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    This election nonsense by Trump may end up splitting up the Republican Party. I just don’t see how the one third (?) who are principled conservatives can stay in the same party with Trump sycophants who are willing to sign onto the TX Supreme Court case.

    We also saw the alt right types chanting “destroy the GOP” in Washington today because they didn’t keep Trump in power. I think the Q types will also hold the same ill will toward the traditional Republican Party. In fact its quite possible that all the voters who are really in a Trump personality cult will also blame the GOP for his loss. It’s only a matter of time IMO before Trump himself gets around to blaming the GOP.

    There is some discussion of this on Twitter. What do you all think?



     
    can't imagine why they would be against this
    apnews.com

    Republicans push back on new federal court policy aimed at 'judge shopping' in national cases

    Senate Republicans are taking aim at a new federal courts policy trying to curb “judge shopping,” a practice that gained national attention in a major abortion medication case.
    apnews.com apnews.com
    slate.com

    John Roberts Just Dropped the Hammer on Rogue, Lawless Trump Judges

    After years of dallying, the chief justice and his allies struck a sharp blow against judge-shopping.
    slate.com slate.com
     
    Guess this can go here

    Terrible law
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    At six months pregnant, H decided enough was enough. She had endured years of abuse from her husband and had recently discovered he was also physically violent towards her child. She contacted an attorney to help her get a divorce.

    But she was stopped short. Her lawyer told her that she could not finalize a divorce in Missouri because she was pregnant. “I just absolutely felt defeated,” she said. H returned to the house she shared with her abuser, sleeping in her child’s room on the floor and continuing to face violence. On the night before she gave birth, she slept in the most secure room in the house: on the tile floor in the basement, with the family’s dogs.

    Under a Missouri statute that has recently gained nationwide attention, every petitioner for divorce is required to disclose their pregnancy status. In practice, experts say, those who are pregnant are barred from legally dissolving their marriage. “The application [of the law] is an outright ban,” said Danielle Drake, attorney at Parks & Drake. When Drake learned her then husband was having an affair, her own divorce stalled because she was pregnant. Twoother states have similar laws: Texas and Arkansas.


    It took H three months after the birth of her second child to muster the finances and courage to file for divorce again. She believes that had she been able to obtain a divorce when she first tried, she would have been able to leave an abusive environment many months earlier.

    The original intent of the statute in Missouri, which originated in 1973, was “noble”, Ashley Aune, a Democratic representative, said, as it tried to ensure that a mother and her child were provided for by settling custody arrangements and child support after the child’s birth.

    But in practice, it has created barriers for pregnant people seeking divorce. The precise number of women the current statute affects is unknown – no entity collects this information. But the problem, Synergy Services, a non-profit that provides supportive services to people experiencing violence in Greater Kansas City, said they regularly receive requests for support from pregnant women unable to divorce abusive husbands because of the law.

    Advocates warn the law can enable reproductive coercion, a term referring to behaviors that aim to control the course of another person’s reproductive autonomy. Common examples include forcing a person to continue or terminate a pregnancy, sabotaging their birth control or tracking their ovulation cycle.

    When the abuse was ongoing, H says she would not have used the term to describe her experience. She does now. Her first child was six months old when she was raped by her former husband and became pregnant again. “I think he knew, in his mind, that it would keep me as his property,” H told the Guardian.…….

    www.theguardian.com

    Missouri law prevents divorce during pregnancy – even in cases of violence

    The statute, which can lead to reproductive coercion in a state that has banned abortion, has recently gained nationwide attention
    www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
     
    Eeyore said:
    newrepublic.com

    Trump-Backed MAGA Senate Candidate Linked to Gay Hookup Site

    Ohio’s Bernie Moreno is trying to blame someone else for his presence on the site.
    newrepublic.com newrepublic.com
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    WASHINGTON (AP) — For Republicans eager to regain the Senate majority this year, Ohio offers a prime opportunity to pick up a critical seat.

    But ahead of Tuesday’s primary election, there’s mounting anxiety inside the GOP that Bernie Moreno may emerge with the nomination. After vaulting into the top tier of contenders with a coveted endorsement from Donald Trump, Moreno — who has shifted from a public supporter of LGBTQ rights to a hardline opponent — is confronting questions about the existence of a 2008 profile seeking “Men for 1-on-1 sex” on a casual sexual encounters website called Adult Friend Finder.

    “Hi, looking for young guys to have fun with while traveling,” reads a caption on a photo-less profile under the username “nardo19672,” according to an Associated Press review of records made public through a massive and well-publicized data breach of the website. Records also show the profile was last accessed about six hours after it was created.

    The AP review confirmed that someone with access to Moreno’s email account created the profile, though the AP could not definitively confirm whether it was created by Moreno himself. Questions about the profile have circulated in GOP circles for the past month.

    On Thursday evening, two days after the AP first asked Moreno’s campaign about the account, the candidate’s lawyer said a former intern created the account as a prank. The lawyer provided a statement from the intern, Dan Ricci, who said he created the account as “part of a juvenile prank.”

    “I am thoroughly embarrassed by an aborted prank I pulled on my friend, and former boss, Bernie Moreno, nearly two decades ago,” Ricci said. The AP couldn’t independently confirm Ricci’s statement and he didn’t immediately respond to messages left for him on multiple phone numbers listed to him. He donated $6,599 to Moreno’s campaign last year, according to campaign finance records.

