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Since I went there, this one hits close to home:
University of Iowa Students will now be required to take classes from the new Center for Intellectual Freedom in order to graduate.
Republican lawmakers created the center last year to push back against what they considered liberal indoctrination on Iowa college campuses. This year, Republican lawmakers tacked on a requirement for students to take courses from the center as part of a massive budget bill passed during a marathon 35-hour session just before the legislature adjourned.
Nothing says “intellectual freedom” like forcing students to take mandatory classes on the ruling party’s ideology.
Meanwhile, acceptance of same-sex marriage is declining, almost exclusively due to a collapse in support among Republicans.
Unfortunately, propaganda works.
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First week of June, 1944 was extraordinary.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had good news for the American people when he gave his twenty-ninth Fireside Chat on June 5, 1944. The day before, June 4, Rome had fallen to Allied troops. “The first of the Axis capitals is now in our hands,” Roosevelt said.
The president pointed out that “it is…significant that Rome has been liberated by the armed forces of many nations. The American and British armies—who bore the chief burdens of battle—found at their sides our own North American neighbors, the gallant Canadians. The fighting New Zealanders from the far South Pacific, the courageous French and the French Moroccans, the South Africans, the Poles and the East Indians—all of them fought with us on the bloody approaches to the city of Rome. The Italians, too, forswearing a partnership in the Axis which they never desired, have sent their troops to join us in our battles against the German trespassers on their soil.”
This group of ordinary men from many different countries had worked together to defeat the forces of fascism. For all that the fascists boasted of the superiority of their form of government over democracy, in Italy “[o]ur troops have found starvation, malnutrition, disease, a deteriorating education and lowered public health—all by-products of the Fascist misrule,” FDR said.
On the morning of June 6, 1944, five naval assault divisions stormed the beaches of Normandy. Seven thousand ships and landing craft operated by more than 195,000 naval personnel from 8 countries brought almost 133,000 troops to beaches given the code names UTAH, OMAHA, GOLD, JUNO, and SWORD.
By the end of the day, more than 10,000 Allied troops were wounded or killed, but the Allies had established a foothold in France that would permit them to flood troops, vehicles, and supplies into Europe.
When FDR held a press conference later that day, his comment to the cheerful reporters highlighted the extraordinary weight of the past 24 hours. “I knew last night, when I was doing that broadcast on Rome,” he told them, “that the troops were actually in the vessels, on the way across.”
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Yesterday’s “Round Table” featured Donald Trump doing all the talking, but allowed him to remain seated the entire time. So the “Round Table Discussion” concept was simply a ruse to hide the fact that, apparently, he can’t stand for long periods anymore.
What a shame.
Edit: Oops, sorry – I missed Jen’s comment yesterday on this topic!
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@drj:
Nothing says “intellectual freedom” like forcing students to take mandatory classes on the ruling party’s ideology.
@Scott:
For all that the fascists boasted of the superiority of their form of government over democracy, in Italy “[o]ur troops have found starvation, malnutrition, disease, a deteriorating education and lowered public health—all by-products of the Fascist misrule
The Twentieth Century can be looked at as an experiment in government. And also as a long political debate on a more or less level playing field. Conservatism lost. Now that memory has faded, the forces of reaction are trying to reverse the loss the only way they can, with money and force.
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Second screwworm case in Texas confirmed, as Abbott expands state disaster declaration
A screwworm outbreak would threaten the state’s cattle industry and potentially increase already high beef prices nationwide.
Canada bans Texas cattle over flesh-eating screwworm outbreak in US
Canada’s food inspection agency has announced a temporary ban on livestock from the US state of Texas after flesh-eating screwworms were discovered in calves this week.
Cows and horses that were in Texas anytime within 21 days before crossing the border into Canada would not be accepted into the country, an agency news release said.
The announcement comes after the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said the parasite had been found in a second calf in Texas – the leading US beef and cattle producer. Texas Gov Greg Abbott declared a state of disaster on Friday over the “imminent threat” the outbreak posed.
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@Scott: Let the finger pointing begin:
Some South Texas officials are frustrated by what they say has been a lack of communication from the USDA.
“It’s a complete lack of information,” said Val Verde County Judge Lewis Owens.
As cases of screwworm continued to pop up in Mexico over the last year, some within 25 miles of the Texas border, Owens said border counties have been kept in the dark over the exact location of the cases. The situation, he said, has left them unable to provide answers to their communities.
“A little bit of communication goes a long way,” Owens said. ”If we know what the hell’s going on, then I can tell my constituents. If we don’t, then the anger goes up.”
…Owens also took issue with Rollins blaming the proliferation of screwworm on President Joe Biden’s “open border” policies, which she said enabled the illicit movement of cattle throughout Mexico.
“These flies do not fly to new areas on their own,” Rollins said during a call with media and officials on Thursday. “If they move, it’s because they are moving with the animal.”
Owens pointed out that the USDA, under the Biden administration, closed ports of entry to cattle from Mexico in November 2024. The Trump administration announced their reopening in February 2025 only to shut them down again in May 2025.
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@drj:
Nothing says “intellectual freedom” like forcing students to take mandatory classes on the ruling party’s ideology.
Maddening, isn’t it?
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I think the open hypocrisy is least partly deliberate: a demonstration of power and dominance.
Because dominance over the lesser/other is what reactionary conservatism is basically about.
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@Tony W: I think it’s good to repeat certain tidbits, to make sure that we properly savor them.
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@CSK: Let’s hope nobody asks if it would be legal for Trump to change whose face is on that statue….
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