helped Fox News succeed not just as the most-watched cable news network in the country but also as a multibillion-dollar consumer brand with a suite of businesses that, according to a recent company promo for one product, offers fans “The World According to Fox.”
But Scott’s Fox News — a sanctuary for conservatives where few unpleasant facts intrude and political misinformation has spread — also looms large in a case that threatens Fox’s business and possibly Scott herself. She has emerged as one of the central figures in the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox by Dominion Voting Systems, in which the voting company accuses Fox executives of juicing ratings and profits by repeatedly airing false information about Dominion machines siphoning votes away from former President Donald Trump”.
The FOX News Network has put PROFITS & PARTISANSHIP above PATRIOTISM and telling the TRUTH
Fox News complains about legitimate news outlets not reporting their fake news ‘bombshell’ stories
“Morning Joe” Joe Scarborough calls out Fox News and other conservative media outlets for hyping and lying about Hillary Clinton Spying claims saying; ”They know that they’re lying to their audience, that they’re liars, and they’re deliberately lying about that”.
BOMBSHELL SCANDAL: Fox News Hosts Texted Meadows Amid Riot, Urged Intervention
The January 6th committee revealed text messages in which Fox News hosts Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity, and Brian Kilmeade begged Mark Meadows to get Trump to call off the riot while falsely claiming to their viewers that the rioters weren’t Trump supporters.
Fox News Pundits Partisan Double Standards & Hypocrisy EXPOSED
After getting busted for text messages to Mark Meadows Fox News Pundits Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson whines about their “private” texts being exposed to the public.
Tucker Carlson acts like a Spoiled Brat Psychotic Punk in the above video cutting off an ex-cop, abruptly ending the interview when confronted with information which didn’t fit his narrative.
You Literally Can’t Believe The Facts Tucker Carlson Tells You. So Say Fox’s Lawyers
Fox News viewers don’t expect facts from Tucker Carlson, according to network lawyers who defended their star in a slander lawsuit filed by a woman who said she had an affair with President Trump.
Per the above article; “You can’t expect to literally believe the words that come out of Carlson’s mouth. And that assertion is not coming from Carlson’s critics. It’s being made by a federal judge in the Southern District of New York and by Fox News’s own lawyers. U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil’s opinion, leaning heavily on the arguments of Fox’s lawyers: The “‘general tenor’ of the show should then inform a viewer that [Carlson] is not ‘stating actual facts’ about the topics he discusses and is instead engaging in ‘exaggeration’ and ‘non-literal commentary. ”
Title from Youtube; “Why Tucker Carlson pretends to hate elites”
Description from Youtube; “Tucker Carlson has branded himself as a populist, condemning the “liberal elite” that he argues makes up the American “ruling class.” It’s a good shtick, and it’s helped him stand out from other Fox News hosts. But while Tucker decries the “elite” on his show, he regularly ignores major stories of Republican economic policies that harm the working class, choosing instead to focus on bogus culture war stories.
That isn’t an accident. Carlson’s show is meant to distract Fox News viewers from Republican economics, channeling their frustration and anger at groups that don’t deserve it. That kind of misdirection produces what Marxist theorists call “false consciousness”: when workers are tricked into accepting their own exploitation”.
When spoiled kids whine
Saying the White House “can’t not give us a pass,” Tucker Carlson shows why we need a better class of rich people
Per the above article; “Nothing says “spoiled child” like Tucker Carlson. The son of wealthy Republican William Carlson, a former Los Angeles television anchor who became the head of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and a U.S. ambassador, Carlson used his family connections to sail into journalism. Except for a brief moment when he seemed willing to ruffle the powers that be – his first George W. Bush profile for Talk magazine comes to mind – he has done nothing but afflict the afflicted and comfort the comfortable in his career. Examples of his partisan ethics abound, but my favorite was his shrill defense of Scooter Libby in the Valerie Plame case while never acknowledging that his father headed Libby’s defense fund. Wealthy Republican family values at work”.
Republicans Are For The $RICH$
Why Tax Breaks For the Rich Don’t Create Jobs
Republicans tax cuts which benefit the RICH show how Republicans are bought and paid for by the RICH and only care about the RICH
Trump’s leaked speech about making the rich even richer. Behind closed doors, he tells his billionaire friends he’ll make them even richer.

Trump Promises to Keep Billionaires Taxes Low
Mitch McConnell Makes Shocking Admission That Wealthy Donors Own Republican Senators
Republican Senator Josh Hawley has introduced a piece of legislation that would ban publicly-traded companies from spending money on politics, and Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell is absolutely furious. According to reports, McConnell snapped at Hawley during a Republican lunch meeting this week, and McConnell reminded Hawley that without big money donors they wouldn’t have seats in the Senate. This is a clear admission that wealthy donors are buying seats for Republicans.
Trump will cut taxes for billionaires and stick you with the bill.
Larry Elder Thinks California’s Minimum Wage Should Be $0 an Hour
The gubernatorial recall candidate said in an interview that the state’s workers guaranteed a base pay of zilch
REPUBLICAN Candidate for Governor of California, Larry Elder thinks California’s Minimum Wage should be $0 an Hour
President Harry Truman explains the difference between Republicans & Democrats at the 1948 Democratic Convention
REPUBLICAN Senator Ron Johnson caught Protecting the RICH
KEVIN MCCARTHY & REPUBLICANS ARE FOR THE RICH!
