@davidaugust I'm old enough to remember when brain wos would have been disqualifying. But back then, rape and insurrection probably would have derailed campaigns.
@gwaldby "Homicide is the leading cause of death for pregnant and postpartum women in the United States. The researchers found that the enforcement of one TRAP law was linked to a 3.4 percent increase in the rate of intimate partner violence-related homicides."
In the linked study from Tulane, 68% of those homicides are committed using firearms. So... we can expect victim-blaming to accompany the thoughts and prayers.
NEW: Pennsylvania Republicans are asking the Supreme Court to revive the discredited independent state legislature theory to challenge pro-voter registration policies enacted by President Joe Biden and Governor Josh Shapiro.
@marcelias If we vote, they lose. That's why they amplify cynicism couched in anti "establishment" rhetoric. It worked in 2016. It will always be part of their arsenal against democracy.
@philip_cardella@StillIRise1963 in NC, the state constitution requires free & equitable public education. While continuing to defy a 1997 court order requiring them to provide that equitable funding for rural schools, the gerrymandered GOP supermajorities in the General Assembly lifted the income cap for private school subsidies. Now, they want to take an additional $300 million from public education to fund subsidies for families in the top 8% of incomes with kids already in $30k/year schools.
So, serious question: If the #SCOTUS declares that a president has sweeping immunity, including over assassinating citizens, what's to stop #Biden from just taking #Trump out?
@GabeMoralesVR it's hanging on, "We're betting you are too ethical and patriotic to act as an absolute despot. We know this other guy has no such constraints."
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is investing approximately $1.6 billion into the much-needed restoration of the Brent Spence Bridge and the construction of a second bridge linking Ohio and Kentucky.
This bridge will provide a significant upgrade in infrastructure and transportation, create good union jobs, and pay attention to equity. This is what real governing looks like. #BidenDelivers
@TonyStark Covington, Kentucky is a real bastion of the far right. Nearly 60% voted for Trump. Can you imagine transactional Trump funding needed infrastructure in a place he lost that badly?
Trump keeps recycling this “argument” again and again without ever apparently realizing he’s saying that Joe Biden could throw him into a deep dark dungeon and keep him there and Trump would have no escape.
It’s another case of: either Trump’s that dumb or he thinks all his marks are that dumb.
@kaydenpat@dougiec3 Ralph Nader is still, again, perpetually trying to redeem himself by blaming the Democrats. He must be worried that we forgot the consequences of his vanity campaign in 2000.
@GatekeepKen amAs recently as the early '90s, Leona Helmsley's infamous quote, "We don't pay taxes; only the little people pay taxes," was a hiss line. Now it's the national motto.
@jeffjarvis@thr That geriatric frat boy is still marketing libertarianism as edgy free thinking? My sister used to watch him because he attacked the people she hated. "Listen to him," I said. "He also mocks the values you live for." She did. He does. She dropped him.
“Does the Constitution of the USA set the president entirely above the law?” is not a question we should need to ask in court. It’s a question we should know the answer to already.