The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has denied Texas' appeal in the border buoy lawsuit for the buoys in the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass. The COA affirms the lower courts ruling.
"This means that unless Texas successfully gets the Supreme Court to step in, Gov Abbott will have to take the buoy barrier out of the Rio Grande."
-A Reichlin-Meinick
A FL state senator who's co-sponsoring legislation that would allow 16- &17-year-olds to work on residential construction projects is himself the owner of a roofing co that’s been found guilty in the past of breaking fed wage & hour laws. Perry Roofing Contractors, founded & led by him, has been sued at least six times for wage theft, the Gainesville Sun reported in 2019, & was later cited by the fed govt.
An eminent professor and world-leading expert on vaccines has to have dogs sweep his classroom to make sure his students won’t be blown up by anti-vax extremists. #TFG, RW operatives & Republicans are responsible for the threats. Dr Hotez, Dr Fauci, & others have been repeatedly targeted with harassment & death threats. In order to have a vibrant, secure & lasting democracy, this RW domestic terrorist network must be banished. #PublicHealth#Vaccines#AntiVaxxers#GOPDeathCult
The existential threat of living in America under Republican presidents🚨(and under some R governors/legislatures):
Arguing that “violence isn't random but a problem in public health & preventive medicine,” the researchers were blunt:
“Suicide, homicide, & combined suicide/homicide rates from 1900 to 2010 were found to be associated with an increase under Republican presidents & a decrease under Democratic ones with statistical significance.”
Death Star brought to you by the Texas #GOPDeathCult: Goal: TX legislature wants to effectively deny cities -state’s lg. Dem-leaning cities, esp. Houston/San Antonio/Austin -the ability to pass local laws & regulations in 8 major policy areas: AG, bus & commerce, FIN, INSUR, labor, natural resource law, occupational law, & prop. law -does all this in a bill -doesn't aim to affirmatively lay out regs. at the state level -simply attempts to thwart local regs🚨. #GOPFascismhttps://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/08/greg-abbott-texas-attacks-austin-with-death-star.html
#MAGADoomLoop: #MAGA Republican: members & MOC are self-immolating: They aren’t giving up -going even further -responded to electoral losses with even more flagrantly anti-democratic maneuvers nationwide🚨. Even as voters are mobilizing to protect democracy at the ballot box, they're redoubling their commitment to the #TFG's anti-majoritarian mode of politics: threaten impeachment to overturn a MI election... This, in turn, is motivating voters even more. #GOPDeathCulthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/14/trump-2024-chances-michigan-wisconsin/
Another dangerous member of the #GOPDeathCult, threatening over half the US adult population, SC Gov McMasters today at the Republican State Convention: McMaster repeating one of his favorite GOP lines: "I look forward to the day that Democrats are so rare, we have to hunt them with dogs." -Joseph Bustos, reporter
"It's almost certain: Greene knows space lasers -ref. "Jewish space lasers" -conspiracy theory: false accusations a wealthy Jewish family is secretly causing wildfires from space.
She knows: best way to get her message out is to frame it in the dumbest terms possible -ensures press covers it/liberals re-post it/also engaging the MAGA audience. What was overlooked -troubling: Greene's encouraging the cold-blooded killing of asylum seekers -many: children."
FL's GOP leaders are competing with other red🩸state officials as to who's more evil:
"Every single FL Republican in this state HSE CMTE voted to give 18-yr-olds AR-15s & repeal the law they passed after Parkland. Every Democrat OPPOSED.
That's what the FL GOP is now-- a bunch of hard-right extremists following DeSantis off a cliff."
-CG Smith
HSE Bill 1223, if passed, would reverse part of a law enacted after the mass shooting at MSD HS.
Republicans DON'T CARE -they've refused to fund Ukraine🚨:
104 Russian torture chambers were discovered in the de-occupied territories of Ukraine. Ukraine's PG Kostin: UA is aware of 19 torture chambers on the territory of the Russian Fed. The largest number of torture chambers was found in Kharkiv region – 25 in Zaporizhzhia... He emphasized that almost 90% of prisoners & detainees are subjected to torture or some form of violence💔.
A Texas fascist wants a war with Biden & his admin:
Gov Abbott retweets Jack Posobiec, a propagandist who promoted the bogus Pizzagate conspiracy theory & has a documented history of collaborating with neo-Nazis & white supremacists. He's upset that fewer migrants will be injured or die since his razor wire has to be removed due to the SC ruling Mon. 2 GOP SCJs sided with 3 Dem SCJs.
His post threatens retaliation by R owned 5th Circuit, that may rule in his favor.
"DUI arrest footage of newly elected Republican Party of Florida chair Evan Power. He was driving drunk, crashed his car, had a loaded gun with a bullet in the chamber, and the police report apparently mentions he had a bunch of silver bars, like some knockoff Bob Menendez."
-Thomas Kennedy
The Florida Republican Party voted to elect Evan Power as the new CHM after removing Christian Ziegler due to...
MSM is focused on #TFG. He's not in court today, they could cover how Rs are passing laws that jeopardize the health & lives of IMGs/POC/Women/LGBTQ ppl...
#DeathSantis hid behind closed doors when signing the bill.
"Modern politics: Death of Shame, politicians -no longer shamed of behavior that'd humiliate most decent souls. FL makes it illegal to guarantee shade & water to outdoor WKRS. Recently a FL farm worker died from heat exhaustion."
#MAGA Mike will burn the House down to garner wins for the GOP. Johnson doesn't care if🌎🔥destroys America, that LA is polluted from FFs use or that it has a high crime rate.
His climate skepticism is borne out of evangelical “dispensationalist belief” -idea that the end times herald the 2nd coming of Christ. These Evangelicals aren't concerned if the world burns *eager for the Rapture -no reason to care about: coastline/⬆️ocean temps/ENVIR.
It appears that #TFG has a sinister plan for winning the election, inciting specific violence, & this time it includes taking out Pres Biden. “Trump flattened for talking about executing Biden before gun owners.” #GOPTerrorism#GOPDeathCult#GunViolence
"Shout this from the rooftops: #TFG's "deportation plan" is really a plan for a US dictatorship. Blue cities will be in essence be invaded by red-state NG soldiers, who'll aid dead-of-night raids & violently suppress protests.
“I take all of it seriously,” Nunn, a counsel who monitors nat. sec. & liberty issues -expert in the pres. uses & abuses of the Insurrection Act *allows for the deployment of soldiers on US."
Texas Republican leaders endanger pregnant people. They have no regard for the US Constitution.
Texas' highest court on Friday refused to ensure that doctors are not prosecuted for abortions they believe are necessary in medically complicated pregnancies, rejecting a lawsuit by 22 patients & physicians.