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The Texas GOP
Author: Raine    Date: 09/02/2021 13:01:07

As the Texas GOP works to consolidate their power and build a cohesive “statewide community,” suppression of dissent plays a key role. In 2021, the Texas GOP issued a decree that required Texans to turn in anyone who spoke against the party, its leaders, or the government (see reading, Outlawing the Opposition in Chapter 5). That decree, “For the Defense against Malicious Attacks against the Government,” stated:

Whoever purposely makes or circulates a statement of a factual nature which is untrue or grossly exaggerated or which may seriously harm the welfare of the State or the reputation of the state government or of parties or organizations supporting these governments, is to be punished, provided that no more severe punishment is decreed in other regulations, with imprisonment of up to two years and, if he makes or spreads the statement publicly, with imprisonment of not less than three months.

1) If serious damage to the State has resulted from this deed, penal servitude may be imposed.

2) Whoever commits an act through negligence will be punished with imprisonment of up to three months, or by a fine.

3) To enforce the decree, the Texas GOP set up special courts to try people who were accused of “malicious attacks.” In December [2020], the government replaced the decree with the “Law against Malicious Attacks on State and Party,” adding a clause that criminalized “malicious, rabble-rousing remarks or those indicating a base mentality” against the State GOP Party or high-ranking government or party officials.


Just kidding. I'm not talking about the Texas GOP, I'm paraphrasing what the Nazis did in 1933.

What happened in Texas is bad. What happened at the Supreme Court last night is worse.

A divided Supreme Court late Wednesday declined to block a restrictive Texas law banning abortions after a fetal cardiac activity can be detected, or as early as six weeks into pregnancy, and allowing anyone in the country to sue abortion providers or others who help women get the procedure after that time frame.

The vote was 5-4, with Chief Justice John Roberts dissenting with the three liberal justices, Elena Kagan, Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor. Each wrote a separate opinion opposing the majority decision.

The lack of action by the nation’s high court deals a blow to Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion nationally, essentially legalizing the law’s language to incentivize private litigation to cripple abortion care and support services.

In a brief, unsigned order, the court said that abortion providers "have raised serious questions regarding the constitutionality of the Texas law." But those arguments did not adequately address "complex and novel" procedural questions presented by the case, it said, including whether state officials and anti-abortion activists would try to enforce the law in a way that would allow the court to intervene.
As you know, most women arent aware that they are pregnant at 6 weeks. This law is not about stopping abortion. It's about keeping people in poverty for generations. Male Conservative politicians' wives and mistresses will always have access to an abortion. If it were any other way, they would invest in education, birth control and abortion prevention, but they don't. This is nothing more than making sure that white conservatives remain in an upper class. It's by design.

We are not entering a dangerous place, we are in it. Roe v. Wade is on a ventilator. There is no denying it. The Texas GOP is exactly where the National Party is on issues. The question now is what's next and will you be brave enough to speak out?



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9 comments (Latest Comment: 09/02/2021 18:38:31 by Raine)
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Comment by Raine on 09/02/2021 13:21:27
Good morning!

Comment by wickedpam on 09/02/2021 14:12:56
Morning

Comment by Will in Chicago on 09/02/2021 14:36:48
Good morning, bloggers!!!!

The Supreme Court was meant to rule about the nation's laws based on the U.S. Constitution. Instead, this court has abdicated its responsibilities with justices proving to be politicians in robes.

We will see a lot of legal action. I am glad that I now live in a state like California that guarantees access to abortion. Illinois does as well. However, women in neighboring states may find themselves penalized or those help them may be penalized.

The question I have is will we be the United States of America or the Disunited States of America?





Comment by livingonli on 09/02/2021 15:43:42
It seems like the GOP really wants to be the American Taliban. Maybe all pro-choice celebrities should boycott Texas.

Comment by Will in Chicago on 09/02/2021 16:01:36


I heard that New York City had its first flash flood alert.


Comment by livingonli on 09/02/2021 16:09:27
Quote by Will in Chicago:


I heard that New York City had its first flash flood alert.

Along with tornado warnings in the Bronx and Suffolk counties.

Comment by livingonli on 09/02/2021 16:20:52
Joe Rogan has Covid-19 and is taking some combination of the horse de-wormer and other drugs probably not intended for that usage.

Comment by Raine on 09/02/2021 18:38:31
This makes me happy!