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Meet Today’s Terrifying GOP: National Conservatives, Postliberals and the Nietzschean Right

MATT MCMANUS / In These Times Dec 18, 2023 The New Right is mad, organized and wholly unafraid to wield state power. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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The GOP 2024 Field Adopts Trump’s Extremist Immigration Policies

ARIANA FIGUEROA / Michigan Advance Nov 29, 2023 A breakdown of where the Republican presidential candidates stand on U.S. immigration policy. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

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If At First You Don’t Secede

Erin Aubry Kaplan / Truthdig Nov 17, 2023 How Republicans are effectuating a reactionary secessionism within our government. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

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Book Banning Reaches Historic, Ominous Levels in the US

Stephen Rohde / Truthdig Oct 5, 2023 More than 3,300 cases were recorded in public schools and libraries during the last academic year. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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The Supreme Court’s Assault on Voting Rights Isn’t Over

Bill Blum / Truthdig Oct 2, 2023 The court will hear oral arguments in a “racial gerrymandering” case from South Carolina — Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP — that has the potential to inflict irreparable harm on minority voters. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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The Rehabbing of a Racist Former City Council President

Myriam Gurba / Truthdig Sep 29, 2023 Why does the LAist think Angelenos care what Nury Martinez has to say? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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Ron DeSantis’ Blitzkrieg to Loserville

Jeb Lund / Truthdig Sep 25, 2023 The epic flameout of Florida’s bullying and uniquely unlikeable governor shouldn’t have surprised anyone. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

Clarence Thomas Secretly Involved in Koch Network Donor Gatherings

Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski / ProPublica Sep 22, 2023 Thomas has attended at least two Koch donor summits, putting him in the extraordinary position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the Supreme Court. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Education

Many States Don’t Require Schools to Teach Sex Ed. A New Bill Hopes to Change That

Nadra Nittle / The 19th Aug 25, 2023 REAHYA would provide $100 million in funding from 2024 to 2029 for both K-12 schools and higher education institutions to teach comprehensive sex ed. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

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Scandal in Bohemia: Lawsuits Lift Curtain on Secretive Rich Guys ‘Club’

Jim Knipfel / Truthdig Aug 17, 2023 A cabal of 200 oligarchs are participating in quasi-occult rites while hatching devilish schemes concerning the fate of the world, and the help is suing for unpaid overtime.  Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Politics

Election Deniers Now Run Several State GOP Operations

Zachary Roth / Minnesota Reformer Feb 27, 2023 Deniers could offer a valuable boost to former President Donald Trump in several states. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )