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A Foundational Shift
What to Know: According to exit polls, the Republican Party lost ground with white men, while gaining new votes from Blacks, Hispanics and white women. ([link removed] ) Thatâs the opposite of what weâve been told would happen.
The TPPF Take: Thereâs a new working class coalition that is multi-racial, multi-ethnic and conservative.
âThe new coalition rejects the premise of the New York Timesâ 1619 Project, the grand critique of America, which says the U.S. is fundamentally racist and a real-life dystopia,â says TPPFâs Kevin Roberts. âThey know better. Itâs the country they or their parents or their grandparents came to, and in many cases, fled to. The America they experience is one of opportunity and freedom.â
For more on the shift in the American politics, click here.
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Special Needs
What to Know: Texas schools still failing special education students, a federal review finds. ([link removed] )
The TPPF Take: Special needs students deserve the same quality of education other Texas students receive, and school systems must work to ensure families have options available to them.
âMy childhood involved times of frustration, disappointment, guilt, and depression because of my undiagnosed autism,â says TPPF Liberty Leadership Council member Jason Heye. âI went on to earn a graduate degree in special education. What I learned in the classroomâboth as a child struggling with autism and as a grad student learning how to intervene on behalf of kids like meâis that special education is not like regular classroom teaching. Therefore, we must not treat it as such.â
For more on Jasonâs journey, click here.
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Primary Care Burnout
What to Know: The pandemic is further stressing primary care doctors, increasing physician burnout. ([link removed] )
The TPPF Take: Direct Primary Care could help.
âPrimary care is in a state of crisis characterized by physician burnout, outsized patient panels, increased administrative burden, reduced time spent with patients, low reimbursement, and a shrinking workforce,â says TPPFâs David Balat. âBy reducing administrative burden and allowing primary care providers to spend more time with patients, Direct Primary Care addresses many of these challenges.â
For more on Direct Primary Care, click here.
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