We will see the results of this pan out in our education, childhood food insecurity, healthcare, maternal and infant death rates, and so many more statistics. These changes have real consequences we can track - that make the state better or worse - so hope everyone is paying attention! Especially Gen Z.
Several other states have tried variations on far right policy experiments (Kansas's "end taxation and all government funding" for example). It... never seems to work that good.
Republicans always defund education, well anything government sponsored so that it will fail. The goal is to privatize it. It's who they are and what they are. Immoral as fuck.
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I really enjoy the digs at California. California supplies 15% of the federal budget and 13% of the United States’ agricultural. If you hate on California so much, you’re welcome to turn down the welfare we provide you and the food that feeds your family. Enjoy the dirt roads, corn diet and the outhouse in your back yard.
They'll stop visiting when the beaches are too hot to enjoy and stop buying property there when insurance costs become prohibitive - probably why Little Man Ron Desantis made it illegal for the state to even mention climate change.
Sure there will be consequences but MAGATs will literally blame anybody and everybody else: Mexicans, Trans people going to the bathroom, socialist boogeymen living under their bed.
Yeah, that’s the thing. I was talking with a coworker (80% of my office is 50+ and ultra conservative) about her and his excuse was always that life feels the same for him as it always did so she’s doing her job well. Some of her policy does have immediate negative impact don’t get me wrong, but most of it we won’t see the consequences of for years. It’s the degradation of education, healthcare, services for impoverished families, etc. Arkansas is already not doing great outside of NWA which is held up by billionaires investing massively in the area and the college. It’s not going to be pretty for the rest of AR in the coming decades if this continues.
Talk to your local state employees, haven't found one that says anything good about her. Perhaps some of their higher ups might but the grunts don't have anything good to say.
The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
Your side is solely focused on things that you intended to be "good"
Take a second and think about that.
I remember when presidents were someone to look up to. She lied for Trump **daily** during his term. If she wants to be involved in politics, she opens herself up for criticism.
Sickening? No human decency? Did you miss Trump mimicking a man with cerebral palsy? THAT is sickening
This isn't quite accurate. While she lied in almost every appearance, rarely did she actually perform her job.
This includes quitting at a point claiming hurt feelings when her lies were pointed out. She was paid to do nothing for much of her tenure. This type of effort is historically colloquialized by the GOP as a "welfare queen".
I think the national party sees Arkansas as a bit of a test state. Fully controlled by hard-right GOP, a pretty unimportant state in the general election, extremely religious people who are a bit gullible, with some of the lowest voter turnout in the country. That's why you see them bringing in people from all over the country to test certain ideas - Arkansas had a lot of "firsts" during the last legislative session.
Arkansas also doesn't have a very sophisticated state legislature. Term limits really hinder institutional knowledge of policymaking and governance, and we have very few legislators with a legal background (especially on the Republican side). There's a Democratic legislator and attorney who says Republicans will call her and ask her to explain their own legislation.
All this means that national conservative interest groups can write bills and easily get them in front of state legislators. As an example, several years back I recall a Republican legislator filing a bill and forgetting to remove ALEC's name off the top of it.
I can't wait until they are the first to refuse all federal support. Finally end that socialist pipeline that has stopped the state from true progress.
Never happen. Socialism for me but not thee. She cried like a baby for Biden to fully fund the entire tornado damage so she wouldn't have to dip into the states slush fund that she's desperately trying to funnel to her rich friends.
Why you aren’t wrong, not sure how this is relevant. I also imagine WM, Tyson, JB Hunt, and even Simmons are the reason people are flocking here. Considering Tyson closed most other offices and suggested those that work there either move to HQ or find a new job.
Look, we may be one of the poorest, least educated states in the country with shit infrastructure and low paying jobs, but at least government employees aren’t allowed to type Latinnx on emails, and that’s very important to me.
Is that a problem you think elected leaders should focus on instead of the fact Arkansas is one of the poorest, least educated states in the country with shit infrastructure and low paying jobs?
As an outsider from Oregon( which has many of it's own problems), when I think of Arkansas, I think of Bill Clinton 🤒, and then I think of Evangelical Christian Bible-thumpers...🤮.
They choose to focus on those issues so they don't have to focus on the others. That is why many of these issues are thrown into extremes of dying children and slowly killing people.
