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Apr 12 5 tweets 2 min read
In Florida, GOP lawmakers have ceded their district-drawing power to Gov. Ron DeSantis, who's vowed to dissolve Black districts.

Pay attention as the party elevates DeSantis to dictator status. It fits a trend in the conservative movement. #ReidOutBlog
msnbc.com/the-reidout/re…
We're seeing the conservative movement reject multiracial democracy in favor of authoritarianism.

The idea here is that democracy is not worth having if it must be shared equally with non-white people.
And many conservatives -- in their various fits of rage -- have shown what the mere thought of sharing does to them: From the violent, feces-smearing rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6...
To the hollering parents trying to erase Black history from school lesson plans... msnbc.com/the-reidout/re…
To the Florida Republicans relinquishing their power over the districting process to a megalomaniacal bigot with a thirst for Redemption-Era politics.

Democracy is fragile. And right now, we're losing Florida.

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Apr 3, 2019
As we approach 2020, it's essential that we call on journalists to be more precise with their language, both in their analysis and in the questions they ask.

"culture war," for example, is a loaded, sloppy term.
A lot of reporters seem to miss the importance of this, but here it is:

A *lot* of people have suffered under the weight of bigotry over the past decade (and obviously, even further back than that)...
They have been denied the right to vote, they have been deemed "un-American," they have been killed by police, they have been denied entry to their own country, they've been denied aid after natural disasters...
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