The official Thread for Trash/Repug CRAPICATION of America, the planet

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Trump says he recommended Cain for seat on Fed board


https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...litics+News%29

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Goddamn, ALL the red/slave states suck

The Peach State or 'Banana Republic'? Critics Howl Over Georgia GOP's Proposal to Target Journalists With Secretive Ethics Panel

"It's not the government's role to tell journalists how to do their jobs. This bill is unnecessary state meddling with the press."

a bill put forward by Republicans in Georgia that would create a journalism ethics board in the state and subject reporters to fines if they don't comply with the new rules.

"Ethics in Journalism Act" (H.B. 734) would establish an "independent" ethics board with members from the journalism profession selected by the University of Georgia, which is run by the state.

The board would create "canons of ethics,"

set up a system for issuing and investigating complaints about journalists and news outlets, and

issue advisory opinions on whether news organizations have violated laws.

Under the proposal, news outlets would also be required to turn over materials—including video and audio files of interviews—if a subject requests the files.

Refusal to release the materials could result in lawsuits or fines.

As the Journal-Cons ution noted,

the rule would give the government more power over journalists than the public has over the legislature

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/04/04/peach-state-or-banana-republic-critics-howl-over-georgia-gops-proposal-target

I expect Trash will tweet support

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Where in The U.S. Are You Most Likely to Be Audited by the IRS?

In a baffling twist of logic, the intense IRS focus on Humphreys County is actually because so many of its taxpayers are poor. More than half of the county’s taxpayers claim the earned income tax credit, a program designed to help boost low-income workers out of poverty.

As we reported last year, the IRS audits EITC recipients at higher rates than all but the richest Americans,

a response to pressure from congressional Republicans to root out incorrect payments of the credit.

The study estimates that Humphreys, with a median annual household income of just $26,000, is audited at a rate 51 percent higher than Loudoun County, Virginia, which boasts a median income of $130,000, the highest in the country.

https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/eitc-audit

Crushing poor people with their simple finances while Repugs have cut $100Ms from IRS funding so IRS doesn't have the people to audit
BigCorp's and 1%'s complicated returns, eg, Trash's.

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Trump says he recommended Cain for seat on Fed board

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fed-cain-recommendation/trump-says-he-recommended-cain-for-seat-on-fed-board-idUSKCN1RG2SQ?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&u tm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign= Feed%3A+Reuters%2FPoliticsNews+%28Reute
rs+Politics+News%29

Trash's vetting policy: Suck my to get a nomination

Herman Cain’s pro-Trump PAC attacked 12 GOP senators as “traitors” for emergency declaration vote

https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2019/04/04/herman-cain-s-pro-trump-pac-attacked-12-gop-senators-traitors-emergency-declaration-vote/223341?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_c ampaign=Feed%3A+MediaMattersForAmerica-CountyFair+%28Media+Matters+for+America+-+Blog%29

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Trash's vetting policy: Suck my to get a nomination

Herman Cain’s pro-Trump PAC attacked 12 GOP senators as “traitors” for emergency declaration vote

https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2019/04/04/herman-cain-s-pro-trump-pac-attacked-12-gop-senators-traitors-emergency-declaration-vote/223341?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_c ampaign=Feed%3A+MediaMattersForAmerica-CountyFair+%28Media+Matters+for+America+-+Blog%29

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red/slave slave KASA, esp for women

Missouri Lawmakers Look to Codify the Idea That ‘Survivors Lie’

The Trump administration has “created an entire environment where women are disbelieved,"

"I am not surprised that we see states adopting bills that are reflective of this ideology."

https://rewire.news/article/2019/04/05/missouri-lawmakers-look-to-codify-the-idea-that-survivors-lie/

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Legislative Lowlights: Republicans Give the Green Light for LGBTQ Discrimination

One Democrat supported a bill introduced by Texas Republicans that

would prohibit state agencies from penalizing workers who refuse to provide services based on religious belief.

https://rewire.news/article/2019/04/09/legislative-lowlights-republicans-give-the-green-light-for-lgbtq-discrimination/

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Amid Wave of Anti-Choice Laws, Texas GOP Holds Public Hearing on Putting Women to Death for Obtaining Abortions

A Texas state House committee on Monday night

devoted several hours to discussing potentially subjecting women to the death penalty if they obtain abortions.

