The word that should stand out for us as we look at states like Arkansas, which are now dominated by one-party Republican rule, is the word corruption.
The corruption we see on full display among Republican leaders in states like Arkansas or Texas now is unparalleled in recent history and points back to the corrupt 1890s.
Marine Glisovic reports that after Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders appointed Jamol Jones to the state Board of Corrections, it was found he had been fired by the Benton, Arkansas, police department for having sex with a 17-year-old girl.
As Austin Bailey reports, Sanders' spokesperson Alexa Henning is defending the appointment because Jones talks about God and family.
@wdlindsy
"God" as Billy Club. As virtue signaling.
As a perversion of belief.
If such "christians" would practice in their lives the words, "The divine in me bows to (respects) the divine in you", they just might understand the teaching of that carpenter who walked the earth some 2,000 years ago.
Here's Mark Jacob criticizing the Times' downplaying of Sarah Huckabee Sanders' lectern scandal, where her office spent $19,000 on a lectern with little accounting of where that money went. The issue here isn't just this one bit of wasteful spending, but a pattern of abuse throughout.
Mark Jacob is a former editor at the Chicago Sun-Times.
An #endorsement from #SarahHuckabeeSanders is worth about as much as a wet fart on taco night. And why do we even need an article telling us that she's endorsing #Trump? Were there people biting their nails, wondering if she would endorse #Biden? The #internet is a series of tubes, and we don't need our tubes tied up with this bullshit.
Josh Marshall tells you everything you ever wanted to know — and then some — about Arkansas' "Podiumgate" story. Sarah Huckabee Sanders! Money! Secrecy! Circumvention of FOIA requessts! Lies!
And corruption galore! The kind of corruption that can only be conjured up nowadays in a state totally controlled by Republicans, especially bible-belt ones. The kind of corruption the US hasn't seen since the gilded age.
@wdlindsy@strangetikigod It’s interesting but given how Republicans let the massively corrupt Ken Paxton off the hook in Texas despite all the evidence and witnesses against him, I see no reason to believe any of this will lead anywhere bad for Sanders.
@gedeonm@strangetikigod I don't think it can lead to anything bad for Sanders in a state solidly controlled by Republicans — as is also the case in Texas. That's my point in speaking about how this kind of one-party total control, especially backed up by fake religious claims, inevitably leads to corruption.
Mary Hennigan reports on what members of the Little Rock Nine just told Arkansas high school seniors about Sarah Huckabee Sanders' "educational" initiatives and her attempt to wipe out education about any history touching on slavery, race, and so on:
Minnijean Brown Trickey stated,
“I think we exist in this country with a disease called profound intentional ignorance."
She’s short. Podiums make short people look absurd. I wish you luck with this attack but I’ll stick to disliking and fighting her for her attempts to ruin the country. IDK I wouldn’t care if she had a podium like that if she wasn’t using it to spew hate.
"If you vote for Sanders to run your state, then your punishment could very well become Sanders running your state. Now Arkansas has a governor who’s world-famous not for her keen mind or nuanced policy stances, but for her dedication to being the most prolific bullshit factory in politics."