Let's Just See How Stupid Southern Republicans Will Get

[Gomez Adams]

About the only thing going right is this.

Arizona Governor Vetoes Bill Banning Critical Race Theory

Republican lawmakers in Arizona have attempted to ban critical race theory three times so far.

truthout.org

And don't think SCOTUS is going to save you this time...

You can't appeal a governor's veto to SCOTUS.

What they can do is overturn her veto if they get a 3/4ths majority vote.

 

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Florida textbook publisher removes mention of Rosa Parks's race from section about the Black civil rights icon | Boing Boing

Florida textbook publisher Studies Weekly removed mention that Rosa Parks was Black from the lesson about the woman who helped ignite the Civil Rights Movement in the US by refusing to give up her …

boingboing.net

 

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Texas adds HSBC to energy sanctions list

A Texas official on Monday added HSBC Holdings to an energy sanctions list, widening a crackdown on companies which in the state's view are too focused on energy transition.

www.reuters.com

Republican-led U.S. states have alleged companies are prioritizing environmental, social and governance policies (ESG) over their financial responsibilities to their shareholders.

The move could prohibit Texas' governmental entities from investing in one of Europe's biggest banks.

"HSBC's new energy policy is a prime example of a broader movement in the financial sector to push a social agenda and prioritize political goals over the economic health of their clients," Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar said.

Florida's chief financial officer said in December his department would pull $2 billion worth of its assets managed by BlackRock Inc (BLK.N), a sizeable divestment by a state opposed to the asset manager's ESG policies.

 

[Gomez Adams]

That's why Biden just issued his first veto:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/20/politics/biden-first-veto/index.html

President Joe Biden issued the first veto of his presidency Monday on a resolution to overturn a retirement investment rule that allows managers of retirement funds to consider the impact of climate change and other environmental, social and governance factors when picking investments.​

 

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Texas Republicans propose creation of vigilante group to hunt migrants at the border

Democratic opponents said they will work to kill the legislation, but that may be exactly what Republicans want

www.independent.co.uk

South of the border they call them Death Squads.

 

[Gomez Adams]

There's so many problems with that I don't know where to begin.

Other than that being interstate domain, which belongs to the Federal Government and that interfearing with border patrol duties is a felony...

OK, so I know where to begin, I just don't know where I would end there's so much wrong with that idea.

 

[Zeedox]

There's so many problems with that I don't know where to begin.

Other than that being interstate domain, which belongs to the Federal Government and that interfearing with border patrol duties is a felony...

OK, so I know where to begin, I just don't know where I would end there's so much wrong with that idea.

As the Kool-Aid guy would say "Oh yea".

 

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Tommy Tuberville Won't Promote Hundreds of Military Members Because He's Mad About Abortion

The Republican is holding up the Senate confirmations over a new Pentagon policy that gives service-members three weeks of PTO to travel for an abortion.

jezebel.com

 

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Lindsey Graham says Trump should 'smash some windows' and 'punch a cop' on his way to being booked

Graham, a close ally of Trump, appeared to be making a joke playing off conservative complaints that DA Alvin Bragg doesn't prosecute other crimes.

www.businessinsider.com

"How can President Trump avoid prosecution in New York?," asked Graham on Twitter. "On the way to the DA's office on Tuesday, Trump should smash some windows, rob a few shops and punch a cop."

The senator added: "He would be released IMMEDIATELY!"

Poor people would have been arrested for inciting violence with a statement like that...

 

[Gomez Adams]

A lot of people are making a big deal out of that and they're completely missing his point.

I have no love of Lyndsey Graham, but I see his point. New York went to a no cash bail system under democrats that resulted in people being released only to commit new crimes. In one example, a couple of members of a Mexican drug cartel were released with no bail and wound up murdering somebody the same day.

That was his point - that New York would let him go for trashing the place, so what's the point in having him arrested for this.

 

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DeSantis signs permitless gun carry law at low-key ceremony

Floridians will be able to carry concealed weapons without training or a permit under a bill signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

www.orlandosentinel.com

The quieter bill signing came after DeSantis was criticized by gun control advocates for holding a book signing at a Georgia gun shop last week just days after a mass shooting at a school in Nashville.

“If Gov. DeSantis really cared about public safety and protecting law enforcement, he’d be back in Florida fighting to keep guns out of the wrong hands,” said Makiko Felice, with the Florida chapter of Moms Demand Action, a group that backs gun control, in a statement released Thursday.