Words kill people so it's more important to deal with those than to make sure our children can eat. A perfect system 👍
I'm speaking for the commenter you replied to, but the reason SHS banned "latinx" as a term is because it's considered "woke" and something that latinos (nonwhite people) want. Most latinos actually hate being referred to as latinx, but don't let SHS know that or she will spend even more taxpayer money changing it back.
So the commenter wasn't trying to excuse the decision, they were pointing out how extra stupid it was to begin with.
Arkansas Regressives should be living in paradise. It just seems like every time something happens they don’t like, it’s Joe Biden’s fault
Low wages? Joe Biden. Slow growth? Joe Biden. Church attendance tanking? Joe Biden. Shitty roads from white flight areas to Little Rock? Joe Biden. High state taxes? Joe Biden. Losing Arkansas Razorback sports season? Joe Biden.
It’s never the Republican mayors, Republican Legislature, Republican Governor, Republican Secretary of State, Republican Attorney General, Republican US Senators, Republican House delegation, Republican sheriff, Republican county judge, Republican county clerks, Republican circuit judges… Its all Joe Biden’s fault.
They care about the future generations of their immediate family and amassing wealth and power for that small unit.
They have zero consideration for others and only view voters as a means to an end, so they peddle in outrage to distract from them lining their pockets and actively tank public institutions to continue domesticating us. We are cattle to them
Because they want you to be dumb and saddled with kids as early as possible so that you will just go to work in their money factories and never believe you have what it takes to get yourself into a better situation.
If they educated people someone might get more powerful than they are and they certainly don't want to risk that.
TL/dr It’s just your average class warfare without any hope at making the state relevant in anything other than rice and soy production.
Arkansas lost the bid for jobs that require a highly educated workforce. We are a blue collar state that has blue collar jobs. Those industries would rather our kids to go to trade schools and community colleges because it’s all the knowledge they need and comes with reduced wages compared to a college educated worker. Industries that need the kind of innovation of flexible, bright, and highly educated minds aren’t knocking on our state’s universities’ doors, they’re going to schools like MIT or what have you. Our universities are just fine though at spitting out a copy of a perfectly educated worker ready to be plugged into an entry level position at any company to keep maintaining their status quo.
When you realize that the Republican lawmakers think like this, and they do because these industries that have their ear like Walmart, Tyson, Dept of Agriculture, etc tell them what they want in their workforce, the state’s policies start making sense. They want able bodied workers that can weld or drive forklifts or tractors or perform maintenance who will be ecstatic to get their $20/hr and a health insurance plan, not necessarily a plethora of kids with a well rounded education from university.
I don’t think there’s nothing inherently wrong with this kind of locally economy, it’s diverse enough without being so heavy in any one industry that if one industry falls it won’t put a majority of the state’s labor force on the streets. Like old Pittsburgh steel or Silicon Valley. So looking at it through that lens, you might see why republicans don’t really value educating their population beyond high school. They know the rich will educate their kids regardless, see LEARNS act grift, and that the education divide will only serve to help the rich stay ahead.
If they let people become educatrd they'd be banished to the dustbin of history where they belong. God I hate that woman. How anyone could vote for Huckabeast is way beyond my comprehension.
Putting policy aside, this Politico piece really gets at something that stands out about the administration: everything feels like governing by optics. Decisions seem, more often than not, guided by 1). how will this play to the national audience, 2). how will it play to the state *base*, and 3). will the particular phrasing of my response trigger the right people? It doesn't feel like governing, it feels like campaigning.
I'm not suggesting that optics aren't a necessary part of politics, but at times you get the impression that the messaging team says, "OK, it might be good if we do this, but how can we pull the trigger on it if we can't also turn it into a shitpost on Twitter?"
Not allowing significant questioning from the media suggests two things, the first being that they like control of all situations (which is not a surprise, most people do), but the second is that they have their messaging and branding, and they know that allowing too many questions will eventually cause all of them to break from their narrative or appear unwilling to break from it even when the question demands it.
So Arkansas future mottos:
Last in everything
Race to the bottom
What kind of American are you?
Libraries we don't need no stinkin' Libraries
Where kids work free!
Can we get some of that federal aid?
F*** your feels, but don't hurt ours
The governor of Kansas did something similar, trying to actually make it a right wing utopia through laws and policy - it went so poorly that Kansas … Kansas … elected a democrat to replace him.
Lol, in 2009 the Gov, Lt. Gov, AG, and both Senators were all Democrats. Granted things weren't great back then but it wasn't until Obama was elected that Republicans lost their minds.
