'Death Star' State: The GOP's War on Democracy (DOCUMENTARY)
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- Опубликовано: 13 июн 2024
- A battle for the future of democracy is raging in Greg Abbott's Texas. In the summer of 2023, amid a deadly, record-breaking global heatwave, Republican Governor Abbott signed a bill that eliminated mandated water breaks for outdoor workers. When TRNN's Marc Steiner traveled to Texas to investigate this shocking story, he quickly learned that eliminating water breaks was just the tip of the iceberg. What House Bill 2127, known by opponents as the "Death Star Bill," actually does, and what it will actually mean for the people of Texas, is much more sinister. And people across the state, from unions and migrant justice groups to Democratic legislators and Republican Mayors, are pissed. In this special documentary report, "‘Death Star’ State: The GOP’s War on Democracy," Steiner reports from Austin and San Antonio on the state GOP's massive, authoritarian, corporate-serving power grab, stripping the people’s right to govern themselves and consolidating power in the Statehouse, the Governor’s Office, and the Chamber of Commerce.
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Hosted and Narrated by Marc Steiner
Directed by Maximillian Alvarez, Alexander Koffler, and Kayla Rivara
Written by Maximillian Alvarez and Marc Steiner
Filmed by Alexander Koffler
Post-Produced and Edited by Alexander Koffler
Audio Mastering by David Hebden
Special thanks to Jocelyn Dombroski, David Griscom, and Dharna Noor for providing additional production support.
Abbott needs to be recalled or impeached.
"TREASON" CHARGES AND "LIFE SENTENCES"!!!
It's called racism, they know a majority of them are undocumented.
Let’s deal with Joey Biden first. He is the real traitor.
Why? For the razor wire and trying to defend Texas from the invasion?
Why do Texans keep voting these people in?
Because these people rig the system so they can win. I was notified in 2020 that my mail-in-vote was not counted because of some rule I didn’t follow. I bet many other Texans had this same issue.
All I can guess from living here is that most people don’t vote, and those few that do just care about forcing Christianity on people 🫠
IQ
Historically Texas Democrats didn’t vote.
Fortunately Beto O’Roark is changing that. Currently he’s leading a “Stacy Abrams” style voters registration drive.
So Gross🤠😡🤠
Caught all those rapists in Texas yet Abbott😅
He made sure their victims will have to carry and deliver their babies
Same reason why California keeps putting people like Newsome in. Everyone is crazy
Just the illegal immigrant ones so far that Joe wanted here to vote dem
@@drganknstein You guys still running with that shit? Jesus Christ!!! Oh, that's right, Alternative Facts! I'd forgotten
How wheels was just bluffing
We live in a plutocratic duopoly. We never had democracy. What little sliver of democracy we had, we lost decades ago. You have to be utterly blind to not see that both parties are one and the same. Support the rich and corporations and war, screw the working man. It’s a pro wrestling match. One side plays the heel then the other. Class matters, not party lines. Wake up people.
This analysis is just nihilistic nonsense that ultimately helps the far right
@@ryri51And that's why there NO progress!! BOTH SIDES TOO TRIBAL!!!
@@patden9197 lmao no. One side is a bunch of backwards nationalists that want me and my friends dead and the other side wants to give everyone healthcare. The only tribalists are on the right. You are buying right wing propaganda when you say it is both sides.
@@ryri51 do you understand elections are won by those with the most funding and the funding received by politicians comes from rich donors with strings attached? these donors have the ability to fund both parties and get their policies pushed through no matter which side wins. unless you have two major donors with competing interests funding different parties it literally does not matter who wins. what each side says is simply marketing to their voter base. what they will do is determined by the alphabet institutions and the donors they entice on wall street.
With the caveat that one side actually wants to take away your right to political speech, which will crush all hope of an alternative forever. Maybe keep voting liberal capitalism (Democrats) in so that we experience a soft crash that we can exploit to introduce political change instead of set the stage for an early crackdown when our pants are still down.
Corporate America needs us to survive.
I think it's time we start to push back.
Any ideas??
Mass movement for ranked choice voting?
Just one, it shouldn't survive. We're passed the point of no return, either corporate america collapses so we aren't ruled by big money, or the world will give out and become incompatible for life. Something has to give.
Revoke corporate charters, easily done in any state legislature,thats why corporations seek centralized control.
