#gerrymandered — Public Fediverse posts
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Kudos to the #BelmontUniversity students who laughed at the ridiculous lies told by the #BananaRepublican Congressman for their #gerrymandered district in #Nashville (which will be among the dozens flipped by the #BlueTsunami.) https://www.huffpost.com/entry/andy-ogles-laughed-belmont-university-tennessee_n_69f0c610e4b02e917fa95fc1
It reminds me of the Turkish proverb: “When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a sultan. The palace becomes a circus.”
#Resist. #DoNotComply and #DoNotCollaborateWithFascists in #USpol.
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Kudos to the #BelmontUniversity students who laughed at the ridiculous lies told by the #BananaRepublican Congressman for their #gerrymandered district in #Nashville (which will be among the dozens flipped by the #BlueTsunami.) https://www.huffpost.com/entry/andy-ogles-laughed-belmont-university-tennessee_n_69f0c610e4b02e917fa95fc1
It reminds me of the Turkish proverb: “When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a sultan. The palace becomes a circus.”
#Resist. #DoNotComply and #DoNotCollaborateWithFascists in #USpol.
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Kudos to the #BelmontUniversity students who laughed at the ridiculous lies told by the #BananaRepublican Congressman for their #gerrymandered district in #Nashville (which will be among the dozens flipped by the #BlueTsunami.) https://www.huffpost.com/entry/andy-ogles-laughed-belmont-university-tennessee_n_69f0c610e4b02e917fa95fc1
It reminds me of the Turkish proverb: “When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a sultan. The palace becomes a circus.”
#Resist. #DoNotComply and #DoNotCollaborateWithFascists in #USpol.
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Kudos to the #BelmontUniversity students who laughed at the ridiculous lies told by the #BananaRepublican Congressman for their #gerrymandered district in #Nashville (which will be among the dozens flipped by the #BlueTsunami.) https://www.huffpost.com/entry/andy-ogles-laughed-belmont-university-tennessee_n_69f0c610e4b02e917fa95fc1
It reminds me of the Turkish proverb: “When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a sultan. The palace becomes a circus.”
#Resist. #DoNotComply and #DoNotCollaborateWithFascists in #USpol.
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Kudos to the #BelmontUniversity students who laughed at the ridiculous lies told by the #BananaRepublican Congressman for their #gerrymandered district in #Nashville (which will be among the dozens flipped by the #BlueTsunami.) https://www.huffpost.com/entry/andy-ogles-laughed-belmont-university-tennessee_n_69f0c610e4b02e917fa95fc1
It reminds me of the Turkish proverb: “When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a sultan. The palace becomes a circus.”
#Resist. #DoNotComply and #DoNotCollaborateWithFascists in #USpol.
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@simon_brooke There are really only 3 purposes for micro-constituencies:
1/ reduce travel in sparsely-populated areas
2/ #gerrymander
3/ system malfunctionIreland has no type 1. Type 2 (#gerrymandered) have been common. But there are a lot of micros created by the intersection of the 5-seat upper limits, and don't-cross county boundaries princile. E.g. in 1997, 5-seat Kildare should have become a 6-seater, but instead was split into two 3-seaters
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@europesays A 3-month #GOP #CivilWar between the #MAGA cult and ‘Old School’ #Republicans during the #Senate run-off between #KenPaxton and #JohnCornyn , #UltraMAGA unknown #SteveToth defending what had been a ‘safe seat’ in the House of Representatives, and narrow margins in #gerrymandered Congressman Districts, are going to combine into one giant #BlueWave during the 2026election and #TurnTexasBlue.
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When a single #Democratic member of #Congress (Jim Cooper) represented #Nashville , #FEMA response to destructive and disruptive tornadoes and #ice storms was immediate and a great help.
Now, after #gerrymandered #redistricting we are ‘represented’ by three #BananaRepublicans who do nothing but lick the jackboots of #Trump.
The daughter of #JohnnyCash lets #DHS how residents of #MusicCity #USA , the home of #CountryMusic , feel about the #kakistocracy in #WashingtonDC. https://tasteofcountry.com/rosanne-cash-johnny-cash-daughter-ice-comments/
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On the latest episode of #Unprecedented, @[email protected] and guest @[email protected] break down the #SupremeCourt ’s approval of #Texas’ new #gerrymandered maps. They also preview two MAJOR upcoming cases involving #AgencyIndependence and #CampaignCash youtu.be/h1gPASg4Ee0?...
