{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "State Legislatures Are Torching Democracy", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/691891565929611264/", "html": "<p class=\"npf_link\" data-npf='{\"type\":\"link\",\"url\":\"https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newyorker.com%2Fmagazine%2F2022%2F08%2F15%2Fstate-legislatures-are-torching-democracy&amp;t=MDExN2EyMmMyMGM5OTc1ZGM2YjdkZjVlYTQ5Mzg3ZmFlM2M1MjQxNSxjMTFkN2NiMjQzMGJmZGZlNmY4OTAyZWEwMjBmNTQxMDJhZTRiODZm&amp;ts=1659838986\",\"display_url\":\"https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newyorker.com%2Fmagazine%2F2022%2F08%2F15%2Fstate-legislatures-are-torching-democracy&amp;t=MDExN2EyMmMyMGM5OTc1ZGM2YjdkZjVlYTQ5Mzg3ZmFlM2M1MjQxNSxjMTFkN2NiMjQzMGJmZGZlNmY4OTAyZWEwMjBmNTQxMDJhZTRiODZm&amp;ts=1659838986\",\"title\":\"State Legislatures Are Torching Democracy\",\"description\":\"Even in moderate places like Ohio, gerrymandering has let unchecked Republicans pass extremist laws that could never make it through Congres\",\"site_name\":\"The New Yorker\",\"poster\":[{\"media_key\":\"11b06e52272a03835d82590644c46dee:946cf5f29a6a57f8-0b\",\"type\":\"image/jpeg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720}]}'><a href=\"https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newyorker.com%2Fmagazine%2F2022%2F08%2F15%2Fstate-legislatures-are-torching-democracy&amp;t=MDExN2EyMmMyMGM5OTc1ZGM2YjdkZjVlYTQ5Mzg3ZmFlM2M1MjQxNSxjMTFkN2NiMjQzMGJmZGZlNmY4OTAyZWEwMjBmNTQxMDJhZTRiODZm&amp;ts=1659838986\" target=\"_blank\">State Legislatures Are Torching Democracy</a></p><blockquote class=\"npf_indented\"><p>\u201cOhio is about the second most gerrymandered statehouse in the country,\u201d Niven told me. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t have a voter base to support a total abortion ban, yet that\u2019s a likely outcome.\u201d He concluded, \u201cOhio has become the Hindenburg of democracy.\u201d</p></blockquote><p>The Zeppelin named for <a href=\"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_von_Hindenburg\" target=\"_blank\">Paul von Hindenburg</a>, the President of Germany who appointed Adolf Hitler as Chancellor, is really too overloaded a reference to be helpful here.</p>"}