We're witnessing the most relentless state assault on free speech and free thought since McCarthyism and the guys who pretend to care about the First Amendment are either busy crying about things Twitter did 5 years ago or cheering it on.

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To recap: the Stop WOKE Act is obviously unconstitutional, and a federal court blocked it in November, calling it "positively dystopian." But DeSantis is just ploughing ahead with it. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/desantis-asks-state-colleges-data-critical-race-theory/story?id=96189743

“Nazis aren’t not even that bad. This one time at band camp, the Nazis and I made a cake and then we gave the cake to some children and the children ate the cake and they said the cake was really good. That was when I got my first Nobel Peace Prize.

True story.”
- George Santos

REPORT: the Great Salt Lake will dry up within 5 years due to climate change

The GOP response:

For thousands of years, fermenting beer was considered a household task for #women.

By the Middle Ages, some sold beer at English markets. Female brewers wore tall, pointy hats to be easily spotted. They stood by cauldrons & often had cats to keep mice away.

Sound familiar? It should.

You see, when male brewers felt threatened, they accused the women of witchcraft. These rumors may have led to some witch iconography we still recognize today.

https://theconversation.com/women-used-to-dominate-the-beer-industry-until-the-witch-accusations-started-pouring-in-155940 #history #HistoryRemix