Thanks to a series of actions by the Texas legislature and governor, we now see exactly what the Trumpified Republican Party wants: to take us to an America where women cannot get abortions, even in cases of rape and incest; an America where almost everybody can openly carry a gun in public, without license, without permit, without safety training and without fingerprinting; and an America where law-abiding Black and Latino citizens are disproportionately denied the right to vote.
Texas this week showed us what a post-democracy America would look like.
This is where Texas and other red states are going, or have already gone. It is where the rest of America will go, unless those targeted by these new laws — women, people of color and all small “d” democrats — rise up.
On Wednesday, a Texas law went into effect that bans abortions later than six weeks, after the Supreme Court let pass a request to block the statute. Because 85 to 90 percent of women get abortions […]
As the great humorist Molly Ivins used to say “Texas is the laboratory for bad government” more so today than ever before since too much of the country wants to go in that direction. I don’t see the ’22 elections bringing any respite from this collective madness. This fevered passion would seem to have to run its course with healing and renewal if enough of us can stay grounded in truth and love through the storms.