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On the latest episode of #Unprecedented, @[email protected] and guest @[email protected] break down the #SupremeCourt ’s approval of #Texas’ new #gerrymandered maps. They also preview two MAJOR upcoming cases involving #AgencyIndependence and #CampaignCash youtu.be/h1gPASg4Ee0?...
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On the latest episode of #Unprecedented, @[email protected] and guest @[email protected] break down the #SupremeCourt ’s approval of #Texas’ new #gerrymandered maps. They also preview two MAJOR upcoming cases involving #AgencyIndependence and #CampaignCash youtu.be/h1gPASg4Ee0?...
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@thetnholler.bsky.social Methinks #JoshHawley saw #Trump shrink the #GOP margin in #gerrymandered #TN7 district yesterday!
How many #BananaRepublicans in #Congress decided to not run for re-election yesterday? 🤔
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@GhostOnTheHalfShell
Every time I see a story like this (6600 military wives #deported), my mind wants to predict how this will affect the mid-term & general elections, but we've been #Gerrymandered so bad, even when it should be a Dem landslide, every race is a tossup. 😒 -
There’s going to be a #PinkSlipParty in #Nashville this Sunday! People who #resist #fascism inn#USpol will be gathering to tell #BananaRepublican #TN5 (#gerrymandered district) Congressman #AndyOgles that he is fired! https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/814795/
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#Hateful #Kansas #Republicans will try again to #ban #genderaffirmingcare for #Trans #minors.
The #GOP previously failed to #ban #PubertyBlockers, #HRT, and #surgery for #children with #genderdysphoria. This year, #Republicans hold a stronger #Gerrymandered #majority in the #Kansas #Statehouse.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Kansas #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
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#DemocraticParty #Lawmaker #ChrisCampbell proposes repealing provision banning providers from “#aidingandabetting” #families seeking #GenderAffirmingCare out of state.
The heavily #gerrymandered #Republican #supermajority is unlikely to #support the bill.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Indiana #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
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#DemocraticParty #Lawmaker #ChrisCampbell proposes repealing provision banning providers from “#aidingandabetting” #families seeking #GenderAffirmingCare out of state.
The heavily #gerrymandered #Republican #supermajority is unlikely to #support the bill.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Indiana #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
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#DemocraticParty #Lawmaker #ChrisCampbell proposes repealing provision banning providers from “#aidingandabetting” #families seeking #GenderAffirmingCare out of state.
The heavily #gerrymandered #Republican #supermajority is unlikely to #support the bill.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Indiana #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
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#DemocraticParty #Lawmaker #ChrisCampbell proposes repealing provision banning providers from “#aidingandabetting” #families seeking #GenderAffirmingCare out of state.
The heavily #gerrymandered #Republican #supermajority is unlikely to #support the bill.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Indiana #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
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#DemocraticParty #Lawmaker #ChrisCampbell proposes repealing provision banning providers from “#aidingandabetting” #families seeking #GenderAffirmingCare out of state.
The heavily #gerrymandered #Republican #supermajority is unlikely to #support the bill.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Indiana #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
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#Corrupt, #Partisan #SupremeCourt to rule on #Louisiana's new Black district.
The #issue is whether the #state relied too heavily on #race in drawing a second #majority #Black #district when correcting heavily #gerrymandered #districts #Republicans designed to #dilute the #AfricanAmerican #Vote.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Louisiana #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #VoterSupression #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Racism #ThePartyOfHate
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Two men recognized and exploited the anti-democratic loopholes within America’s rickety democracy
-- in order to deliver Republicans victories that they could never win at the ballot box.Now their willfully minoritarian creations threaten the very essence of a representative democracy:
if Donald #Trump, rightwing courts, #gerrymandered state legislatures and an extreme Republican #caucus in the US House of Representatives create constitutional #chaos over the certification of this presidential election, 👉two men cleared the path.
The single-minded determination of #Leonard #Leo built a conservative supermajority on the US #supreme #court and ♦️stacked lower and state courts with Republican #ideologues that have pushed the nation to the right via the least accountable branch of government.
