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So was the roman republic of old, Mexico, Brazil, etc. Yet, this suppose to mean that we are not suppose to invest in our fucking countries infrastructure, leadership in science or health of its citizens or have the slightest bit of safetynet within this cunts eyes. Piece of subhuman crap that she is.

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Texas Senate passes school library bill meant to keep "harmful" materials off shelves

The Texas Senate on Thursday approved a bill that would significantly change the processes and procedures Texas’ school libraries have to follow.

Senate Bill 13, from Sen. Angela Paxton, R-McKinney, would let parents receive notice each time their children obtain school library materials, prohibit the acquisition or retention of “harmful” and indecent materials, and create local councils to help districts ensure “community values are reflected in each school library catalog in the district.” Members of the upper chamber approved the bill with a 18-12 vote. It now heads to the House.

Under the bill, school boards would have to approve all new library materials and publicly release lists of proposed library purchases 30 days ahead of acquiring new materials. Exceptions to that would include replacing damaged copies or buying additional copies of existing materials.

The bill is among many that target school libraries, proposals that mark the latest front in an ongoing battle about what information schools can provide to children. On the Senate floor, Paxton said parents had provided examples of several books that contained explicit material.

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/04/13 ... ul-senate/

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Right-wing Bud Light boycott crumbles as GOP faced loss of major donor

Bud Light's partnership with transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney caused many conservative voices to boycott the beer company, but there is reportedly now a GOP-led push to back off, or risk losing major funding.

The National Republican Congressional Committee initially used the beer beef to raise funds in its latest "anti-woke" campaign, but on Saturday quietly deleted a tweet critical of the beer, whose owner happens to be one of their biggest donors, Anheuser-Busch, according to the Daily Beast's report.

The outlet reported that the NRCC, which backs Republican congressional campaigns, sent out a now-deleted tweet suggesting that Bud Light "tastes light water."

“Thanks to Dylan Mulvaney, we can all finally admit that Bud Light tastes like water,” the revived tweet says. “With our new koozie’s, you can make sure no one confuses Bud Light with real beer ever again.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... r-AA19Uku9

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South Dakota governor says her two-year-old grandchild has several guns
Source: The Guardian

While speaking on Friday at a National Rifle Association (NRA) lobbying leadership forum in Indiana, the Republican governor Kristi Noem told audience members her toddler grandchild has multiple guns, reported Mediaite.

During her remarks, Noem spoke about her grandchildren: Addie, who is almost two, and Branch, who is a few months old. Noem then said that Addie already had a shotgun and a rifle.

“Now Addie, who you know – soon will need them, I wanna reassure you, she already has a shotgun and she already has a rifle and she’s got a little pony named Sparkles too. So the girl is set up,” said Noem.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... d-guns-nra

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TN bill that allows students to report professors who teach 'divisive concepts' passes House and Sen

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Editor's Note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly said that the bill was deferred to 2024. It was updated to reflect that it passed the House and Senate.

A bill that made its way through the Tennessee legislature aims to strengthen rules passed last year that can change how schools approach teaching many kinds of lessons in social justice, racial inequity, political science, social work, psychology and many other fields.

The bill passed the House of Representatives on April 13, after passing Senate on April 5.

In 2022, lawmakers passed rules that allow state leaders to withhold funding for schools that teach about social, cultural and legal issues related to race and racism. Most of those concepts focus on how the impact of racism affects people today.

The law also specified that schools can teach about ethnic groups' histories as described in textbooks and instructional materials. Educators can also only teach about controversial aspects of history, such as racial oppression or slavery, as long those discussions are impartial.

The bill, HB 1376, was introduced by Representative John Ragan (R - Oak Ridge). He previously said that the new bill was meant to strengthen the law passed in 2022 by "promoting freedom of expression," and keep "colleges about advancing knowledge, not about advancing political or social agendas."

https://www.wbir.com/article/news/educa ... 84740b4cb7

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Ron DeSantis's Director Is Literally Cheering on LGBTQ Parents Fleeing Florida
https://newrepublic.com/post/171979/pus ... ts-florida

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https://archive.is/RGJoV

Team Ron DeSantis continues to demonize everyday Americans, this time targeting his own state’s residents. On Saturday, Christina Pushaw, rapid response director for the Florida governor and potential 2024 presidential candidate, celebrated the idea of people fleeing Florida and the measures DeSantis has supported with the explicit goal of making their lives worse.

In response to a headline that a majority of Florida LGBTQ parents are considering leaving the state in response to the repressive “Don’t Say Gay” bill, the DeSantis right hand had one simple reaction: Bye!

The actual study Pushaw was smugly responding to found that nearly one-quarter of LGBTQ Florida parents feared harassment, with parents of school-age children in public schools expressing the greatest concern for their safety. Over half of the parents surveyed have considered moving out of Florida, while 17 percent have already taken steps to do so.

Such a reaction illustrates why some donors have recently started to sour on Ron DeSantis’s political prospects. In tacking further and further right by pursuing repressive policy after repressive policy—and surrounding himself with people of the same persuasions—he displays how shockingly little he cares for millions of Americans. In pretending to be the more “reasonable” Trump, he appeals neither to actual Trump supporters, who would have no reason to vote for the second-rate version, nor to the rest of potential voters who are simply not interested in such radical, out-of-touch politics that treat millions of hardworking Americans like pawns at best and garbage at worst.

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Bonk

https://newrepublic.com/post/171978/jor ... bragg-ohio

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Louisiana House approves punishment for porn websites that don't verify user's age

The Louisiana House of Representatives gave final passage to a bill that would let the state attorney general pursue civil penalties against companies that do not comply with a law that requires pornography websites to verify the age of its users.

House Bill 77, sponsored by Rep. Laurie Schlegel, R-Metairie, builds on a law that went into effect earlier this year that requires pornography websites to verify the ages of its users. The law, which Schlegel also authored, requires websites with at least one-third “material harmful to minors” use certain age verification measures.

The bill passed 101-1, with Rep. Mandie Landry, D-New Orleans, voting against it. Landry was also the only member to have opposed Schlegel’s 2022 proposal.

Landry pointed out that minors who want to get around the age verification measures can set up a virtual private network (VPN) that allows a user to disguise their location. Virtual private networks typically take just a few minutes to set up and require no advanced computer knowledge.

https://lailluminator.com/2023/04/17/lo ... users-age/