How Tax Breaks Helps the RICH
Republicans are Corporate Boot-lickers who are bought & paid for by the RICH
The above video exposes how Republicans are hypocrites who engage in, and condone Socialism for the Rich in the form of corporate bails-outs, tax payer funded sports stadiums, farm subsidies (22 billion in 2019 when Trump was President), but harsh “pull yourself by up by your own bootstraps” Capitalism for everyone else.
Secrets the Rich don’t Want You to Know
Video shows how Reaganomics and tax breaks for the rich don’t work. Paul Ryan and Republicans are Bought and Paid for by the Rich.
Republicans Plan To EXPLODE The Deficit With New Tax Cuts For Rich
The new Republican tax cut plan, written by Vern Buchanan, would add $3.5 TRILLION to the deficit and would be a historic wealth transfer from the working class. May 25, 2023
Republicans Tax Cut Is a Scam which only benefits the Rich, doesn’t help create jobs and is the worst domestic policy legislation in a lifetime
Who gains and who loses under the GOP’s tax bill
GOP Tax Bill Is Biggest Transfer To The Wealthy In U.S. History
President Trump doesn’t want his voters to know what’s in the GOP Tax bill because it is exactly the opposite of what he campaigned for and is the biggest transfer of wealth to the richest Americans in U.S. history.
Trump’s claims that he would not benefit under the GOP Tax plan is a lie as shown in the above video.
GOP Like ‘Pigs At The Trough’ Of Donald Trump’s Tax Bill
Lawrence O’Donnell compares the behavior of Republican Senators who will be enriched by the Trump-GOP tax bill to Senators he worked with who would have been “embarrassed” by serving special interests.
Americans brace for fallout from GOP tax bill: corporations happy
The concerns that Americans are facing now that Republicans have passed their tax bill, and the new windfall banks and telecoms are eager to enjoy.
Mitch McConnell: Bought and paid for by Special Interest Lobbyists
Sherrod Brown Exposes GOP Tax Bill Dirty Secrets
Sherrod Brown blasts the GOP Tax Cuts
Ohio Democrat Sen. Sherrod Brown calls out Republicans “War on Workers”
Paul Ryan Collected $500,000 In Koch Contributions Days After House Passed Tax Law
That’s peanuts compared with what the Koch brothers will save.
Paul Ryan Collected $500,000 In Koch Contributions
Republican tax proposal steals from the poor to give to the rich
Ten years ago Vicki Lozano and her husband Ted lived in a lakeside home and owned a string of retail stores in the Sacramento area. Then came 2008 and the worst economic upheaval since the Great Depression.They lost their home and businesses. The stress soon took its toll on their health, too.
Ben & Jerry explains in simple terms who benefits from Trump / GOP Tax Bill and how those cuts effect much needed programs which benefit the poor and middle class
Corporate BOOTLICKER Sean Hannity Whines About The Rich Paying Taxes
Fox Anchor STUNNED When She Suddenly Realizes The GOP Lies For Greed
ADDING ANOTHER 1.5 TRILLION TO THE DEBT IS IRRESPONSIBLE OF REPUBLICANS
An Anti-Growth Tax Cut | National Review
Republicans’ proposed $1.5 trillion tax cut is irresponsible and anti-growth.
The National Review and other Conservative publications confirm… adding another 1.5 TRILLION to the debt is IRRESPONSIBLE, especially at a time when tax cuts aren’t needed. We currently have record low UN-employment and a booming economy.
HERE’S THE REAL REASON WHY REPUBLICANS WANT TO THROW THE MIDDLE CLASS, POOR AND SENIORS UNDER THE BUS
Koch network ‘piggy banks’ closed until Republicans pass health and tax reform
Koch officials said that the network’s midterm budget for policy and politics is between $300m and $400m, but donors are demanding legislative progress
Why doesn’t Republicans Care that the Majority of Americans Oppose their Tax Bill?
Thanks to a combination of gerrymandering, voter-suppression techniques, and a seemingly endless amount of campaign contributions, which can be used to tell voters the GOP’s tax bill is the opposite of what it actually is, Republicans may have convinced themselves they can win elections, en masse, whether voters approve of their records or not. They can do as they please because, in their minds, the consent of the governed is now little more than an annoying, irrelevant detail.
Ohio Democrat Senator Sherrod Brown Slams Tax Cuts For Wealthy
Sen. Chuck Schumer Explains the GOP Tax Scam
A new Institute for Policy Studies analysis of major US corporations paying less than 20 percent of earnings in federal corporate income taxes shows that more than half cut jobs since 2008 and increased CEO pay to more than $13 million. Among the companies that slashed jobs? Well their CEOs made more – $15 million.
Video explains how Republicans exploded the debt, starting with Ronald Reagan to give tax breaks to the rich.
Per the above article; The fossil fuel industry is a poster child for corporate welfare.
“Federal subsidies and tax breaks prop up fossil fuel development, even when drilling projects should be too expensive to turn a profit. Below-market leasing rates, royalties and fees subsidize oil and gas companies, encouraging them to exploit our public lands and leaving taxpayers on the hook for the environmental damage.
In the “Build Back Better” Act, Congress has an opportunity to make oil and gas corporations play by the same rules as everyone else. The House has included common-sense oil and gas reforms in its version of the bill, and the Senate should follow suit.
Taxpayers should get a fair return from oil and gas companies that drill on publicly owned lands and waters. The House bill would make this change. Right now, these polluters pay below-market rates to extract resources that belong to all Americans.