#Chris #Jankowski masterminded the partisan #gerrymanders that ♦️tilted state legislatures and congressional delegations across the south and the purple midwest toward extreme Republicans,
♦️ended Barack Obama’s second term before it started, and ♦️rendered elections in Wisconsinand North Carolina all but meaningless over the last decade and a half.Leo and Jankowski understood, separately, that the courts and state legislatures were undervalued and often undefended targets for a deliberate strategy aimed at capturing important levers of power that sometimes float under the radar.
They could be Moneyball-ed, to borrow the term Michael Lewis used in his book about how the Oakland A’s made an end-run around large-market teams by understanding value that their opponents overlooked.
What Leo and Jankowski built separately would soon reinforce the other’s creation (with, of course, crucial assists from chief justice #John #Roberts), tightening the knots around meaningful elections, pushing policy to the extreme right and 💥making it nearly impossible for voters to do anything about it
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#CreepoftheWeek: #Idaho #Legislators.
It is absolutely #appalling that #elected #leaders in #Idaho (where they have a #Gerrymandered #Republican #Supermajority) are focused on #hurting a very small and very #vulnerable #population of #kids, and not enough people care enough to stop it
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #TransKids #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://epgn.com/2024/04/29/creep-of-the-week-idaho-legislators/
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#CreepoftheWeek: #Idaho #Legislators.
It is absolutely #appalling that #elected #leaders in #Idaho (where they have a #Gerrymandered #Republican #Supermajority) are focused on #hurting a very small and very #vulnerable #population of #kids, and not enough people care enough to stop it
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #TransKids #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://epgn.com/2024/04/29/creep-of-the-week-idaho-legislators/
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#CreepoftheWeek: #Idaho #Legislators.
It is absolutely #appalling that #elected #leaders in #Idaho (where they have a #Gerrymandered #Republican #Supermajority) are focused on #hurting a very small and very #vulnerable #population of #kids, and not enough people care enough to stop it
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #TransKids #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://epgn.com/2024/04/29/creep-of-the-week-idaho-legislators/
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#CreepoftheWeek: #Idaho #Legislators.
It is absolutely #appalling that #elected #leaders in #Idaho (where they have a #Gerrymandered #Republican #Supermajority) are focused on #hurting a very small and very #vulnerable #population of #kids, and not enough people care enough to stop it
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #TransKids #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://epgn.com/2024/04/29/creep-of-the-week-idaho-legislators/
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#CreepoftheWeek: #Idaho #Legislators.
It is absolutely #appalling that #elected #leaders in #Idaho (where they have a #Gerrymandered #Republican #Supermajority) are focused on #hurting a very small and very #vulnerable #population of #kids, and not enough people care enough to stop it
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #TransKids #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://epgn.com/2024/04/29/creep-of-the-week-idaho-legislators/
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#Families of #Trans #Youth in #Tennessee Can Still Seek #OutofState #Healthcare, Despite Passage of New #Amendment
Heavily #Gerrymandered #Republican #Supermajority #StateLegislature passes #HB2310, designed to create #fear and #chaos for #families – but #parents should know that they retain every #right to #travel for their #child’s #genderaffirmingcare. -
#Gerrymandered #Tennessee #StateSenate #Passes #Hateful #Bill Making "#Recruiting" For #Trans #Youth #Care A #Felony.
The bill could have far ranging impacts in #Tennessee and outside of the #state, and could be broadly used to #target #healthcareprofessionals across #state #lines.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/tennessee-senate-passes-bill-making
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#Mississippi #bill would #limit where #transgender #people can use #bathrooms in #public #buildings.
#Gerrymandered #Republican-#controlled #House voted Wednesday for a #measure restricting #transgender access to bathrooms and #lockerrooms in #publicbuildings, including #university #dorms.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://apnews.com/article/transgender-restrooms-mississippi-aad5b1c1a4a735e9f11ebaa9e416dc4a
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#Mississippi #bill would #limit where #transgender #people can use #bathrooms in #public #buildings.
#Gerrymandered #Republican-#controlled #House voted Wednesday for a #measure restricting #transgender access to bathrooms and #lockerrooms in #publicbuildings, including #university #dorms.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://apnews.com/article/transgender-restrooms-mississippi-aad5b1c1a4a735e9f11ebaa9e416dc4a
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#Mississippi #bill would #limit where #transgender #people can use #bathrooms in #public #buildings.
