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The States: Maybe A National Divorce Is A Good Idea After All

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Funny how conservatives behave like this so often. It is almost as if they have a particular cognitive deficiency that, in addition to making them cowards, liars, and rapists, also correlates with their political, social, and religious views.
 
Minnesota is passing the Family Medical Leave Act and is about to make college at public universities free for residents whose families make less than $80k a year!
 
Handyman said:
Minnesota is passing the Family Medical Leave Act and is about to make college at public universities free for residents whose families make less than $80k a year!
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Patriots in control

(also, love that we're becoming a nordic-style social democracy)
 
Question - and this is informational for me and I'm not challenging this - but is there a sliding scale at 80k? I like this as a concept, but as always the devil is truly in the details. If my AGI is $79,999, do I get the full benefit, but if it's $80,000 do I get nothing?
 
I don't know they just negotiated the deal and have not read it yet. I honestly didn't even know it was a thing...

This would have changed everything for me. Money cost me two years...I would have easily graduated in 5 with no debt and likely am on a different path. Of course I also miss out on a ton as well so...
 
Swansong said:
Question - and this is informational for me and I'm not challenging this - but is there a sliding scale at 80k? I like this as a concept, but as always the devil is truly in the details. If my AGI is $79,999, do I get the full benefit, but if it's $80,000 do I get nothing?
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The way it was written when introduced, and the way it's been reported in the papers, is that at $79,999 you get the full benefit, at $80,000, you get zip. And you have to complete the FAFSA, so it makes me wonder to what extent they attribute your parents income in calculating the "adjusted gross household income."
 
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Of course Tennessee.

This is vile: In Tennessee, a teacher planned a Mother's Day lesson that was sensitive to kids without moms. Activists smeared her as a groomer. The lesson was canceled. Incredibly, one of the books they objected to is about a bear who raises goslings!

Caroline Mickey, a teacher and librarian, planned a lesson that would celebrate those who "fill motherly roles in our lives." She announced readings of "Stella Brings the Family" and "Mother Bruce." Enraged right wing activists got the lesson killed:

I interviewed this teacher about the right's deranged assault. “We have students who don’t have mothers," she said. "But everyone has somebody who loves them the way a mother does.” This was attacked as pedophilia, anti-birth moms, and anti-Christian:

These books are not controversial. They are about a girl's anxiety about having two dads on Mother's Day, and a bear's struggles to take on a motherly role toward goslings. Yet the far right is successfully bullying officials into doing their bidding:

It's crucial to see that this form of politics is really about the manufacturing of enemies. The point isn't just to marginalize LGBTQ people. It's also actively designed to encourage parents to see leftist groomers lurking around every corner. It's vile:
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This is so Texas. Stay for the "wait, what?" moment.
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