THEY ARE TAKING AWAY OUR RIGHT TO VOTE.

[orangecrush]

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They are not "TRYING".



They are DOING IT.



NPR's "On Point" did a great in depth report on what the Heritage Foundation is really doing.



This isn't hyperbole.


They are replacing our democratic system of government with fascism under our very noses, as we sit like the proverbial frogs in the pot being brought slowly to a boil.



At this rate, debate over policy will become entirely meaningless.

Here is the link to the NPR "On Point" podcast that gives an in depth report on the Heritage Foundation and how they are pushing voter restriction and ELECTION OVERTURNING (yes, that's really in the legislation!) with great effect. Click on the June 4th podcast.



https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510053/on-point



They failed with Trump.

They aren't finished yet.

[JudyM]

1. That was well pulled together, I listened, too.

It’s stunning. The part about the spoon feeding of the legislation in Georgia. We need our own version of the Heritage Foundation.
They keep getting away with kicking the ball down the field. The referees are too slow on the calls, so we need much stronger “D.”

[WarGamer]

2. I'll put Brookings up against the HF any day...

[JHB]

35. Is there a "Brookings Action" that writes legislation for state lawmakers and lobbies them?

I don't think Brookings is activist in the way that Heritage and Heritage Action are.

[orangecrush]

8. I wonder how massive civil unrest

The first time they overturn an election will affect their profits?

[gldstwmn]

9. This all started 20 years ago with

the installation of W. No one wanted to rock the boat with that, or yellow cake and look what we ended up with.

[orangecrush]

15. True for this century

But those of us old enough to remember might say it started with Reagan (Bush Senior, Ronnie was just the face.)

[gldstwmn]

21. Reagan/Bush were

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duly elected though and W was not. We've been on a slippery slope ever since.

[JHB]

36. Might, but.... the Powell Memo and the Movement Conservative takeover of the GOP...

...were put into motion in the 70s. Reagan is when it started to be seen on the surface.

[JudyM]

27. Absolutely, IMO too.

[appalachiablue]

12. I just searched 'NPR, On Point, Heritage Fnd'

online, and didn't come up anything. Do you know when the program aired and a topic/title? Thanks much.

[orangecrush]

16. Right here

Click on the June 4th podcast.

To call this "chilling" is an understatement.


.https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510053/on-point

[appalachiablue]

26. TY! Right in your post and I missed it, dang..

A wild day it's been..

[FoxNewsSucks]

3. Joe Manchin Don't Care

[StarfishSaver]

4. And Black people say: "Welcome to our world ..."

We've been under siege for years, with the attack escalating sharply with the 2013 Shelby decision. We've been trying to get folks to take the threat seriously, but the majority of people - including most Democrats - seemed not too concerned about it. It just wasn't a big deal to them because they thought it didn't affect them.

Now that it's affecting them, everyone's paying attention. But had they paid attention to the dead canaries in the coal mines, we'd all be in a better position today.

[orangecrush]

7. Still not nearly enough noise being made

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How can you talk about "infrastructure and bipartisanship" when our free society is being destroyed?

[gab13by13]

19. Exactly,

Democrats need to focus on 1 main issue, getting S1 passed. It will mean eliminating or changing the filibuster.

I am still waiting for our DOJ to move in to Arizona where they are violating federal election laws, state laws also.

[orangecrush]

20. I hope

We aren't waiting in vain.

[KPN]

23. Some of us white folks have been seeing this

all along — but definitely not anywhere near enough, and for exactly the reason you mentioned. Basically, they couldn’t extrapolate — or as you put it so clearly, they didn’t see how it affected them. One thing I have been blessed with is implicitly understanding that we are all in this together. In the end, it’s “all” or might as well be nothing. No absolutely specific messages, but by example I suppose, my parents had much to do with that blessing. They were always tolerant, and welcoming of everyone. Strangely, a few of my siblings don’t have the blessing. I attribute that to their falling into evangelism in their struggles with life. There are 9 of us so only 3 lost souls out of 9 isn’t too bad.

[StarfishSaver]

24. The frustrating thing is that if those people had stood up with us when Republicans started ramping

up voter suppression measures such as restrictive Voter ID laws (instead of saying, "You need a picture ID to get on a plane or buy liquor, so what's the big deal?" etc.), the Black vote that was suppressed could have helped prevent the election of the politicians who are now in office and are hellbent on taking away their rights - LGBTQ rights, reproductive rights, and now their voting rights.

Now that it's almost too late, they are seeing that it would have been good for them to join the fight long before now.

It's great that you had the blessing of parents who taught you tolerance and open-mindedness.

