@elinormills@HC_Richardson Youngkin[Glenn Allen Youngkin R-Gov.-VA] has also signed an executive order banning the teaching of critical race theory or any “inherently divisive concepts.” [Read more at bit.ly/3ga2s4s by @HC_Richardson]
He[Glenn Allen Youngkin R-Gov.-VA] has established a tip line for concerned parents to “send to us any…instances where they feel that their fundamental rights are being violated,...[Read more at bit.ly/3ga2s4s by @HC_Richardson]
[He[Glenn Allen Youngkin R-Gov.-VA] has established a tip line for concerned parents ]... where their children are not being respected, where there are inherently divisive practices in their schools.”[Read more at bit.ly/3ga2s4s by @HC_Richardson]
Today, he[Glenn Allen Youngkin R-Gov.-VA] signed a memo with officials from colleges and universities to pave the way for more publicly funded private schools in Virginia.[Read more at bit.ly/3ga2s4s by @HC_Richardson]
[[Glenn Allen Youngkin R-Gov.-VA] signed a memo]...The measure[paving the way for more publicly funded private schools will permit private, for-profit businesses to open schools using taxpayer money.[Read more at bit.ly/3ga2s4s by @HC_Richardson]
[Glenn Allen Youngkin R-Gov.-VA]Youngkin’s move[[paving the way for more publicly funded private schools] is in line with a long history of right-wing activism calling for the privatization of public schools.[Read more at bit.ly/3ga2s4s by @HC_Richardson]
[Glenn Allen Youngkin R-Gov.-VA]That call[right-wing activism calling for the privatization of public schools] illustrates the marriage of business, racism, and religion that currently dominates the Republican Party.[Read more at bit.ly/3ga2s4s by @HC_Richardson]
[Glenn Allen Youngkin R-Gov.-VA]Youngkin’s move[[paving the way for more publicly funded private schools]...The for-profit school industry likes the idea of privatization…[bit.ly/3ga2s4s]
[Glenn Allen Youngkin R-Gov.-VA]Youngkin’s move[[paving the way for more publicly funded private schools]... because it would move enormous amounts of taxpayer money into private businesses;...[bit.ly/3ga2s4s]
[Glenn Allen Youngkin R-Gov.-VA]Youngkin’s move[[paving the way for more publicly funded private schools]... reactionary and religious parents like it because it would fund segregated or religious schools.[bit.ly/3ga2s4s ]
@WiseAsASerpent the question Goldstone[Jack Goldstone @jgoldsto, author of the 1991 book, "Revolution and Rebellion in the Early Modern World,"]focused on was simple: What can be done to get around Sinema and Manchin? He offered two ideas:...[bit.ly/35sQiS8 by @PaulHRosenberg]
[the following idea was suggested by @jgoldsto][regarding Manchin and Sinema]Statehood for the District of Columbia,which will elect twoDemocratic senators,making Manchin andSinema's votes no longer crucial.[bit.ly/35sQiS8 by @PaulHRosenberg via @Salon and @AlterNet]
[the following idea was suggested by @jgoldsto][regarding Manchin and Sinema]Offer a cabinet position to a Republican senator in a state with a Democratic governor. If they accept, the governor appoints a Democratic replacement.[bit.ly/35sQiS8 by @PaulHRosenberg]
He[the President] doesn't need a single Congress member on his side — he just has to do it[canceling $50,000 in student debt]," [Schumer]he continued[Read more at bit.ly/3HiRFRE by @laurenfrias_ via @BusinessInsider]
[Schumer], adding: "And if the administration signs this, it will provide immediate relief to millions of Americans currently saddled with this awful debt.[canceling $50,000 in student debt]" [Read more at bit.ly/3HiRFRE by @laurenfrias_ via @BusinessInsider]
Our vaccines are top of the line. The Chinese with an inferior vaccine only have had 4,636 deaths and they have four times more people than we do. But they have made Covid the enemy.[Read more at bit.ly/34IaPfE by Lorenzo Canizares @canilor]
They[Chinese] don’t have to deal with a GOP that has been pushing a pro-covid-19 agenda.[Read more at bit.ly/34IaPfE by Lorenzo Canizares @canilor]
Kaiser Health News that Republican lawmakers in at least twenty-six states,…have passed laws to weaken the authority, of state and local officials to protect public health.[Read more at bit.ly/34IaPfE by Lorenzo Canizares @canilor]
Nearly everywhere, they[birds] are in decline. Massive die-offs of flycatchers, swallows, bluebirds, sparrows and warblers –[Read more at bit.ly/3HfHzAH by Kim Heacox @KimHeacox via @guardianUS]
[Massive die-offs]described as thousands of birds “falling out of the sky” – have been recorded in recent years in New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Arizona and Nebraska.[Read more at bit.ly/3HfHzAH by Kim Heacox @KimHeacox via @guardianUS]
Trump was broadcast last week saying, "it's important who counts the votes," parroting Joseph Stalin, who proclaimed the same philosophy; both repressive leaders were NOT for counting the votes they didn't like. [bit.ly/33UBprD by @trishforsythvos via @Galesburg]
We're at a perilous crossroads for our democracy, and I heard someone recently declare, "It's always darkest just before pitch-black." [Read more bit.ly/33UBprD by @trishforsythvos via @Galesburg]
"The Republican Party, the once Grand Old Party of Lincoln, has wrapped itself up in lies, propaganda, conspiracy theories and disinformation. [Read more bit.ly/33UBprD by @trishforsythvos via @Galesburg]