Billionaires get a tax deduction for funding sites spreading disinfo! Google promotes the sites in search rankings getting them more exposure. What gives? Follow the money. “Right-wing operatives deploy massive network of fake local news sites to weaponize CRT” – Popular Information“The Metric Media network runs more than 1,200 local news sites. Here are some …
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Adil Dghoughi was killed in his car outside a house in Martindale, Texas. The case against the killer could be hindered by Texas’ “Stand Your Ground” law. – NPR The American Bar Association (ABA) has described Stand Your Ground a ‘low cost license to kill’. How has the bill become legislation in so many states? …
If there were an Olympic contest for voter suppression, who would win? We have three contenders. The Republican Party creating new laws to deny Americans their right to vote. The billionaire Koch brothers funding ALEC and the Heritage Fund that draft these bills and fund Republicans. And Justice John Roberts who gutted the Voting Rights …
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The $80 billion prison industry enriches the powerful while exploiting and disenfranchising the poor. Prisons can force inmates to work for little or no wage per the 13th Amendment. Once you’ve been convicted of a crime, you are in essence a slave of the state. Private prisons, corporations profiting from cheap prison labor and some politicians benefit at …
Republican cruelty to the poor to please their corporate donors has no limits. Republican Governors play politics and slash unemployment benefits to sabotage the recovery brought about President Biden’s American Rescue Plan Act – even if it devastates the lives of 4 million workers. “Federal unemployment programs that added extra weekly money and extended benefits …
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ALEC drafts bills without regular democratic review and gets them passed into law by Republican legislatures. ALEC thrives on corporate donations. “Exposing ALEC: How Conservative-Backed State Laws Are All Connected. A shadowy organization uses corporate contributions to sell prepackaged conservative bills — such as Florida’s Stand Your Ground statute — to legislatures across the country.” …
Republican racists bills to suppress voting have been called “Jim Crow in a Suit”. We mapped where Jim Crow breeds, groups like ALEC supporting, companies supporting the politicians pushing voter suppression bills and what you can do to protect the right to vote. This StoryMap make it easy to search dozens of bills being passed …
