Texas Censorship Board Declares Nonfiction Book To Be Fiction So It Can Bury History It Doesn’t Like
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/10/23/texas-censorship-board-declares-nonfiction-book-to-be-fiction-so-it-can-bury-history-it-doesnt-like/
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wjrii@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y
For the little that it's worth, the decision has already been reversed. We haven't quite punched all the way through the floor yet, though the MAGAs are trying.
Also, just a reminder that the details of the American system are a dry-rotted antique. For all of its craziness, Texas votes red by about a 5:4 -ish ratio in Presidental-year elections, but because it's a persistent 5:4, Republicans get all the statewide offices, all the electoral college votes, and all the re-districting committee votes. Trump's vote percentage was the third lowest of all states that went red in 2020, yet here we are. Ugh.
reddig33@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
You could probably fix that 5:4 by splitting Texas into five states drawn around major metroplexes. At least two of the states would be blue as long as you gave Waco to DFW or East TX.
itchick2014@midwest.social · 6 pts · 1y
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/692454/colonization-and-the-wampanoag-story-by-linda-coombs/
For those interested but not wanting to read the article.