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Post by hoyajinx on Mar 26, 2024 10:42:11 GMT -5
Texas! Yee Haw! This passes for "leadership" in MAGAland Texas. The MAGA GOP is not exactly the rule ofl law party now, is it? HOUSTON — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), a conservative firebrand acquitted last year in a historic impeachment trial, has reached an agreement with prosecutors to avoid trial on long-standing state felony securities fraud charges. Paxton was charged nearly a decade ago, accused of defrauding investors at a Dallas-area tech company by not disclosing that he was paid by the company to recruit them. The case has been delayed for years by pretrial disputes over the trial’s location and special prosecutors’ fees. Under the agreement reached in Harris County district court on Tuesday, prosecutors would dismiss felony charges against Paxton if he successfully completes community service and advanced legal education classes and pays restitution of about $300,000. He had previously pleaded not guilty. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/03/26/ken-paxton-deal-texas-securities-charges/Republicans really do love their criminal politicians. Bob Menendez, now a pariah of the Democratic Party, should just become a Republican. He’d fit right in and may even now have the criminal political chops to be a viable Republican presidential candidate.
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Post by hoyarooter on Mar 26, 2024 18:45:01 GMT -5
Texas! Yee Haw! This passes for "leadership" in MAGAland Texas. The MAGA GOP is not exactly the rule ofl law party now, is it? HOUSTON — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), a conservative firebrand acquitted last year in a historic impeachment trial, has reached an agreement with prosecutors to avoid trial on long-standing state felony securities fraud charges. Paxton was charged nearly a decade ago, accused of defrauding investors at a Dallas-area tech company by not disclosing that he was paid by the company to recruit them. The case has been delayed for years by pretrial disputes over the trial’s location and special prosecutors’ fees. Under the agreement reached in Harris County district court on Tuesday, prosecutors would dismiss felony charges against Paxton if he successfully completes community service and advanced legal education classes and pays restitution of about $300,000. He had previously pleaded not guilty. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/03/26/ken-paxton-deal-texas-securities-charges/"Delayed for years." Sounds like a Trump game plan.
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Post by SSHoya on Mar 26, 2024 19:18:30 GMT -5
Hush money. A lawsuit accusing Matt Schlapp, the influential leader of the Conservative Political Action Conference, of sexual misconduct is being ended, according to both sides. The lawsuit began last year when a Republican operative, Carlton Huffman, alleged that Schlapp groped him without his consent during a political trip to Georgia in October 2022, then said in the suit that Schlapp also defamed him by denying the allegation and attacking his credibility. The litigation led to extensive depositions and subpoenas that were poised to produce potentially embarrassing revelations if the case had proceeded to trial. Those subpoenaed included two people who alleged previous incidents of sexual misconduct by Schlapp. As for Huffman, The Post previously reported that he was himself accused of sexual battery after the alleged incident with Schlapp. He also disavowed past white-supremacist views. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/26/schlapp-lawsuit-sexual-misconduct/
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Post by SSHoya on Mar 26, 2024 19:26:46 GMT -5
As Turtleman said in 2022, perhaps the MAGA GOP has a "candidate quality" problem. (She has not secured the MAGA GOP nomination yet). PHOENIX — Kari Lake, a Republican Senate candidate in Arizona who has amplified former president Donald Trump’s false claims about rigged elections, has decided not to defend statements she made about a top election official in the state’s largest county who sued her for defamation. “After months of doubling down and defending their lies across Arizona, in the media, and on social media, when push came to shove, the Defendants decided to completely back down and concede that their lies were just that: lies,” Richer said in a statement. “Because of their actions, my family and I have faced an endless barrage of threats — including calls for our execution — I have lost close personal relationships, and I have had my reputation irreparably damaged.” Lake sought to characterize her request to move to the damages phase as a way to try to undercut the premise of Richer’s claims. Participating in the legal process, she said “would only serve to legitimize this perversion of our legal system.” Jared Davidson, an attorney at Protect Democracy, which is representing Richer, said Lake’s legal move demonstrates that “she has no defense — effectively admitting that she spread lies about Mr. Richer.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/26/kari-lake-defamation-lawsuit-damages/
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Post by SSHoya on Mar 26, 2024 20:18:44 GMT -5
