On Eeyore's birthday, Ben Crump in a segment with Joy Reid hosted by Reverend Al makes the point that the voter suppression bills being pushed by Republicans in 43 states coupled with the 81 bills criminalizing peaceful protest also being pushed by Republicans are about one thing - making sure there are no more GA-type victories for large D Democrats or small d democracy, and no more Derek Chauvins being brought to justice.
Joy Reid has been talking for as long as Sherrilyn Ifill has been writing about racism being a national security vulnerability about the goal of Russiapublicans with these measures being White supremacist minority apartheid rule, just like they had for so long in South Africa.
It feels not just pragmatic but necessary to consider how we'll make sure all our "red state relatives" are registered to vote / not purged from the rolls -- because it's Russiapublicans at the STATE level that are driving the suppressive logistics as Congressional ones clown it up in the media and hold up any kind of just laws for all Americans at the federal level.
Even on Saturday night - if we want to keep our democracy and not let it slide into autocracy just because White supremacists Republicans are the only ones paying attention - it's that serious.
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