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Sunday, August 7, 2022

US Democracy: Extremist Politics

The GOP is sick. It didn’t start with Trump — and won’t end with him.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/04/dana-milbank-republican-destructionists-book-excerpt/

State Legislatures Are Torching Democracy
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/15/state-legislatures-are-torching-democracy
Even in moderate places like Ohio, gerrymandering has let unchecked Republicans pass extremist laws that could never make it through Congress. 

California is no Garden of Eden.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/08/07/california-no-garden-eden-now-woke-basketcase-whose-rich-poor/
It is now a woke basketcase whose rich and poor are fleeing alike.