* Voter registration drives statistically mostly help low income, students, and POC, so Florida Republicans are doing their best to get rid of them. Of course. They are doing the same in Kansas and a number of other states. Democracy being anathema to modern Republican politician, further disenfranchising POC and the poor is an obvious next move.
* The crowds going to Republican Town Hall Meetings to complain about them voting to abolish Medicare are mostly bigger than the corporate funded Tea Party crowds at the democratic Town halls during health care reform.
* Today, Vermont got very close to a single payer state health care system. Fingers crossed on them succeeding.
* In Syria, the government is shooting at people who are coming to collect their dead. The Syrian government is calling these unarmed civilians "terrorists." After all, collecting your dead for burial is clearly a criminal act that would terrorize the populace, right? Seems like the opposite to me.
* I'm reaching the point where I want to yell "Shut up! Shut up!" at the TV whenever Donald Trump or Royal Wedding stuff appears on it.
* There appears to be flooding and serious risk of more along the Mississippi. Levies are breaking in Missouri. Those of you in that region, stay safe.
* sparkindarkness' Bad News Roundup: http://www.sparkindarkness.com/2011/04/bad-bews-round-up.html
Violence Edition: http://www.sparkindarkness.com/2011/04/bad-news-round-up-violence.html
* Word: http://feyandstrange.livejournal.com/1076891.html
* Rachel Maddow on Republican attempts to prevent children of those who are not rich from getting an education: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/#42773719
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