Two Republican members of the state House of Representatives and a former state GOP chairman have filed a petition to remove 189 members of the state House and file criminal charges against them for their March 27 vote to repeal the controversial gun law. The group claims that the vote violates the lawmakers’ oath of office, unconstitutionally challenges the Second Amendment and fails to adhere to state constitutional protections on life.
The Stand Your Ground law, which allows deadly force when someone believes their life is in danger, was enacted in 2011, during a period of tea party control of the New Hampshire state Legislature. The repeal bill passed the Democratic-controlled House and is pending in the Republican-controlled Senate. Gov. Maggie Hassan (D) has said she will sign it. […]
I had a feeling #ALEC had hired a guy to do their #kochblock dirty work.
I love it how Krugman deigns to speak for all Republicans.
For the record, this Republican cares about the deficit because of the waste and mismanagement that it represents. And as far as the social insurance system is concerned, most intelligent Republicans since Dwight D. Eisenhower recognize the need for a social safety net. Only the far-right reactionary wingnuts are talking about dismantling that net. The rest of us are exploring ways to make it work better.Careful with your tar and feathers, Mr. Krugman. You’re starting to sound less like an economist and a lot more like a partisan demagogue.
He certainly speaks for 95% of the actual elected ones, judging by their proposals and legislation.
It’s easy to say he’s wrong, but if GOP voters actually disagreed with their congressmen, at some point years ago they would have started voting differently.
If the people the republicans elected into office don’t represent the MAJORITY of their “intentions”, don’t vote for them again - that includes primaries. Republicans have crawled out to the tip of the limb; no one needs to saw it off behind it because it will snap under the weight of its own foolishness.
Karma.
If you watch much television, you’ve probably seen the Cancer Treatment Centers of America ads suggesting that CTCA is a miracle worker. If you look at the statistics the for-profit cancer treatment chain provides, again you might think it’s a miracle worker. There’s a reason for that, though,…
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So for some reason or another I got to thinking about the chain of wackadoo claims conservatives/radicals have made about Democrats/Progressives over the last 20+ years. Some highlights:
- Bill Clinton had his aide Vince Foster killed to cover up the Whitewater Real Estate…
And here’s the latest Teabagger tinfoil nonsense: That Sandy Hook was some sort of conspiracy and is now a cover-up. Yes, really.
I’m looking at you, Rep. Peter King, among others.
Why did you think your districts and states would not be sacrificed to the anti-government spending Moloch YOU helped create? What made your community special enough to escape unscathed?
Is it because you’re a member…
As I quoted the New York Times in this post in February (when the Republicans failed to reauthorize the act, which has now died), Republicans rejected the Violence Against Women Act because:
The main sticking points seemed to be language in the bill to ensure that victims are not denied…
And so the current Republican demand, as I understand it, is that Dems must agree to Social Security cuts and a higher income threshold for the lower tax rates (either $400,000 or $500,000, depending on the source), in exchange for an extension of middle class tax cuts (which Republicans also want) and an extension of unemployment benefits. If Dems don’t give up those things, while allowing Republicans to retain their debt ceiling leverage, taxes go up on everybody and unemployment benefits expire for over two million Americans.
Why would Democrats agree to Social Security cuts and lower tax rates on many wealthy households even as Republicans hold on to their leverage to extract still more in spending cuts later? No wonder a Dem aide described this as a “serious setback.
This isn’t a normal negotiation
When will the goddamn Democrats learn that the GOP is not now and has not been negotiating in good faith?
The American People overwhelmingly support the White House position in polling now (and at the polls last month). At this point, the Democrats and the White House should tell the GOP to go fuck themselves, dare them to vote no on an extension of unemployment and lower tax rates for people earning less than $250,000 a year, and then use the new senate and house that we elected in response to years of GOP obstructionism to get something new done on or about January 3.
There isn’t going to be a Grand Bargain. There never was going to be a Grand Bargain. These people are nihilists, Donnie.
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Wil puts it better here than I did in my previous post.
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GOP gripped by paralysis, madness, incompetent leadership.
Forget the Republican Party’s need to rebrand itself. Forget party elders’ promises that they will start reaching out to minorities. And forget the supposed soul-searching that is meant to sweep over the GOP as it undergoes a serious reexamination of its future.
Right now, Republicans are having trouble even getting out of their own way.
