Just to keep a focus on the fascists, here are but a few recent, non- Florida examples of what happens when you put anti- women, anti- science, anti- gun safety Republican fascists in power:
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon on Friday signed into law a bill outlawing the use or prescription of medication abortion pills that was passed by the state's Republican-controlled legislature earlier this month.
Gordon, a Republican, signed the law as a federal judge in Texas considers ordering a nationwide ban on the abortion pill mifepristone in response to a lawsuit by anti-abortion groups.
The crux of the two-page Wyoming bill is a provision making it illegal to "prescribe, dispense, distribute, sell or use any drug for the purpose of procuring or performing an abortion..."
(The ban was reversed (for now) by Ninth District Court Judge Melissa Owens.)
MissouriMore than three years since the designation of COVID-19 as a pandemic, Missouri House members spent part of Tuesday afternoon debating whether COVID-19 vaccines save lives.
A bill sponsored by state Rep. Bill Hardwick, R-Waynesville, would prohibit public schools and public agencies from implementing COVID-19 vaccine requirements.
The bill would require universities and private sector employers who have COVID-19 vaccines requirements to grant exemptions to students and employees who hold a “sincerely held religious belief” or have a written recommendation from a licensed physician.
Hardwick sponsored a similar bill he last year.
The House debate revealed the persistence of a stark partisan divide on COVID-19. Democrats opposed the bill, arguing that health experts who say COVID-19 vaccines save lives should be trusted. Republican supporters of the legislation cast doubt on the efficacy and safety of vaccines...
Republican lawmakers have proposed more than a dozen bills to roll back gun safety laws, cut taxes for gun buyers, and offer special protections for the firearm and ammunition industries.
Polls have shown that most American adults want stricter gun laws.
More than 9,000 Americans have already died from gun violence this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, and the United States has already seen at least 113 mass shootings since the start of the year. [snip]
But gun violence experts told the American Independent Foundation that many of the gun bills already filed this year would make citizens less safe and put law enforcement officers at risk.
One bill, Missouri Republican Rep. Eric Burlison's Repeal the NFA Act, would completely repeal the National Firearms Act, a 1934 law aimed at combating Prohibition Era gun violence.
"It's a really strong regulatory scheme in that it addresses some of the most dangerous weapons that exist: fully automatic machine guns, silencers, short barrel rifles and several other types of weaponry," Adzi Vokhiwa, federal affairs director for the nonprofit Giffords Law Center, explained. "And because of the strong regulatory scheme of the [National Firearms Act], we don't see those types of really dangerous weapons used in crimes very often." [snip]
Two pro-gun bills would grant special legal protections to gun and ammo businesses. For the second congressional session in a row, North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer has filed his Fair Access to Banking Act, which would force banks to provide loans to gun companies. Montana Sen. Steve Daines and Michigan Rep. Jack Bergman have proposed the Firearm Industry Non-Discrimination (FIND) Act to bar the federal government from "entering into contracts with an entity that discriminates against firearm trade associations or businesses that deal in firearms, ammunition, or related products."
Other proposals would eliminate state and federal taxes on firearm sales and designate the AR–15-style assault rifle, often used in mass shootings, the "national gun" of the United States...
Luckily, even if these bills were to pass in the Senate, they would be vetoed by President Biden. But they serve to illustrate the degree to which the radical Republican/ Shooters Party is simply a coin- operated arm of the National Rifle Rampage Association.
Florida is in a league of its own, thanks to the ambitions of chief demagogue- in- waiting Gov. Ron "Bootsie/ Meatball Ron" DeSantis and the whims of Florida voters, who don't like his policies but happily vote for him anyway. And, an update on the p.o.s. Republican who wrote the "Don't Say Gay" legislation in Florida: he just pleaded guilty to multiple fraud and money laundering charges related to Covid-19 relief.
These are all cautionary examples of what unfettered Republican governance would mean, and why we need to defeat them every chance we get.
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