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turbinetree

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Sat Aug 2, 2025, 08:58 PM Aug 2

Conservative Suggests 'De-Chartering' All Cities [View all]

The president of the Heritage Foundation openly calls for American apartheid.

By Frances Langum — August 2, 2025

The president of the organization that essentially invented second-term Trumpism isn't content with what the Trump administration has done, and what it intends to do, at the federal level. If you live in a big city in a red state, it wants your state to take away your right to self-governance.

Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts urged right-wing state legislators this month to “de-charter” liberal capital cities and replace them with “state municipal districts.” ...

"When we have cities like Austin, or Nashville, or other capital cities whose local government is not representative of the will of the people, de-charter them and establish them as state municipal districts in the name of common sense,” he urged.

https://crooksandliars.com/2025/08/conservative-suggests-de-chartering-all

Hey Roberts ever hear or read the Constitution..............try it ..............what you are proposing is a fascist state also................

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The media REALLY need to stop using the term "conservative" spooky3 Aug 2 #1
I agree .............this is not conservative at all............. turbinetree Aug 2 #2
"Fascist" is a better moniker. no_hypocrisy Aug 2 #4
The media/billionaires Hornedfrog2000 Aug 2 #9
Crooksandliars is not billionaire-owned. Nt spooky3 Aug 2 #11
Bingo! Yesterday's conservative is considered left KPN Aug 2 #15
The Heritage Foundation is a terrorist organization! Initech Aug 3 #24
When the Regime is brought to heel by we the people JustAnotherGen Aug 3 #27
'...stop using the term "conservative"' J_William_Ryan Aug 2 #3
And don't forget Hell-bound! calimary Aug 2 #6
Worse than communism. Baitball Blogger Aug 2 #5
there is that word again, ""common sense " . whose ? theirs! AllaN01Bear Aug 2 #7
So much for "local control". North Coast Lawyer Aug 2 #8
"whose local government is not representative of the will of the people" Dulcinea Aug 2 #10
Yup, it seems these facsists have contempt for zorbasd Aug 2 #16
Abso-fuckin'-lutely! GiqueCee Aug 2 #20
The majority of Americans are liberal even if they've forgotten the word. rickyhall Aug 2 #12
It's OUR job to make sure that happens. Dulcinea Aug 2 #18
There it is. Tech bros are gonna get their city-states where they can be kings FoggyLake Aug 2 #13
Whoa, that sounds like what Rick Snyder did in Michigan PatSeg Aug 2 #14
My first thoughts too. Yes, same basic playbook, only the names differ. nt eppur_se_muova Aug 3 #21
Yes, another way to destroy democracy PatSeg Aug 3 #28
Is that something like what then-Governor Snyder did to Detroit in MI? Sogo Aug 2 #17
Evil of this magnitude... GiqueCee Aug 2 #19
Why is fascism/nazism considered common sense? LS0999 Aug 3 #22
Sorry, assholes, but I don't want to live in North Korea, ok? Initech Aug 3 #23
"Districts": how Hunger Games of them. Nt BadgerKid Aug 3 #25
This will trigger JustAnotherGen Aug 3 #26
Common sense would say that city dwellers have right to govern themselves Aristus Aug 3 #29
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