4 pillars?
Cut taxes on the rich.
Cut benefits for the poor.
There are 2 more?
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Itâs worth being aware of whatâs in Project 2025 as Trump and others have indicated a desire to use it.
Remember how the Republicans are opposed to weaponization of government? And want small government? Project 2025 wants to remove the FBIs independence and have it more directly under Presidential control. The DOJ re-org that they propose for doing so doesnât require (per them) Congressional approval, and also puts the FBI directly under a lower visibility official in DOJ so it is easier to appoint a kook to that spot. There are a number of other agencies / officials that have independence guaranteed by Supreme Court precedent. Project 2025 advocates overturning said precedent and lays out a plan to do so.
Environmentally, Project 2025 is an oil executiveâs wet dream. Wants to not just stop but actively roll back existing steps that have been taken to reduce the US carbon footprint, wants to ban California from having different standard than the rest of the country. States rights, am I right?
And thereâs much more: Iâve read maybe 1% of it.
Stopping âwokenessâ has got to be one of them.
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Speaking of pillars, Iâve been watching recently some instructional videos by the Spanish magician Dani DaOrtiz, who is arguably the best card magician in the world (see e.g., his Fool Us performance at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_KcQt0z-eE ). He breaks his tricks down into pillars, but as he likes to say, his English is very very bad and he pronounces the word pie-lars. His English is actually really good, which makes the random mispronunciation even funnier.
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Keeping out as many foreigners as possible.
Destroying the civil service (often referred to as the deep state).
Gut public education and replace it with religious and right wing indoctrination labs.
Texas GOP platform has a plank on removing No Fault Divorce. Party of small government my ass.
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Well thatâs bat-shit crazy. But if you didnât already know which state was the 50th one to allow no-fault divorces, youâd never guess it. (Hint: it is NOT a red state.)
Yeah a lot of states were slow to get rid of no fault divorce and itâs not always the oneâs your expect. I mean California is pretty progressive and they voted down gay marriage in the not to distant past. I have no idea which one was last but Iâll guess New Jersey, I mean they were crazy with the blue laws when I was growing up.
Close⌠itâs New York. IIRC they were last by a LOT of years, although Iâm too lazy to look up dates.
Also, you mean âadd no fault divorceâ, not get rid of.
Getting rid of no fault divorce is what Texas is talking about doing.
Yeah looks like South Dakota was 1985 and New York was 2010. If my quick google search is correct.
And yes I mean add no fault. Some states were particularly tough to prove as well I understand. And if both parties were at fault you couldnât get a divorce in some states, that one seems truly messed up.
Though trying to get rid of it in 2023 seems a bit bat shit crazy. Or par for the course for the current Republican Party.
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1985 & 2010 sounds right to me. Thanks for checking.
Did something happen to make this news now, given this became part of the Texas GOP platform last year?
Came up on fark today. Was not aware that was over a year old. But not surprised.
I think the article is new, but pretty sure the platform was developed last fall, prior to Texas 2023 legislative session. Possibly before the 2022 elections.
Interesting since it seems (IMO) that the husband is usually âat faultâ in divorces.
Unless the Texas GOP has an answer for that, too. And, I donât put it past them.
So now (assuming the husband is at fault) the wife would have to prove the husband cheated or was abusive or whatever other grounds they are allowing instead of just filing. Itâs an extra burden on her.
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Conservative commentators are joining the calls to end no-fault divorce. Steven Crowder bemoaned the fact that Texas law permitted his wife to divorce him just because âshe didnât want to be married anymore.â
I wouldnât want the law to be the thing that holds my marriage together.
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You likely arenât a married abuser, so these laws arenât for you.
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