More notes from the Kakistocracy:
Education Secretary Betsy Devos pushes her school choice agenda at conference for education writers | The Progressive Pulse https://t.co/2K4nH1u28x #ncpol #nced #education
— NC Policy Watch (@NCPolicyWatch) May 7, 2019
Well, at least she didn't push any Amway products on them...
3 Democrats and now 2 Republicans have entered the race for #NCSen. Harsh words already in the GOP primary, which is just a few hours old. https://t.co/DwNv37Pnyv #ncpol
— Brian Murphy (@MurphinDC) May 6, 2019
This is going to be big, to say the least. Tillis managed to piss off everybody with his flip-flop on Trump's "emergency" nonsense, so he may not even survive the Primary. I just hope (to god) the DSCC stays out of the Dem Primary, but that may be asking too much.
House schedule this week:
Business should finish tomorrow, May 7. "Our date to get bills over to the Senate," Moore says.
Committees can meet Wednesday and Thursday.
Bills in Rules today will be added to the calendar. #ncga #ncpol— Lauren Horsch (@LaurenHorsch) May 6, 2019
Yep, gotta get all that pesky public business out of the way so they can bask in RLCC cash.
Jody Greene’s atty explaining to @NCSBE chair why his client resides in an RV that’s registered in SC #ncpol pic.twitter.com/9hL7ntQfYH
— Rusty Jacobs (@rustyjacobsWUNC) May 6, 2019
Now this is a big, stinking mess. Courtesy of the Republican Party, of course.
#BREAKING: State board of elections overturns county board, votes 4-1 that acting sheriff Jody Greene was domiciled in Columbus County. https://t.co/D7SgMLEgqg
— WECT News (@wectnews) May 6, 2019
Well, I guess that settles that. Now about those absentee ballots...
In a debate that was described as a "constitutional sermon" House Bill 87 passed by just two votes (59-57) today (after being voted down in committee twice). BACKGROUND: https://t.co/KLXkf8jcoh #ncga #ncpol
— Lauren Horsch (@LaurenHorsch) May 6, 2019
Hoo, boy. This could be very helpful in tracking fugitives, kidnappers, car thieves, etc. But it could also turn into a surveillance state nightmare.
This week's podcast touches on everything from May Day protests, the victims of the Charolette University shooting, and Don Davis- the brave democratic senator that took an important moral stand. #ncpol #ncga #podcast
Check out our latest episode here: https://t.co/DYDuZWfBIL— Civitas Institute (@NCCivitas) May 7, 2019
Here's a clue: When Civitas posts your picture in a congratulatory fashion, you know you've done something wrong.
Maybe there is a surplus because the @NCLeg is not giving state employees a real cost of living raise. #NCGA #NCPol Why are we getting less than last year? Makes no sense. @ArdisWatkins @SEANC #RESPECT https://t.co/tp5jRU1nBj
— NC_STATE_EMP (@NCSTATEHELP) May 7, 2019
Maybe it's because, at the end of the day, Republicans just don't care about public sector employees? Then again, I've been trying to send that message to SEANC for several years now, ever since they gloated about "negotiating" their way out of the dues-from-the-paycheck thing that hurt NCAE, and it hasn't got through yet. Tired of trying.
H 135, a bill forcing sheriffs to cooperate with federal immigration agents, has passed House rules on a close vote. Raised hands are yeses #ncga #ncpol pic.twitter.com/mAUC1ecccV
— Travis Fain (@TravisFain) May 7, 2019
If that stinker does pass out of both houses, it's definitely Veto material.
Kicking People Off Online Platforms Is About Control, Not Free Speech Sick Of this @RepMarkMeadows @virginiafoxx @ThomTillis @RandPaul Can YOU Fix? #ncpol https://t.co/13pkxkDNYi
— Homa Says (@says_homa) May 7, 2019
Actually, publishing conspiracy theories and propaganda in order to incite violence against minorities is about control, not free speech. If Alex Jones and Yolo Manopolis want an audience, they can have their Klan meeting in Rusty's garage.
On that disgusting note, here's your Onion:
Poll: Majority Of Voters Not Looking For Serious, Long-Term Candidate Right Now https://t.co/hyz5j0r4By pic.twitter.com/tjDNOdfAxc
— The Onion (@TheOnion) May 6, 2019
This may be exactly how I feel...
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Bonus Onion:
His SAT scores were pretty good, but not that good...
Club For Growth strikes again...
Which is of course really not necessary, because she's only pulling/polling about 4%. But I'm sure Grover's cut-my-taxes illegitimate offspring has something up its sleeves.
Doesn't support Donald Trump
That's a badge of honor and sanity in my book.
Tilis's challenger in the primary ...
... is a Senior Fellow with the Locke Foundation.
I take this as a clear sign that the Art Pope-Koch brothers money machine is putting their chips on getting rid of Trump.
This will likely be a common theme with 2020 - the grassroots, hardcore of the GOP who love the racism, bigotry, and chaos of Trumpism against the GOP money men who want the racism, bigotry, and tax breaks for themselves without the tariffs and instability of a pretend businessman running the country.
Carter Wrenn as campaign manager...
This won't be just a pro-forma Primary challenge, Tillis is in deep doo-doo.