American democracy is fighting for its life

[BoSoxGal]

According to the former Republicans at The Lincoln Project, we are no longer living in a democracy in the USA. Right now it’s already over.

Because the other major party is not a loyal opposition, but adheres as a matter of policy to the platform that the last federal election was fraudulent and the current president in office is illegitimate. That the other party is treasonous and violating the constitution and the will of the people on a mass scale.

And of course, if you heard a description of the current political climate here on a story you tuned into on public radio halfway through, you’d assume it was some banana republic.

RIP America. It was a good run.

[Bicycle Bill]

It's not so much WHAT is being taught in civics / social studies / government classes these days, it what they are being ALLOWED to teach.

Texas Senate Passes Bill to Remove
Required Lessons on Civil Rights Movements
from Public School Curriculums

Public schools in Texas are one step closer to no longer being required to teach about various American civil rights movements in social studies classes.

Bloomberg reports that on Friday, the state Senate voted 18-4 to pass Senate Bill 3, which drops requirements for teachers to include lessons on Cesar Chavez, Susan B. Anthony, the history of Native Americans, the writings of Martin Luther King, Jr. and other figures and documents in their curriculums.

And just in case you didn't know (or couldn't figure it out for yourself), ⃥t⃥h⃥e⃥ ⃥A⃥m⃥e⃥r⃥i⃥c⃥a⃥n⃥ ⃥N⃥a⃥z⃥-⃥  the Republicans control the Texas senate 18-13.  No prizes will be awarded for correctly guessing what the vote tally was, especially since several Democratic TX senators have joined their House colleagues in Washington DC arguing against the TX Republican's all-out push to even FURTHER restrict voting in the Lone Star State.

Refer to my earlier post, liberty (the one with the picture in it instead of a lot of words, the better for you to understand it), and let the scales fall from your eyes.

-"BB"-

[Gob]

Politics, sex, sport (Tom was Welsh and a rugby fanatic), history, travel - nothing was off the table.

We've a great tradition of bring culture to uncivilised lands.

[Gob]

Only 26% of Americans can name all three branches of government as of 2016 according to an Annenberg study.

I'm not American, and I can.

1. The cops.
2. The military.
3. The loopy bastard elected president.