Who could have imagined the political party that deliberately kidnapped thousands of young migrant children from their families, then killed hundreds of thousands of people with misinformation during a pandemic, then legalized murdering protestors with cars, then tried to overthrow the United States government, and then inspired a rash of mass shootings, would also be so cruel as to torture pregnant women?
“Their calculation is the same as it was for Jews in the 1930s: It doesn’t matter if we end up in a homeless shelter far away, it is still safer than living under this fascist government.”
-Brynn Tannehill describes the human tragedies beginning to unfold under violently extreme Republican rule.
Republicans passed a bill in Texas to end countywide-voting, which allows voters to choose polling locations that are convenient or have short lines, and a bill allowing the state to take over county election administration on flimsy pretexts.
If signed into law, the fix is in. Republicans will close locations in opposition areas to engineer impossibly long lines for democrats, but keep voting fast and easy for Republicans.