The federal government’s current 12.5% royalty rate for onshore drilling was established by the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920. It has not been updated for more than a century, even where technological advances have reduced the financial risk of drilling. By contrast, states are far more aggressive in ensuring their taxpayers are not ripped off — even states that tend to be friendly to fossil fuel companies — with Wyoming and Utah collecting about 17% in royalties and Texas going as high as 25%.
Modernizing the federal royalty rate would provide huge benefits to Americans. Taxpayers lost out on more than $12 billion over the past decade because polluters weren’t paying fair market rates for drilling on public lands and waters, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense. Recovering these dollars would enable Congress to allocate more money to other programs in the bill, including those that protect the environment and make it easier for families to afford the rising costs of childcare, pre-K and higher education.
The House’s Build Back Better Act also closes a legal loophole that leaves taxpayers, instead of oil and gas companies, on the hook for cleaning up shut-down wells. Under the current requirements, the bonding coverage that polluters purchase up front to make sure environmental remediation costs are paid doesn’t come close to covering the actual cleanup costs. In effect, that means that oil and gas companies can profit off pollution, then leave taxpayers to deal with the mess they leave behind”.
Republicans War on Voting
Republicans have declared War on Voting, using Voter Obstruction tactics, Voter Purges, making it illegal to give water to people waiting in long lines, decreasing Drop Boxes, decreasing the days and hours people can vote and more.
To Republicans, winning at all costs is a “Zero Sum Game”. They know the only way they can win, is if you lose.
New Trump Order makes Voting IMPOSSIBLE for Millions of Americans. His latest executive order will block at least 21 million people from voting in future elections.
EXPOSED: Trump’s Plan To RIG & STEAL Future Elections
RNC unveils ‘radical’ plan to upend voting in America
The RNC’s Lara Trump unveiled a new plan that would radically reshape voting in The United States. It includes pushing for stricter voter ID laws and ending early voting and mail in voting.
Republicans Attempting To Make Voting More Difficult With 165 Restriction
From voter ID laws to limiting mail-in ballots, Republican lawmakers in 33 states are considering 165 different laws that would make it harder to vote.
Republican-Backed Wisconsin Mayor PERSONALLY INTERFERES IN ELECTION by Removing Ballot Drop Box
GOP states turning Trump’s Big Lie into legislation
CNN’s Brianna Keilar discusses how many Republicans are trying to change voting laws after losing the House, Senate and presidency in 2020.
Georgia Republicans try to remove Thousands of Voters to Rig the 2024 Election for Trump
The GOP knows it can’t win without passing laws to make Voting more difficult.
The Party Of Voter Suppression
The Republican effort to make it harder to vote continues unabated, with hundreds of thousands purged from voter rolls in two key states. Aired on 12/17/19.
Election Violence Escalates: Right-Wing Extremists Opt for Bullets Over Ballot
Will the 2024 election be marked by voter purges and violence rather than democratic participation? Trump’s far-right supporters are running cars off the road, red states are enacting draconian voter purges that leave millions unable to vote, and those who speak out are ending up in jail
Republican Judge Orders 234,000 Voters Kicked Off Wisconsin Voting Rolls
Wisconsin Republicans Force Vote During Pandemic
‘They saw an opportunity to suppress the vote:’ Lt. Gov. on Wisconsin GOP forcing voters to polls amid pandemic
Mandela Barnes, the Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, on the state holding an election amid a global pandemic: “We got to this point because of a long trend of voter suppression that’s been going on across the state and across the country.”
Election deniers train GOP poll workers to be ‘undercover spies
A CNN exclusive report examines how some GOP leaders in Wayne County, Michigan, could be interfering in the election process.
Republican Robocalls Try to Stop Minorities From Voting in Detroit, MI
Aug 25, 2021 UPDATE: FCC Brings The Hammer Down on Trump-Supporting Activists Over Racist Robocalls
Description from YouTube: “Two Trump-supporting conservative activists, Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman were charged with targeting tens of thousands of Black voters with robocalls meant to discourage them from voting by mail, and who were also flagged to the FCC, which responded with a recommendation of a fine of over five million dollars”.
This another example of how LAWLESS & RUTHLESS Republicans are. In this case, they got caught and will have to face the consequences for their actions.
Republican Senator from Mississippi, Cindy Hyde-Smith caught on video saying “it’s a great idea’ to make it harder for liberal folks to vote”.
“Republican Caught On Tape Explaining How She’ll Redistrict Black Democratic Colleague Out Of Office”
Unable to win elections fair-and-square, Republicans have increasingly relied on “redistricting” areas that they would have no chance of winning into more favorable seats. And while the practice should be considered an affront to the very idea of an open democracy, it has apparently become so commonplace for lawmakers that one was just caught on tape explaining how she planned to use the technique to defeat her African-American Democratic colleague.
Rep. Janet Adkins was at a private gathering during a meeting of the Republican Party of Florida. Rather than focus on things like plugging the numerous holes in the Republican sinking ship, Adkins was hatching a plan to steal the election instead. According to tapes secretly recorded and leaked to POLITICO, Adkins wanted to kick long-time liberal congresswoman Corrine Brown out of office by carefully redrawing her district to include as many prisons as possible. Prisoners, you may recall, cannot vote. But first, she made everyone swear that there were no reporters in the room that would rat on her.
More proof Republicans engage in and condones Voter Obstruction.
How can anyone vote for and support a Political party which engages in such hateful, anti-democracy activities.
ABC News’ Devin Dwyer reports on the unprecedented wave of state election laws aimed at restricting voting rights after many states loosened restrictions in 2020 amid the pandemic.
