Republicans behaving badly

[northland10]

If Biden were to agree with their demands, they'd just move the goalposts again.

[Sam the Centipede]

If Biden were to agree with their demands, they'd just move the goalposts again.

Absolutely!

Everything is performance with the Trumpists, RWNJs, ex-Tea Partiers (remember them?).

Of course, sometimes they don't even bother to move the goalposts, as with thir screeching about Hunter Biden not testifying or being absent, even while he was in sight, in the room.

So the substance of their demands is rarely relevant, their aim is not good governance or better delivery, it's to play to their most moronic and hate-fueled supporters.

[poplove]

NV RNC member files lawsuit challenging election worker protection bill
https://thenevadaindependent.com/articl ... ction-bill

Nevada lawmakers this year voted unanimously in both chambers to approve SB406, which was signed into law by Gov. Joe Lombardo, a Republican, on May 24. Under the law, those who harass, intimidate or use force on election workers performing their duties in Nevada could face a felony, fine and up to four years in prison.

Sigal Chattah is an election denier who ran for NV attorney general last year and she's pals with this guy:

One of the plaintiffs is far-right GOP donor and activist Robert Beadles — a native Californian, cryptocurrency investor and purveyor of conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, prominent Jewish families and other “elites.”

Link to case on Courtlistener: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67 ... v-aguilar/

Case has been dismissed, plaintiffs have lack of standing.

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67 ... v-aguilar/

[Tiredretiredlawyer]

[raison de arizona]

(Audio at link.)
https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/17 ... 9222209880

Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde suggests people in nursing homes shouldn't vote: “If you're in a nursing home, you only have a five, six-month life expectancy. Almost nobody in a nursing home is in a point to vote."

[Suranis]

Be careful, son. That's where most of Fox News viewers are.

[raison de arizona]

Israel has no responsibility to provide aid to Gaza.

We didn’t provide aid to Germany or Japan during WWII, and the Biden administration’s efforts are undermining Israel.

[Rolodex]

Oh my gosh. This is a must watch. Journalist doing his job vs GOP state rep who accidentally tells the truth. This is about the CO GOP effort to impeach the Sec of State regarding the case about trump/14th amendment. The rep - the lights are on and no one's home. But the lights are very very dim.

[pipistrelle]

Republican and not a drag queen.

One of his recognitions is creepy in hindsight.

See Dr. Thomas E. Lipin MD PA's Awards and honors

Con El Award for services rendered in Bolivia 2000
Distinguished citizen award from Boy Scouts of America for community service 2005
A. E. Gene, Brim Governance Award 2004
Chairman of Board of Jupiter medical center 1995-2000
Chairman of the board independent community bank 2001-2005
Director business development board 2006-2008
Jupiter townhall art opening. 2010
Medical mission to Cochabamba Bolivia surgical team 1992-2002

[northland10]

One of his recognitions is creepy in hindsight.

See Dr. Thomas E. Lipin MD PA's Awards and honors

Distinguished citizen award from Boy Scouts of America for community service 2005

A "Distinguished Citizen Award" is likely a local council's distinguished citizen award dinner/luncheon honoree. These are to recognize somebody's efforts in the community but not necessarily those who are actually involved in the Boy Scouts, and often, those who are involved with Scouts are involved at the donor level and not the actual program. The dinner is a benefit dinner, i.e. black-tie fundraiser.

I was involved in a couple when I was the Lodge Chief of the local Order of the Arrow Lodge (the national honor society of the Boy Scouts) and the honorees for those $ 100-a-plate dinners (it was the late 80s) were local community leaders who provided donations, solicitations of other large donations, or support (in one case, the head of the Kellogg Foundation). I met John Wooden of UCLA Basketball fame during one of those as he was the guest speaker and I was the token uniformed Eagle Scout (and escort for the MC who was a nun, and led the Pledge and Scout Oath), so was at the head table.

Granted, it is still embarrassing, but they may be safe if he was recognized for his community involvement and was not directly involved in the program. I'm pretty sure if he was still involved, he has been suspended and is on his way to the "national confidential list" (i.e. the list they keep of those who have been removed from the program).

[W. Kevin Vicklund]

So you were a male escort for a nun?!

[raison de arizona]

So you were a male escort for a nun?!

[northland10]

So you were a male escort for a nun?!

80-year-old nuns pay well.

[pipistrelle]

One of his recognitions is creepy in hindsight.

See Dr. Thomas E. Lipin MD PA's Awards and honors

Distinguished citizen award from Boy Scouts of America for community service 2005

A "Distinguished Citizen Award" is likely a local council's distinguished citizen award dinner/luncheon honoree. These are to recognize somebody's efforts in the community but not necessarily those who are actually involved in the Boy Scouts, and often, those who are involved with Scouts are involved at the donor level and not the actual program. The dinner is a benefit dinner, i.e. black-tie fundraiser.

I cringe when I see someone likely guilty who’s been involved in youth groups, so that’s a relief.

[Suranis]

So you were a male escort for a nun?!

80-year-old nuns pay well.

And they have clean Habits.

[poplove]

So you were a male escort for a nun?!

80-year-old nuns pay well.

And they have clean Habits.

My mom used to say it's okay to date a nun, just don't get into the habit.

[bill_g]

Jesus saves, passes to Moses, AND HE SCORES!!! The Joos are going to the Finals!

