A quotation from Lincoln

A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of a free people. Whoever rejects it does of necessity fly to anarchy or to despotism.

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Speech (1861-03-04), Inaugural Address, Washington, D. C.

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#Hateful #Kansas #Republicans will try again to #ban #genderaffirmingcare for #Trans #minors.

The #GOP previously failed to #ban #PubertyBlockers, #HRT, and #surgery for #children with #genderdysphoria. This year, #Republicans hold a stronger #Gerrymandered #majority in the #Kansas #Statehouse.

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https://www.krps.org/kansas-news/2025-01-06/kansas-republicans-will-try-again-to-ban-gender-affirming-health-care-for-minors

After #campaign's #antitrans #rhetoric, here's how #LehighValley #LGBTQ #activists #plan to #respond

The "#core #issue" is that the #majority of #Americans still say they don't #know someone who is #transgender.

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https://www.lehighvalleynews.com/local-news/after-campaigns-anti-transgender-rhetoric-heres-how-lehigh-valley-lgbtq-activists-plan-to-respond

#News #USA #Majority of #Voters will be enjoying the latest from #Rapist47 until they find out they are like...
#FirstTheyCame

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_...

Why #Black #Americans Feel They Have No #Allies After #DonaldTrump’s #Victory.

The #DemocraticParty has never won the #majority of #White #voters since #LyndonJohnson #signed the #CivilRightsActof1964 into #law.

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https://www.levelman.com/why-black-americans-feel-they-have-no-allies-after-trump-victory/

#Kansas #Republicans gain even more #control over #abortion, #taxes and #transgender #rights.

#Statehouse #wins appear to give hateful #Republicans an even stronger #majority in the Legislature they can use to #override the #Democratic #governor.

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https://thebeaconnews.org/stories/2024/11/07/abortion-and-taxes-kansas-republicans-tighten-grip-on-statehouse-kansas-election-results/

#Corrupt, #Partisan #SupremeCourt to rule on #Louisiana's new Black district.

The #issue is whether the #state relied too heavily on #race in drawing a second #majority #Black #district when correcting heavily #gerrymandered #districts #Republicans designed to #dilute the #AfricanAmerican #Vote.

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https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-redistricting-congress-louisiana-voting-8a9e5123e30fa3ff114da508dde8557b

How a #FarRight #Takeover of #Georgia’s #ElectionBoard Could #Swing the #Election.

The #unelected #body that shapes #votingrules has a new #conservative #majority who question the state’s #2020 #results. They now have new #power to #influence the #results in 2024.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Georgia #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/19/us/politics/trump-2024-georgia-elections.html

#FarRight #UK #Riots Spark '#StandUptoRacism' #Counterprotests!

"The majority of people in #Britain #abhor #TommyRobinson and the #farright," says one #jointstatement. "We are the #majority, they are the few."

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https://www.commondreams.org/news/uk-protests

#SupremeCourt Could Face Huge #Changes Under #Proposed #Plan.

#Democrats have renewed #calls to expand the court adding four more seats as a way of diluting its #conservative #majority.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Courts #Corruption #Partisanship #Democracy

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article290452429.html#storylink=cpy

Meet the #shadowy #rightwing #activist who helped #fund last year’s #DylanMulvaney/#BudLight #outrage

#LeonardLeo helped #pack the #SupremeCourt with a #conservative #majority.

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https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/07/meet-the-shadowy-rightwing-activist-who-helped-fun-last-years-dylan-mulvaney-bud-light-outrage/

#Nevada #GOP #officials set "Unlawful", "dangerous" #precedent by #refusing to #certify #election #results.

A #Republican #majority in #WashoeCounty is #refusing to #certify multiple #races, citing #unfounded #irregularities

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Nevada #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.salon.com/2024/07/12/unlawful-nevada-officials-set-dangerous-precedent-by-refusing-to-certify-results/

Political paralysis looms in #France after shock #election result
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/08/political-paralysis-looms-in-france-after-second-shock-election-result
“An alliance of parties on the #left, the [NFP], surprised pollsters by coming first with a strong result of 182 seats. But it fell significantly short of the absolute #majority of 289 that would allow it to instantly form a #government. This means the eurozone’s second largest economy, which is also the #EU’s biggest military power, is entering a period of uncertainty with no clear roadmap”

#Recall of #Temecula #schoolboard #President #JosephKomrosky suceeds.

He took his seat in December 2022 as part of a #Christian #conservative #majority, that immediately began passing #culturewar #measures in #violation of #statelaw

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https://www.sbsun.com/2024/06/12/recall-of-temecula-school-board-president-joseph-komrosky-appears-to-succeed/