Parent is stretching a few bits of actual news to absurdity, for rhetorical effect. Conservative state governments battling liberal city/metro governments for

Parent is stretching a few bits of actual news to absurdity, for rhetorical effect. Conservative state governments battling liberal city/metro governments for power. E.g. https://apnews.com/article/texas-death-star-water-breaks-construction-workers-2654af3e256274dd43b52bdf149a0ebc https://apnews.com/article/texas-death-star-water-breaks-con... Some rather draconian "election reforms." E.g. https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/18/politics/georgia-election-law-ban-food-water-voters-line/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/18/politics/georgia-election-law...