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Florida nominee for U. Of West Florida board wants women out of universities and professional jobs

“… Yenor is a politics professor at Boise State University and a former fellow at the Heritage Foundation. He calls himself a “trad dad” who believes universities are “indoctrination camps” that need a massive overhaul because they are responsible for undermining traditional American families.

He drew gobs of attention when he announced, in a 2021 speech before the National Conservatism Conference, that it was time for a “sexual counterrevolution” and described career-oriented women as “medicated, meddlesome, and quarrelsome.”

“Every effort must be made not to recruit women into engineering, but rather to recruit and demand more of men who become engineers,” Yenor declared. “Ditto for med school and the law and every trade.”

The way to discourage women from entering these careers, he said, is “to de-emphasize our colleges and universities” where women are concerned.

An educator who believes not everyone is deserving of college, Yenor’s body of research focuses on feminism, sexual liberation, and dismantling social justice in academia. He has written about the need to socially engineer society back to a time when women stayed home and had more children. He points to the decline in birth rates and college enrollmentand concludes that “state legislatures and Boards of Regents should now consider policies of patriotic downsizing and reorganizing.”

… And gender isn’t his only target: Yenor and colleagues also wrongly claim that the 1964 Civil Rights Act “traded one set of racial preferences for another.” And last month, in a series of posts on X, he implied that being Jewish, among other traits, made some US senators unfit to lead.

In January, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis appointed Yenor to the board overseeing the University of West Florida, one of the smallest in the state’s 12-university system.

has no connection to Pensacola, the community the university serves, but he, along with four other conservative appointees, will — if confirmed — be in a position to use the university as a laboratory to reengineer Florida’s higher education, providing a model for other states to follow. …”
 
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Florida nominee for U. Of West Florida board wants women out of universities and professional jobs

“… Yenor is a politics professor at Boise State University and a former fellow at the Heritage Foundation. He calls himself a “trad dad” who believes universities are “indoctrination camps” that need a massive overhaul because they are responsible for undermining traditional American families.

He drew gobs of attention when he announced, in a 2021 speech before the National Conservatism Conference, that it was time for a “sexual counterrevolution” and described career-oriented women as “medicated, meddlesome, and quarrelsome.”

“Every effort must be made not to recruit women into engineering, but rather to recruit and demand more of men who become engineers,” Yenor declared. “Ditto for med school and the law and every trade.”

The way to discourage women from entering these careers, he said, is “to de-emphasize our colleges and universities” where women are concerned.

An educator who believes not everyone is deserving of college, Yenor’s body of research focuses on feminism, sexual liberation, and dismantling social justice in academia. He has written about the need to socially engineer society back to a time when women stayed home and had more children. He points to the decline in birth rates and college enrollmentand concludes that “state legislatures and Boards of Regents should now consider policies of patriotic downsizing and reorganizing.”

… And gender isn’t his only target: Yenor and colleagues also wrongly claim that the 1964 Civil Rights Act “traded one set of racial preferences for another.” And last month, in a series of posts on X, he implied that being Jewish, among other traits, made some US senators unfit to lead.

In January, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis appointed Yenor to the board overseeing the University of West Florida, one of the smallest in the state’s 12-university system.

has no connection to Pensacola, the community the university serves, but he, along with four other conservative appointees, will — if confirmed — be in a position to use the university as a laboratory to reengineer Florida’s higher education, providing a model for other states to follow. …”
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Yenor is poised to use UWF to push a similar approach, one that is focused on diminishingfemale advancement, elevating White men and whitewashing history. He said he wants to eliminate the university’s well-regarded anthropology department and its archeology program because he considers the study of human societies and culture “kind of corrupt.”

Yenor is obsessed with the idea that America’s declining birth rate is a result of young people deciding “that thesacrifices and duties involved in family life are not worth it.”

He contends that “patriarchal norms” — such as making sure “men’s earnings are substantially higher than women’s” and reducing the number of women with formal education — will result in the desired baby boom.

… Somehow, Yenor also believes that female education is antithetical to motherhood. …”
 
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Yenor is poised to use UWF to push a similar approach, one that is focused on diminishingfemale advancement, elevating White men and whitewashing history. He said he wants to eliminate the university’s well-regarded anthropology department and its archeology program because he considers the study of human societies and culture “kind of corrupt.”