Republican state Rep. Tony Tinderholt introduced the bill, saying it

would make women more "personally responsible." but who will responsibilize the men?

the bill was given the state's first-ever public hearing on a proposal to classify women as criminals for obtaining abortions.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/04/10/amid-wave-anti-choice-laws-texas-gop-holds-public-hearing-putting-women-death?cd-origin=rss

goddamn, TX solidifies its status as a HOLE full of hated-saturated, maggot-infested Christian turds

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unending evidence that the Repugs are deeply anti-democratic, anti-Cons utional. Only power and money from BigDonor matters, not America

Tennessee Lawmakers Consider Fines And Criminal Penalties For Voter Registration Drives

Activists say the measure would chill efforts to register people in a state that already has significant problems with voter registration and turnout.

Tennessee lawmakers are considering a bill that would impose new restrictions on groups conducting voter registrations and subject them to potential criminal charges and civil penalties.

Activists say the move is unnecessary and would deter voter registration in

a state that already has one of the lowest rates in the country.

The bill would allow officials to impose a fine of $150 to $2,000 on any group that turns in at least 100 “deficient” voter registration applications in a single county.

A group that turns in more than 500 “deficient” applications could be fined up to $10,000.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tennessee-voter-registration-applications_n_5cafa525e4b098b9a2d0f707?ncid=newsl tushpmgnews__TheMorningEmail__041219

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Voting Rights Roundup: Arkansas GOP tries to block liberal ballot measures—but not conservative ones

Arkansas: Angry that voters passed a ballot initiative to increase the minimum wagein 2018, Arkansas Republicans are using their legislative majorities to put a cons utional amendment on the 2020 ballot that would make it vastly harder for progressives—but not conservatives—to ever put a measure on the ballot again.

Arizona: Republicans have passed a bill in the state House that imposes new restrictions on early voting. Arizona's in-person early-voting period normally ends the Friday before Election Day, but voters who have an unexpected emergency that prevents them from voting on Election Day are currently allowed to vote at a limited number of "emergency" voting centers in the days between Election Day and the cutoff for regular early voting. This bill would require such voters to sign a sworn statement that they have an emergency and would penalize any false claims as a felony, punishable by up to three years in prison

Indiana: Indiana Republicans have passed a bill that would make it more difficult to cast an absentee ballot by mail by lengthening the deadline to request a mail ballot from eight to 12 days before Election Day.

Tennessee: Tennessee Republicans are quickly advancing a bill that could intimidate civic groups into no longer conducting voter registration drives, with a committee in the state Senate recently approving the measure. As we recently explained, this bill could put those organizing voter registration drives in a classic Catch-22: They could face criminal penalties for failing to submit inaccurate voter registration forms and civil fines if they do submit them.

Mississippi: Mississippi Republicans have appealed a recent ruling by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals that struck down the GOP-held 22nd State Senate District for diluting black voters' power in violation of the Voting Rights Act. Republicans are asking that the whole 5th Circuit hear their case en banc, where all judges on the circuit participate. Given that conservatives dominate the 5th Circuit, there's a reasonable chance Republicans will succeed

● North Carolina: North Carolina Republicans just can't quit their addiction to gerrymandering. Two state House Republicans have introduced a bill that redraws the city council in Winston-Salem, a city of a quarter-million people, in what appears to be a classic racial gerrymander.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1849806

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Fun with a Murdoch toilet paper

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New from yet another Repug hole, crushing poor people falsely for fraud

Texas removes thousands of children from Medicaid each month due to red tape

Most states check whether children on Medicaid still qualify for the program once a year.

Texas checks more often, using an automated system that critics say lead to kids losing coverage even though they’re still eligible.

Most states check whether children still qualify for Medicaid once a year, when it’s time for them to reenroll.

In Texas, the HHSC uses

an automated system to detect income changes in households with children on Medicaid several times a year.

That’s led to thousands of kids being abruptly kicked off the program – and

data shows that many of those removals were in error.

The state currently conducts automated checks for income changes among families with children on Medicaid in databases maintained by the Texas Workforce Commission, the federal Office of Child Support Enforcement, the Social Security Administration and a private firm, Equifax.

If any of the databases shows a family’s income rising above the threshold for Medicaid, the commission sends a letter to the family and gives them 10 days to prove they are still eligible.

Williams said that if the 10-day period has passed with no response from the household, the commission waits an additional 15 days before taking any action, such as disenrollment.

The commission started performing the eligibility checks multiple times per year in 2014.

Data from HHSC shows that only 1% of households with a child in the Medicaid system were contacted in 2017 and 2018 because they didn’t pass a periodic income check.

That amounts to an average of 6,471 households contacted per month.

Of those contacted for follow-up, 70% of the children lost coverage.

The majority,

an average of 4,162 children per month, are denied due to procedural issues, such as failing to provide income verification.