Yeah, QUIT!!!
Not sure. Unionization would help, but...
Those who buy our government reps are all about getting more money.
So we have to make their bad behavior cost them A LOT of money.
Not just a 10 million dollar fine for, say, unaliving a few people.
10 million isn't much if a corporation pulls in more than that in a week.
And texas prisons don't have air conditioning
This is more important… than people who can walk away from a job
More important than what?
Horrifying.
Prison isn't supposed to be a cake-walk, it's supposed to be punishment that people do not want to relive.
@@archaicsage4803 That is not true. Prisons are supposed to exist for the purpose of containment. The punishment is the time and the reason they don’t have air conditioning in prisons is the same reason they don’t want to provide people ON THE JOB with water breaks. Because they don’t want to PAY.💰
Greg Abbot wants you to stop heat stroking and get back to work.
Texas should outlaw wheelchairs.
😂
😂😂😂 lmao
Outlaw and deport Governor Hot Wheels.
😂😂😂! Savage!
Gay Abby got to Go! 🤠
Very good presentation. I appreciate the work of all involved. 💪
And just as a heat dome is set to descend on the US!
At least the workers can quit and stay alive....prisoners don't have that ability
Good report
I agree 👍
We need government involvement in labor hands down.... America needs more unions.
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Government IS involving itself in labor, corporations whip the backs of workers, and the government rode in on a white horse and proclaimed "Enough, you selfish greedy oppressors and parasites" and proceeds to beat down the worker to save the corporation while saying "how dare they demand basic needs like food, water, and a home. How dare they speak out against the poor helpless corporation, how dare they believe they have the gall to unite and resist their betters." Government then cuts out the tongues of the workers so they could not speak, then mounts his white horse and rides off into the sunset, satisfied that his job is done
Texas is in Death Star play. It's also very early in the summer for these hot temperatures. And wait for Florida's ocean temperatures to top in at hot tub levels. When will people wake up?
Decline of the American Empire…Chickens coming home to roost…
Our choice is Trump or Biden…Democracy at its highest…
God bless America…🎉
@tixuas1 Er, no, Felon One is a toxic choice that will blow up American Democracy into smithereens. So there is really only one choice - if you prefer the rule of law over rule of gangster.
Er, no, Felon One is a toxic choice that will blow up American Democracy into smithereens. So there is really only one choice - if you prefer the rule of law over rule of gangster.
@@tixuas1
Felon One is not the same as Joe. Two different human categories, nature friendly and toxic.
Florida did the same. Our governor claims it's woke? Whatever that means?
De santis?
Woke means kind, considerate, compassionate, empathetic, rational and knowledgeable. All things that they despise.
Thanks for this. I'm in central Texas, born and raised. I voted for BETO. Hope he runs again. This is so scary.
Beto's already damaged. I am not saying you are not right or that he's bad, but perception for some is reality
Republicans and Naz!s look very much alike.
They are textbook fascists.
Good luck Texans!
Vote blue across the board.
@@sugaronmychurro No, vote out the globalists in both parties!
Criminals won
where is Texas workforce that backs the peoples rights. That’s right in the pocket of the politicians
Both the reporting and the commentary / outlook in this piece are exceptional! Bravo!
Death star actually eliminates pedestrian protections on intersection crosswalks.
Well, dang! Those pedestrians just need to open carry their firearms!
I'm joking. But not actually entirely joking. A vehicle is a de ad ly weapon.
Record heat wave over most of the country while my garden in the North West got wiped out by frost less than a week from the solstice. Never seen that before. Crazy weather.
San Antonio, Texas has had mandatory water restrictions and conservation policies for decades.
Not all of Texas is insanely Republican.
Ken Paxton really, REALLY hates voters in Harris County.
Ok living in Texas , except for the desert way south and west we have had above average rainfall and cooler temperatures than most summers so far, otherwise yes Texas is a post colonial Fascist state.
Abbott needs a job workin out in the sunny fealds for min. Wage 12hour day payed once every 2weeks.
It is insane that local rules are banned in Texas. There are EIGHT distinct climate zones in Texas, so local work rules make more sense here than most other states. Lord knows we already have more heat deaths than anywhere else.
Who would live in a country that does this. Come to Australia where conditions are humane and we don’t run everything by money 😊
I looked emigration requirements up for Oz.
