pacino wrote:We're paying for the wall.

Woody wrote:What would Trump have to do for their to be a military coup

If Chicago doesn't fix the horrible "carnage" going on, 228 shootings in 2017 with 42 killings (up 24% from 2016), I will send in the Feds!

Woody wrote:What would Trump have to do for their to be a military coup

After a video was posted on Facebook Friday showing a group of people following McCrory during a trip to Washington, D.C., for inaugural weekend, chanting “Shame!” and calling him a bigot, Sen. Dan Bishop of Charlotte says he’ll introduce legislation to protect public officials.

The proposed legislation would “make it a crime to threaten, intimidate, or retaliate against a present or former North Carolina official in the course of, or on account of, the performance of his or her duties,” Bishop said.

American Civil Liberties Union North Carolina policy director Sarah Gillooly said in an emailed statement that the proposed legislation could limit citizens’ rights.

“People’s right to criticize politicians – whether in a newspaper, at a meeting, or on a public street – is the very heart of what the First Amendment protects,” Gillooly said. “Everyone deserves protection from violence, but politicians who run for and serve in public office shouldn’t get special treatment to shield them from criticism. Any attempt to criminalize peaceful political speech would violate the Constitution and our country’s proud tradition of free speech for all.”

In the video, which lasts three and a half minutes, McCrory, television personality and conservative pundit Lou Dobbs and three unidentified women are approached by people on the street who shout “Shame!” and call McCrory an “anti-gay bigot.” McCrory and his group try to avoid them but are followed down an alley where they waited to be admitted to a building.

None of the people who were shouting physically engaged with anyone in McCrory’s group in the video. No one is heard making any threats. Many of them are shown taking video of the incident on mobile phones.

Bucky wrote:sounds like they need a safe place

The nonpartisan Center for Public Integrity recently ranked South Dakota47th in the nation for accountability, largely because of its lax lobbying laws. “Little to none of [state legislative and lobbyist interaction] is reported to the public in any detail,” the report said.

In South Dakota, the battle is largely along partisan lines. More than two-thirds of Republican lawmakers have signed onto the repeal effort; not one Democrat has. (That may also be a function of just how small the Democratic Party is in South Dakota: There are 16 Democrats in the entire 105-person legislature.)

thephan wrote:ITS ON!

TRUMP ORDERS A MAJOR INVESTIGATION INTO MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD

So here is the problem, this is really just a bridge to new voter ID laws that likely limit the vote. A secondary problem is that we are going to spend how many millions in investigating Donald's bruised ego. My damn money for this witch hunt.

Any senator or congressman who supports this should be asked at length about the potential legitimacy of their elected status if they believe this is prevalent, even in the face of studies and #LegitimateFacts

swishnicholson wrote:You'll find plenty in this article that's been making the rounds on Facebook that's unfair, simplistic or deceptive, but it's a pretty articulate, um, articulation of a certain point of view:

What so many people don't get about the U.S. working class

What they want is what my father-in-law had: steady, stable, full-time jobs that deliver a solid middle-class life to the 75% of Americans who don’t have a college degree. Trump promises that. I doubt he’ll deliver, but at least he understands what they need.

At a deeper level, both parties need an economic program that can deliver middle-class jobs. Republicans have one: Unleash American business.