Congress Suddenly Erupts Into Chaos Amid Hearing Chaos reigned during a House Oversight Committee hearing on Thursday after Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene mocked a Democratic lawmaker over her eyelashes. 05/16/2024 - 10:02 pm | View Link
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Two incumbent Superior Court judges challenged for re-election; 11 running unopposed Every four years, the entirety of the Spokane County Superior Court bench is up for election. Often, not a single judge is challenged, but this year, three people are running against Judge Timothy ... 05/10/2024 - 4:59 pm | View Link
California Supreme Court hears arguments about removing ballot measure restricting new taxes The California Supreme Court is weighing whether to remove a measure from the November ballot that would make it harder for the state and local governments to raise taxes ... 05/8/2024 - 4:48 am | View Link
Executive order puts Arkansas schools in conflict with federal regulations on transgender students With Arkansas joining a number of conservative states set to clash with the U.S. Department of Education, school districts in Arkansas are in the middle of a brewing conflict over updates to federal ... 05/5/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Colorado voters in November will decide whether to make abortion a state constitutional right after the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office announced Friday that backers of a ballot initiative had gathered enough signatures.
Advocates for the measure turned in 159,930 valid signatures last month — more than enough to place the question on the ballot, according to the state agency.
The ballot measure, if approved by 55% of voters, would prohibit state and local governments from outlawing or impeding access to abortions.
President Biden drew a parallel on Friday between Donald Trump “and his MAGA Republican allies” and segregationists in the 1950s who tried to prevent Black and white Americans from going to school together.
Speaking to Black leaders gathered at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Biden described meeting with some of the nine people who faced racist jeers and abuse to attend Little Rock’s Central High School in 1957, three years after the Supreme Court ruled segregation in education was unconstitutional.
The shit hit the fan when Chaos Crew member Marjorie Taylor Greene insulted Texas Democrat Jasmine Crockett for wearing "false eyelashes," as if the Georgia Sasquatch has room to talk about anyone's appearance. Insults were lobbed back and forth, and Ocasio-Cortez demanded an apology from Klan Mom Marge.
That wasn't going to happen (narcissists never apologize unless they're desperate and it's rehearsed), but MTG did agree to have her words stricken from the record.
"Oh, girl," AOC said.