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 We used to call the states "laboratories of democracy" -- but the Republican-controlled states are more accurately becoming laboratories of fascism. 

See what's going on in North Carolina, per coverage in the indispensable Popular Information: https://popular.info/p/north-carolina-republicans-create 
 @f8d9bc1c over ten years ago the #GOP announced their #projectredmap a strategy to target state legislative races with a flood of out of state money and support. They shouted it from the rooftops, Karl rove literally outlined it in the national press.
The Dem response?
A 🤷‍♂️ and nothing 
So here we are.
You will always lose battles you don’t fight. 
 @f8d9bc1c Wow!  This is crazy.  Very Kafkaesque. To have the state riddled with multiple  investigate entities that have no connection to the law or each other. 
 @f8d9bc1c @7f46c30d Right, banning books is the beginning of the end.