@GottaLaff Despite their claims of interpreting the Constitution from the point of view of the framers, not only do they ignore the whole "militia" thing, they also ignore that guns at the time were commonly stored in armories, not in automobiles and under pillows or down one's trousers.
The #Republican puppets on #SCOTUS only care about gun industry profits and those sweet NRA gifts they neglect to disclose.
"The villain in American politics isnāt the political party system, itās the segment of the population determined to remain uninformed and misinformed so they can cling to their biased and illogical opinions. They are the easily manipulated mob and the politicians feeding them disinformation are mobsters."
>> "The villain in American politics isnāt the political party system, itās the segment of the population determined to remain uninformed and misinformed so they can cling to their biased and illogical opinions. They are the easily manipulated mob and the politicians feeding them disinformation are mobsters."
The irony isn't lost on me that on the night the #saintlouiscardinals & #mlb honor the #negroleagues , that a St Louis based #republican candidate for state AG told black people to "leave the US"
Today in Labor History June 20, 1763: Wolfe Tone, Irish rebel leader, was born. He helped create the United Irishmen, a Republican organization that fought against British rule in Ireland. The United Irishmen was a relatively nonsectarian organization that united Irishmen of both Protestant and Catholic backgrounds. Wolfe Tone also led the Irish Rebellion of 1798. The leaders of this major uprising were inspired by the French and American Revolutions. They started off strong, winning many battles. However, in the end, the British prevailed, killing up to 50,000 rebels and civilians. Wolfe Tone said, āOur independence must be had at all hazards. If the men with property will not support us, they must fall. We can support ourselves by the aid of that numerous and respectable class of the community: the men of no property.ā The British captured Wolfe Tone in November, 1798. Scholars believe he committed suicide in prison a few days later.
āFrom the start of the investigation into Donald Trumpās mishandling of #ClassifiedDocuments, U.S. District Judge #AileenCannon has seemed inclined to act in favor of the president who appointed her. Now, Cannon might be poised to issue her most audacious ruling yet, on #Trumpās far-fetched bid to have the #indictment#dismissed on the grounds that special counsel #JackSmithās appointment is constitutionally invalid.
Rep. Matt Gaetz may have "engaged in sexual misconduct and illicit drug use, accepted improper gifts, dispensed special privileges and favors to individuals with whom he had a personal relationship, and sought to obstruct government investigations of his conduct." - House Ethics Committee https://ethics.house.gov/press-releases/statement-regarding-matter-representative-matt-gaetz
@w7voa We need no more data points to prove that #MAGA/ #Republican is a criminal organization. Anyone who vote for or or otherwise supports these people are criminals.
#Women are still being charged for #contraception even though federal #law dictates it should be free. The chair of the #Senate#health cmte wants a govt watchdog to investigate why.
Under the #ACA, health plans are required to provide #BirthControl to patients as a #preventive. Repeated probes have found that plans flout the law & #patients are asked to pay, Sen #BernieSanders said in a letter being sent Mon to the Govt #Accountability Office.
Former President Trump calls Ukrainian President #Zelensky "the greatest salesman of any politician that's ever lived," remarking on the $60 billion Ukraine recently received to fight against #Russia's invasion. The 2024 presumptive #Republican nominee goes on to say, āIt never ends. I will have that settled prior to taking the White House as president-elect. ... Gotta stop it."
"For years now, a number of #conservative commentators and #extremist lawmakers have been grumbling that getting #divorced these days is too damn easy and something needs to be done about it to save the sanctity of #marriage and uphold family #values. Which, when you translate it from #Republican-speak to plain English, means: we need to make it easier for men to treat #women like their #property."
ā¦the #judiciary is an equal branch of #government & congressional #Democrats have limited opportunities to enact concrete changes.ā¦
#Republicans, who control the #House, oppose legislation to tighten ethical guidelines for the justices & have portrayed overhaul as a political effort to damage the legitimacy of a #conservative#SCOTUS that has delivered them major victories on #abortion & other issues [+ they worked decades to install this court].
A unanimous consent vote, a largely symbolic effort since it only required a single #Republican to block the measure, was scuttled by Sen. #LindseyGraham (R-SC), who also sits on the #Judiciary Cmte. Graham said the bill threatened the independence of the judiciary.