Yenor is obsessed with the idea that America’s declining birth rate is a result of young people deciding “that thesacrifices and duties involved in family life are not worth it.”

He contends that “patriarchal norms” — such as making sure “men’s earnings are substantially higher than women’s” and reducing the number of women with formal education — will result in the desired baby boom.

… Somehow, Yenor also believes that female education is antithetical to motherhood. …”
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These people are fucking warped and sick, and if this were just a few decades ago they'd appropriately be regarded as fringe cranks and freaks living on the margins of society. But now they're actually running things like universities. I will say that given the direction of Trumpism and the GOP that escalating their war on career women was probably inevitable.
 


“… The bill would erase protections that public libraries and educational institutions have related to “obscene” materials. The bill would also restrict where and how minors could access the public library. As the obscenity laws are written now, minors are permitted to attend any event at a public library or public school, as well as access any materials available therein. HF 274 would kick open the door of barring anyone under the age of 18 from utilizing the library or its materials were it believed so-called “obscene” material were available.

… While obscenity has a stated legal definition via the Miller Test–a three prong test materials must meet as a whole–”obscenity” in the eyes of legislators eager to pass bills like this includes books by and about LGBTQ+ people. These books have already been targeted in Iowa legislature at public schools through Iowa’s 2023 passage of Senate File 496. Books like Gender Queer have also been targeted relentlessly in public libraries across the state.

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HF 274, in removing obscenity protections from public libraries and public schools, would make room for bills like those we’ve seen in Idaho, where parents can sue libraries over not moving material they deem inappropriate quickly enough. It would also make it far easier to pass bills like those in Utah and South Carolina, wherein the state requires every institution to remove specific titles from their collection or face financial penalties.

This is not the only anti-library bill in Iowa this legislative session. Senate File 116 would not only ban drag performances but would allow criminal charges to be pressed against librarians or educators who host such events or who have materials deemed “obscene” in their collections that minors may access. Together, HF 274 and SF 116 would completely alter Iowa’s public library and public education systems, turning them into partisan weapons–and destroying their purpose as democratic institutions serving all members of their community.“

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Neither bill has passed and the one to make it out of committee so far would not, standing alone, criminalize librarians, but the push in red states to move in that direction as quickly as they can is alarming for the future.
 
On second thought, started a separate thread on 2025 elections:

nycfan

Politics Thread '2025 Elections - Va, NYC, WI - & 2026 Election News'

Starting with this one on April 1 because of course it is on April Fools’ Day:

An election for a single state Supreme Court seat becomes the ‘blockbuster’ political fight of 2025​



“Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election this spring will decide just one seat, but the contest already is shaping up as one of the most costly and contentious battles of the new year – with the control of the seven-member court and the fate of a 19th century abortion ban hanging in the balance.

The race – between...
 
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Idaho will be the first state to go full fascist because they already are part way there and have a large (for Idaho) contingent of white nationalists and neo-Nazis based there already pushing for secession and the creation of a white fascist ethnostate.

 
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Idaho will be the first state to go full fascist because they already are part way there and have a large (for Idaho) contingent of white nationalists and neo-Nazis based there already pushing for secession and the creation of a white fascist ethnostate.

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For my money, Idaho is the scariest state, by a solid margin.
 

As G.O.P. Eyes Medicaid Cuts, States Could be Left With Vast Shortfalls​

Republicans have proposed lowering the federal share of costs for Medicaid expansions, which could reshape the program by gutting one of the Affordable Care Act’s major provisions.

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Slashing Medicaid to Pay for Trump’s Tax Cuts Could Lead to Vast State Shortfalls

Republicans have proposed lowering the federal share of costs for Medicaid expansions, which could reshape the program by gutting one of the Affordable Care Act’s major provisions.
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“… Republicans are considering lowering the 90 percent share that the federal government is required to pay to states that enroll participants in the expansion. The change could generate $560 billion in savings over a decade, money that Republicans want to use toward extending Mr. Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, which are set to expire at the end of 2025. Extending the tax cuts is expected to cost $4.5 trillion, meaning Republicans will have to find savings beyond Medicaid from a long menu of options.

A move to lower federal spending on the Medicaid expansion population could effectively gut the program. Around 10 states that have expanded their programs have so-called trigger laws that reverse the Medicaid expansion if the federal government decreases funding for the population.

