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Port: From Bismarck to Washington, D.C., Trump-era Republicanism is about authoritarianism
MINOT, N.D. — Over lunch at the moment, a Republican good friend and I mentioned the political realignment at work in America.
Particularly, the best way Republicans, who as soon as upon a time stood for concepts like “private accountability” and “particular person liberty,” who as soon as harbored a wholesome skepticism of presidency authority, now have few compunctions about authorities energy so long as they’re those wielding it.
Our dialog was within the context of the guide bans —
two of them, one solely barely much less repugnant than the opposite
— which our
priggish prudes within the Legislature
have handed and despatched to Gov. Doug Burgum’s desk.
When you watched the ground debates round these payments, it was clear that lots of the lawmakers supporting them are within the grip of an ethical panic. They’ve satisfied themselves that our libraries are dens of pornography. That “liberal librarians,” hopped up on the “LGBTQ agenda,” try to groom children like pedophiles.
It is an epidemic that exists of their heads.
However whereas we talked, one other good friend despatched me a Twitter hyperlink that higher exemplified this pattern amongst Republicans away from resistance to massive authorities micromanaging our lives and towards help for it.
Behold Sen. J.D. Vance, an exemplar of Trump-style Republicanism, arguing in favor of socialized well being care.
Sure, socialized well being care. As a result of if the federal government controls our well being care, then the federal government may management our well being care selections round issues like vaccination and gender-affirming well being care.
One robust reply for the American Proper: the Swedish system—a “socialized” system—is way more skeptical of how the revenue motives of the well being care business encourage actually gross public well being coverage.
— J.D. Vance (@JDVance1) April 19, 2023
In case your head is spinning, I can perceive why. It looks like this shift amongst Republicans, from a principled limited-government ideology to big-government authoritarianism, has occurred shortly.
No surprise so many distinguished Republicans adore individuals
like Russian chief Vladimir Putin,
and
Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban.
Trump was simply on tv
praising Chinese language chief Xi Jinping,
who heads up a censorious authorities that has put tens of millions in focus camps. It is the authoritarianism they love, and apparently want to replicate right here.
The conservatism I grew up with, the ideology I’ve spent my complete grownup life selling, abhors this idea Vance is selling.
And but, this now appears central to fashionable Republicanism. Trump is on the marketing campaign path telling his supporters,
“I’m your retribution,”
a literal promise to make use of one other 4 years within the White Home to punish their political enemies.
Vance is on Twitter argument for a nationalized well being care system that can be utilized as a political weapon.
And right here, in North Dakota, now we have lawmakers out to control pronouns and suppress books they do not like.
None of this has something to do with limiting authorities or bolstering particular person freedom. It is a group of individuals attempting to realize management of presidency, and develop its energy, in order that they will use it to impose their values, their views, and their existence, on everybody else.
All of which must be a cautionary story for our liberal buddies, who are sometimes in favor of rising authorities, and authorities authority, as a option to resolve societal ills and enhance the lives of People. However would you like a nationalized well being care system if a authorities managed by the likes of Trump and Vance can use it to dam vaccines and well being care practices they oppose?
The danger in rising the dimensions and energy of presidency is that, inevitably, some individuals you do not like come up with it.
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D.C’s five-week countdown to summer starts with a dim Friday
The five weeks leading to summer started Friday, but in the District, Friday was also a day of overcast that concluded two weeks of clouds or rain.
Friday was the first day of the 35-day period that concludes on June 20, which this year is the day of the solstice, the start of astronomical summer.
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Real ID: How to get yours in DC, Maryland & Virginia as deadline approaches
WASHINGTON – Americans have a little less than one year to get the Real ID they will need to board domestic flights or enter certain federal facilities.
All 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and five U.S. territories are covered by the Real ID Act which was passed by Congress in 2005.
The new form of identification incorporates anti-counterfeiting technology and uses documentary evidence and record checks to ensure a person is who they claim to be.
The Department of Homeland Security pushed back the deadline several times during the COVID-19 outbreak. The current deadline is May 7, 2025.
An example of a Washington, D.C. REAL ID provided by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
How do I get a REAL ID in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia
At a minimum, you must provide documentation showing:
1) Full Legal Name
2) Date of Birth
3) Social Security Number
4) Two Proofs of Address of Principal Residence
5) Lawful Status.
Use these links to check D.C., Maryland, Virginia DMVs for any additional requirements:
DC Department of Motor Vehicles
Maryland Department of Transportation
Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles
What is REAL ID?
Passed by Congress in 2005, the REAL ID Act enacted the 9/11 Commission’s recommendation that the Federal Government “set standards for the issuance of sources of identification, such as driver’s licenses.” The Act established minimum security standards for state-issued driver’s licenses and identification cards and prohibits certain federal agencies from accepting for official purposes licenses and identification cards from states that do not meet these standards. These purposes are:
Accessing certain federal facilities
Boarding federally regulated commercial aircraft
Entering nuclear power plants
What happens when the REAL ID enforcement date begins?
Federal agencies, including DHS and TSA, may only accept state-issued driver’s licenses and identification cards as identification for purposes of accessing federal facilities – including TSA airport security checkpoints – if the license or card was issued by a REAL ID compliant state in accordance with the REAL ID security standards (meaning the license or card must include the REAL ID compliant star marking).
Real ID also will be required to enter some federal facilities such as military bases.
Here are some of the most frequently asked questions about making sure you are REAL ID ready.
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