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Republicans in my adopted N. C. state make me feel all stabby, and their vote to strip power from the incoming governor, attorney general, and other incoming Democratic leaders is another example of why. This move was under the $227 million in relief aid meant for victims of Hurricane Helene.
If this move to strip powers from the Democratic Governor sounds familiar, Scott Walker pulled the same stunt after Tony Evers defeated him in 2018.
Unbelievably, the right wing nut jobs are trying to defend, or even justify, Felon Trump's appointees to his syndicate, er, I mean, his cabinet. And their attempts are getting lamer and stranger as their desperation continues to mount. One of their latest ones is this video that was shared by a former Fox denizen, Jillian Anderson, which shows an old video of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg:
Not one Trump appointment should be questioned when the Democrats have their Transportation Secretary out here saying roads are racist.pic.twitter.com/rtQHmtxPnA
— Jillian Anderson (@Jillie_Alexis) November 18, 2024
Anderson opines that not one of Trump's syndicate cabinet appointees should be questioned because Buttigieg said that some infrastructure was built without racial equity in mind.
Rep. Drunken "The Squish" Van Orden (WI - A Random Barstool) and Matt "Tubby" Gaetz have no love lost between them after they bumped heads earlier this year. Apparently, that bad blood is still there, since DVO told Manu Raju of CNN that he would vote to release the ethics report for Gaetz:
RAJU: Would you vote to release that report?
DVO: I think it's very important that everybody has as much knowledge as possible so that they can make an informed decision.
RAJU: That's a yes.
DVO: That's a yes.
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