[FailureToCommunicate]

5. Spellbinding, horrifying report. The leaked tape has the leader(s) positively gleeful over

stripping away voting rights in every swing state as "their only, last, best hope"

[orangecrush]

6. The ability to overturn any election if they lose

On a "proponderance" of evidence of fraud...

meaning the same disinformation they've been spewing now has the weight of law.

"If democrats win, it had to be election fraud, and we will overturn it."

[UCmeNdc]

10. Why isn't anyone organizing against this GOP fascist movements ?😭

Why no organized resistance?

[orangecrush]

18. There are liberal think tanks

Trouble is they don't have right wing nut job billionaires pouring unlimited dark money into them.

[StarfishSaver]

25. There are organized resistance movements all across the country

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You can go online and find organizations in your area to get involved with and/or support.

And if you still can't find anything, organize something yourself!

[orangecrush]

29. Thanks, Starfish!

II believe there is going to be a tipping point when people realize they HAVE to get involved.

[StarfishSaver]

30. Exactly

Our elected officials can only do so much - especially if we're not fighting on the ground.

[russ1943]

11. Please give me a link so I can listen to this.

[orangecrush]

14. Here

It is the June 4th podcast



https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510053/on-point

[BadgerMom]

13. I wonder what would happen if California did this.

We could get rid of McCarthy and Nunes, among others (eg, Calvert).Let’s see what they think of their policy then.

[orangecrush]

17. They're trying it now in Pennsylvania

My state.

I don't think they will succeed.

[gab13by13]

22. I live next to Chris Dush's district,

one of the GQP reps who visited Arizona. I posted a thread on a local right wing web site just lambasting Dush for violating his oath to protect and defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. I was banned from the site for about 6 months for calling MF45 a Putin puppet.

The Pa. GQP members will face stiff opposition in Pa. from our AG and governor. It won't be a stroll in the park like they did in Arizona.

[orangecrush]

28. My thoughts as well.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

31. PA AG Josh Shapiro was on Maddow last night saying he will stop this happening in PA.

I thought he was overconfident. Rs are on a roll now, and will stop at nothing.

Excuse my ignorance, but I don't know what we can do about it. Ever since I was of age, I've voted against all Rs and all of their ballot measures and other nonsense in every election, I've donated money, I've volunteered for Dem campaigns, I've gone to protests, I've signed petitions, I've talked to friends & relatives. Nothing works against the power of the massive RW propaganda campaign that convinces people the Right is right and Dems are baby-eating lizard people. WTF?!!!

Do I have to buy guns, ammo, and learn to use them?

[Mr.Bill]

37. And if they don't let it happen,

the republicans will scream "What are they hiding?"

[orangecrush]

39. They f*ck around in Pennsylvania

They will be "on a roll", alright.

Only places they hold power here are in areas with more cows than people.

They will get rolled in cow shit.

[jaxexpat]

32. Not exactly a "failure" with trump. They did.....

manage to hold their gains and move the goal posts for future media contests. It's the nature of mob madness that it will hibernate when denied sustenance but not die. Indeed the "days in the desert" seem to insulate them of any beneficial evolution.

[BobTheSubgenius]

33. I've known it for some time.

All "they" need is a populist leader as worshipped as Drumpf, or even thereabouts, but who is smarter and more capable.

And, sadly, that shouldn't be a tall order for them to fill.

[orangecrush]

40. And yet they lost.

They are gasping for air, on the ropes.

And we will NOT let up.

[BobTheSubgenius]

43. Results at the polls won't mean much if the results can be set aside, just because they want to.

That will be more difficult at the federal level, but made less so as they stack Congress, using these same repugnant "laws." It may come down to having to convince a 6-3 court to rule against them that brought 'em to the dance.

[Lonestarblue]

34. The single most important bill to pass is voting rights.

And Senate bill 1 needs to be expanded to cover all the voter nullification nonsense. Do Senators Sinema and Manchin want to be in the minority again after 2022? It would seem so.

[orangecrush]

41. There must be a plan B

And C and D.

Too much at stake to hang it all on one bill, imho.

[bucolic_frolic]

38. And the Trump distraction is giving them cover

This is all orchestrated. Reinstatement and running for House Speaker is grabbing the public's attention while the GOP is taking a chainsaw to democracy.

[orangecrush]

42. BINGO!!!

The carnival barker is doing his job.

[dawg]

44. They are making it somewhat more inconvenient for us to vote.

Lost, somewhere in this discussion, is the fact that they are also making it somewhat more inconvenient for their elderly redneck base to vote as well.

We need to stop being so defeatist.

Let's just show up and vote these motherfuckers out of office. (Especially in the state legislatures.)

[orangecrush]

45. They can overturn an election result

If they don't like the result.

Suggest respectfully that you listen.



https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510053/on-point


Check out the June 4th podcast link.