It has been a day of Republican politicians being simply gawdawful, even in comparison with the traditional gawdawful. Louisiana Sen. Invoice Cassidy’s protection of his state’s horrific maternal demise charges—with a declare that the speed would not be as unhealthy if you happen to simply excluded his state’s Black residents—is likely to be one for the report books. Texas Republicans, in the meantime, are taking the subsequent step after successfully banning abortion of their state, vowing that they are additionally going to retaliate towards companies that reimburse their workers for the inevitable rise in medical prices.
It will be a bizarre future. Firms like Elon Musk’s Tesla are transferring to Texas in order that they will kill staff with much less consequence, however will Texas’ willingness to let corporations get away with homicide offset the additional company prices of attracting high-value staff to stay in a racist, uterus-policing theocracy? That is going to be fairly the balancing act. Perhaps Musk can put the theocracy in a tunnel? Would that assist?
