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[–] UnkTheUnk@midwest.social 1 points 4 weeks ago

These links are closer to what you probably intended

these are about nursing home policy not the Libertarian ballot issues though

[–] UnkTheUnk@midwest.social 2 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

are you sure you've got the link you meant to add to this? because that link goes to one on UK politics

 

What news sources for Iowa do you keep up with? reasons you don't follow certain news sources?

Especially smaller or less widely known sources.

[–] UnkTheUnk@midwest.social -1 points 4 months ago

Why did the article feel the need to mention US foreign policy from the early Trump administration? I can't imagine it would be hard to find hypocrisy from the Biden administration itself.

Instead of talking about the US human rights failures, it spends time downplaying the accusations about Uighurs. None of the information constructed here builds into a cohesive thesis.

[–] UnkTheUnk@midwest.social 1 points 5 months ago

Why the Bolshevik leadership bent over backward to protect Stalin here is beyond me

 

user listed as the mod @jimrob4@midwest.social was last active 8 months ago.

This ain't exactly the most active community on here and there's yet to be any vitriol on here that'd need moderating but it's at least something to be aware of.

edit: I humbly accept my new status as the regent of the mighty @jimrob4@midwest.social, my reign of terror will be legendary and act as a warning to all those who would dare question

 

First thing: Many parts of the school system are done by regional Area Education agencies (AEAs), things like special education, curriculum, media, etc. (heres the link to their website if you want to learn more iowaaea.org). Their boards are elected by school districts.

A version of the changes proposed by Governor Reynolds has already passed the Iowa house (hf2612). The part of the bill I'm focusing on here is how it allows for school districts to use state and federal $ that goes to AEAs and use it for themselves.

The thing that got me to start writing this post was a section of the most recent Iowa press. Todd Abrahamson, superintendent of the Okoboji Community School District and one of the few school superintendents in the state in favor of the proposed changes, when asked about what Okoboji would do with the money said (in more diplomatic language, 8:50) that Okoboji would poach staff from the AEAs to work exclusively for Okoboji and not for other districts.

Okoboji is a relatively wealthy tourism town, and is covered by the Prarie Lakes Area Education Agency in Northwest Iowa. Okoboji is an island of wealth in an otherwise especially rural and economically depressed area of the state where school districts just don't have resources to offer many kinds of resources on their own.

There's other things in the bill as well, shifting parts of curriculum more into the private sector. Also it would put the AEAs under the direct control of the state government.

[–] UnkTheUnk@midwest.social 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Fascists think they do

[–] UnkTheUnk@midwest.social 13 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I can't really imagine danger being particularly extreme for anyone other than trans people, for trans folk updating passports is likely a good idea. But keep in mind that blue states would still be relatively safe.

If shit truly gets to the point where it's death squads and fascist street gangs, realistically there would not be anywhere in the world that would be safe.

[–] UnkTheUnk@midwest.social 132 points 8 months ago (17 children)

I don't think we need to be worried about full-blown civil war, but preparing for an increase in stochastic terrorism probably isn't the worst idea.

[–] UnkTheUnk@midwest.social 6 points 10 months ago

truth is dead

[–] UnkTheUnk@midwest.social 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] UnkTheUnk@midwest.social 25 points 10 months ago

new skill learned: "investigative journalism"

[–] UnkTheUnk@midwest.social 1 points 11 months ago

That doesn't really respond to what I said

but it applies to voting, we can argue about the effectiveness of voting as a tactic but people who vote are more politically engaged than the type of person described in the quote

There are many people who vote, and do nothing else, and that is condemnible. But unless you have direct evidence that the quote originates with someone who explicitly denied the effectiveness of voting in totality I see no reason why the quote would not apply to forms of political advocacy you happen consider ineffective

I don't particularly want to argue about the effectiveness of voting, beyond to say that I strongly disagree with any bright-line distinction between "electoralism" and whatever other strategies you would care to mention, and that EVERY successful movement (leftist or otherwise) that had the option had the ballot as part of their strategy.

[–] UnkTheUnk@midwest.social 2 points 11 months ago (4 children)

but it applies to voting, we can argue about the effectiveness of voting as a tactic but people who vote are more politically engaged than the type of person described in the quote

 

It would be extremely funny

 

more fitting of the swine republic

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