MAGA GOPers are truly morons. Was the 2020 election stolen? Job interviews at RNC take an unusual turn. Those seeking employment at the Republican National Committee after a Trump-backed purge of the committee earlier this month have been asked in job interviews if they believe the 2020 election was stolen, according to people familiar with the interviews, making the false claim a litmus test of sorts for hiring. In recent days, Trump advisers have quizzed multiple employees who had worked in key 2024 states about their views on the last presidential election, according to these people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private interviews and discussions. The interviews have been conducted mostly virtually, as the prospective future employees are based in key swing states. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/03/26/rnc-2020-election-stolen-trump-hiring/
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Post by SSHoya on Mar 27, 2024 7:18:33 GMT -5
The MAGA GOP is just full of despicable people. Even in his "retraction" he still identifies Loudermill as a "shooter." Burchett is a Christo-fascist moron. Denton Loudermill Jr. was briefly detained in the chaos following a shooting that erupted at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade on Feb. 14. Within hours, a U.S. congressman had tweeted a photo of him in handcuffs and a caption that implied he was one of the shooters and an “illegal Alien.” But Loudermill wasn’t one of the shooters or in the country illegally. He was a lifelong Chiefs supporter from Olathe, Kan., who had traveled to nearby downtown Kansas City, Mo., to revel with hundreds of thousands of his fellow fans. But soon after the social media post, Loudermill received death threats and experienced anxiety, paranoia and trouble sleeping, he told The Washington Post. On Monday, Loudermill, 48, sued Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.), alleging that the congressman painted him in a false light while invading his privacy. In an eight-page complaint filed in the U.S. District Court in Kansas, he accused Burchett of calling him an “illegal Alien” and the “shooter” while sharing a photo of him with millions of people on social media. That misidentification led to “emotional suffering, humiliation, embarrassment, insult, and inconvenience,” according to the lawsuit. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/03/26/kansas-city-parade-shooting-lawsuit/
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Post by SSHoya on Mar 28, 2024 5:01:35 GMT -5
MAGA GOPers are simply disgusting pieces of human excrement. I wonder what it takes to asscociate with such a depraved racist cult. Following Tuesday’s deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, some Republican officials, candidates and right-wing pundits attempted to connect the tragedy to some of their most frequent political targets: diversity initiatives, illegal immigration, coronavirus lockdowns and the Biden administration. And early reaction to the incident also provided fresh ground for unfounded theories that the collapse was not an accident at all. Maryland officials have repeatedly said that there is no credible evidence linking the collapse to terrorism and that the evidence points to the collision being an accident. But Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), a far-right member of Congress who has promoted baseless and debunked claims, took to X on Tuesday to question whether the collision was “an intentional attack.” Popular far-right social media accounts and right-wing media personalities, including some with close ties to former president Donald Trump and Republicans in office, have similarly sought to link what they see as liberal policies to the Baltimore incident. Some accounts even turned to racist tropes about Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott (D), which have been shared thousands of times. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/27/politics-baltimore-bridge-collapse-republican-conspiracy/
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Post by hoyajinx on Mar 28, 2024 6:09:06 GMT -5
MAGA GOPers are simply disgusting pieces of human excrement. I wonder what it takes to asscociate with such a depraved racist cult. Following Tuesday’s deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, some Republican officials, candidates and right-wing pundits attempted to connect the tragedy to some of their most frequent political targets: diversity initiatives, illegal immigration, coronavirus lockdowns and the Biden administration. And early reaction to the incident also provided fresh ground for unfounded theories that the collapse was not an accident at all. Maryland officials have repeatedly said that there is no credible evidence linking the collapse to terrorism and that the evidence points to the collision being an accident. But Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), a far-right member of Congress who has promoted baseless and debunked claims, took to X on Tuesday to question whether the collision was “an intentional attack.” Popular far-right social media accounts and right-wing media personalities, including some with close ties to former president Donald Trump and Republicans in office, have similarly sought to link what they see as liberal policies to the Baltimore incident. Some accounts even turned to racist tropes about Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott (D), which have been shared thousands of times. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/27/politics-baltimore-bridge-collapse-republican-conspiracy/They keep saying how the only people qualified to do anything are straight white males, then clutch those pearls when people call them homophobic, misogynistic, racists.