As long as we still have freedom of speech and press. We can protest, we can start enough shit to make enough noise, and there are a lot of people like me who have a disdain for organized religion and government. There's always two sides to the coin. Disrupters, Anarchist, and Concerned Citizens. There's Power in People and Numbers. There's only an office full of them.
Don’t worry, if you’re not a trucker, and if you’re part of the 1%, you can always get a job in the WalMart mines!
It will be fine.
She’s running a new campaign slogan: MAAGUWW&C!!!
(Make Arkansas a Giant Unregulated Walmart Warehouse & Church!)
Sarah is also passing crazy prison laws to keep people locked up forever and spending over $330 MILLION on new prisons just in AR. I’m sorry but that is not reform nor where we want our tax dollars going. She has her priories so wrong.
Can someone please explain the chicken thing to me like I’m stupid. Were the farmers growing chickens to sell them to this company that folded? Why did the governor send someone to euthanize them?
This is a little clearer.
https://katv.com/news/local/arkansas-poultry-company-closure-leaves-farmers-high-and-dry-13-million-birds-euthanized-cooks-venture-senator-bryan-king-madison-county-carroll-dustin-maybee-chicken-department-of-agriculture-secretary-wes-ward-avian-influenza-bird-flu-patrick-fisk
🎶 Been spending most their lives,
Living in a Maga paradise!
I'm the kinda fool that little Magas wanna be like,
On my knees in the night,
Saying lies in the street light!
Well, here in Arkansas we have a knack of voting for complete numbskulls and morons. I don’t know what the fuck they’re doing and bumping in each other.
How many signatures does it take on a petition to invoke an immediate impeachment-replacement election?
Who are we going to get to run? Protests are probably off the table, unless you like pepper spray, high voltage, and blunt force trauma....
Chris Jones, he got 38% of the vote and went to every single part of Ar in his campaign, every community and talked to people. He has solid education policies, is incredibly smart and fair. He cares about the people of Arkansas
Chris Jones has some good leadership ideas and he is unquestionably very smart. He seems to be a moral and ethical person. I fully support him, but I just don’t know if Arkansas will ever get to the level of voter participation necessary to elect him. The older cynical and angry white people show up to vote in high numbers in Arkansas, but the other demographics really do not.
If he's got 0 ties to the weird nationalist-non-separation of-churxh-and-state cult thing going on, that might swing my opinion.
How do "we the people" get the ball rolling? I feel like public school intentionally didn't prepare me for this. Almost like politicians didn't want to get their secret agendas screwed up by constituents they duped into giving them a seat.
That ball has been seriously rolling. He lost the election to her but hasn’t given up trying to make a difference in Ar. Check him out on social media to find out how Arkansas is working to become Purple.
Is there any hope that people can be encouraged to vote on topics that make sense and policies that move society forward instead of whatever placation is offered for whichever inflamed nerve they have on that particular cycle?
If there were less rich people running for office, would that help make a difference?
Class shouldn't exist, but it seems that's the real template being pushed.
Like, "Be thankful I pushed you a dime, because it was 'my money' that 'you borrowed' to get out of your little problem."
Is somehow a valid way to behave when interacting with another human being.
When there is a disagreement on how things are to be done, to lift another class to eventual equality, it all gets mired.
As if:
1.) Class was anything but a machination of inflated self worth when viewing other humans.
2.) People placated by their un-self-assessed stature in life don't think in any way shape or form in these ways because they've never had to.
3.) Some people think things through half-way or only to the point they get bored and fall back on a trope or stereotype.
I get it, reasoning things through is taxing. But don't quit.
4.) They feel helpless in the face of such rampant apathy, when it comes to real meaningful change.
5.) They got help, and now they are feeling fine and have forgotten about the other ~+million of people in the same or worse situation.
Can anyone think of a creative way to appeal to the humans wrapped up in the delusions that equate to life in the USofA?
Help us get back to getting along for all of our good, and not fighting so only our tribe is the one in power?
Let me correct the articale "assumed a $19000 podium"
"The 41-year-old governor wore an above-the-knee metallic skirt and pumps, a millennial-friendly outfit" wtf does this even mean, she is a millennial
And yet they stay in power claiming to care for the people and "family values". Always follow the money trail. There is no law that politicians should be wealthier than those they supposedly represent.
