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Gov. Greg Abbott Wants To Use Anticipated Decision in Dobbs To Reverse 1982 SCOTUS Precedent On Educating Immigrant Children

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We first have to take a trip in Mr. Peabody’s time travel WAYBAC Machine, to 2011 when Arizona’s leading anti-immigrant racist, then Senate President Russell Pearce, unsuccessfully tried to prohibit undocumented immigrant children from receiving a public school education, even though it was a violation of  a 1982 Supreme Court decision. Pearce moves to officially … Read more

Justice Alito’s Draft Opinion Relies On A 17th Century Jurist Responsible For the Marital Rape Exemption, And Who Executed Women As Witches

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Above: Justce Samuel Alito; Sir Matthew Hale. Most Americans have probably never heard of Sir Matthew Hale, an English jurist who was born in 1609. But Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization cites him a half-dozen times throughout his draft as proof that abortion bans are an indispensable part … Read more

Rep. David Ciccilline Demonstrates How To Respond To The GQP’s Anti-Immigrant Hysteria ‘White Fright’ 2022 Campaign Strategy

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Update to The DOJ Needs To Prosecute These Republican Coup Plotters Before They Can Succeed (excerpt): But because Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice have failed to prosecute any of these seditious insurrectionist Republican members of Congress, they are only more emboldened in their fascist plots. This piece of shit insurrectionist traitor Rep. “Gym” … Read more

Democrats Need To Fight Back With Moral Righteousness Against The MAGA/QAnon Politics Of Hate (Updated)

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Two state representatives, one from Missouri and one from Michigan, demonstrated this week how Democrats must fight back with moral righteousness against the hateful white Christian Nationalism of MAGA/QAnon Republicans and their campaign to “cancel” Americans who are the object of their hatred. As Paul Krugman explains, Republicans Say, ‘Let Them Eat Hate’ (excerpt): I’d … Read more

Senate Republicans Blocked The Next Round Of Covid Relief As Part Of Their Anti-Immigrant ‘White Fright’ 2022 Election Strategy

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Multiple senators confirmed earlier this month that they delayed voting on a bill to pour $10 billion more into pandemic programs until after the two-week Easter recess, a decision top administration health officials have said further threatens the country’s ability to fight the virus and prepare for potential surges and variants. Politico reports, Senate punts … Read more