    Moreno’s lawyer, Charles Harder, insisted Moreno “had nothing to do with the AFF account.”…….

    apnews.com

    Trump-backed Senate candidate faces GOP worries that he could be linked to adult website profile

    For Republicans eager to regain the Senate majority this year, Ohio offers a prime opportunity to pick up a critical seat.
    apnews.com apnews.com
     
    Optimus Prime said:
    WASHINGTON (AP) — For Republicans eager to regain the Senate majority this year, Ohio offers a prime opportunity to pick up a critical seat.

    But ahead of Tuesday’s primary election, there’s mounting anxiety inside the GOP that Bernie Moreno may emerge with the nomination. After vaulting into the top tier of contenders with a coveted endorsement from Donald Trump, Moreno — who has shifted from a public supporter of LGBTQ rights to a hardline opponent — is confronting questions about the existence of a 2008 profile seeking “Men for 1-on-1 sex” on a casual sexual encounters website called Adult Friend Finder.

    “Hi, looking for young guys to have fun with while traveling,” reads a caption on a photo-less profile under the username “nardo19672,” according to an Associated Press review of records made public through a massive and well-publicized data breach of the website. Records also show the profile was last accessed about six hours after it was created.

    The AP review confirmed that someone with access to Moreno’s email account created the profile, though the AP could not definitively confirm whether it was created by Moreno himself. Questions about the profile have circulated in GOP circles for the past month.

    On Thursday evening, two days after the AP first asked Moreno’s campaign about the account, the candidate’s lawyer said a former intern created the account as a prank. The lawyer provided a statement from the intern, Dan Ricci, who said he created the account as “part of a juvenile prank.”

    “I am thoroughly embarrassed by an aborted prank I pulled on my friend, and former boss, Bernie Moreno, nearly two decades ago,” Ricci said. The AP couldn’t independently confirm Ricci’s statement and he didn’t immediately respond to messages left for him on multiple phone numbers listed to him. He donated $6,599 to Moreno’s campaign last year, according to campaign finance records.

    Moreno’s lawyer, Charles Harder, insisted Moreno “had nothing to do with the AFF account.”…….

    apnews.com

    Trump-backed Senate candidate faces GOP worries that he could be linked to adult website profile

    For Republicans eager to regain the Senate majority this year, Ohio offers a prime opportunity to pick up a critical seat.
    apnews.com apnews.com
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    This is where we are now

    “My opponent does NOT actually hate gay people!”
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    ……The race turned especially ugly over the past week as supporters of Mr Moreno’s rivals circulated a story from the Associated Press revealing that an email used by the businessman was registered on the sexual rendezvous site “Adult Friend Finder”; not to be outdone, Mr Moreno’s allies launched a mailer accusing another Republican in the race, conservative Frank LaRose, of being a closet ally of the LGBT+ community.…….

    www.independent.co.uk

    Trump says US will see ‘bloodbath’ if he’s not re-elected: Live

    Former President Donald Trump takes the stage at Ohio rally
    www.independent.co.uk www.independent.co.uk
     
    like the phrase "Vote no but take the dough"
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    "Republicans have no excuse for having brought this minibus forward," the Georgia Republican said in a statement that day.

    Greene listed a litany of grievances, including the fact the package's six bills weren't receiving their own votes, the level of government spending, and the fact that it funds the Department of Justice.

    But that doesn't mean there weren't things for Greene to celebrate in the bill. And within a week, she was doing just that.

    "Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is proud to announce that she has successfully secured federal funding for seven different projects for Northwest Georgia," her office said in a March 11 release, saying the congresswoman "meticulously sought out" the projects that received the funding.

    That included more than $3.8 million for an airport expansion in Floyd County, $1.5 million for a water treatment facility in Dade County, and several other projects — totaling over $9.3 million. Greene had secured the projects as so-called "earmarks" in the minibus she'd railed against.

    Greene's office touted a local story about the airport funding in an email newsletter to her constituents on Tuesday morning. A spokesman for the congresswoman did not immediately respond to BI's request for comment.

    The congresswoman's maneuver is known to Democratic critics as "vote no, take the dough." While Greene herself did secure the funding, one key purpose of earmarks — officially known as congressionally directed spending — is that they give individual lawmakers a stake in government funding legislation and increase the chances that they'll vote for the bill.............

    MSN

    www.msn.com
     
    Optimus Prime said:
    like the phrase "Vote no but take the dough"
    =============================

    "Republicans have no excuse for having brought this minibus forward," the Georgia Republican said in a statement that day.

    Greene listed a litany of grievances, including the fact the package's six bills weren't receiving their own votes, the level of government spending, and the fact that it funds the Department of Justice.

    But that doesn't mean there weren't things for Greene to celebrate in the bill. And within a week, she was doing just that.

    "Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is proud to announce that she has successfully secured federal funding for seven different projects for Northwest Georgia," her office said in a March 11 release, saying the congresswoman "meticulously sought out" the projects that received the funding.

    That included more than $3.8 million for an airport expansion in Floyd County, $1.5 million for a water treatment facility in Dade County, and several other projects — totaling over $9.3 million. Greene had secured the projects as so-called "earmarks" in the minibus she'd railed against.

    Greene's office touted a local story about the airport funding in an email newsletter to her constituents on Tuesday morning. A spokesman for the congresswoman did not immediately respond to BI's request for comment.

    The congresswoman's maneuver is known to Democratic critics as "vote no, take the dough." While Greene herself did secure the funding, one key purpose of earmarks — officially known as congressionally directed spending — is that they give individual lawmakers a stake in government funding legislation and increase the chances that they'll vote for the bill.............

    MSN

    www.msn.com
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    Dear Congressional Dems. This is why you take those earmarks OUT for your enemies. JFC. Next go-round, her district gets *jack*.
     

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