What exactly is Manchin’s end game here? Surely he knows that he’ll never get any sort of bipartisanship with the current GQP. They’ve stated right out in the open that their sole purpose is to block Biden’s entire agenda.
Trump as president apparently asked about sending COVID-infected people to Gitmo. He said something like: we should send them to an island; hey, Gitmo is an island, right?
DeSantis signs bill requiring Florida students, professors to register political views with state
Universities may lose funding if staff and students' beliefs do not satisfy Florida's GOP-run legislature
Based on the bill's language, survey responses will not necessarily be anonymous — sparking worries among many professors and other university staff that they may be targeted, held back in their careers or even fired for their beliefs.
Bishop also told the paper he "certainly hopes" the effort will expand into the K-12 system over time.
"I think that those of us who have diverse thinking and look at both sides of the issue, see that the way the cards are stacked in the education system, is toward the left and toward the liberal ideology and also secularism — and those were not the values that our country was founded on
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DeSantis signs bill requiring Florida students, professors to register political views with state
Universities may lose funding if staff and students' beliefs do not satisfy Florida's GOP-run legislature
Based on the bill's language, survey responses will not necessarily be anonymous — sparking worries among many professors and other university staff that they may be targeted, held back in their careers or even fired for their beliefs.
Bishop also told the paper he "certainly hopes" the effort will expand into the K-12 system over time.
Huh, I almost thought this applied to me until I realized this is for schools funded by the state government.
Welp, there goes our public university system. I know everyone is dissatisfied with the private universities, but this is why they are becoming more popular. American government is woefully terrible at handling education.
I don't know if anyone else saw the other awful thing he did by banning critical race theory from the classroom? The American Association of Colleges and Universities, along with a lot of other education organizations, wrote a scathing rebuke of the law reminding government that they are not the arbiters of what is appropriate to be taught in the classroom, and just because something is politically difficult for the ruling party, doesn't mean they get to dictate curriculum. I haven't seen anything this backward since Evolution was banned from the classroom back in the early 20th century.
DeSantis is Trump 2.0, and he's ####ing dangerous. I hope everyone is ready for him becoming president in 2024, because it's seriously possible if he can organize the Trump cult to get behind him.
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I wonder how long it will take for people to figure out they should just claim to be Republican on the survey.
The problem is that Florida doesn't have open primaries, so if you declare your party affiliation with the government, you can only vote in the primary for that party. It's actually a law we've been trying to change recently as it's ####ing stupid in general, but also, it's about trying to have more moderate viewpoints in our politics from both parties (although a Florida democrat is about as moderate as you can get already). If all these students declare that they are Republican, they are shut out of the primary process for the democratic party. Not good.
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I ran across this piece by Hayes and I thought he was spot on in his analysis of these tactics. It's just a new play in the same playbook: Use state powers to entrench their power in each state.
I know, it's MSNBC but it seems to be pretty on the nose. Again, democrats and liberals need to wrestle power away at the local and state level before they can hope to make substantial change. Instead of focusing on Bernie, focus on changing some lean red states to purple, and purple states to lean blue for the state elections.
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In the key battleground state of Arizona, Republican legislators this week moved to weaken the authority of Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, by limiting her ability to defend election lawsuits.
Late Thursday, the Arizona House passed a series of GOP-backed election measures, which were included in budget legislation that had passed the state Senate on Wednesday. It now heads to the desk of GOP Gov. Doug Ducey, who is expected to sign the legislation.
Among the measures is one that establishes Arizona's attorney general as the "sole authority" to defend state election laws. That law will be in place only until January 2023 -- with both the secretary of state's office and the attorney general's office potentially changing party hands in the 2022 election. Hobbs is running for governor, and Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich is running for Senate.
"This statutory sleight of hand is set to expire at the end of my term, leaving no doubt that this was prompted by my efforts to protect the freedom to vote and because they did not like the outcome of the Presidential Election," Hobbs said in a statement.
It also bars the secretary of state from using any public funds for hiring outside lawyers. Additionally, it limits Hobbs to hiring the equivalent of one full-time lawyer to represent her office.
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The measure also allows third parties designated by the legislature to sift through the state's voter database and flag voters for removal.
The Biden administration banned the import of solar panels and other goods made with materials produced by a Chinese company that it accused of using forced laborers from China’s Xinjiang region, a move likely to complicate the U.S. push toward clean energy.
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But industry experts said enforcement could be a challenge given the complexity of the solar supply chain and Hoshine’s dominance in the industry. Hoshine has produced metallurgical-grade silicon for at least eight of the world’s largest polysilicon makers, according to the company’s public statements and annual reports. Analysts say that together these firms account for nearly all of the world’s supply of solar-grade polysilicon.
Supreme Court Declines to Consider Transgender Bathroom Case
Lower-court victories remain in place for Gavin Grimm, who was denied access to the boys’ bathroom by his Virginia high school
I guess this belongs here. In some ways I think we should have a thread dedicated to LGBTQIA+ discussion. Maybe even specifically Trans issues, which may be the most difficult for some of us to completely understand. Lack of education/understanding is often the biggest hurdle to acceptance/support. Currently there are over 80 anti-transgender bills that are being proposed across the United States.
Happy that the SCOTUS has not interfered here. Schools must be places where all feel free to be themselves.
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Holy #### Arizona. You're becoming the new Florida. Slow your roll.
Don't like the competition Cali?
Yes, Arizona is an embarrassment that keeps getting worse. I find it funny that people were shocked when I said there were shenanigans in the election influence by the Arizona GOP. Sadly, the whole GOP has gone GQP, and it is just bizarre how far each state legislature is going to out crazy each other right now. Mexico is looking better all the time.
DeSantis signs bill requiring Florida students, professors to register political views with state
Universities may lose funding if staff and students' beliefs do not satisfy Florida's GOP-run legislature
Based on the bill's language, survey responses will not necessarily be anonymous — sparking worries among many professors and other university staff that they may be targeted, held back in their careers or even fired for their beliefs.
Bishop also told the paper he "certainly hopes" the effort will expand into the K-12 system over time.
If every single academic registered their views as GOP....it would render the whole exercise pointless.
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