state government in the united states
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Texas Senate Passes Bill to Remove Required Lessons on Civil Rights Movements From Public School Curriculums
The bill, which comes after Texas signed a law banning teachings on critical race theory, is currently stalled in the state’s House of Representatives.
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Rev. Jesse Jackson, Bishop William Barber II and More Arrested During Protest Against Republican Filibuster
They called the protest ‘A National Call for Moral Revival.’ Of course, Republicans would have needed to be moral in the first place for a ‘revival’ to occur.
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West Virginia Turncoat Joe Manchin Continues to Blow Up Biden's Agenda from the Inside
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin is a Democrat in name only. For years, he’s prided himself as a “moderate conservative,” which is just another way of saying Republican-lite—or asshole. With the Senate wound tighter than gnat booty, Manchin prides himself as the belle of the ball, knowing that he becomes the swing vote in a…
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Texas Lawmakers Approve Legislation That Would Let People Carry Handguns Without a License. In Other News, I'm Never Traveling to Texas
You know, if I were a lawmaker in a state where multiple mass shootings have taken place this year alone, I probably wouldn’t be gung-ho about making it easier for the wrong people to get a gun. Texas Republicans will never miss an opportunity to have the wrong priorities, though, and are set to approve…
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Remember the Guy in St. Louis Who Was Waving an AR-15 at Black Lives Matter Protesters? Well, He’s Running for Senate
Do you believe that slavery was bad and that Black people should have equal rights? No? Great! How would you like to become a congressional candidate for the GOP? That seems to be the only bar you have to clear to become a politician in the Republican party. Remember that guy who was waving an…
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lllinois Becomes First State to End Cash Bail After Governor Signs Historic Criminal Reform Measure Into Law
Illinois on Monday became the first state to eliminate cash bail, the system under which people are kept in jail without being convicted of a crime—simply because they cannot afford to pay bail. Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law a bill recently passed in the Illinois legislature to end the practice across Illinois by 2023,…