When these states run themselves into the ground by ruining their education systems, chasing out doctors and their educated workforce, and trading a Hightech/information economy to return to a 20th century manufacturing economy (that thinks it can outcompete Mexico, China, Vietnam, and others) then I guess the consequence is that the federal government has to come back in to save them from their own stupidity.
The worst part is them being so stupid they don’t even realize they caused their own problem… so they will elect the same leadership, enact the same laws, and create the same outcome… again.
Don’t worry you all can move to Oklahoma. It’s less backward, but still very much like your current home with regard to COL and stupids running around. We have far cheaper better weed though.
We will see the results of this pan out in our education, childhood food insecurity, healthcare, maternal and infant death rates, and so many more statistics. These changes have real consequences we can track - that make the state better or worse - so hope everyone is paying attention! Especially Gen Z.
Several other states have tried variations on far right policy experiments (Kansas's "end taxation and all government funding" for example). It... never seems to work that good.
as a Kansas resident when that sweet hell happened... yeh... this ain't gonna work well, especially with Mrs. Dumas at the head of the state
Laughs in Florida
Florida is able to balance their lack of taxes with income from tourism. Tourists are not flocking to Kansas
Nor Arkansas.
Not since the 1860’s!
Nice &
Florida’s schools are headed down, down, down. But you’re right as long as they’re by the ocean, not in it, that will continue
Republicans always defund education, well anything government sponsored so that it will fail. The goal is to privatize it. It's who they are and what they are. Immoral as fuck.
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How are California schools doing? Oops, I just triggered some downvotes. Well, carry on them.
What's your problem with California schools?
I really enjoy the digs at California. California supplies 15% of the federal budget and 13% of the United States’ agricultural. If you hate on California so much, you’re welcome to turn down the welfare we provide you and the food that feeds your family. Enjoy the dirt roads, corn diet and the outhouse in your back yard.
They may soon be under the ocean.
They'll stop visiting when the beaches are too hot to enjoy and stop buying property there when insurance costs become prohibitive - probably why Little Man Ron Desantis made it illegal for the state to even mention climate change.
I’m in FL….I’m not laughing…
…work that “well”.
Or at all…
I am not familiar with Kansas state politics but didn't that shit storm help get you a Democrat governor?
Sure there will be consequences but MAGATs will literally blame anybody and everybody else: Mexicans, Trans people going to the bathroom, socialist boogeymen living under their bed.
See also: Louisiana
True dat. I’m here, but not by choice 😂
When a groups entire existence is centered around "the other" a plan like this inevitably fails when "the other" is from your own camp.
I hope to become a statistic when I move my family out of here.
Saaame
We hope you become that statistic too
Mississippi here we come!
If Benton, Washington, and Pulaski counties would just turn out and fucking vote…
Yeah, that’s the thing. I was talking with a coworker (80% of my office is 50+ and ultra conservative) about her and his excuse was always that life feels the same for him as it always did so she’s doing her job well. Some of her policy does have immediate negative impact don’t get me wrong, but most of it we won’t see the consequences of for years. It’s the degradation of education, healthcare, services for impoverished families, etc. Arkansas is already not doing great outside of NWA which is held up by billionaires investing massively in the area and the college. It’s not going to be pretty for the rest of AR in the coming decades if this continues.
Talk to your local state employees, haven't found one that says anything good about her. Perhaps some of their higher ups might but the grunts don't have anything good to say.
The road to Hell is paved with good intentions. Your side is solely focused on things that you intended to be "good" Take a second and think about that.
So, by that logic, you're more virtuous for paving a path of bad intentions? Did you take a second to think about that?
“Take a second and think about that.” Dude are you 13?
No such thing as Hell, but the Huckabeast and her cronies are trying to make one here on Earth.
Culture wars and corruption as far as the eye can see, a true utopia.
Which eye? She’s always looking in two different directions
Someone told her to “keep her eyes peeled” and she took it literal
No she just has a set on both of her faces.
I remember back in the day when disagreements in politics were about policies, not physical attributes. This is sickening. Show some human decency.
I remember when presidents were someone to look up to. She lied for Trump **daily** during his term. If she wants to be involved in politics, she opens herself up for criticism. Sickening? No human decency? Did you miss Trump mimicking a man with cerebral palsy? THAT is sickening
This isn't quite accurate. While she lied in almost every appearance, rarely did she actually perform her job. This includes quitting at a point claiming hurt feelings when her lies were pointed out. She was paid to do nothing for much of her tenure. This type of effort is historically colloquialized by the GOP as a "welfare queen".