National Security Officials Pen Open Letter On Voting Rights
Leaked Video: Right-Wing Group Brags About Drafting GOP Anti-Voter Bills
Fox News Host Calls Out Texas Governor’s Racist Voter Suppression Bill
Fox News host Chris Wallace finally said what no one else on his network have ever had the courage to say, and he asked Texas Governor Greg Abbott point blank if the point of his voting bills was to suppress people of color. The governor clumsily danced around the issue, but the facts pointed out by Wallace are clear: Texas has absolutely no reason to try to scale back availability of voting resources unless the overall intent is to suppress the vote.
GOP Is Actively Working to Restrict Voting in Key States
Republicans are using false claims of voter fraud as fuel to limit voting. In Georgia, Republicans are trying to end Souls to the Polls and make it illegal to hand out water and food to voters in line.
Ali Velshi reports on a variety of measures state-level Republicans are promoting to make voting more difficult, absent any governing ideas to earn more votes and win elections honorably. Aired on 02/27/2021.
Civil Rights Group Sues To Block New Iowa Voting Restrictions
The League of United Latin American Citizens in Iowa sued the state’s leadership Tuesday over a restrictive voting law passed the day before, the first in a wave of legal clashes expected to take place as Republican-led state legislatures ready an onslaught of voting bills that critics say will result in widespread voter suppression. Iowa’s law is part of a broader wave of GOP-backed voting legislation that aims to curb access to the ballot box.
Long voting lines in the US is one of the many ways Republicans make it harder to vote
CNN’s Don Lemon discusses the new voting law in Georgia that restricts ballot access and gives state officials more power over local elections.
Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock talks with Rachel Maddow about the new Georgia voting law and the broader fight to secure voting rights and democracy itself as Republicans across the United States use every means at their disposal to preserve their power. Aired on 03/27/2021.
GOP Repeats Voter Suppression History
“They are digging in the archives for methods of voter suppression and targeted attacks on enfranchisement of Black and brown folks—while also attacking the teaching of the history that would illuminate to people why that effort is so dangerous,” says Chris Hayes.
Texas Republican Governor Decreases Drop Boxes
An abrupt order by Republican Texas governor Greg Abbott to reduce the number of ballot drop boxes to one per county causes outrage.
Voters sue Texas governor over ballot drop box limit
Voters are suing Texas Governor Greg Abbott after he restricted voting drop boxes in the state to one per county.
Texas GOP Unveils Over Two Dozen Bills Targeting Early Voting Laws
TRUMP FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT VOTER FRAUD
Trump Pushes Voter Fraud Claim Without Evidence
Trump continues to add false and exaggerated statements to his already lengthy list of bogus voter fraud claims.
There is no evidence to back up Trump’s blanket claim that “mailed ballots are corrupt.” Voting experts say the president is exaggerating when he says mail ballots are “fraudulent in many cases.” While the instances of voter fraud via mail-in or absentee ballots are more common than in-person voting fraud, the number of known cases is relatively rare.
Trump also falsely claimed that California reached a settlement with Judicial Watch in which the state “agree[d] that a million people should not have voted.” California and Los Angeles County agreed to remove inactive voters from their voter rolls per federal law. But there’s no evidence any of them voted, fraudulently or otherwise.
And as he has in the past, Trump claimed there’s “a lot of fraudulent voting going on in this country.” Experts say voter fraud is rare.
Trump’s latest round of voter fraud claims came as Wisconsin struggled with an election at a time when residents were wary of going to polls during the coronavirus pandemic.
Some Wisconsin Democrats, including Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, urged to hold the election by mail and suspend in-person voting. Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers tried to move the state’s April 7, but after a Republican challenge, the state Supreme Court ruled the governor’s decision was unconstitutional and the election went off as scheduled on April 7 with long lines and fewer polling places.
The real reason Donald Trump hates mail-in ballots
Trump is continuously attacking — saying it will lead to a fraudulent and rigged election. Chris Cillizza explains why the widespread election fraud Trump claims will happen is, well, unlikely.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell proved how much he hates our Democratic process, and his Democratic colleagues, in a speech on the Senate floor this week when he accused Democrats of a “political power grab” by trying to make election day a national holiday. Nothing scares Republicans more than the thought of people actually being allowed to vote.
REPUBLICANS COMMITTING VOTER FRAUD
“In those few cases where voter fraud actually occurs – it tends to be Republicans committing it. Meet John Enright, Republican candidate for supervisor in Pinal County, Arizona. Enright just dropped out of the race after accusations surfaced that his companion – whom he lived with until her death in 2007 – has been voting from the grave for five years since her death. Enright claims he’s dropping out of the race for other reasons – and denies any role in illegally voting on behalf of his former companion. Seems fishy, though. And then there’s Ann Coulter – one of the most shrill, hateful Conservative voices on television. As reported by the BradBlog – in both 2002 and 2004 – Coulter illegally cast absentee ballots in Connecticut – despite her ACTUALLY being a resident of – and living in – New York. That’s voter fraud.
Just like it was voter fraud when former Republican Presidential candidate Jon Huntsman voted in 2010 – claiming his Governor’s mansion in Utah as his official address – even though he no longer was Governor – and no longer lived in the mansion. Just like it was voter fraud when Indiana’s Republican Secretary of State – Charlie White – the top election official in the state – was found guilty of several felony charges like lying on voter registration forms, voting in the wrong precincts, and submitting false ballots”.