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Post by SSHoya on Mar 28, 2024 13:04:33 GMT -5
Voter fraud exists . . . by "Republicans" again. GOP official who claimed 2020 election was stolen voted illegally 9 times, judge rules A Georgia Republican official who pushed false claims that the 2020 election was “stolen” was found to have voted illegally nine times, a judge ruled this week. Brian Pritchard, first vice chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, was ordered to pay a $5,000 fine, as well as investigative costs, and be publicly reprimanded. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/28/georgia-republican-illegal-voting/
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Post by bicentennial on Mar 28, 2024 17:02:18 GMT -5
I would hope the innocence project uses this case to try and shorten the prison sentences of anyone serving time for illegally voting one time after a felony in Georgia. I looked up the law and the judge can impose a fine of up to $100,000, a prison term of up to 5 years or both. This suggests this punishment is small compared to what could have been assessed. There was a Tennessee case described in the Washington Post where a woman is serving 6 years despite having been certified by election officials as having completed her sentence. Obviously, the law is different in the two states but if anyone should receive the maximal penalty it would seem to be a person intricately connected to the electoral process.
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Post by SSHoya on Mar 28, 2024 17:56:33 GMT -5
I would hope the innocence project uses this case to try and shorten the prison sentences of anyone serving time for illegally voting one time after a felony in Georgia. I looked up the law and the judge can impose a fine of up to $100,000, a prison term of up to 5 years or both. This suggests this punishment is small compared to what could have been assessed. There was a Tennessee case described in the Washington Post where a woman is serving 6 years despite having been certified by election officials as having completed her sentence. Obviously, the law is different in the two states but if anyone should receive the maximal penalty it would seem to be a person intricately connected to the electoral process. The Tennessee woman. ( A mere coincidence that she and the Texas voter are both African-American women right?) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/27/pamela-moses-voting-rights-mistake-jailAnd this woman in Texas has been put through the legal ringer for years. Texas! Yee Haw! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Mason#:~:text=Crystal%20Mason%20is%20an%20African,2016%20United%20States%20presidential%20election.
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Post by SSHoya on Mar 28, 2024 20:03:40 GMT -5
Just another incompetent MAGA GOPer. Va. Gov. Youngkin arrived like a GOP star, but arena failure clouds legacy The plan’s failure wipes out a significant legacy-making opportunity for a novice politician who burst onto the scene in 2021 and drew national attention as a fresh Republican face. In his first two years in office, Youngkin enjoyed state coffers overflowing with federal pandemic relief funds and a friendly GOP-controlled House of Delegates. But as the clock winds down on his four-year term, the governor has lost the legislature to Democrats and seen his priorities slip away. “He’s a total lame duck right now,” said Robert Holsworth, a Richmond political analyst who has studied Virginia governors for decades. “He has shown tremendous political inexperience.” www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/03/28/virginia-youngkin-wizards-arena-legacy/
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Post by SSHoya on Mar 29, 2024 14:35:41 GMT -5
I would hope the innocence project uses this case to try and shorten the prison sentences of anyone serving time for illegally voting one time after a felony in Georgia. I looked up the law and the judge can impose a fine of up to $100,000, a prison term of up to 5 years or both. This suggests this punishment is small compared to what could have been assessed. There was a Tennessee case described in the Washington Post where a woman is serving 6 years despite having been certified by election officials as having completed her sentence. Obviously, the law is different in the two states but if anyone should receive the maximal penalty it would seem to be a person intricately connected to the electoral process. Finally, the Texas voter cleared. It took six years to exonerate her. Two-tier system of justice - a psychopath former President walks around free playing victim after fomenting an insurrection based upon lies. You should be ashamed of yourself if you still belong to the "Republican" party/cult. Judge clears Black woman sentenced to 5 years after ineligible vote A Texas appeals court reversed the conviction of a Black woman who had been sentenced to five years in prison on a charge of illegally voting in the 2016 presidential election, acquitting her in a nationally watched case that civil rights attorneys cast as part of a broader fight for voting rights. Since, particularly following the 2020 election, Republicans have overwhelmingly targeted minorities and Democrats in a push to prosecute alleged voter fraud, The Post has reported, and have not uncovered rampant fraud schemes. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/03/29/crystal-mason-acquitted-voter-fraud-texas/
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Post by SSHoya on Mar 30, 2024 8:06:50 GMT -5