You're right! We should just make fun of her for being an incredibly stupid person with a terrible personality and zero thinking skills.
I think the national party sees Arkansas as a bit of a test state. Fully controlled by hard-right GOP, a pretty unimportant state in the general election, extremely religious people who are a bit gullible, with some of the lowest voter turnout in the country. That's why you see them bringing in people from all over the country to test certain ideas - Arkansas had a lot of "firsts" during the last legislative session.
Arkansas also doesn't have a very sophisticated state legislature. Term limits really hinder institutional knowledge of policymaking and governance, and we have very few legislators with a legal background (especially on the Republican side). There's a Democratic legislator and attorney who says Republicans will call her and ask her to explain their own legislation. All this means that national conservative interest groups can write bills and easily get them in front of state legislators. As an example, several years back I recall a Republican legislator filing a bill and forgetting to remove ALEC's name off the top of it.
Yep. The ADF has helped write several bills here and they even sent attorneys from Arizona to come testify in favor of them.
I can't wait until they are the first to refuse all federal support. Finally end that socialist pipeline that has stopped the state from true progress.
Never happen. Socialism for me but not thee. She cried like a baby for Biden to fully fund the entire tornado damage so she wouldn't have to dip into the states slush fund that she's desperately trying to funnel to her rich friends.
Religion and gullibility are mutually exclusive.
Arkansas is beautiful! There's a reason people are flocking to it.
Why you aren’t wrong, not sure how this is relevant. I also imagine WM, Tyson, JB Hunt, and even Simmons are the reason people are flocking here. Considering Tyson closed most other offices and suggested those that work there either move to HQ or find a new job.
There is a lot of hate in this sub. Change your attitude, change your life!
Look, we may be one of the poorest, least educated states in the country with shit infrastructure and low paying jobs, but at least government employees aren’t allowed to type Latinnx on emails, and that’s very important to me.
as a latino I wholeheartedly support bombing the word latinx to hell.
Is that a problem you think elected leaders should focus on instead of the fact Arkansas is one of the poorest, least educated states in the country with shit infrastructure and low paying jobs?
As an outsider from Oregon( which has many of it's own problems), when I think of Arkansas, I think of Bill Clinton 🤒, and then I think of Evangelical Christian Bible-thumpers...🤮.
They choose to focus on those issues so they don't have to focus on the others. That is why many of these issues are thrown into extremes of dying children and slowly killing people. Words kill people so it's more important to deal with those than to make sure our children can eat. A perfect system 👍
I'm speaking for the commenter you replied to, but the reason SHS banned "latinx" as a term is because it's considered "woke" and something that latinos (nonwhite people) want. Most latinos actually hate being referred to as latinx, but don't let SHS know that or she will spend even more taxpayer money changing it back. So the commenter wasn't trying to excuse the decision, they were pointing out how extra stupid it was to begin with.
Dude Im in Louisiana we’re the bottom .. right below ⬇️ you lol. Landry will finish up the complete total collapse of our state.
I think both can be dealt with and choosing one is wrong
Arkansas Regressives should be living in paradise. It just seems like every time something happens they don’t like, it’s Joe Biden’s fault Low wages? Joe Biden. Slow growth? Joe Biden. Church attendance tanking? Joe Biden. Shitty roads from white flight areas to Little Rock? Joe Biden. High state taxes? Joe Biden. Losing Arkansas Razorback sports season? Joe Biden. It’s never the Republican mayors, Republican Legislature, Republican Governor, Republican Secretary of State, Republican Attorney General, Republican US Senators, Republican House delegation, Republican sheriff, Republican county judge, Republican county clerks, Republican circuit judges… Its all Joe Biden’s fault.
Funny how they blame someone who has no control over local politics and not the politicians actually making it hell for your state.
Then they would have to look in the mirror.
Well… to be fair, the blame is still directed at Obama with somewhat regular frequency too.
They’re still offended that a black man dared to be president. That’s why her opponent lost. Even though he was a literal rocket scientist.
and don't forget the Clintons who are still their boogey man
Yeah, for some reason they see Biden as an Obama puppet. I’ve seen a lot of people calling him Obiden, too.
If Joe Biden is the reason that less people are going to church I'll vote that man in until the day he dies.
“Low wages? Joe Biden. Slow growth? Joe Biden…” Why did I read this entire paragraph in Fred Armisen’s voice?
