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t is hard to keep up with bills emerging from state legislatures. So-called “red” states are competing to be the most “freedom-loving” state (note sarcasm) by curtailing the rights of such groups as women, voters, teachers, historians, drag queens and, well, anyone who reads. 1/
10:35 AM - Mar 04, 2023
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States didn’t suddenly transform; it has been a 50 year carefully mapped journey to get to this point. And control of state legislatures is the whole ballgame. Follow along. 2/
10:36 AM - Mar 04, 2023
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In 1971, Lewis Powell drafted a memo describing what GOP & business needed to obtain power and suppress dissent. Powell identified “disquieting voices” that needed to be curtailed: college campuses, churches, media, & minorities. 3/ https://biotech.law.lsu.edu/blog/powell-memo.pdf
10:37 AM - Mar 04, 2023
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In 1973, the American Legislative Exchange or ALEC was born. ALEC has been the primary source for model bills introduced in multiple states. Remember Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman, and the Stand Your Ground Law. That was ALEC. 3/
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10:39 AM - Mar 04, 2023
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Over the last 50 years, party control of state legislatures has switched to GOP. And with that control comes the ability to draw district map. And with the control of redistricting comes control of Congress. It was the plan all along, as laid out by Karl Rove in the Wall Street Journal. 4/
10:40 AM - Mar 04, 2023
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We decided to launch SideBar during the election because we wanted people to understand the importance of STATE elections. The media was focused on control of Congress, but the real battle was at the state level. Our first guest, David Pepper, spelled out why. 5/
10:42 AM - Mar 04, 2023
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