The change could leave the 40 states that participate in the Obamacare program with a difficult set of choices. They could shoulder the extra costs to preserve Medicaid coverage for millions, make cuts to coverage or look for cuts from other large government programs to offset the reduction in federal funds.

Medicaid, which covers more than 70 million people, is the largest health insurance program in the nation, and the largest single source of funding for states. More than 21 million adults who were not eligible for Medicaid under pre-expansion guidelines received coverage last year. The program had previously restricted enrollment primarily to those who were pregnant, disabled or elderly. …”
 
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As G.O.P. Eyes Medicaid Cuts, States Could be Left With Vast Shortfalls​

Republicans have proposed lowering the federal share of costs for Medicaid expansions, which could reshape the program by gutting one of the Affordable Care Act’s major provisions.

www.nytimes.com

Slashing Medicaid to Pay for Trump’s Tax Cuts Could Lead to Vast State Shortfalls

Republicans have proposed lowering the federal share of costs for Medicaid expansions, which could reshape the program by gutting one of the Affordable Care Act’s major provisions.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com

“… Republicans are considering lowering the 90 percent share that the federal government is required to pay to states that enroll participants in the expansion. The change could generate $560 billion in savings over a decade, money that Republicans want to use toward extending Mr. Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, which are set to expire at the end of 2025. Extending the tax cuts is expected to cost $4.5 trillion, meaning Republicans will have to find savings beyond Medicaid from a long menu of options.

A move to lower federal spending on the Medicaid expansion population could effectively gut the program. Around 10 states that have expanded their programs have so-called trigger laws that reverse the Medicaid expansion if the federal government decreases funding for the population.

The change could leave the 40 states that participate in the Obamacare program with a difficult set of choices. They could shoulder the extra costs to preserve Medicaid coverage for millions, make cuts to coverage or look for cuts from other large government programs to offset the reduction in federal funds.

Medicaid, which covers more than 70 million people, is the largest health insurance program in the nation, and the largest single source of funding for states. More than 21 million adults who were not eligible for Medicaid under pre-expansion guidelines received coverage last year. The program had previously restricted enrollment primarily to those who were pregnant, disabled or elderly. …”
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I can say from experience in State govt that the Federal contribution to Medicaid is THE Blockbuster lobbyist effort in this State . Forget keeping folks healthy It is the backbone of a massive Nursing Home industry and tons of Hospitals staying afloat
Be interesting to see what this very Republican Lobby does now ?
 
mpaer said:
I can say from experience in State govt that the Federal contribution to Medicaid is THE Blockbuster lobbyist effort in this State . Forget keeping folks healthy It is the backbone of a massive Nursing Home industry and tons of Hospitals staying afloat
Be interesting to see what this very Republican Lobby does now ?
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Hospice nurse in NC says they get a nice chunk from Medicaid. On pins and needles...
 
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Separately, Trump also just endorsed Ramaswamy for governor in Ohio.
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Whatever the chances of Byron Donalds, I seriously doubt that Casey DeSantis has any chance to become governor either. I still think the DeSantis family will be out of politics, at least for awhile, as of January 2027.
 
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Hospice nurse in NC says they get a nice chunk from Medicaid. On pins and needles...
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I can almost guarantee that our GOP state legislature won't vote an extra dime for Medicaid (or any other federal program Trump 2.0 cuts) in this state. To the contrary, they're creating their own state DOGE to start cutting "waste" from our own state budget, even thought they have controlled the state budget for 15 years and therefore own any corruption or waste that's in it.
 
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I can almost guarantee that our GOP state legislature won't vote an extra dime for Medicaid (or any other federal program Trump 2.0 cuts) in this state. To the contrary, they're creating their own state DOGE to start cutting "waste" from our own state budget, even thought they have controlled the state budget for 15 years and therefore own any corruption or waste that's in it.
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Read all this folks
 
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LOL. It's not going to lead to a "revival of faith" - not that it's the responsibility of schools to do that anyway. It's far more likely to turn even more kids and their parents against religion for having it forced down their throats. Whatever happened to churches and families/parents having the primary responsibility for teaching their kids religion? I guess the GOP figures that since parents won't teach their kids good ol' American Christianity and won't take their kids to church anymore they're just going to send church to school. Good luck with that.
 
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