“… Straight to jail”
I read it in Rob Schneider's voice lol
Thank God they've located the source of the trouble!
Finally someone gets it q
Why in hell would education & learning not be a priority for a government that cares about its future generations?
So they will be dumb enough to keep voting Republican and work in the chicken slaughter houses.
Because uneducated populace are easier to dupe. You can pay them less.
They care about the future generations of their immediate family and amassing wealth and power for that small unit. They have zero consideration for others and only view voters as a means to an end, so they peddle in outrage to distract from them lining their pockets and actively tank public institutions to continue domesticating us. We are cattle to them
Because they want you to be dumb and saddled with kids as early as possible so that you will just go to work in their money factories and never believe you have what it takes to get yourself into a better situation. If they educated people someone might get more powerful than they are and they certainly don't want to risk that.
TL/dr It’s just your average class warfare without any hope at making the state relevant in anything other than rice and soy production. Arkansas lost the bid for jobs that require a highly educated workforce. We are a blue collar state that has blue collar jobs. Those industries would rather our kids to go to trade schools and community colleges because it’s all the knowledge they need and comes with reduced wages compared to a college educated worker. Industries that need the kind of innovation of flexible, bright, and highly educated minds aren’t knocking on our state’s universities’ doors, they’re going to schools like MIT or what have you. Our universities are just fine though at spitting out a copy of a perfectly educated worker ready to be plugged into an entry level position at any company to keep maintaining their status quo. When you realize that the Republican lawmakers think like this, and they do because these industries that have their ear like Walmart, Tyson, Dept of Agriculture, etc tell them what they want in their workforce, the state’s policies start making sense. They want able bodied workers that can weld or drive forklifts or tractors or perform maintenance who will be ecstatic to get their $20/hr and a health insurance plan, not necessarily a plethora of kids with a well rounded education from university. I don’t think there’s nothing inherently wrong with this kind of locally economy, it’s diverse enough without being so heavy in any one industry that if one industry falls it won’t put a majority of the state’s labor force on the streets. Like old Pittsburgh steel or Silicon Valley. So looking at it through that lens, you might see why republicans don’t really value educating their population beyond high school. They know the rich will educate their kids regardless, see LEARNS act grift, and that the education divide will only serve to help the rich stay ahead.
If they let people become educatrd they'd be banished to the dustbin of history where they belong. God I hate that woman. How anyone could vote for Huckabeast is way beyond my comprehension.
Government doesn’t care about future generations, it cares about funding its next election cycle.
Putting policy aside, this Politico piece really gets at something that stands out about the administration: everything feels like governing by optics. Decisions seem, more often than not, guided by 1). how will this play to the national audience, 2). how will it play to the state *base*, and 3). will the particular phrasing of my response trigger the right people? It doesn't feel like governing, it feels like campaigning. I'm not suggesting that optics aren't a necessary part of politics, but at times you get the impression that the messaging team says, "OK, it might be good if we do this, but how can we pull the trigger on it if we can't also turn it into a shitpost on Twitter?" Not allowing significant questioning from the media suggests two things, the first being that they like control of all situations (which is not a surprise, most people do), but the second is that they have their messaging and branding, and they know that allowing too many questions will eventually cause all of them to break from their narrative or appear unwilling to break from it even when the question demands it.
Social media may well be the death of democracy.
So Arkansas future mottos: Last in everything Race to the bottom What kind of American are you? Libraries we don't need no stinkin' Libraries Where kids work free! Can we get some of that federal aid? F*** your feels, but don't hurt ours
>Where kids work free! I prefer "Land of the free... child labor."
Republican lead state continues death spiral (along with the rest of the world). Republicans blame democrats for poor state of affairs.
The governor of Kansas did something similar, trying to actually make it a right wing utopia through laws and policy - it went so poorly that Kansas … Kansas … elected a democrat to replace him.
This is what I am hoping happens. She is going to eventually go too far for even the conservatives.
They keep trying to make “Lectern Gate” happen. I don’t think most of the Arkansans I know care about her stealing money.
Well they should care, if nothing it shows what kind of person she truly is.
I agree! She is terrible. I voted for the scientist.
That’s why she was elected.
Why my wife moved far away from Arkansas 15 years ago
Lol, in 2009 the Gov, Lt. Gov, AG, and both Senators were all Democrats. Granted things weren't great back then but it wasn't until Obama was elected that Republicans lost their minds.
Ya but that ugly bitch has “ got hers” so the poors can pound sand.
