The Memory Hole: Red State Revolt | All In | MSNBC

The news wasn't all bad in 2018. Teachers strikes caused real change - and historic candidates changed the face of Washington.

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[rogerthat]

The strength of your country is in how educated and healthy your population how big your military is.

[AndiDuck]

More Than 1, 000 Educators Won Elections in the 2018 mid-terms - Teachers Union said.
“We saw wins up and down the ballot, and we are on fire, ” the head of the National Education Association said of the midterms.The group said the final tally before Election Day numbered more than 1, 800 such candidates. Of those, the union said, 1, 081 won their races for state legislative seats on Tuesday.

[kathrynshaw]

My sons were the recipients of their education from Special Education Teachers. You can not say enough kind things about these professional, patient and hard-working people. Americans like to have control of what's going on in their government. Hashing ideas out in the old Town Hall meetings was an effective way of accomplishing agreement on issues. As Rachel Maddow pointed out, the Republican Party has been working for many years now to quietly gerrymander congressional districts in order to make it more difficult for Democrats to win, even when they have the popular vote. However, if you look the gerrymander has worked against the Republicans as well. Look at the Senate Republicans. They are all old men. Then look at what we managed to elect to the House. They are younger and vibrant. They are eager to serve. They reflect the wonderful diversity of the citizens of America. The Republicans have stagnated and starved off any chance of their replacement. The diverse House is ready to jump in with both feet. Good Luck, you've got lot's of work ahead of you.

[truthtroll]

Love the title, the red states are pretty "revolting"

[Querent]

"Conservative" is a synonym for "ignorant and repressive".

[alloomis]

imagine trying to run a modern technology nation with the ideas and beliefs of medieval italy, with the laws of georgian britain. or you can just look at the usa, no imagining necessary.

[tedthompson]

We have great wars abroad, and poison drinking water at home. Yay!

[WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

1 Person = 1 vote, not 1 Acre = 1 vote
Corn and Prairie Dogs don't count

[gygaxthecat]

"and now for something completely different" -Chris Hayes, John Cleese

[doclewis]

Oddly...I've considered running for some type of office. Why? Because I believe in the America that makes everyone feel like they belong to this country. Maybe one day I'll see that.

[ruthdepew]

The teacher strike also points to another political line besides the urban/rural divide. It is the educational divide with more educated voters being capable of logic and less educated voters who are more gullible and susceptible to inane lies. Please note: All teachers have at least a bachelor's degree and are therefore less likely to be gullible Trump supporters.

[MediaFaust]

"Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness". So here's the question: Is the "system" rigged towards a general maximising of these core political issues ... or is it playing favourites? And if so, why? How? What needs to get fixed?

[brokenjawtheory]

First world and developed country:

Healthy and educated people :

Creative and productive people.

[doclewis]

Americans are trying to get our congress to actually represent our country. We're over 50% female and our congress is still mostly male, especially the senate. That'll change in 2020. I hope we last until then.

[rebeccatreeseed]

Sam Seder, hello! Looking good, sounding better.

[zazenora]

I like to get drunk and pretend I'm a keyboard warrior fighting demonic russian trolls.
That's my vice for 2018.

[wigit]

Well aren't those red states the social justice warriors. Lol

[briseboy]

the way you treat teachers is contingent upon the way you wish to coerce others', neighbors', children to learn only what you imagine yourself as knowing. The USA is painful to watch on the vital issue of education alone.

Many species have no transmitted social knowledge, but the ones who fail to do so, are seemingly better equipped than our altricial species. Even many reptiles, amphibians, fish, contribute behavioral and communicated knowledge at higher rates and levels than do a considerable proportion of US residents.
 Consciousness, retained awareness and memory, are products of the limbic system [A brain shared with fish, birds, reptiles, salamanders, frogs], we have recently learned from neurosciences. TO force avoidant ignorance upon children is a peculiarly human thing.
Do we really want to become authoritarian submissives, mere demented slaves and ants subject to "superiors?"

[A._is_for]

All of a sudden the idea of arming teachers sounds like a good idea

[northernbohemianrealist]

Sam Seder. Ick. He ranks with Bill Kristol. (Also ick.)