#Gerrymandered #Republican-#controlled #House voted Wednesday for a #measure restricting #transgender access to bathrooms and #lockerrooms in #publicbuildings, including #university #dorms.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://apnews.com/article/transgender-restrooms-mississippi-aad5b1c1a4a735e9f11ebaa9e416dc4a
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#Mississippi #bill would #limit where #transgender #people can use #bathrooms in #public #buildings.
#Gerrymandered #Republican-#controlled #House voted Wednesday for a #measure restricting #transgender access to bathrooms and #lockerrooms in #publicbuildings, including #university #dorms.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://apnews.com/article/transgender-restrooms-mississippi-aad5b1c1a4a735e9f11ebaa9e416dc4a
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#Mississippi #bill would #limit where #transgender #people can use #bathrooms in #public #buildings.
#Gerrymandered #Republican-#controlled #House voted Wednesday for a #measure restricting #transgender access to bathrooms and #lockerrooms in #publicbuildings, including #university #dorms.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://apnews.com/article/transgender-restrooms-mississippi-aad5b1c1a4a735e9f11ebaa9e416dc4a
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#Louisiana #theatre #students take to the #statecapitol's steps to #protest ‘#DontSayGay’ #bill
in #BatonRouge.Thirteen students traveled from #NewOrleans on March 27 to protest several #antiLGBTQ+ #bills up for #consideration by the highly #Gerrymandered #Republican-controlled #House and #Senate.
https://www.advocate.com/politics/dont-say-gay-bill-louisiana
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#Louisiana #theatre #students take to the #statecapitol's steps to #protest ‘#DontSayGay’ #bill
in #BatonRouge.Thirteen students traveled from #NewOrleans on March 27 to protest several #antiLGBTQ+ #bills up for #consideration by the highly #Gerrymandered #Republican-controlled #House and #Senate.
https://www.advocate.com/politics/dont-say-gay-bill-louisiana
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#Louisiana #theatre #students take to the #statecapitol's steps to #protest ‘#DontSayGay’ #bill
in #BatonRouge.Thirteen students traveled from #NewOrleans on March 27 to protest several #antiLGBTQ+ #bills up for #consideration by the highly #Gerrymandered #Republican-controlled #House and #Senate.
https://www.advocate.com/politics/dont-say-gay-bill-louisiana
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#Louisiana #theatre #students take to the #statecapitol's steps to #protest ‘#DontSayGay’ #bill
in #BatonRouge.Thirteen students traveled from #NewOrleans on March 27 to protest several #antiLGBTQ+ #bills up for #consideration by the highly #Gerrymandered #Republican-controlled #House and #Senate.
https://www.advocate.com/politics/dont-say-gay-bill-louisiana
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#Louisiana #theatre #students take to the #statecapitol's steps to #protest ‘#DontSayGay’ #bill
in #BatonRouge.Thirteen students traveled from #NewOrleans on March 27 to protest several #antiLGBTQ+ #bills up for #consideration by the highly #Gerrymandered #Republican-controlled #House and #Senate.
https://www.advocate.com/politics/dont-say-gay-bill-louisiana
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#Gerrymandered #Republican #Supermajority in #Kansas #House #passes #ban on #genderaffirming #Healthcare for #trans #youth.
“They are trying to erase #LGBTQ #Kansans, starting with #trans #people...They want us to #leave. They don’t care if our #kids #die. The #cruelty is the point”
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Kansas #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article286634740.html#storylink=cpy
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#Kentucky #governor marks #civilrights #event by #condemning #Republican efforts to limit #diversity, #equity and #inclusion in the State.
#Kentucky #Republicans hold #gerrymandered #supermajorities in both #legislative #chambers and have routinely #overridden Democratic Gov. #AndyBeshear's #vetoes.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Kentucky #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate
https://apnews.com/article/kentucky-governor-dei-civil-rights-7faa397741391787b24157e57a88c81e
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#Kentucky #governor marks #civilrights #event by #condemning #Republican efforts to limit #diversity, #equity and #inclusion in the State.
