Grotewold wrote:I prefer my Russian espionage with Keri Russell

The Savior wrote:The incompetence here is alarming.

Obamas failure to act here is astounding.

pacino wrote:he doesn't really seem to say anything in that article other than he doesn't trust the CIA

just to attack the messenger for fun: i'm surprised he was able to type that in between soliciting minors.

Michael Flynn quietly deletes fake news tweet(s) about Hillary Clinton

Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn claimed in a radio interview that Arabic signs were present along the US border with Mexico to guide potential state-sponsored terrorists and "radicalized Muslims" into the US.

td11 wrote:A hearty FUCK YOU to the north Carolina gop

A House bill would force Cooper to take his Cabinet choices to the Senate to get confirmed and would remove the governor’s appointments to trustee boards at University of North Carolina system schools. The state Constitution gives the Senate authority to confirm a governor’s choices to boards and commissions, but that power has been latent.

Rep. David Lewis, R-Harnett, a primary sponsor of the confirmation bill, said he didn’t know whether it would have been considered had McCrory been re-elected. But for decades, he said, “The legislature elected to not exercise that constitutional responsibility. We simply are going to choose to exercise it.”

Lewis’ measure also would reduce the number of executive branch employees not subject to state job protections that Cooper could hire from 1,500 to 300. These workers are often policy makers who are politically allied with a governor.

A bill filed by Senate Republicans would merge the State Board of Elections and State Ethics Commission when the new year begins, revive partisan elections for the state Supreme Court and Court of Appeals and let McCrory pick the next Industrial Commission chairman for the next four years. Another bill would confirm the nomination of McCrory state budget director Andrew Heath to a Superior Court judgeship.

Committee meetings were scheduled Thursday to consider some of the legislation.

House Democrats were furious about the new special session, saying Republicans used the disasters as pretense for a power grab before Cooper takes office. They called it a violation of the state constitution. GOP lawmakers used a constitutional tool requiring the signatures of three-fifths of House and Senate members to hold their own session. They vowwd to take the matter to court, reports CBS Raleigh, North Carolina affiliate WNCN-TV.\
“This is why people don’t trust us, this is why they hate us ... because of this right here - using hurricane relief as the reason to come back to Raleigh to do a lot of things because you lost an election by 10,000 votes,” Rep. Darren Jackson, D-Wake, said on the House floor.