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The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Banksy ✸✺🐝 HONORARY
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Subject: Re: To Be clear
Date: 09/25/24 3:25 PM
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They want to use government to control women’s healthcare, what books you can read, what religion is represented in schools, what is taught in schools (like slavery had some good outcomes), who gets to vote, how voter suppression is applied, how private corporations apply HR policies, etc, etc, etc.

100%!
About that controlling women's healthcare thing...
The Red State of Texas has one of the nation's most restrictive abortion laws, they completely control women's bodies and their lives.
Under Texas law, abortions are prohibited in almost all cases, including rape and incest, and are allowed only to save the life of the pregnant person.
Texas is among the 9 states with total abortion bans that lack exceptions for rape or incest.
Texas has had 26,313 rape-caused pregnancies during the 16 months after implementing a near-total abortion ban following the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June 2022.

This is your heartless/brainless Republican Party, folks. They’ll force a ten-year-old to give birth to her stepfather’s rape-baby, and tell you that's freedom!
They'll tell you who you can marry, and tell you that's freedom!
They'll tell you what books you can read, and tell you that's freedom!
They'll add $8 TRILLION to the national debt in 4 years. $8 TRILLION that you and your kids will have to pay back, with interest, and tell you that's freedom!
They'll prevent you and your family from getting healthcare, and tell you that's freedom!
They'll weaken labor protections and union rights, which is why folks in red states earn less than folks in blue states, and tell you that's freedom! The sweet freedom to be poor! MAGA!

And on and on...Double facepalm.

abc13.com - Texas abortion law no exceptions for rape rape related pregnancies ROE v wade overturned
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