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“Conservative hero.” You are quite dopey tonight.

 

Well, your president decreed of Jones, "You have an amazing reputation."
Many of your president's guys, including Seb Gorka, showed up at CPAC. All it takes these days is the endorsement of the serial sexual predator in the Oval Office and you're a conservative hero speaking to adoring crowds.
Guess it's kind of sad for your president and alll of his appointees to be social pariah.

 

I don't know how many are following this, but the Washington legislature has voted to make itself immune to the state open records laws. It basically closes the current records, and resets to new standards starting in July, 2018. Conveniently, this makes things like existing sexual harassment settlements and lobbying records sealed.

http://www.sanjuanjournal.com/news/...-public-disclosure/?google_editors_picks=true

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee Faces Immense Pressure To Veto Public Records Bill


"Last year, the Associated Press, the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association, and other regional news organizations sued the Legislature after it denied their requests for documentation of any sexual assault and harassment complaints filed against all 147 lawmakers.

Lawyers for the Legislature promptly appealed the ruling to the state Supreme Court then lawmakers set to work re-writing the public records law."


"Washington lawmakers passed the public records exemption bill following a January court ruling in a lawsuit brought by news organizations, including public radio. Thurston County Superior Court Judge Chris Lanese ruled that lawmakers are subject to the Public Disclosure Act and have been violating the law by refusing to turn over documents.

Those documents include emails, calendars and records related to sexual harassment. The Legislature is now appealing that ruling to the Washington Supreme Court."

"Prior to Friday’s floor vote in the Senate, the legislation’s two primary sponsors, Senate Majority Leader Sharon Nelson, D–Maury Island, and Senate Minority Leader Mark Schoesler, R–Ritzville, framed the legislation as boosting government transparency.

Supporters of the bill argue it would increase legislative transparency. Starting in July 2018, the bill would require lawmakers to release their calendars and communications with lobbyists, but not constituents.

“This bill very simply to me is going to expand and reveal lobbyist communications, which is something I think we all agree with,” said Republican state Rep. Matt Shea during the vote in the Washington House last Friday. “And currently that is not disclosable. We are expanding transparency today.”


Minutes after the bill’s passage in the Senate, it was transmitted to the House where it was given similar praise by members. Rep. Matt Shea, R–Spokane Valley, said the bill is a response to the January court order and that the Legislature is not subject to public disclosure laws because it is not a state agency.

“We’re the ones that have oversight over state agencies. We are a separate branch of government and this bill restores, very clearly, the separation of powers,” he said.

Good lord, what a bunch of bullshit.

The law passed with a veto-proof majority, but there is a lot of pressure on the Governor to veto it and make them go on record with an override vote. I hope that they can't get away with a voice vote on that and are forced to own it. Voters are, predictably, pissed.

 

None of those people are conservatives.

 

https://www.usnews.com/opinion/thomas-jefferson-street/articles/2018-02-28/bernie-sanders-is-right-get-the-us-out-of-saudi-arabias-war-in-yemen?google_editors_picks=true

Bernie Sanders is calling for the U.S. to get out of the Saudi Arabia - Yemen war. Sounds like a good idea to me. All that getting sucked any further into that is going to do is create more enemies in the region. It is, of course, not an authorized war. We just sorta drifted along when the Saudis started bombing.

 

How Kentucky bourbon, Harley-Davidsons and other US products could be targets in a spat over tariffs

 

What’s going on in Yemen is awful, but helping the Saudis isn’t going to “create more enemies.” The Saudis are warring with Iran and other Shi’a influences through Yemen. They already hate the shit out of us.

 

TINMHITTMAL

 

I have a general idea what that acronym means, but I'm out after "There Is Nothing More Hateful ..."

Refresh my memory?

 

Trump is his own comms director. That’s the problem.

 

It ends in ... Than The Modern American Liberal. (TTMAL)