#Kentucky #Republicans hold #gerrymandered #supermajorities in both #legislative #chambers and have routinely #overridden Democratic Gov. #AndyBeshear's #vetoes.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Kentucky #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate
https://apnews.com/article/kentucky-governor-dei-civil-rights-7faa397741391787b24157e57a88c81e
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#Kentucky #governor marks #civilrights #event by #condemning #Republican efforts to limit #diversity, #equity and #inclusion in the State.
#Kentucky #Republicans hold #gerrymandered #supermajorities in both #legislative #chambers and have routinely #overridden Democratic Gov. #AndyBeshear's #vetoes.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Kentucky #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate
https://apnews.com/article/kentucky-governor-dei-civil-rights-7faa397741391787b24157e57a88c81e
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#Kentucky #governor marks #civilrights #event by #condemning #Republican efforts to limit #diversity, #equity and #inclusion in the State.
#Kentucky #Republicans hold #gerrymandered #supermajorities in both #legislative #chambers and have routinely #overridden Democratic Gov. #AndyBeshear's #vetoes.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Kentucky #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate
https://apnews.com/article/kentucky-governor-dei-civil-rights-7faa397741391787b24157e57a88c81e
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#Kentucky #governor marks #civilrights #event by #condemning #Republican efforts to limit #diversity, #equity and #inclusion in the State.
#Kentucky #Republicans hold #gerrymandered #supermajorities in both #legislative #chambers and have routinely #overridden Democratic Gov. #AndyBeshear's #vetoes.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Kentucky #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate
https://apnews.com/article/kentucky-governor-dei-civil-rights-7faa397741391787b24157e57a88c81e
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#WestVirginia #Republican #Supermajority #House #OKs bill #doctors say would #eliminate #GenderAffirming #Healthcare for most #atrisk #transgender #youth.
#Republicans in the #HouseofDelegates occupy 89 out of 100 seats in the #Gerrymandered #StateLegislature.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #WestVirginia #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.wpxi.com/news/health/west-virginia-house/DXZUSKAHSWECIPBQJR4AU3G56U/
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#Tennessee's #Gerrymandered #RepublicanParty #Supermajority in the #StateHouse #Votes to #Prohibit #Rainbow #PrideFlags in #PublicSchools.
“This will create an #environment that will lead to more #deaths of #students,” one #advocate said.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Tennessee #Education #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
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#Rollback of #Florida #childlaborlaws gets its first #committee #sealofapproval.
The #bill has received considerable #attention going into the 2024 #regular #legislative #session.
Like in all #committees in a #Legislature with a #Gerrymandered #Republican #supermajority, #Democrats were #handicapped in what they could do to #stop the #proposal.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Florida #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism
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The GOP Is Trying to Steal Democracy in Ohio. That Has National Implications.
#Ohio is already one of the most #gerrymandered states in the country. Its maps are so unfair that its own state Supreme Court voted multiple times to send the maps back to the drawing board, only to have its rulings repeatedly undermined, the clock run out, and the #illegally #skewed #maps still used in the midterms.
Now, a new threat looms in the Buckeye State. Facing the prospect of a #citizen #initiative to #restore statewide #abortion #rights this November, the GOP-dominated Ohio legislature is moving in advance to block it.
They have proposed a measure to increase the vote requirement for a constitutional amendment from a simple majority to 60 percent, along with making it far harder to qualify a citizen initiative.
In short, the Ohio GOP wants to write in a supermajority requirement, just as the will of the majority, which favors reproductive choice and the protections of Roe v. Wade, is about to make itself heard.
Wait, can they even do that? Just blatantly #move #the #goalposts, right as progressives are getting ready to score?
Unfortunately, there is no legal barrier preventing this. Instead, the people of Ohio need to make it clear that they will not put up with this #power #grab.
https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/the-gop-is-trying-to-steal-democracy?utm_medium=reader2
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@realTuckFrumper
@Teri_Kanefield#MTG seems to think that she has an exemplary marriage... 😉
I fail to understand why a member of #Congress does not get charged with #sedition, #SeditiousConspiracy, and/or #treason for this.
#Impeachment will not work in a #gerrymandered farce of a #House, of course.
Alarming failure of the #AmericanExperiment and the overbearing #1A.