Five Republicans Kicked Off Michigan Ballot For Election Fraud
Five Republican gubernatorial candidates in Michigan – including the two frontrunners – have been kicked off the ballot for using fraudulent names on their petitions to be on the ballot in the first place. One Republican already voluntarily dropped out after being implicated in the scandal, which means that the majority of the candidates in the race likely committed election fraud.
Trump supporter charged with voting twice in Iowa
3 Residents of Trump-Loving Florida Retirement Community Arrested for Voting Twice
Three members of The Villages, two of which are registered Republicans (according to a Rolling Stone report), were nabbed for allegedly casting two ballots during the 2020 election.
Another Trump Supporter Has Been Arrested For Voter Fraud
Trump Supporter Gets Busted For Voter Fraud, Then Charged With Murder
Man Who Pushed ‘Dead Voter’ Fraud Claims Turned Out To Be Fraudster Himself
Election fraud scandal brings new election in North Carolina
Republican’s Election Rigging and Fraud In North Carolina
PA Republican reveals there was fraud in state’s election … by GOP
GOP Pennsylvania state Representative Seth Grove said that the state did see small-scale election fraud in the 2020 election, but that it was done by Republicans. CNN’s John Berman speaks to Philadelphia’s election commissioner Al Schmidt about Rep. Grove’s comments.
Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook, a new film from American Issues Initiative, reveals for the first time and in frightening detail the dark, partisan genius behind the decades-long strategy to disenfranchise nonwhite voters.
Suppressed 2021: The War On Democracy • Voter Suppression Documentary
We are witnessing the biggest attack on voting rights since Jim Crow. Hundreds of voter suppression bills have been introduced in 43 states. These bills include measures to end voting by mail, enact racist voter-ID laws, cut early voting hours, and eliminate automatic voter registration.
Voter Intimidation Billboards
Voter Intimidation Billboards like the ones above appeared in during the 2012 election in Cleveland, Columbus and Milwaukee. They popped up just as early voting began in Ohio. Civil rights groups charged these intimidating billboards were meant to frighten lawful and confused voters away from the polls.
Reports of similar scare tactics, such as robo-calls and threatening flyers, designed to deter voters in black and Latino neighborhoods recur each election year as polls begin to open. As Brentin Mock has reported for Colorlines, early voting has been a crucial part of increasing black turnout and tea party groups in states like Ohio and Florida have worked to limit it, under the guise of combating voter fraud.
Historian Carol Anderson traces the evolution of voter suppression tactics, from poll taxes and literacy tests instituted after the passage of the 15th Amendment to the rise of strict voter ID laws and poll closures after the election of America’s first Black president. Anderson argues voter suppression is rooted in white supremacy and White rage.
Anonymous Funder Pulls ‘Voter Fraud’ Billboards Rather Than Reveal Itself – Colorlines
After widespread outrage, Clear Channel finally invoked its policy against anonymous political ads.
Civil rights groups charged these intimidating billboards were meant to frighten lawful and confused voters away from the polls. Color of Change launched a petition demanding Clear Channel remove the ads, as the company has done previously with campaigns it deemed too controversial.
According to Reuters, Clear Channel belatedly invoked its policy against anonymous political advertising. When offered the choice between identifying itself and removing the ads, the “private family foundation” behind them chose to take them down, Clear Channel said.
Ohio voter fraud billboards to come down, sponsor stays unnamed
More than 140 billboards in Ohio and Wisconsin warning of the criminal consequences of voter fraud will be taken down starting on Monday after the sponsor chose to remove them rather than reveal its identity, the billboard owner said.
Funder Of Billboards Exposed
The anonymous funder of more than 140 threatening billboards in black and Latino neighborhoods across Ohio and Wisconsin has chosen to take down the ads rather than identify itself, according to Reuters. The billboards played on the myth of “voter fraud,” invoking law and order images like a judge’s gavel over the words “Voter Fraud Is a Felony!” and listing jail time as punishment.
Revealed: Joint Investigation by One Wisconsin Now & theGrio Uncovers Anonymous Funder of Voter Suppression Billboards
Milwaukee’s Einhorn Family Foundation, Recipient of Bradley Foundation Money, Confirmed As ‘Private Family Foundation’ Behind Billboards Madison — A joint investigation by theGrio news service and One Wisconsin Now has uncovered that Milwaukee’s Einhorn Family Foundation is the “private family foundation” that anonymously funded voter suppression billboards in Wisconsin in September 2010 and again this year.
According to this article, Private Family Foundation is responsible for these billboards; onewisconsinnow.org/press/revealed-joint-investigation-by-one-wisconsin-now-thegrio-uncovers-anonymous-funder-of-voter-suppres.html
Texas governor limits election drop boxes to one per county in sprawling state | CNN Politics
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a proclamation Thursday limiting the amount of drop-off locations for mail-in ballots to one site per county.
Per the above article; The move significantly affects the Democratic stronghold of Harris County, which is the state’s largest county by population — one of the most populous in the country — and covers a massive area. It must now reduce its 12 drop-off locations down to one starting on Friday, according to Elizabeth Lewis, spokeswoman for the Harris County Clerk’s Office. Travis County, which includes the reliably Democratic city of Austin, must limit its four drop-off locations to one.
Other large counties — like Tarrant, Dallas and El Paso County — only had one drop-off location already in place.
Judge Lina Hidalgo, the top elected official in Harris County, told CNN’s Chris Cuomo on “PrimeTime” Thursday evening, “There is no reason for this decision to limit us to one drop-off location other than voter suppression.”