However, just over half regained Medicaid or CHIP coverage within 12 months,

suggesting they were dropped from the program prematurely.
many of the kids that are kicked off Medicaid are not due to an eligibility issue but families getting caught up in “bureaucratic red tape.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/04/texas-removes-thousands-children-medicaid-month-due-red-tape-records-show/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaig n=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story%29

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Ditzy Devos, the ignorant, dominionist, misogynist, racist, grifting kakisotcrat extraordinaire

Things Didn’t Go Well When Betsy DeVos Was Confronted With Her Department’s Charter School Fraud

One billion awarded by the federal government’s Charter Schools Program (CSP) went to charter schools that never opened or opened for only brief periods

During a series of recent congressional hearings in Washington, D.C., U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos had to respond to a recent report finding

the U.S. Department of Education has been scammed for hundreds of millions of dollars by fraudulent or mismanaged charter schools.

Her responses reveal not only her inability to counter legitimate concerns over the spread of charter schools but

also the charter school industry’s resistance to honestly address a chronic problem with its schools.

up to $1 billion awarded by the federal government’s Charter Schools Program (CSP) went to charter schools that never opened or opened for only brief periods before being shut down for mismanagement, poor performance, lack of enrollment, and fraud.

Our calculation was that a least a third of the $4.1 billion spent by the CSP was wasted.

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2...charter-school

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TRUMP’S FED PICK: KEEP WOMEN OUT OF SPORTS, UNLESS THEY MAKE ME HORNY

“No more women refs, no women announcers, no women beer venders, no women anything.”

These are actual opinions espoused by Stephen Moore.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/04/stephen-moore-women-basketball?mbid=nl_th_5cbe43fe42ae0b19c49f3b02&CND ID=43758549&utm_source=nl&utm_brand=vf&utm_mailing =VF_Hive_042319&utm_medium=email&bxid=5bd6795524c1 7c1048022fcc&user_id=43758549&hasha=992d608214b505 003aa04bf10a595031&hashb=542eb31d958e85ddd5a4c3ccf 3faae18526a77bd&hashc=54b3612ab970ce13a64a16665b19 87080ca5b72e2ee762b722fbba6ab378f2f5&esrc=bounceX& utm_campaign=VF_Hive_042319&utm_term=VYF_Hive

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Trump administration forces U.N. to water down resolution on rape as a weapon of war

The U.S. was threatening to veto any resolution that hinted at the necessity of abortion being available to the victims of this ongoing atrocity, and it won.https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1852606

Knowers of the Mind of God say God wants rape victims to have rape babies, are gifts from God

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Interior Inspector General Opens Probe Of Half-Dozen Trump Political Appointees





investigation into whether several senior political appointees improperly met with their former employers and clients

The 82-page CLC complaint from February names six former lobbyists, lawyers and other conservative figures who accepted political appointments in Trump’s Interior Department and subsequently held meetings with their former clients or employers.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/i...+%28TPMNews%29

The corruption will be UnPresidented

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Trump, Republicans applaud Navy SEAL accused of war crimes.

Two SEAL snipers told investigators that one day, from his sniper nest,

Chief Gallagher shot a girl in a flower-print hijab

who was walking with other girls on the riverbank. One of those snipers said he watched through his scope as she dropped, clutching her stomach, and the other girls dragged her away.

On the morning of May 4, 2017, Iraqi troops brought in an Islamic State fighter who had been wounded in the leg in battle, SEALs told investigators, and Chief Gallagher responded over the radio with words to the effect of “he’s mine.” The SEALs estimated that the captive was about 15 years old. A video clip shows the youth struggling to speak, but SEAL medics told investigators that his wounds had not appeared life-threatening.

A medic was treating the youth on the ground when

Chief Gallagher walked up without a word and stabbed the wounded teenager several times in the neck and once in the chest with his hunting knife, killing him, two SEAL witnesses said.

Killing a prisoner of war, especially one underage, is among the gravest of war crimes.

We should expect all our politicians to take such matters seriously.

This will never happen, because

the Republican party has openly allied with white supremacists and tacitly endorses violence visited upon brown and black people.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/4/23/1852711/-Trump-Republicans-defend-Navy-SEAL-accused-of-war-crimes?detail=emaildkre

Repugs and Trash pandering to evangelicals by supporting a murderer of dehumanized Muslims

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U.S. Pressure Blocks Declaration on Climate Change at Arctic Talks

Under pressure from the United States, the Arctic Council issued a short joint statement on Tuesday that excluded any mention of climate change.

It was the first time since its formation in 1996 that the council had been unable to issue a joint declaration spelling out its priorities.

As an international organization made up of eight Arctic countries and representatives of indigenous groups in the region, its stated mission is cooperation on Arctic issues, particularly the protection of the region’s fragile environment.