Y'all ain't taking me unless I have $45,000 US dollars in the bank.
The devil likes it warm.
Great story, people must fight back against the uniparty of oligarchs!
Fight right wing lies. Oh man so funny. Reject ALL the lies.
America is three corporations in a trenchcoat posing as a country, a total farce. The rich can get the government to even legalize fullblown murder and mass death by corporate hands just by throwing money at it. Death by outlawing water breaks in a heatwave is a corporate death mandate.
Your vote have power… use it
I worked doing construction labor in central Florida. Usually it was outside. Gotta have water for sure. We could all get water SOME workers would bring beer. We managed ...😎🌴 I liked the Sun Country wine coolers 🤪
Gov desantis did the same in florida!
Go Republicans good idea profits before people!! We are expendable....
Wow... that's the Best, most informative and interesting video I've seen in a long time...and I watch all day, every day.❤
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Texas did outlaw wheelchairs.
Well said thank you
They're doing it in Florida, too.
Isn’t the fact that Texas is 50th for the ease of being able to vote partly responsible for the drop in voting ?
Short answer: yes.
Long answer: YESSSSS.
They have the longest period of early voting out of all the states, which recently was made an even longer period of time.
It doesnt really have anything to do with ease of voting. People just dont vote.
JUST REMEMBER, THIS CHANNEL CANCELLED CHRIS HEDGES TO ONLY FOCUS ON THE REPUBLICANS!!!!!!
When??????
Vote blue people! If not this maybe the last election cycle you get to vote
Honestly, Abbott should set the example, wear a suit and tie, including the jacket. Turn off the AC in all the state buildings, turn off the elevators, use the stairs.... and yes I know he's in a wheelchair but that's no excuse.
Most of the people in this country over 45 years old grew up in households and went to schools with no AC. I think theyll be fine.
@@stonergene Most people can take a water break especially on a 115° day but not in Texas or Florida. Even in the Army and Marines when the temps hit a certain level, water breaks are mandatory but I guess Abbott and DeSantis know more than the military.
@@JarheadMcLovinYou may want to read the bill. It doesnt say anywhere that workers arent allowed to carry their own water with them, allowing workers to drink whenever/wherever theyd like. In fact, it doesnt say anything about water at all. You might think preemption shouldnt exist in this circumstance, but the ordinances happen to be in addition to state law regarding breaks in general, which happen to coincide with the length of time in which workers are already allowed breaks. All it does is eliminate redundancy as well as reinforce preemption of laws already in place. Employers have their own policies in place regarding the issue of safety, and the state signed off on that agreement when the contracts were signed. Safety is also regulated by OSHA, which TX cannot skirt. Im not sure why theres a need for a 4th or 5th party involved when it comes to regulating something thats already available to workers.
Youve been fed falsehoods and you ate it up. Do better.
Fantastic film.
It's comforting to see ALL sides of the political spectrum doing what they've always done... Divide and conquer for the sake of the system.
Damn immigrants 🙄. What global warming 🙄? Water breaks? Are you kidding me? I guess immigrants do come in handy after all 🤨. Abbott is half the man I am 🙂.
Unbelievable totally unbelievable i have no one to vote for.
Wonderful!!!
Governor, Ghoul Abbott?
LOL texas - you got it coming
With a duopoly to vote for that is both BRIBED by the same CONFLICTS-OF-INTEREST . I'm sure it's not just the GOP that's causing the problem !
Most GOPs campaign donations come from in state donors. Democrats campaign donations come from all over the country and world. This is a known fact based on info that is available to the public.
Well deserved record breaking heat for ungodly hypocrisy!
Can't we just kick Texas out of the Union?
My friend an important Mexican professor explained to me that Mexicans are still mad that Texas became part of the U.S. I replied that Americans don't like Texas at all and would gladly give it back. He chuckled and said that the way it is now Mexico wouldn't want it either!
Yet they still line up to come here.
Governments LOVE to mandate this and ban that. Subsidize this thing and Sanction that thing - all for '"The Greater Good". I'm no fan of Gregg Abbott but maybe what he did was ban the mandate for water breaks. He didn't forbid workers from taking water breaks or carrying water with them on the job. Employees need to defend their right to hydrate themselves as needed and fight employers that deny that right.
Gop Dominance at state level,authorisation, we challenge a truthfull Debates 🕊🌹🕊🕊💯💪
Thats what parliament looks like.