Calling the drop-off sites “secure” and “safe,” Hidalgo urged Texas residents to consider, “If these leaders truly are doing right by you, why are they so afraid of you voting?”
“I’m reminding our residents here in Harris County, our citizens, that we are not to be intimidated. That this is a time to participate, and, yes, it’s going to be harder and, yes, they’re trying to confuse and they’re trying to suppress the vote, but for that very reason, we need to show everyone who’s watching that we’re going to participate because it’s about democracy.”
The state’s Democratic party chair, Gilberto Hinojosa, labeled the step a “blatant voter suppression tactic” in a press release.
“The governor is making it harder for people to vote in the middle of a global pandemic that has claimed the lives of over 16,000 Texans,” the group said in a statement. “It is a shameful, blatant act of voter suppression that will disproportionately impact the large number of Black and Latinx voters in Texas’ biggest counties.”
Trump & Republicans Supporting Putin / Russia
Videos on this page show how Republican’s has been supporting murderous Dictator of Russia Putin for years and how they share similar radical right-wing, anti-democratic, fascist, authoritarian ideologies
Trump was told that Putin had put bounties on American soldiers to be killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan and he did NOTHING. Any yet, most Republicans are continuing to support and defend this TRAITOR
Trump praises brutal, murderous dictators like Kim Jong Un and Putin.
Russian State TV Praising Marjorie Taylor Greene
Former Australian PM on Trump’s admiration for Putin
Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Australian television weighed in on former President Trump’s admiration of Russian President Putin, saying Trump is in awe of Putin
Trump has proven to be a Traitor against the United States and NATO by inviting an attack by Putin & Russia against NATO, while Republicans do and say NOTHING
GOP Senator Tommy Tuberville says ‘Putin is on top of his game’ while saying U.S. forced Russia into Ukraine War
GOP lawmakers, Sen. Richard Shelby (Ala.), Steve Daines (Mont.), John Thune (S.D.), John Kennedy (La.), Jerry Moran (Kan.) and John Hoeven (N.D.), and Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas), spent July 4 in Moscow’s U.S. Embassy, NPR reported.
Trump and Republicans has been praising Murderous Dictator of Russia Putin for years, which at this very moment is MURDERING innocent people in Ukraine and bombing their cities into rubble… a peaceful country which did nothing to deserve being invaded and attacked by Russia.
Putin has proven himself to be a barbaric war criminal, which Right-Wing Conservative Republicans… Trump, Mike Pompeo, FOX, Tucker Carlson and Right Wing Media recently praised while disparaging President Joe Biden.
Long-time Republican host Chris Wallace absolutely tears into Tucker Carlson on his show today over visiting and interviewing Putin in Russia
Tucker Carlson CODDLES Vladimir Putin In Interview
Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson coddled Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview that lasted over two hours.
Tucker Carlson could be hit with SANCTIONS over Putin interview
Tucker Carlson could potentially be hit with sanctions for his forthcoming interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin
Russian TV Promotes Cawthorn & Carlson
Videos featuring Representative Madison Cawthorn, a Republican from North Carolina, blasting Ukrainian President Volydymr Zelensky has joined clips of Fox News host Tucker Carlson in regular rotation on Russian state-run television.
Is this TREASON… giving “Aid and Comfort” to an Enemy? Proof Russia is our enemy is the fact that they have nuclear weapons aimed at the United States.
Tucker Carlson Repeating Putin’s Propaganda
See Russian state TV’s reaction to this Tucker Carlson banner
Putin and Russia LOVE how Tucker Carlson has been Repeating PRO-Russia Propaganda
Russia Praises Fox Propaganda
Why is Fox / Tucker Carlson airing ‘anti-democratic BS’?
Brianna Keilar speaks to Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), who claims Tucker Carlson’s fans repeatedly call his office imploring the lawmaker to side with Russia.
CNN’s Nic Robertson looks at Fox host Tucker Carlson’s popularity on Russian state run television.
War And Lies: Trump Republicans Confronted With Past Putin Praise On TV
Many Republican leaders praised Vladimir Putin and misled Americans about the facts of his record as a dictator. This MSNBC report documents some of those claims, featuring them in contrast to recent reporting and footage about Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Republicans admitting they want a dictatorship and want to eliminate Democracy
Putin jailed, poisoned & murdered political opponents, seized oil companies for his own personal monitory gain and interfered in elections around the world. Putin’s atrocities has been well know for years yet Right-Wing “Conservative” Republicans praised and supported him.
This video gives insight into the oppressive laws Republicans has been passing in recent years such as anti-voting laws to rig elections in their favor, anti-abortion, anti-LGBT laws and how Russia shares many of the same anti-democratic ideals and values held by Republicans.
The United States will become as oppressive as Putin’s Russia unless Republicans are STOPPED by Voting them Out of Office.
The Right’s Embrace of Fascism and Authoritarianism
The above video shows the history of how Trump’s campaign manager, Paul Manafort helped Putin Puppet Viktor Yanukovych get elected President of Ukraine, how Republicans changed their Party Platform in 2016 to favor Russia and hurt Ukraine, how Trump helped Putin by destabilizing NATO and why Putin likely didn’t invade Ukraine while Trump was President.