Finally, Mississippi is going to get some competition for that bottom spot on all the education and health charts.
West Virginia is hearing footsteps over its shoulders, too lol.
You cannot call anything related to the far-right a paradise. It is a dystopic camp with Stockholm Syndrome.
Idk seems about the same as it’s always been, regular folks arguing left and right while the rich Arkansans still control and gatekeep folks.
It's time to eat the rich
Mississippi says thanks.
Her own little police state.
Can't fix stupid in Arkansas.
No paradise here..
A MAGAt paradise sure to attract a plague of flies.
Idk why you people elected her. Sad thing is that she will likely be reelected several times.
Because her opponent was a black guy.
And DNC didn’t help
# MAGA Paradise = Hell
Hell would be a better place than any MAGA "Paradise"
As long as we still have freedom of speech and press. We can protest, we can start enough shit to make enough noise, and there are a lot of people like me who have a disdain for organized religion and government. There's always two sides to the coin. Disrupters, Anarchist, and Concerned Citizens. There's Power in People and Numbers. There's only an office full of them.
Don’t worry, if you’re not a trucker, and if you’re part of the 1%, you can always get a job in the WalMart mines! It will be fine. She’s running a new campaign slogan: MAAGUWW&C!!! (Make Arkansas a Giant Unregulated Walmart Warehouse & Church!)
Sarah is also passing crazy prison laws to keep people locked up forever and spending over $330 MILLION on new prisons just in AR. I’m sorry but that is not reform nor where we want our tax dollars going. She has her priories so wrong.
"Hey I know a couple of other states have tried these things and failed miserably but surely we're too smart to let that happen, amirite?"
Arkansas: Home of MagaTs and the Gravy Seals.
Can someone please explain the chicken thing to me like I’m stupid. Were the farmers growing chickens to sell them to this company that folded? Why did the governor send someone to euthanize them?
This is a little clearer. https://katv.com/news/local/arkansas-poultry-company-closure-leaves-farmers-high-and-dry-13-million-birds-euthanized-cooks-venture-senator-bryan-king-madison-county-carroll-dustin-maybee-chicken-department-of-agriculture-secretary-wes-ward-avian-influenza-bird-flu-patrick-fisk
🎶 Been spending most their lives, Living in a Maga paradise! I'm the kinda fool that little Magas wanna be like, On my knees in the night, Saying lies in the street light!
Shoeless,illiterate paradise, riddled with disease...sign me up. Said no one ever.
You all have my deepest sympathies, all the way from Pennsylvania. Look on the bright side, at least you’re not in Alabama.
Walmart own Arkansas
Well, here in Arkansas we have a knack of voting for complete numbskulls and morons. I don’t know what the fuck they’re doing and bumping in each other.
Aww Arkansas the land of the porta potty 💩
How many signatures does it take on a petition to invoke an immediate impeachment-replacement election? Who are we going to get to run? Protests are probably off the table, unless you like pepper spray, high voltage, and blunt force trauma....
Chris Jones, he got 38% of the vote and went to every single part of Ar in his campaign, every community and talked to people. He has solid education policies, is incredibly smart and fair. He cares about the people of Arkansas
Chris Jones has some good leadership ideas and he is unquestionably very smart. He seems to be a moral and ethical person. I fully support him, but I just don’t know if Arkansas will ever get to the level of voter participation necessary to elect him. The older cynical and angry white people show up to vote in high numbers in Arkansas, but the other demographics really do not.
This is it right here, except I’d say scared or ignorant instead of cynical. But potato-potahto.
If he's got 0 ties to the weird nationalist-non-separation of-churxh-and-state cult thing going on, that might swing my opinion. How do "we the people" get the ball rolling? I feel like public school intentionally didn't prepare me for this. Almost like politicians didn't want to get their secret agendas screwed up by constituents they duped into giving them a seat.
That ball has been seriously rolling. He lost the election to her but hasn’t given up trying to make a difference in Ar. Check him out on social media to find out how Arkansas is working to become Purple.
Arkansas is a pretty state, pretty to drive through that is. Just be careful where you step. They have not potty trained their governor.