Gee, hard to believe that senior GOP Congressional staffers are considering departing because of the insurrecctionist actions of their party. I'll believe it when I see it. This implies that GOPers have shame and/or a conscience and believe in the Constitution. Prove it. When it comes to job satisfaction, members of Congress aren’t the only ones considering calling it quits. Only about one in five senior aides on Capitol Hill believe that Congress is “functioning as a democratic legislature should,” and about the same margin believe that it is “an effective forum for debate” on key issues. Slightly more senior Democratic staff members said they were considering leaving because of the GOP’s “heated rhetoric” than did Republican aides when considering Democratic rhetoric. But almost 6 in 10 senior Republican staffers said they were thinking about leaving their jobs because of the actions of “my party.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/30/congressional-staffers-survey/
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Post by SSHoya on Mar 31, 2024 9:44:45 GMT -5
In the midst of this tragedy, the racist Grifter leader of the MAGA GOP has given the underbelly of American society license to engage in this behavior. Congrats, "Republicans." One user on X, called him “Baltimore’s DEI mayor,” a reference to diversity, equity and inclusion programs that have come under attack by conservatives who say they lead to minorities getting jobs over more qualified White candidates. Meanwhile, others attacked Scott for his facial hair and for not wearing a suit. “He looks like your average street criminal,” another X user wrote. Neither user responded to a request for comment. The collapse of the Key Bridge has complicated the young politico’s efforts to revive the city’s fortune, and it thrust him into the national spotlight, making him an even larger target for racist commentators. It’s to be expected, Scott said in an interview. “When you’re young and Black in leadership, you know that that kind of stuff is going to come,” he said. The racist attacks haven’t been reserved for him, Scott noted. Maryland’s governor, Wes Moore (D), who is Black, and the immigrants who lost their lives in the collapse have become targets, too. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/03/31/baltimore-bridge-collapse-mayor/
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Post by hoyajinx on Mar 31, 2024 16:02:19 GMT -5
Truly awful human beings. It bears repeating: unless you are a white, straight, Christian, American, Republicans barely consider you a person. So fundamentally anti-Christian.
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Post by SSHoya on Apr 2, 2024 10:16:56 GMT -5
Texas! Yee Haw! MAGA GOP war on women! Congrats! Hope she takes the DA and county to the cleaners or at least to the limits of its insurance policy. Texas woman charged with murder after having abortion sues county, DA A woman who spent three days in a Texas jail in 2022 after a murder charge was wrongly brought against her for what officials described as a “self-induced abortion” is suing the county and its top prosecutors. On March 30, 2022, Ramirez and Barrera presented the murder charge to a grand jury, according to the lawsuit, and Gonzalez was arrested a week later “despite the plain and concise language” of the Texas law prohibiting criminal homicide charges against women who abort their pregnancies. The filing also alleges that neither the Starr County Sheriff’s Office nor the Rio Grande City Police Department investigated the case before Gonzalez was arrested. Neither agency responded to requests for comment Monday evening. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/04/02/texas-murder-charge-abortion-lawsuit/
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Post by SSHoya on Apr 3, 2024 6:16:06 GMT -5
All of the corrupt politicans who voted to acquit are cowards so of course they are "Republicans." They are disgusting. Anyone want to defend the indefensible? Portman was one of 43 Republican senators who voted against conviction. Sixty-seven votes were required to convict. If 10 additional Republican senators had joined the 50 Democrats and seven Republicans who voted for conviction, Trump would not today be the party’s presumptive nominee for president, and the country would not be one election away from a constitutional crisis and a possibly irreversible slide into authoritarianism. (Technically, a second vote after conviction would have been required to ban Trump from holding public office, but presumably this second vote would have followed naturally from the first.) It would be unfair to blame Portman disproportionately for the devastating reality that Donald Trump, who is currently free on bail but could be a convicted felon by November, is once again a candidate for president. The Republican leader in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, denounced Trump for his actions on January 6, and yet still voted to acquit him. Trump’s continued political viability is as much McConnell’s fault as anyone’s. The Atlantic’s Anne Applebaum, one of the world’s leading experts on authoritarianism, wrote in 2020 that complicity, rather than dissent, is the norm for humans, and especially for status-and-relevance-seeking politicians. There are many explanations for complicity, Applebaum argued. A potent one is fear. Many Republican elected officials, she wrote, “don’t know that similar waves of fear have helped transform other democracies into dictatorships.” On February 13, 2021, Romney was joined by six other Republicans—North Carolina’s Richard Burr, Louisiana’s Bill Cassidy, Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski, Maine’s Susan Collins, Nebraska’s Ben Sasse, and Pennsylvania’s Pat Toomey—in voting to convict. If the United States and its Constitution survive the coming challenge from Trump and Trumpism, statues will one day be raised to these seven. As for Rob Portman and his colleagues, they should hope that they will merely be forgotten. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/05/rob-portman-donald-trump-january-6-impeachment/677833/
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Post by hoyajinx on Apr 3, 2024 14:12:11 GMT -5
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Post by SSHoya on Apr 3, 2024 14:53:41 GMT -5
MAGA GOPers are all about projection and admission. If we are violating the voting laws, the Democrats must be doing it too!! They are full of poop.
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