Russian conspiracy about the US is spreading in America
A new conspiracy theory has become popular among some of the online communities that formed around QAnon — one simultaneously being promoted by the Kremlin as a justification for its invasion of Ukraine. The false claim: the United States is developing bioweapons in Ukraine and Vladimir Putin has stepped in to save the day and destroy the weapons. March 10, 2022
Claims Trump was tough on Russia and Putin wouldn’t invade Ukraine if Trump were President are Absurd. Trump kissed Putin’s ass during the entire time his was President.
During a interview with a Newsmax host who tried claiming Trump was tough on Putin, Former National Security Advisor John Bolton pushed back, stating ‘Trump complained sanctions on Russia were too tough” and he “barely knew where Ukraine was”.
Federal Prosecutor Glenn Kirschner: ‘Vladimir Putin Owns Trump’
Right-wingers turned Hungary into a anti-democratic fascist one-party-rule dictatorship. Trump & Republicans have followed the same playbook so it could happen here unless they are STOPPED.
Republicans have passed laws to overturn / override election results in states they control and put partisans in control of counting the votes, allowing them to make sure only Republicans are declared the winner.
Hungary Is a Version of What Republicans Wants For The U.S.
Chief national correspondent at the New York Times, Mark Leibovich, and former FBI Assistant Director for Counterintelligence, Frank Figliuzzi, react to Fox News’ anchor Tucker Carlson’s bizarre choice to host his show from Hungary, a country with an authoritarian regime.
Trump Endorses Right-Wing Autocrat In Hungary
Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul and former FBI special agent Clint Watts discuss with Nicolle Wallace the former president’s endorsement of Viktor Orban ahead of the Parliamentary elections in Hungary.
Thom Hartmann explains how Victor Orbán and his Radical Right-Wing Party took over the once Democratic government in Hungary and turned it into a anti-democratic authoritarian fascist one-party-rule dictatorship where elections & the courts are rigged, all of the media is state controlled and praise for Victor Orbán Propaganda is seen everywhere.
POLL: Only 36% Of Republicans Support Freedom Of The Press
43% of Republicans think President Trump “should have the authority to close news outlets engaged in bad behavior,” while only 36% disagreed with the statement, according to an Ipsos poll
Trump Supporters Are Excited By The Idea Of Him Being A Dictator
Donald Trump did exactly what most of us expected, and he actually convinced his base that he SHOULD be a dictator if he gets back into office, and that it is somehow a good thing to trample on the Constitution. Ever since Trump first made his dictator comments, his supporters have been quick to defend and ultimately offer their praise of the comments, and that part isn’t dying down, either. A new poll also shows that a strong number of Iowa voters say that his rhetoric makes it MORE likely that they will support him.
Expert Compares Trump’s Politics to Fascism
Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley explains why he claims President Donald Trump’s politics are akin to fascism, a political movement based around a leader. 80+% of Republicans approve of Trump, even after he has LIED more than any other Politician in history (fact checkers claim over 30,000 false or misleading statements since becoming president).
GOP senator appears to be aligning with pro-Russian movement
Republicans used to distrust Russia but after Trump took office, many Republicans shifted their position.
How To Dismantle A Democracy
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has become a favorite among Trump-loving ethno-nationalists. Yale’s Jason Stanley and authoritarian expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat break down why Orbán — and the fascination with Orbán — is so dangerous.
Similar to Florida Employees being threatened if they criticize Republican Ron DeSantis or tell the truth about Climate Change when Republican Rick Scott was Governor, during the invasion of Ukraine, Russia passed a law which would put people in prison for up to 15 years for criticizing Putin and Russia’s policies.
Democrats has never engaged in these type of restrictions or violations of Freedom of Speech. This commonality is found in oppressive RIGHT WING governments. It’s easy to see that Republicans are headed in this direction and would not hesitate to be just as extreme if given the opportunity.
New Russian law criminalizes legitimate reporting
Marina Ovsyannikova, an employee at one of Russia’s major state television networks who interrupted a live broadcast to protest the Russian invasion of Ukraine, was arrested and interrogated for more than 14 hours and charged with organizing an unauthorized public event.
Radicalization is infesting airwaves of pro-Trump media
CNN’s Brian Stelter explains how the country faces radicalization as some right-wing media outlets flood the airwaves with conspiracy theories and disinformation.
Similar to how Right Wing Media Lied about the 2020 Election, Russian TV Is Lying about the War
Former Fox anchor Reacts to Recent Tucker Carlson’s Rhetoric
CNN’s Jim Acosta speaks to former Fox anchor Gretchen Carlson about the network’s take on tensions between Ukraine and Russia.
Two Fox News contributors resign after Tucker Carlson special
Stephen Hayes and Jonah Goldberg announced Sunday night that they have resigned from Fox News, saying that Tucker Carlson’s “Patriot Purge” propaganda film was the last straw.
Calmes: Russia’s crackdown on liberty sounds all too familiar to Americans
Red states like Texas, Missouri and Florida are waging their own culture war in parallel to Putin’s, targeting the rights of women and minorities.
Per the above article; “Russia’s crackdown on liberty sounds all too familiar to Americans We see the ravages of Russia’s war on Ukraine, where it’s as if the black-and-white scenes of carnage and fleeing refugees in World War II Europe — scenes consigned to history books, we thought — have been updated in horrific, real-time color. Vladimir Putin’s heinous war has united the Ukrainian people”.
“Then there’s the coverage of the figurative war here in America, a culture war waged by Republicans against women, minority groups, LGBTQ people, educators, public health officials and just about anyone not of a right-wing mindset. This needless conflict divides us, for Republicans’ political gain”.