[Tiredretiredlawyer]

I luvs the Fogbow!

[raison de arizona]

I suppose there is something to be said for letting people have the freedom to make their own choices. But, ew.

WATCH: “Mr. Speaker, I move to table the amendment that would allow 1st cousins to marry.”

@GinoBulso (R-BRENTWOOD) —who admitted his grandparents were 1st cousins— fights to save 1st cousin marriage in TN, even claiming it violates Obergefell

@MontyFrittsTN32 joined him.

https://x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1778462331028095054

After introducing a bill to ban Pride flags, TN Rep. Gino Bulso then tried to block a law that would ban marriage by first cousins, citing the fact that his grandparents were first cousins. Story …

[raison de arizona]

Reprehensible.

Yesterday Rep. Michael Lemelin (R-Chelsea) insinuated that the enactment of LD1619, a bill expanding abortion rights, caused the October mass shooting in Lewiston as a result of God's wrath. We are dismayed by this reprehensible statement and lack of empathy for the victims.

[Slim Cognito]

@GinoBulso
(R-BRENTWOOD) —who admitted his grandparents were 1st cousins— fights to save 1st cousin marriage in TN

That explains that.

[Rolodex]

So, back in 2006 this guy, Jon Stone, was a cop, working nights in the drug beat in New Hampshire. Along the way, he met a 15 year old girl and had a "relationship with her. The police chief found out, told him to stop. He contacted her 2 more times and so got a 5 day suspension. Ol' Jon was so pissed about the suspension that he went into a rage, threatening to kill the police chief, kill his kids, rape and kill his wife and shoot up the cop shop. There was an investigation into this back then and he resigned. He became a prison guard.

Fast forward a decade or so. He owns a gun shop. Back in 2016 his hero Trump came in and he gifted trump with an AR15 engraved with 1-45 meaning trump was his first choice in 2016. He also somehow got elected councilman. He then moved up and was elected to the NH State House, where he sits today.

Some groups filed under an open records law and a couple of days ago, the whole story about why he left the police force came out (all the stuff about the girl and violent threats).

Oh, he's also a county chair for the trump campaign. Meet Jon Stone.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-fi ... 9df35397ba

https://indepthnh.org/2024/04/05/docume ... stigation/

[raison de arizona]

Only the best...

[johnpcapitalist]

Only the best people...

Former MI GOP house speaker charged with embezzlement and conducting a criminal enterprise

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's (D) office has charged former state representative Lee Chatfield (R) — who was speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives in 2019 and 2020 — with 13 felonies after a lengthy investigation.

Local news site MLive reported that Chatfield and his wife, Stephanie, have both been charged with embezzlement, conducting a criminal enterprise and various other financial crimes. Nessel said the charges were filed as the result of a years-long investigation that began in 2021.

"Our investigation has uncovered evidence that Lee Chatfield used various different schemes to embezzle, steal and convert both private and public monies to fund a lavish lifestyle that a state salary could not possibly afford," Nessel said during a press conference.

Nessel's office uncovered the alleged crimes while probing both Chatfield's campaign accounts as well as a nonprofit "dark money" organization called the Peninsula Fund. Both Chatfield and his wife allegedly used Peninsula's account to pay for opulent vacations and excursions, including a $32,000 trip to the Bahamas, a family vacation to Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida and purchases of luxury items.

"The evidence shows that Stephanie Chatfield made payments to Lee Chatfield’s personal credit cards directly from Peninsula Fund accounts," Nessel said.

According to CBS News, the charge of conducting a criminal enterprise carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. The four counts of embezzlement of funds from a nonprofit organization (between $1,000 and $20,000) each come with a maximum prison sentence of up to 10 years and/or a $15,000 fine. The three charges of embezzlement by a public officer of more than $50 each carry a potential prison sentence of up to 10 years along with a $10,000 fine.

Chatfield is also facing one charge of conspiracy to commit embezzlement from a nonprofit organization — punishable by up to 10 years in prison — three counts of embezzlement and one felony count of violating the Charitable Trust Act. The latter two alleged crimes are each punishable by up to five years in prison.

In addition to Chatfield and his wife, Nessel also charged Anné and Rob Minard in the investigation, who worked as Chatfield's political director and chief of staff, respectively. Both are charged with more than a dozen counts of embezzlement for allegedly raiding those same accounts to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Nessel's investigation into Chatfield began after his sister-in-law accused him of repeated sexual assaults for roughly a decade, though Chatfield denied those allegations and described it as a consensual affair. Nessel credited her for being the catalyst of the investigation, but said the investigation into those allegations had been closed, saying "we cannot reach the appropriate proofs required as it relates to the allegations of sexual assault."

[AndyinPA]

https://omaha.com/news/state-regional/g ... f7cef.html

Pete Ricketts, Nebraska’s junior U.S. senator and former governor who in 2022 voiced support for a total abortion ban in the state, including in cases of rape and incest, is now backing an effort to enshrine a 12-week abortion ban in the state’s constitution.

Ricketts last month donated $500,000 to the Protect Women and Children committee, which launched a ballot initiative in March aimed at amending the state’s constitution to bar most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy with exceptions for rape, incest and medical emergencies — a proposal that mirrors the abortion parameters that already exist in state law.