These actions of Greg Abbott or lack of goes to show how little he thinks of the common hard working person! He and others of the GOP have got to be voted out asap! They just don’t care except for what’s good for them! Vote blue!
The dems are no better.
& Dems do jack shit about anything but complain. 2 sides, same coin
Don't vote for globalists in either party!
Oh yeah we are fucked.
I still think Im right. If the South leaves the Union ...BYE! 😅
We live in a republic not a democracy..fjb
Our politicians live in the realm of democracy because our votes depend on whether or not they have a job. So when you hear politicians use the phrase "a threat to our democracy" what theyre really telling you is "a threat to our position of power".
AMMERICAINS HAPPY PATRIOTS FROM ALL COMMUNTYS
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Please publish this video
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When you mix capitalists, christians and conservatives, nothing good can come of it.
Here you are, typing away on a device distributed by capitalistic means and living under laws based on Judeo/Christian values/laws. When are you leaving?
@@stonergene No time soon. I’m here to spread the Word on how a Worker can get a job, backed by a Union, and overcome the excesses of the Evil Triumvirate across Our Land. I may not be able to unite Citizens around the World, but I’ll do my best, here, in the Land of Diminishing Freedom, to bring its Workers together. The CCC doesn’t get me down!
Don't feed the beast ...
😂 RNN becoming more and more like CNN, Clinton and Reagan admins threw our democracy overseas.
I'll lay ya 5 he'll be Trump's running mate.
Ken Paxton is in the running for VP.
They evidentally like what they have in Abbot. They had a chance to change things last year but like most republican states they would vote to harm themselves bc they are straight up republicans. They vote republican before they vote for themselves and their state. Make it make since!
Who’s “They?” The population is not a hive mind. This shit is deeper than these bullshit elections you think matter
What happened to proof reading? "Texas just yecorded..." Then to use it in a video... what is our world coming to?
Textbook totalitarianism
KENNEDY 2024 1000%
Texas never joined the union
Yes they tho still remain a Republic...!
Umm…..Texas entered the Union December 29, 1845. Stop banning books and read one please.
As california proclaims it's republic via democratic dominant.
Same tactics 1000+ year's
Im voting for the guy the entire government is afraid of
Bernie Sanders, then?
As an American veteran, I will never vote for a convicted felon.
That's f cking stupid.
@@rcpilot179 labels are meaningless... If the govt tells you not to do something, u must be asking 100 questions
@@rcpilot179
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Loved by rich people though.
WOW so original. much sovereign thought.
This report is 🗑️
You can’t both for and against Qualified Immunity.
Vote Blue.💙💙💙💙💙
GOD BLESS TEXAS and FJB
Texas is no worse off than New Mexico or Louisiana.. Texas is HOT!! But it is not worse than other states. Try living in Kingman Arizona for starters. :P
This's not real people about real issues just digging
Got rid of Chris Hedges. I'm gone too! UNSUBSCRIBED.
This is propaganda. BS!
BS, I lived in NM on the Texas border from 2004 to 2015. We had several years of 100+ temperatures for over 100 days and I worked for a Utility. We had no issues of heat stress as the company provided areas for rest and lunch that were not in the heat.
Try working on a fracing job where the daily is 104° tops. But when you got 40+ pump trucks running full throttle and other accessories outside of that perimeter. Temperatures hit up to 150° on that pad as you walk around looking for the devil.
So we should just have the government regulate companies out of business and drive up the cost on goods? Look at the new regulations being put on the auto industry that is going to raise the cost of vehicles. By putting all sorts of regulations is one reason why so many jobs leave certain areas. Remember the phrase "we're from the government and here to help".
Regulation is there to protect the people and the environment! Jobs leave because of limitless greed of shareholders!
Far right lies and far left lies too .
The worker should know when they need a break.
If it’s too many times that up the employer . But at the same time if the employer is too strict they will loose lots of good help.
Let the free market decide . We don’t need more regulation!!!!
I'm glad I live in an area that will still be liveable despite climate change. We're definitely seeing extreme changes, but nothing that's gonna be half as bad as the South or coastal States.
😂 Are you absolutely insane?
Sounds like a Russian plan
we are a constitutional republic nit a democracy although we do hold democratic ideals but a pure democracy is closer to communism
What complete bull shit