“Such domestic battles are a luxury of peace and prosperity. I’m reminded of conservatives’ culture wars amid the good times at the turn of the century, before 9/11 made a mockery of the invented threats and brought Americans together against a real one”.
“Even as Ukrainians suffer bombings of hospitals, a maternity center, apartments and schools, our bloodless war proceeds on its several fronts: Against women’s constitutional right to abortion before a fetus’ viability. Against teachers’ rights to speak freely about race and gender. Against transgender youth and their parents. Against public health officials dealing with a once-a-century pandemic that’s killed nearly a million Americans”.
“On abortion rights, Republican-led states aren’t even waiting for the conservative U.S. Supreme Court to turn back the clock a half-century. They’re rushing either to ban abortions at 15 weeks’ gestation, significantly before a fetus is viable (the latest bill just went to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to sign), or to go further and copy Texas’ plainly unconstitutional law that ended nearly all abortions in that state, home to 7 million women of reproductive age”.
“Texas devilishly wrote its law to avert federal court review, dangling cash bounties to spur citizens to sue anyone who even unknowingly helps a woman who’s more than six weeks pregnant get an abortion. Under the legal threat, clinics ceased most services”.
“Predictably, Texans are traveling elsewhere. At least 5,500 women sought help in six neighboring states in just the first three months after the law took effect in September. Now comes a Republican lawmaker in Missouri, inspired by Texas’ law, who’s concocted a way to stop women in her state from going to Illinois or Kansas to exercise their reproductive rights: Attack women’s freedom to travel, too!”
“The bill, the brainchild of state Rep. Mary Elizabeth Coleman, is now before the Missouri House. It would invite anyone to sue a person who helps a Missourian get an abortion out of state, whether that’s a hotline operator making appointments or a doctor providing the service. It’s another patently unconstitutional gambit, but one that could have a chilling effect if clinics in the neighboring states want to avoid legal battles”.
“Texas Republicans, meanwhile, continued their pioneering ways in the culture war by opening a new offensive, against transgender kids and their families”.
“Gov. Greg Abbott, acting late last month on a nonbinding legal opinion from Atty. Gen. Ken Paxton, directed state officials to investigate parents for abuse if they help a child medically transition to the gender with which the youth identifies. The Texans sprung this plan just as the Journal of the American Medical Assn. reported that gender-affirming medical care made teenagers 60% less likely to suffer depression and 73% less likely to be suicidal”.
“By this week, Texas had opened investigations of at least five families. What a blatant invasion of personal liberty from the state that unironically advertises “Don’t mess with Texas.” As if transgender kids and their parents don’t deal with enough stigma, bullying and even the threat of violence”.
“Yet copy-cat Idaho aims to one-up Texas: Its state House voted Tuesday to make it a felony for a doctor to help transgender children. A record 147 bills against transgender people were introduced in 34 states last year, according to the pro-LGBTQ Human Rights Campaign, including successful measures to bar transgender girls from women’s sports”.
“LGBTQ issues more broadly are the target — along with racial justice and history – of a raft of so-called “parental rights” bills to restrict what teachers can say or assign in classrooms from pre-K through college”.
“Florida’s legislature sent its “Don’t Say Gay” bill to DeSantis, as well as a separate measure limiting what teachers and employers can say about race and diversity. Georgia’s Republican lawmakers are moving to ban the teaching of what they vaguely call “divisive concepts” about race”.
“PEN America, which keeps a monthly roundup, says there’s “no recent parallel” to the number of book bans and “educational gag orders.” The organization laments “a willingness, and even eagerness, to bring the weight and power of government to bear on controlling classroom speech.”
“In Russia, Putin is cracking down further on speech, too, just as he’s moved against gay rights and abortion. If Republicans in this country truly stood for freedom, their domestic agenda wouldn’t have so much in common with his”.
Far-Right Extremism: Why We Should Be Concerned
I’m a Former RT Anchor. Fox News Mimics Russian State TV.
Liz Wahl, who quit a Kremlin-funded network in disgust in 2014, writes that right-wing media stars like Tucker Carlson are at times indistinguishable from Russia’s own propaganda.
Per the above article; “Liz Wahl, who quit a Kremlin-funded network in disgust in 2014, writes that right-wing media stars like Tucker Carlson are at times indistinguishable from Russia’s own propaganda.
Fox News hosts like Tucker Carlson, along with other right-wing media figures, are at times indistinguishable from the propaganda on my former network, RT, a Kremlin-funded cable news channel that eagerly uses American voices to push a pro-Russia agenda.
American voices frequently amplified on RT include former Democratic congresswoman-turned-CPAC speaker Tulsi Gabbard, libertarian politician Ron Paul, and his son, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY)—all of whom share foreign policy positions that Russia now finds beneficial to amplify.
What these figures don’t seem to understand or ignore is that RT uses their stateside fame and clout to drive eyeballs to its YouTube channel and legitimacy to its brand.
During the Trump years, the channel routinely featured videos and friendly headlines of Trump himself and his radical supporters. Popular themes on the channel were Trump’s denigration of NATO and the European Union. One video on RT’s YouTube channel features Trump’s former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn at an RT event, being interviewed by the channel’s Russia-based host, wearing an RT lanyard”.
Republicans don’t believe in Democracy… to them it’s about seizing and maintaining power at all costs. This is why Putin helped Trump and Republicans get elected in 2016… because Republicans Anti-Democratic Fascist Authoritarian policies and tactics aligns well with Ruthless, Murderous Dictators like Putin.