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==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
+ | * '''2017-03-03''' [http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2017/03/kansas-supreme-court-tells-lawmakers-adequately-fund-public-schools Kansas Court Orders Governor to Fund Public Schools] ([https://plus.google.com/+AlisonMarlowe/posts/JWy4fApgETs via]): Republican Governor [[Sam Brownback]] had to be ordered to provide adequate funding for Kansas public schools. Republicans show a consistent pattern of attempting to undermine and destroy public education. (Brownback also [[issuepedia:2014/04/21/Kansas Governor Ensures His State Won't Expand Medicaid Anytime Soon|refused the ACA Medicaid expansion]].) | ||
+ | * '''2017-02-17''' [http://www.alternet.org/activism/cowardly-republicans-are-running-away-voters-and-cancelling-town-meetings-weekend Cowardly Republicans Are Running Away from Voters and Cancelling Town Meetings This Weekend] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/ipUW5F9AwJL via]) | ||
+ | * '''2017-02-16''' [http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/utah-republicans-staff-sneers-at-protesters-most-people-would-just-be-grateful-to-meet-her/ Utah Republican’s staff sneers at protesters: 'Most people would just be grateful' to meet her] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/h6NSzjficTS via]) | ||
+ | * '''2017-02-07''' | ||
+ | ** [https://www.thenation.com/article/house-republicans-just-voted-to-eliminate-the-only-federal-agency-that-makes-sure-voting-machines-cant-be-hacked/ House Republicans Just Voted to Eliminate the Only Federal Agency That Makes Sure Voting Machines Can’t Be Hacked] | ||
+ | ** [http://www.themarysue.com/say-goodbye-to-learning/ Well That Didn’t Take Long: Republicans Now Want to Do Away With the Entire Department of Education]: something they've wanted to do for years | ||
+ | * '''2017-02-01''' Republicans (and a few Democrats) prioritize party over the Constitution and basic humanity: | ||
+ | ** [http://www.vox.com/2017/1/29/14427466/republican-congress-silent-trump-refugee The very long list of Republicans in Congress who have taken no position on Trump's refugee ban] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/TyoD89aCzqo via]) | ||
+ | ** [https://www.niacouncil.org/bills-repeal-trump-ban-backed-nearly-congressional-democrats/ Bills to Repeal Trump Ban Backed By Nearly All Congressional Democrats] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/26mhZmhfm24 via]) | ||
+ | * '''2017-01-23''' [https://theintercept.com/2017/01/23/lawmakers-in-eight-states-have-proposed-laws-criminalizing-peaceful-protest/ Lawmakers in Eight States Have Proposed Laws Criminalizing Peaceful Protest] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/110399510880870866116/posts/RWrSJCAk32v via]): guess what -- all of the "lawmakers" proposing these measures are Republicans | ||
+ | * '''2017-01-19''' [https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/19/bureau-land-management-federal-lease Congress moves to give away national lands, discounting billions in revenue] ([https://www.facebook.com/MelvinFrankOrrIII/posts/829922846450 via]) | ||
+ | * '''2017-01-14''' [http://theslot.jezebel.com/north-dakota-lawmaker-proposes-bill-to-shield-drivers-w-1791214067 North Dakota Lawmaker Proposes Bill to Shield Drivers Who 'Accidentally' Hit Protesters From Liability]: Republicans apparently believe it should be okay to run people over if they stand in the way of your profits. (To be fair, ''North Dakota House Majority Leader Al Carlson (also a Republican) seemed to want to distance himself from this bill, telling the Tribune that he had nothing to do with it and that, "The role of the Legislature is to work with the professionals. We won't violate the right to peaceful protest."'') | ||
+ | * '''2017-01-13''' [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/king-rep-ban-social-justice-events-arizona-schools-article-1.2945382 Arizona lawmaker proposes new bill banning classes or events discussing social justice on college campuses] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/VpZho1HCs3D via]) | ||
+ | * '''2017-01-11''' [http://www.politicususa.com/2017/01/11/gop-prohibits-cbo-reporting-aca-repeal-blows-deficit.html GOP Prohibits CBO From Reporting How Much ACA Repeal Blows Up the Deficit]: when you know that the facts don't support your case, hide the facts. | ||
+ | * '''2017-01-02''' [http://daringfireball.net/linked/2017/01/02/house-republications With No Warning, House Republicans Vote to Hobble Independent Ethics Office] and use Orwellian double-speak to get their followers to go along with it | ||
+ | * '''2016-12-29''' [https://thinkprogress.org/house-republicans-will-ring-in-the-new-year-with-a-plan-to-permanently-cripple-government-9925b564c531#.n3uqrd7zf House Republicans will ring in the new year with a plan to permanently cripple government] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+MarlaCaldwell/posts/gUAQdbj1a6Z via]): Republicans making government more bureaucratic and wasteful -- but remember, they're the "small government" party. | ||
+ | * '''2016-12-27''' [http://www.themarysue.com/so-long-democracy/ So Long, Democracy: House Republicans Want to Ban Livestreams and Photos From the Floor of Congress] | ||
+ | * '''2016-12-22''' [http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/article122593759.html North Carolina is no longer classified as a democracy]: The NC General Assembly, which in [[issuepedia:US/NC/gov/2013|2013]] gained a Republican majority for the first time in recent history, have been working assiduously to entrench their power by disenfranchising anyone who doesn't like them. | ||
+ | * '''2016-09-24''' [http://www.salon.com/2016/09/24/behold-the-gops-not-so-secret-plan-to-dismantle-government-services-defund-degrade-and-then-privatize/ Behold the GOP’s not-so-secret plan to dismantle government services: Defund, degrade and then privatize] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/111632351423888854979/posts/F2PVVudxvpd via]) | ||
* '''2016-09-16''' [http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/09/after-key-donations-gop-tried-to-keep-poisoned-kids-from-suing-lead-makers/ After key donations, GOP tried to keep poisoned kids from suing lead makers] | * '''2016-09-16''' [http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/09/after-key-donations-gop-tried-to-keep-poisoned-kids-from-suing-lead-makers/ After key donations, GOP tried to keep poisoned kids from suing lead makers] | ||
** [https://rewire.news/article/2016/09/19/michigan-officials-strip-flint-right-sue-ongoing-water-crisis/ Michigan Officials Strip Flint of Right to Sue Over Water Crisis] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/LDXhesy3g7d via]) | ** [https://rewire.news/article/2016/09/19/michigan-officials-strip-flint-right-sue-ongoing-water-crisis/ Michigan Officials Strip Flint of Right to Sue Over Water Crisis] ([https://plus.google.com/u/0/+CindyBrown/posts/LDXhesy3g7d via]) |
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- Republicans Suck: may have some useful information