MarcATL
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No need for PMs or new threads MinTrut, I'll nip your far rightwing delusion in the bud here and now...There's only one party currently writing laws to burn books, change history (about slavery), legislate what you can or can't say (or teach), and ban people they don't like (black people) from voting, amongst other authoritarian things.
Isn't that Nazi to you? Speaking of which, it's odd that you present as if you are anti-Nazi when you have a Nazi flag blazing in your avatar. Interesting.
You have it all wrong bub.
Tennessee Republicans hold a book burning to destroy Harry Potter, Twilight, and other "demonic" titles
The simple banning of Maus from schools apparently wasn't enough for Tennessee Republicans. The time has come to burn books that displease them. Global Vision Bible Church pastor Greg Locke,…
boingboing.net
Conservatives Are Just Openly Endorsing Book Burning Now
Book burning, as in the thing Nazis were into.
Texas conservatives rewrite history | Richard Adams
Richard Adams: In Texas conservative Republicans are rewriting the textbooks to be used in the state's schools to fit their political agenda
www.theguardian.com
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Hijacking History
Was America ordained by God to lead the world? Are our public school students taught enough about the African American and Hispanic experiences? Was Joseph McCarthy an American hero? The always controversial State Board of Education meets this week to take up such questions as it revises Texas'...
www.texastribune.org
Librarians Decry GOP Moves to Ban Books in Schools • Stateline
AUSTIN, Texas — Outraged at the parents and politicians who are trying to rid school libraries of books they denounce as inappropriate or even pornographic, a band of Texas school librarians is fighting back. Shortly after Texas state Rep. Matt Krause called for the state’s school libraries to...
www.pewtrusts.org
Op-Ed: Republicans are banning books about historical truths their own leaders have apologized for
A Wisconsin school board banned an award-winning book on Japanese internment in World War II — something Ronald Reagan authorized reparations for.
www.latimes.com
Stacking the deck: How the GOP works to suppress minority voting - Berkeley News
In a historic election, Republicans are targeting communities of color with vote suppression, Berkeley scholars say
news.berkeley.edu
Black voting rights and voter suppression: A timeline
View the timeline of Black voting rights and voter suppression to learn about important dates in this history.
www.cnn.com
How Republicans are trying to prevent people from voting after ‘stop the steal’
Hundreds of bills nationwide target people of color whose full participation in future elections is seen by Republicans as a threat
www.theguardian.com
Why the Georgia G.O.P.’s Voting Rollbacks Will Hit Black People Hard (Published 2021)
The state’s new Republican-crafted law is set to restrict voting access in ways that Democrats and voting rights groups say will have an outsize impact on Black voters.
Republicans crush voting rights, making a mockery of their support for Juneteenth: Brazile
My parents and many other African Americans in Southern states could not cast ballots until President Lyndon Johnson signed the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
www.usatoday.com
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Texas Republicans say their proposed voting restrictions are color blind. But many see "Jim Crow in a tuxedo."
An outraged Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick castigated those implying that GOP efforts to restrict Texas voting are racist. But the state has a history of marginalizing voters of color, and many business leaders, voting rights advocates and Democrats see it taking another step down that path.
www.texastribune.org
Why Republicans Are Suppressing Black Votes
An aging, white Republican Party reliant upon unvarnished racism cannot survive without choosing its electorate
www.rollingstone.com
Republicans announce federal bills to 'restrict the spread' of critical race theory
Congress members have a pair of federal bills to prohibit diversity and anti-racism training in the military and in federal agencies.
www.nbcnews.com
Senate Republicans advance anti-CRT bill that educators say will censor teachers • Michigan Advance
Republican members of the Michigan Senate Education and Career Readiness Committee voted on Tuesday to advance legislation that education officials said is dividing parents and teachers and would silence teachers attempting to discuss race and racism. “We have kids being literally slaughtered in...
michiganadvance.com
The GOP’s ‘Critical Race Theory’ Obsession
How conservative politicians and pundits became fixated on an academic approach
www.theatlantic.com
Opinion | The Backlash Against C.R.T. Shows That Republicans Are Losing Ground (Published 2022)
The suppression and subversion of Black history in favor of an inauthentic rendering of the American past has a long history in and of itself.
Floridaâs âdonât say gayâ bill inspired a chilling wave of Republican legislation
Anti-LGBTQ+ measures among more than 156 bills targeting issues of identity, says PEN report
www.theguardian.com
Ohio Republicans Propose Their Own âDonât Say Gayâ Bill, With a Side of Critical Race Theory Hysteria
Ohio Republicans also want to ban talk of sexual orientation and gender identity in grade school.
GOP lawmakers introduce version of 'Don't Say Gay' bill in Ohio
Ohio Republicans have introduced their version of the "Don't Say Gay" bill that also includes restrictions against race education.
abcnews.go.com
GOP state senator in New Jersey introduces ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill
Story at a glance New Jersey state Sen. Edward Durr Jr. (R) this week introduced a bill that would bar state educators from addressing sexual orientation or gender identity in their classrooms. Stu…
thehill.com
The fact that you hadn't a clue of these facts (or worse, pretended not to know) lets me know that you are caught up in the throws of your Republican bubble.
Carry on.
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