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Adam's Open: WOKE - the new four letter word

What should have been: The 50th Aniv. of Roe

Good primer on “Culture War” transition of GOP - if general economic policies are the same or similar to Dems, then how to differentiate https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/republicans-democrats-forever-culture-war/621184/

True or False

1. The moderate republican is dead
   1. https://www.semafor.com/article/01/16/2023/americas-next-top-moderate-which-house-republicans-want-the-title
   2. “You can fit more message behind a person than you can a party.” - Rachel Parker

Yeah…No, Yeah

1. Wisconsin GOP makes conversion therapy (Abuse) legal again
   1. https://heartlandsignal.com/2023/01/16/wisconsin-gop-makes-conversion-therapy-legal-again/
2. Agape Boarding School Has Rebranded

Buy or Sell

1. Americans United for Separation of Church And State can turn the tide
2. Website: https://www.au.org/

• Missouri abortion ban lawsuit https://missouriindependent.com/2023/01/19/lawsuit-seeks-to-overturn-missouri-abortion-ban-as-violation-of-religious-rights/
• Calling out MO Leg for blatant violation of 1st amendment
  1. https://twitter.com/americansunited/status/1616187701601992704?s=20&t=vtadMILuLqra61hAiZA2dg
• Americans United is in a full court press
  1. https://twitter.com/americansunited/status/1616488845977214976?s=20&t=vtadMILuLqra61hAiZA2dg
• Op Ed On Dobbs: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/20/abortion-dobbs-establishment-clause-sotomayor/
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The Big One

1. Culture wars ramp up to fever pitch
   1. DeSantis admin bans black history https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/19/politics/ron-desantis-ap-african-american-studies/index.html
   2. Missouri senate com hearing all about “CRT” https://missouriindependent.com/2023/01/18/critical-race-theory-discussed-in-missouri-senate-committee-meeting/
      • That thing we say about fucking suburban conservative lawmakers all the goddamned time? “The bill sponsored by the committee’s chair, Republican Sen. Andrew Koenig of Manchester, contains similar provisions but also restricts critical race theory – which Koenig did not define but instead provided examples of, like “individuals of any race, ethnicity, color, or national origin are inherently superior or inferior.” <— Fucking dick.
   3. Dead republicans who owned the libs: https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7vjx8/almost-twice-as-many-republicans-died-from-covid-before-the-midterms-than-democrats
   4. Gas stoves: https://thehill.com/homenews/3818572-republicans-thrust-gas-stoves-into-the-culture-wars/
   5. Peter Thiel hates people on autism spectrum https://unherd.com/thepost/autism-the-latest-front-in-the-culture-wars/
   6. Tucker Carlson pushing nicotine now
   7. 2021 Guardian piece https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/13/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-the-culture-wars-but-were-afraid-to-ask
   8. This fucking shit: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/21/anti-drag-show-laws-bans-republican-states?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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