According to diplomats involved in the negotiations,

at issue was the United States’ insistence not to mention the latest science on climate change or the Paris Agreement aimed at averting its worst effects.

The omission is especially notable because scientists have warned that the Arctic is heating up far faster than the world average because of rising greenhouse gas emissions.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/07/climate/us-arctic-climate-change.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The rest of the world should say " you, America" and go about addressing AGW and the ongoing, worsening climate catastrophe.

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Poll says that 56% of Americans don't want kids taught Arabic numerals. We have some bad news

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/5/13/1857360/-Poll-says-that-56-of-Americans-don-t-want-kids-taught-Arabic-numerals-We-have-some-bad-news?utm_campaign=trending



goddamn, y'all are ing stupid

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California wins in Supreme Court after 28-year fight with inventor

a broad ruling that shields states from private lawsuits filed in other states.

The 5-4 ruling is both a win for the California Franchise Tax Board and a victory for the conservative principle of state “sovereign immunity.”

The decision by Justice Clarence Thomas

overturned a 40-year-old precedent

to now “hold that states retain their sovereign immunity from private suits brought in the courts of other states.”


The court’s four liberals sounded a warning about the willingness of the conservative majority to overturn precedents.


“Today’s decision can only cause one to wonder which cases the court will overrule next,”

There was no compelling reason today for the court to overturn the 1979 precedent that allowed the tax suit to proceed, Breyer wrote.

Thomas said the framers of the Cons ution had an “understanding that states retained immunity from private suits, both in their own courts and in other courts.” really? where is this "understanding" in the sacred text?


That case held that the Cons ution allows states to provide immunity for other states, but does not require them to do so. Monday’s ruling makes such immunity mandatory.


“There is simply nothing in the Cons ution” that requires such a rule, Breyer wrote.

https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-supreme-court-california-tax-suit-nevada-20190513-story.html#nws=mcnewsletter

file under "SCOTUS5 oligarchy s screw citizens"

and stare decisis is inoperative, there is no such thing as settled law, no matter how many rulings have supported an original ruling.

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Trump Administration Balks at Global Pact to Crack Down on Online Extremism

The Trump administration said on Wednesday that it

would not sign an international accord intended to pressure the largest internet platforms to eradicate violent and extremist content,

“the best tool to defeat terrorist speech is productive speech.” Trash is a productive speaker!

“That the U.S. is a no-show to such an important meeting indicates

a shocking lack of concern about the tremendous harms perpetuated by the internet, including terrorism and killing,”

“Further, our lack of participation will reinforce the intellectual divide between Americans and the rest of the world.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/15/technology/christchurch-call-trump.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

divide between Americans and the rest of the world.” EXACTLY what Pootin wants

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White House launches tool to report censorship on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter

‘If you suspect political bias caused such an action to be taken against you,

share your story with President Trump’

https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/15/18626785/white-house-trump-censorsip-tool-twitter-instagram-facebook-conservative-bias-social-media

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Bureau of Land Management officially changes its goals from protection to destruction

“The BLM’s mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.” However, that mission statement is now, as HuffPost reports, simply missing.

, the Trump version replaces those ideas with consumption and profit.

The old sentence about health, diversity, and the enjoyment of future generations has been replaced with this:

“Diverse activities authorized on these lands

generated $96 billion in sales of goods and services throughout the American economy in fiscal year 2017.

These activities supported more than 468,000 jobs.”

the BLM did not generate $96 billion through the sale of oil and gas leases, or coal leases, or timber, or anything else.

What the BLM brought in was a small fraction of that amount.

The number being reported is the estimated revenue—

the money made by companies that took from public lands,

not the money that went to taxpayers for the privilege.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1857839

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Devos allows crushing of student borrowers, and FCC allows student borrowers to be robo-harassed by phone, email, txt

CFPB Chief Says Education Department Is Blocking Student Loan Oversight

Trump administration's Education Department is getting in the way of efforts to police the student loan industry.

lawsuits allege that widespread wrongdoing by student loan companies is costing some borrowers thousands of dollars.

companies that manage student loans, known as student loan servicers, are refusing to share information that the CFPB says it needs to perform proper oversight.

the Department of Education has issued guidance telling them not to do so, citing "privacy" concerns.

the secretary of education has put in place a series of policies that are

obstructing federal law enforcement officials from standing up for the millions of Americans with student debt."

https://www.npr.org/2019/05/16/723568597/cfpb-chief-says-education-department-is-blocking-student-loan-oversight?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=ema il&utm_content=20190519&utm_campaign=bestofnpr&utm _term=bestofnpr