Examples of GOP Leadership
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CatHedral
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Boebert makes antisemitic remarks to Jewish visitors at U.S. Capitol
Well, we’re here again. Yet another Republican lawmaker has made reprehensible remarks involving Jewish people. And to be sure, as I just wrote three days ago, you can likely wager that Republican leadership in the House of Representatives will do...www.dailykos.com
Ominous klezmer cellos
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Judge rules Alaska governor unlawfully fired lawyer who criticized Trump
A federal judge ruled this week that Alaska Gov. Michael Dunleavy (R) unlawfully fired a state lawyer after she criticized former President Trump on a personal blog.
U.S. District Judge John Sedwick in a decision published on Thursday ruled that attorney Elizabeth Bakalar's free-speech rights were violated when she was fired. Sedwick stated that the state did not prove that Bakalar's posts, including one in which she refers to the former president as a "treasonous, semi-literate, lecherous oligarch," affected her duties as assistant attorney general.
When Dunleavy took office in 2018, he required several state employees to submit resignations with explanations as to why they should keep their positions. Bakalar was one of two lawyers who worked in the attorney general's office that was not re-hired, Reuters reported.
Tuckerman Babcock, who served as Dunleavy's chief of staff and is a defendant in the case, reportedly testified that he did not re-hire Bakalar due to the tone of her resignation letter. He also stated that he was moderately aware that he had a personal blog.
Sedwick said on Thursday that the reason for Bakalar's firing was tied to her strong opinions, according to Reuters.
"[Dunleavy's office] could not have reasonably believed that it was legally appropriate to make political loyalty a requirement of plaintiff’s job," he reportedly said.
Sedwick also granted Bakalar summary judgment and requested an update from both sides within two weeks regarding damages she may be owed and outstanding issues, the news outlet noted.
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A federal judge ruled this week that Alaska Gov. Michael Dunleavy (R) unlawfully fired a state lawyer after she criticized former President Trump on a personal blog.
U.S. District Judge John Sedwick in a decision published on Thursday ruled that attorney Elizabeth Bakalar's free-speech rights were violated when she was fired. Sedwick stated that the state did not prove that Bakalar's posts, including one in which she refers to the former president as a "treasonous, semi-literate, lecherous oligarch," affected her duties as assistant attorney general.
When Dunleavy took office in 2018, he required several state employees to submit resignations with explanations as to why they should keep their positions. Bakalar was one of two lawyers who worked in the attorney general's office that was not re-hired, Reuters reported.
Tuckerman Babcock, who served as Dunleavy's chief of staff and is a defendant in the case, reportedly testified that he did not re-hire Bakalar due to the tone of her resignation letter. He also stated that he was moderately aware that he had a personal blog.
Sedwick said on Thursday that the reason for Bakalar's firing was tied to her strong opinions, according to Reuters.
"[Dunleavy's office] could not have reasonably believed that it was legally appropriate to make political loyalty a requirement of plaintiff’s job," he reportedly said.
Sedwick also granted Bakalar summary judgment and requested an update from both sides within two weeks regarding damages she may be owed and outstanding issues, the news outlet noted.
Judge rules Alaska governor unlawfully fired lawyer who criticized Trump
A federal judge ruled this week that Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R) unlawfully fired a state lawyer after she criticized former President Trump on a personal blog.U.S. District Judge John Sedwi…
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injinji
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Carhartt's are the best heavy outdoor clothing line there is. I own a good deal of it, but all of mine came from the thrift store.i've never even heard of this brand
what morons they don't even know how to get a message across..just burn your shit..that'll really show them
Budzbuddha
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Where are all those … ‘ Dirty deeds done dirt cheap ‘ guys when you need them. ?
You know ….
…. Jus sayin
You know ….
…. Jus sayin
blu3bird
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Can't believe you've never heard of Carhartt. Quality clothing, I have a black hoodie that's almost 10 years old and still holding up fairly good, there's a bleach mark on the back of if it though sorry about thati've never even heard of this brand
what morons they don't even know how to get a message across..just burn your shit..that'll really show them
I have 4 hoodies, 1 pair gloves, 2 winter hats, 2 winter coats, 1 pair of carpenters pants and 1 pair of insulated bibs
Only I'll never burn my shit lol, I wear it. Here's some of my stuff
injinji
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That is pretty common. Down at the riverhouse I watch an Alabama news broadcast. I saw a couple three nights ago where the lady governor was calling a special session in order to spend the infrastructure money. She seems happy to have it.