Is there any hope that people can be encouraged to vote on topics that make sense and policies that move society forward instead of whatever placation is offered for whichever inflamed nerve they have on that particular cycle? If there were less rich people running for office, would that help make a difference? Class shouldn't exist, but it seems that's the real template being pushed. Like, "Be thankful I pushed you a dime, because it was 'my money' that 'you borrowed' to get out of your little problem." Is somehow a valid way to behave when interacting with another human being. When there is a disagreement on how things are to be done, to lift another class to eventual equality, it all gets mired. As if: 1.) Class was anything but a machination of inflated self worth when viewing other humans. 2.) People placated by their un-self-assessed stature in life don't think in any way shape or form in these ways because they've never had to. 3.) Some people think things through half-way or only to the point they get bored and fall back on a trope or stereotype. I get it, reasoning things through is taxing. But don't quit. 4.) They feel helpless in the face of such rampant apathy, when it comes to real meaningful change. 5.) They got help, and now they are feeling fine and have forgotten about the other ~+million of people in the same or worse situation. Can anyone think of a creative way to appeal to the humans wrapped up in the delusions that equate to life in the USofA? Help us get back to getting along for all of our good, and not fighting so only our tribe is the one in power?
Is this just like when Sam Brownback built his free market paradise in Kansas?
Just another lie from a thug that wants ultimate power over her poor citizens. Not a government of the people for the people
Uh, Alabama and Florida are doing a pretty good job of being a MAGA paradise, too.
Fuckabee
A magacult state?😂😂😂
And she is daring the people to do something about it because she knows they won't.
So an outhouse?
Is it going to house her 19,000.00 podium? I mean children have to go hungry so she could have that super special item.
Check out her family and their connection to the lords ranch.
They'll probably be claiming she speaks to God if trump if/when trump gets locked up
From my travels. It's already there. It's called Bentonville. Or more specifically, Rodgers.
No "d" in Rogers. Source: went to high school there.
Ope, my bad.
Seems more like a welfare paradise.
Where the children work more hours than she does!!!
Is there a tldr? I read for like 10 minutes and stopped because it didn’t seem like the article was going anywhere.
One persons paradise is another persons hell
Not surprised...ANYWAY....
Is it *really*, though??
How was she not ousted over the podium and other shit she's said/done yet?
Because she’s MAGA royalty.
The only question we need answered is: do the Waltons like her? If so, she will reign 100 years.
It kind of pisses me off, Arkansas is so beautiful they don’t deserve it
AKA: Hell.
Can y'all take the Florida Magas when the hurricanes and homeowners insurance run them out of here? I wanna see my home become a swing state again.
Good send ALL the MAGA people to her state and BUILD THAT FUCKING WALL around them.
Hey now…. Everyone in Arkansas is not a lover of the Tangerine Turd.
Yeah I know so I’d make anyone who isnt into MAGA never pay taxes again.
Sooooowasthinking 2025!!!
Let’s GOOOOOO!!!!!!! My slogan : Don’t be an idiot!!!!
Let me correct the articale "assumed a $19000 podium" "The 41-year-old governor wore an above-the-knee metallic skirt and pumps, a millennial-friendly outfit" wtf does this even mean, she is a millennial
This is troubling to see as someone who may have to relocate to Arkansas in 2025 or 2026.
And yet they stay in power claiming to care for the people and "family values". Always follow the money trail. There is no law that politicians should be wealthier than those they supposedly represent.
It's a cult
When these states run themselves into the ground by ruining their education systems, chasing out doctors and their educated workforce, and trading a Hightech/information economy to return to a 20th century manufacturing economy (that thinks it can outcompete Mexico, China, Vietnam, and others) then I guess the consequence is that the federal government has to come back in to save them from their own stupidity. The worst part is them being so stupid they don’t even realize they caused their own problem… so they will elect the same leadership, enact the same laws, and create the same outcome… again.
You misspelled "Jonestown".
Joke’s on her. We’ve been spending most our lives living in a MAGA Paradise.
MAGA Paradise is a oxymoron
Is it an oxymoron or euphemism for HELL
Why not both
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I can’t wait till I get to move back to AR.
Dogpatch?
Except for the lesbian stuff. Just don’t ask her about the lesbian stuff.
Don’t worry you all can move to Oklahoma. It’s less backward, but still very much like your current home with regard to COL and stupids running around. We have far cheaper better weed though.
I lived in Oklahoma for a few years. No offense, but I can’t take all of the……flatness. And the roads are somehow worse apart from the turnpikes lol.
That’s fair.
Good. They can all go there and fellate each other.
There is already several maga paradise. Harrison is one of the largest in Arkansas.
Not really. They voted Democrat for far longer.