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Voter suppression

samedi 22 juillet 2017 à 02:00

Saboteur Kobach, when he was a Kansas official, managed to block 1/7 of applications to register to vote in that state.

That alone may have caused Governor Brownback to "win" the election.

Fire safety regulations

samedi 22 juillet 2017 à 02:00

Construction companies are defeating fire safety regulations by fraud.

The article reports on Australia, but I expect the situation is the same in the US and any country where the state dismisses regulations as mere obstacles.

You can fool the legal system, but you can never fool fire into not burning.

Pence's political lies

samedi 22 juillet 2017 à 02:00

Pence has a record of ridiculous political lies for 15 years.

They are not as many lies as the troll tells, but some of them are of the same magnitude as his lies.

Cost of medical care

samedi 22 juillet 2017 à 02:00

McCain's blood clot medical procedure costs more money than most Americans get in a year. I don't begrudge him that operation, but this example illustrates why it is crucial to maintain medical insurance coverage for more people, not fewer people.

We could push the prices down by switching to a single-payer universal system, aka Medicare for All.

Election of US senators

samedi 22 juillet 2017 à 02:00

Republicans want to repeal the direct election of US senators. If they do this, their state-level gerrymandering and voter suppression will translate into permanently assured control of the Senate.

No wonder they also want to cut the funds the Election Assistance Commission, whose job is to ensure elections are run securely.

For Republicans, anything that protects election integrity is an obstacle to their cheating.