DIY-HP-LED
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Budzbuddha
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Time to break up South Florida..Miami is going to be part of Tallahassee now.
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DeSantis submits redistricting map that would break up South Florida district
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has submitted a proposal to reshape the state’s congressional map, including District 20.
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Ron DeSantis Submits His Own Congressional Redistricting Map Proposal
Ryan Newman said in a statement to Wink News that the governor's office had "legal concerns" with current proposals under consideration from the Legislature.
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captainmorgan
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Criminal indictments by administration.
Roger A. Shrubber
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so all the previous presidents administrations, back to Nixon, taken together had 123 criminal indictments, and trump's has 215 all by itself...
so far...
captainmorgan
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Tip of the iceberg.
CunningCanuk
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The most telling numbers, imo:
Democratic administrations = 3
Republican administrations = 335 so far
But both sides are the same.
Budzbuddha
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Holy shit! is that the Devil's Interlude playing in the background?
Budzbuddha
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Cabal with breakfast bar
printer
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Supreme Court declines GOP challenge against House proxy voting
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) seeking to revive his legal challenge against the proxy voting rules that House Democrats implemented as a safety measure at the beginning of the pandemic.
The move comes after lower courts had rejected McCarthy's suit against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), which claimed that allowing members to cast floor votes without being physically present in the chambers is unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court on Monday did not explain the decision not to take up the case, nor did it provide a tally of how many justices voted against hearing it.
McCarthy asked the high court in September to review a decision from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that found that federal courts do not have jurisdiction to hear such disputes between lawmakers over legislative procedure.
"Indeed, we are hard-pressed to conceive of matters more integrally part of the legislative process than the rules governing how Members can cast their votes on legislation and mark their presence for purposes of establishing a legislative quorum," D.C. Circuit Judge Sri Srinivasan wrote in a decision for a unanimous three-judge panel.
McCarthy and 160 House Republicans sued Pelosi and other House officials in May 2020, arguing that the proxy voting measure was unconstitutional and broke the chamber's long uninterrupted practice of casting votes in person, even during national crises.
"It is simply impossible to read the Constitution and overlook its repeated and emphatic requirement that Members of Congress actually assemble in their respective chambers when they vote, whether on matters as weighty as declaring war or as ordinary as naming a bridge," the group said in their lawsuit.
But as the case made its way through the courts, many House Republicans warmed to the practice and the number of plaintiffs in the lawsuit dwindled.
When McCarthy asked the Supreme Court to step in, the only other House Republican still pursuing the case was Rep. Chip Roy (Texas).
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The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) seeking to revive his legal challenge against the proxy voting rules that House Democrats implemented as a safety measure at the beginning of the pandemic.
The move comes after lower courts had rejected McCarthy's suit against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), which claimed that allowing members to cast floor votes without being physically present in the chambers is unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court on Monday did not explain the decision not to take up the case, nor did it provide a tally of how many justices voted against hearing it.
McCarthy asked the high court in September to review a decision from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that found that federal courts do not have jurisdiction to hear such disputes between lawmakers over legislative procedure.
"Indeed, we are hard-pressed to conceive of matters more integrally part of the legislative process than the rules governing how Members can cast their votes on legislation and mark their presence for purposes of establishing a legislative quorum," D.C. Circuit Judge Sri Srinivasan wrote in a decision for a unanimous three-judge panel.
McCarthy and 160 House Republicans sued Pelosi and other House officials in May 2020, arguing that the proxy voting measure was unconstitutional and broke the chamber's long uninterrupted practice of casting votes in person, even during national crises.
"It is simply impossible to read the Constitution and overlook its repeated and emphatic requirement that Members of Congress actually assemble in their respective chambers when they vote, whether on matters as weighty as declaring war or as ordinary as naming a bridge," the group said in their lawsuit.
But as the case made its way through the courts, many House Republicans warmed to the practice and the number of plaintiffs in the lawsuit dwindled.
When McCarthy asked the Supreme Court to step in, the only other House Republican still pursuing the case was Rep. Chip Roy (Texas).
Supreme Court declines GOP challenge against House proxy voting
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) seeking to revive his legal challenge against the proxy voting rules that House Democrats…
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