{"id":390809,"date":"2018-12-28T08:51:29","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T07:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/the-gop-will-keep-developing-new-ways-to-subvert-public-will\/"},"modified":"2018-12-28T08:51:29","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T07:51:29","slug":"the-gop-will-keep-developing-new-ways-to-subvert-public-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/the-gop-will-keep-developing-new-ways-to-subvert-public-will\/","title":{"rendered":"The GOP Will Keep Developing New Ways to Subvert Public Will"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure class=\"featured-media wp-caption\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"770\" src=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2018_1227-wis-1200x770.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Protesters sit in the Capitol Rotunda waiting to hear on legislation in a special session called by Republicans on December 4, 2018, in Madison, Wisconsin. Wisconsin Republicans passed a series of proposals that will weaken the authority of Governor-elect Tony Evers and incoming Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul.\" itemprop=\"url\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2018_1227-wis-1200x770.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2018_1227-wis-200x128.jpg 200w, https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2018_1227-wis-400x257.jpg 400w, https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2018_1227-wis-800x513.jpg 800w, https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2018_1227-wis.jpg 2400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"770\" src=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Truthout-Default-Image-1200x900.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image to4-lazy-load\" alt=\"Protesters sit in the Capitol Rotunda waiting to hear on legislation in a special session called by Republicans on December 4, 2018, in Madison, Wisconsin. Wisconsin Republicans passed a series of proposals that will weaken the authority of Governor-elect Tony Evers and incoming Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul.\" itemprop=\"url\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2018_1227-wis-1200x770.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2018_1227-wis-1200x770.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2018_1227-wis-200x128.jpg 200w, https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2018_1227-wis-400x257.jpg 400w, https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2018_1227-wis-800x513.jpg 800w, https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2018_1227-wis.jpg 2400w\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\" itemprop=\"caption\">Protesters sit in the Capitol Rotunda waiting to hear on legislation in a special session called by Republicans on December 4, 2018, in Madison, Wisconsin. Wisconsin Republicans passed a series of proposals that will weaken the authority of Governor-elect Tony Evers and incoming Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul. <\/figcaption><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-credit\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Andy Manis \/ Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"introtext\">Janine Jackson interviewed Paul Rosenberg about Republican post-election power grabs for the <a href=\"https:\/\/fair.org\/home\/paul-rosenberg-on-gop-power-grabs-mariana-viturro-on-domestic-workers-bill-of-rights\/\">December 14, 2018, episode<\/a> of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript.<\/aside>\n<p><strong>Janine Jackson: One can make too much of political gestures. But when 44 former senators <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/we-are-former-senators-the-senate-has-long-stood-in-defense-of-democracy--and-must-again\/2018\/12\/10\/3adfbdea-fca1-11e8-ad40-cdfd0e0dd65a_story.html?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.248de3810ab3\">co-sign<\/a> an op-ed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/we-are-former-senators-the-senate-has-long-stood-in-defense-of-democracy--and-must-again\/2018\/12\/10\/3adfbdea-fca1-11e8-ad40-cdfd0e0dd65a_story.html?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.6f376b18163c\">declaring<\/a> that the country is \u201centering a dangerous period,\u201d there may be something to see here. The piece, signed by 32 Democrats, ten Republicans and two independents, had reference to investigations of Donald Trump. But the ex-lawmakers\u2019 stated concern about \u201cthe rule of law and the ability of our institutions to function freely and independently\u201d could be well-applied in numerous places around the country. Where, as our next guest reports, we are seeing in the wake of the midterms, \u201ca red tide of anti-democratic power grabs \u2014 strategies, tactics and rationales designed to deny the will of the voters.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Paul Rosenberg is a writer and activist. He\u2019s senior editor for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.randomlengthsnews.com\/\">Random Lengths News<\/a>, as well as a columnist for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aljazeera\/\">Al Jazeera English<\/a> and a contributor at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/\">Salon.com<\/a>. He joins us now by phone from Southern California. Welcome back to CounterSpin, Paul Rosenberg.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"banner_wrapper\" style=\"\">\n<div id=\"banner-247292\" class=\"banner subscribe-banner  banner-247292 bottom vert custom-banners-theme-default_style\" style=\"\"><a class=\"custom_banners_big_link\" href=\"#\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"banner_caption\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"banner_caption_inner\">\n<div class=\"banner_caption_text\" style=\"\">\n<p><strong>The stories you care about, right at your fingertips<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Get Truthout&#8217;s daily edition delivered to your inbox.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Paul Rosenberg<\/b>: Thank you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There\u2019s a lot of skullduggery to talk about. I know in your recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2018\/12\/09\/gops-anti-democratic-red-tide-its-ugly-but-its-nothing-new\/\">piece<\/a> for Salon, you break it into some different categories, but really, start anywhere you like on these power grabs that are going on.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think the most blatant, that has gotten the most attention, have been in Wisconsin and secondarily in Michigan, where you just have this wholesale rebellion&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/audio\/the-gop-will-keep-developing-new-ways-to-subvert-public-will\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protesters sit in the Capitol Rotunda waiting to hear on legislation in a special session called by Republicans on December 4, 2018, in Madison, Wisconsin. Wisconsin Republicans passed a series of proposals that will weaken the authority of Governor-elect Tony Evers and incoming Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul. 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