Conservative groups are splintering. The Romney campaign has dissolved into backbiting and billing disputes. A “plan B” to avert the fiscal cliff proved to be a colossal embarrassment. A teetotaling Idaho senator has been charged with drunk driving. But the most striking symptom of the GOP’s horrible moment is the party’s inability to get done what virtually everyone here knows is in its political best interest: A hasty surrender.So far, not anything too earthshattering, right? Post-election “GOP in civil war!” stories are a dime a dozen.
But then things get interesting:
It’s difficult to find a Republican operative who is willing to say on the record that going over the fiscal cliff next Tuesday is a good idea. Provoking a crisis is bad politics: Republicans are resigned to taking the blame. And it’s bad for their policy agenda: They will likely be cornered into a broader tax hike than the best deal they could get from President Barack Obama today, and with none of the spending cuts that might now be on the table.
And yet, the dominant emotion among most Republicans here is one of sheer resignation.
“It’s a shit show,” one prominent Republican told BuzzFeed of the GOP’s messaging position. “Tax rates are going to go up on everyone, and we’re going to get the blame.”Everyone agrees that going over the fiscal cliff would be a political disaster for the marty, yet no one seems to be able to steer their boat around and away from the falls. That would take some sort of leadership and McConnell and Boehner — especially Boehner — don’t lead. They march out in front of their crazy-pants caucuses and pretend they’re leading. They’re actually following from the front.
As a result, the party’s a runaway train, headed for disaster. Remember this when the smoke clears — Republicans knew they’d get the blame, yet they went ahead and crashed anyway. This will all be their fault and they’ve admitted as much.
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We are not going over the fiscal cliff, despite John Boehner’s best efforts.
You heard it here first.
I’m gonna hold you to it. =D
#thewaywelivenow
1. Notice how big Texas has grown on that guy’s T-shirt. I bet the guy puts his camera on zoom to take pictures of his personal body parts, too.
2. Good go. BTW, we don’t buy our insurance from other nations. That’s going to bite your ass big time. We do buy oil, but slap a 19% tariff, so we’ll be drilling more in the Real United States and forgoing your crude offerings.
3. Yes, please! That alone would cure the effect of most of the Gerrymandering in the US House. We don’t protect the voting rights of Hispanics in your state (or any state) anyway so 40% of your population is Hispanic but you only have 6 US Congressmen (from 2012 election) with Hispanic names, and that includes Rep Flores (R) who has to go back 4 generations to link up to his Hispanic name, and looks more pink than I do.
4. Yes, please. Glad to see the backside of most of your creepy US House reps who are holding an inordinate number of chairman seats, and your senators. Jeb Hensarling, it’s time for you to go home!
5. B’bye! We’ll treat you as fairly as we treat all weak nations. You can have 2 miles off your shore and we’ll take the rest of the Gulf for “our” oil. Thanks!
6. And we’ll want our military bases back, or at least everything that makes them valuable to your economy, the US funds that pay for them, the equipment, technology, our soldiers, and our space technology. You can have the shell of the buildings we’ll leave, or maybe we’ll blow them up before departing. Military secrets, you know.
7. You mean we won’t have to pay for all the welfare you soak up? Oh BTW, societies with a lot of unhelped poor folk, tend to do very badly. But now that we’ve warned you, we’ll shove off.
8. And about that farm aid (and the other welfares that no one calls by the “w” word like federal help for drilling, scientific research, schools, airports, roads, etc.) To make up for it you can tax your church donations instead of making them exempt like we do.
9.Ta! We know that you’ll be successful in all you do. Oh wait…
Picture of Big Tex burning at October’s state fair used via Creative Commons License Attribution (CC by 2.0) thanks to flickr user greychr who has no connection to this blog or blogger.
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Every time Donald Trump opens his mouth to spew political nonsense, he gets free publicity for his numerous business endeavors. It’s time his hateful foolishness becomes unprofitable. Ask Macy’s to sever their ties with him - he certainly does NOT reflect the values they claim to have.
Here’s a link directly to the correct customer service contact form for public & community relations, as well.
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#INFP - so true. Who knew? #NoH8 #ProChoice #fem2 #ChildAbuse #AnimalAbuse
Contrarian by nature; Democrat by choice. #p2 #p21 #CTL #Obama2012
Together we MUST take back the power wrongfully seized by banks, corporations, and the corrupt politicians they fund. #OWS #99
#Justice4Trayvon is the other tumblr I branched from this one so I could track the developments in the #Trayvon Martin case.
