While we were making the dash back to our blue state, I did not have time or bandwidth to discuss the latest republican atrocities. Here are a few that I have collected off of twitter.
- Kansas GOP overrode the governor’s veto, making inspecting children’s genitalia a way to discriminate against transgender kids legal. If kids want to play sports, they have to submit to this violation of bodily autonomy.
- Tennessee advanced a bill that would allow teachers to carry guns in school after minimal training.
- Tennessee Republicans moved forward with removing the #TennesseeThree after they joined constituents protesting for gun control to keep our kids safe. They ended up expelling the two black men, but not the white woman.
- Republicans canceled Bud Light over their support of the #LGBTQ community.
The Idaho governor signed the abortion trafficking bill into law. It's the first law to restrict interstate travel for abortion care since Roe fell. They actually think they can dictate where women may and may not go.
The Mississippi House has approved the creation of a new court system within the capital of Jackson in which judges and prosecutors in the overwhelmingly Black city would be appointed by white state officials.
Missouri defunded all of their public libraries.
In Indiana the governor signed a bill banning all gender affirming care for kids under 18.
Governor Tate Reeves Declares Confederate Heritage Month In Mississippi.
That's just a little of it. I like to keep track of these things. It's amazing to me that people keep voting these ass hats into the state houses.
I will leave you with this attractive snow covered scene taken through a dirty windshield out in the great wide open.
That's it!
All incredible.
ReplyDeleteThe great wide open is a good visual Breath of Fresh Air after that lot!
I wonder too. The photo is amazing, I didn't notice any dirt on the windshield at all.
ReplyDeleteIf these people aren't kicked out of office those states will eventually find that the only people still there are those too poor to move. I read one article that kids heading to college are no longer considering universities in certain states like Florida where DeSantis is passing laws about what can and cannot be taught. and certainly young women are not considering schools in states where they can't get the medical care they might need. It's astounding that Idaho thinks they can stop women from traveling to another state for a legal procedure.
ReplyDeleteInsanity. I went reading about Missouri libraries (which I hadn't heard about) and apparently the head of the state Senate Appropriations Committee (a Republican!) has resolved to restore that funding. But still, the fact that the House would take it away in the first place...appalling. I hope, as Ellen said, these decisions have real-world consequences in terms of business and commerce in these states. That Idaho law is ridiculous. There's no way that's constitutional.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing the gorgeous picture. The rest of it makes me sick and scared.
ReplyDeleteI am looking at your mountain through tears.
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