āLetās be clear, this is not about improving the court, this is about undermining the court,ā Graham said. āThis would be an unconstitutional overreach.ā [āfalse]
#HarlanCrow is more than #SCOTUS Justice #ClarenceThomasās secret patronāheās also deeply intertwined w/the shadowy world of #Republican#DarkMoney. Crow personally took part in the creation of the post- #CitizensUnited dark money system & secretly helped bankroll some of the groups.
#HarlanCrowās political spending started long BEFORE #CitizensUnited opened the floodgates for anonymous moneyā¦in 2010. 1977ā2009, Crow & his cos gave >$2.4M to fed candidates, parties, PACs, & other pol entities.
SINCE Citizens United, heās REPORTED spending $13.8M on federal #politics. But thatās not all. While itās impossible to track Crowās #undisclosed political giving, public info shows longstanding ties to the biggest figures & groups in #Republican#DarkMoney. #SCOTUS#law#ActivistCourt
I canāt mince words when it comes to talking about who Donald #Trump is. Itās important, I think, for people to really refocus on the idea that: Do they really want a president who is a felon who faces jail time? Donald Trump was convicted of 34 counts by a jury of his peers after being held liable for rape, and the discussion at the water cooler is whether that should be an issue in the presidential race. Weāre already in the pot, folks. Republicans have been increasing the temperature for eight years. We better hop out soon or itās going to boil us all to death ā Gov JB Pritzker #quotes#quote#ConvictedFelonTrump#AdjudicatedRapist#TwiceImpeached#Unfit#NotWell#Confused#Muddled#Disoriented#CrazyCandidate#Republican#GOP
Sharks, #Trump claimed, were attacking more than usual (not true) & posed a new risk bc boats were being required to use batteries (not true), which cause them to sink bc theyāre too heavy (really, really not trueāthe worldās heaviest cruise ship, Icon of the Seas, stays afloat bc of laws of #physics despite weighing >550M lbs).
Still, #Trump appears to be benefiting from the sheer superfluity of crazy. At rallies, the former president makes stream-of-consciousness statements that would raise questions about the mental acuity of anyone who said them at, say, the tail end of a night at a neighborhood bar, but that somehow donāt generate the same level of concern within the #press or the #Republican Party when Trump says them in front of a cheering crowd. #FourthEstate#journalism#media#VeryStableGenius#BidenHarris2024
#Republicans introduce bill to #ban federal #DEI programs
The measure backed by several #GOPlawmakers would also halt federal #funding for agencies, #schools & other orgs that have DEI policies. Republican legislators introduced a bill that would end all federal #diversity, #equity & #inclusion programs, & end funding for government agencies, contractors, schools & other organizations that have their own DEI programs.
#House Speaker #MikeJohnson has a tendency to think that when things go bad for his party, itās the product of gross legislative mismanagement, judicial #weaponization, & a vast executive #conspiracy. But when his party wants to do something, itās because #justice is swift & everything is proceeding according to plan. #HouseRepublicansā efforts to hold AG #MerrickGarland are no exception to this trend.
according to google translate, the translation from #republican to everyday English of 'we want to stop DEI programs' is 'we are corrupt , racist, xenophobic, mysogynistic and homophobic'
While helpful, the provision wonāt be a panacea, said Tim Whitehouse, the exec dir of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility [#PEER ], a nonprofitā¦, which helped advise #AFGE on the #ScientificIntegrity language.
āIt will be impossible to fully #Trump-proof any agency or protect any #scientist if Trump wins a new term & either the #House or #Senate is in #Republican control,ā Whitehouse said. āThen there will be absolutely no meaningful #oversight.ā
'Georgia Is Our Laboratory': Inside Trump's Plan to Rig 2024
Team #Trump sees #Georgia as 'a road map' for putting Trump's heads-I-win-tails-you-lose philosophy of #elections into practice
The Peach State is uniqueāit's the sole battleground state in which the #Republican Party has total #control over the levers of #power: a trifecta in state #House, #Senate, & governorship
ā¦ #MAGA die-hards are devoting considerable resources to purging voter rolls, intimidating #election ofcls, employing #legal dirty tricks, & ousting #Republican ofcls & appointees who haven't been initiated into the cult of #Trump.
Republican operatives have remade #Georgia's state election board, exec branch, Legislature, & legal ecosystems, all in Trump's image. #Conservatives in the state Assembly have unleashed thousands of voter eligibility challengesā¦turbocharged w/a new #ElectionLaw.