U.S. Politics

[Rick Plant]

96% of the results are in for the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, and it's an 11 point landslide victory for Janet Protasiewicz over MAGA Dan Kelly.

The main issues that drove voters to the polls were abortion, gun reform, democracy, and the economy.

Voters rejected the Republican big government overreach of controlling women's bodies, banning books, discrimination against the LGBTQ community, trying to control what teachers can do in the classroom, and the Republican evangelicals forcing religion on society.

This is not freedom, this is Republican fascism, and the voters of Wisconsin sent a message loud and clear that they reject Republican fascism in their state.   

Common sense tells you these same voters will come out again in 2024 to vote for President Biden and Democratic candidates because Republicans will still run on these same far right wing unpopular polices that voters have already rejected more than once.           

[Rick Plant]

ProPublica has just published an explosive scandal involving Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

Clarence Thomas was secretly accepting luxury vacations from GOP billionaire Harlan Crow for over 20 years. This of course is illegal because it violates the financial disclosure law. It's obvious that Thomas was being influenced by Harlan Crow to vote on important rulings that affects our lives with these vacations he was getting in return for free.

GOP corruption at its finest.         

Clarence Thomas Secretly Accepted Luxury Trips From Major GOP Donor
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-scotus-undisclosed-luxury-travel-gifts-crow

[Rick Plant]

Phil Williams @NC5PhilWilliams

WATCH: To better understand Democratic frustrations surrounding how business is conducted in Tennessee's GOP supermajority House, watch this segment from our award-winning Revealed investigation - long before #TheTennesseeThree made national news. (Please like and share.) 1/2

Watch Here: https://twitter.com/i/status/1644772286195531778

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https://twitter.com/NC5PhilWilliams/status/1644772286195531778

[Rick Plant]

House Republicans are 'in a hole and digging' as Democrats watch them flail



The inability of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to get his leadership team on the same page as they attempt to come up with a budget plan is being greeted with joy by House Democrats and White House officials who are more than willing to watch the GOP infighting go public.

The once-again embattled McCarthy has been sniping at some of his top lieutenants, with Politico reporting that he"...has taken shots at Budget Chair Jodey Arrington (R-TX) as 'incompetent' and chief deputy Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) as 'ineffective,'" with the report adding, "People close to McCarthy tell us that he perceives both men as disloyal (and we know from covering McCarthy for almost a decade that he holds grudges)."

According to Axios, things aren't getting any better, and in fact are getting worse, allowing Democrats to sit back and not have to throw him a lifeline.

One top Democrat who is observing the House Republican's "dysfunction" told Axios, Republicans are "in a hole and digging ... so why take away their shovels?"

The report adds, "The report has reassured Democrats that the Biden administration's refusal to move forward with talks before McCarthy releases a GOP budget outline is the correct approach."

"A White House official told Axios that Biden's strategy of holding out for a 'clean' debt ceiling increase and only negotiating on the budget once Republicans present a proposal remains unchanged," the Axios report added.

https://www.axios.com/2023/04/08/gop-dysfunction-fuels-dems-hardball-budget-tactics

[Rick Plant]

All time record-low black unemployment in March, under President Biden's and Vice President Harris' leadership.

The Black unemployment rate fell to 5% in March, an all-time low.

[Rick Plant]

When President Biden took office, the unemployment rate was 6.3%.

Now, it’s just 3.5%.

President Biden is investing in America, creating good-paying jobs, and building an economy that works for all Americans.

"This is a good jobs report for hard-working Americans," says President Biden in a statement.

[Rick Plant]

NEW JOBS REPORT:

The American economy has added 12.6 million jobs since President Biden took office, and the unemployment rate has dropped to 3.5%, a near a 50-year low.

THE STRONGEST JOBS COMEBACK IN HISTORY.

These BLS documented government statistics proves you can't trust Republicans with jobs and the economy. Their failures on jobs and the economy dates going back to George Bush in 1989 has been well documented. This speaks for itself.

 

[Rick Plant]

Lauren Boebert accused of 'coverup' after son's car accident



Noble D'Amato, a 19-year-old friend of Rep. Lauren Boebert's son Tyler, has accused the Republican congresswoman of covering up details of a vehicle crash that left him injured.

D'Amato told Denver news site Westword that he was riding shotgun with Boebert's son on September 17 when Tyler flipped the SUV he was driving. D'Amato suffered "multiple concussions and a severely lacerated hand."

"I still have problems with my hand," D'Amato told the site. "My thumb almost got cut off. It prevented me from getting a welding job, because I can't hold a TIG torch anymore. I'm a personal-care provider now."

Following the crash, D'Amato said he was charged with drug offenses after police found unprescribed Xanax pills and a marijuana grinder at the scene of the accident.

Boebert's son was issued a careless driving ticket, which was later reduced to "defective vehicle for headlights," the Garfield County Court Clerk's Office told Westword. Tyler was ordered to attend an "Alive at 25" driver's awareness program.

Westword said Boebert's office issued an April 4 statement in which it said, "The injury reported was superficial at best and was addressed by medical professionals out of caution."

D'Amato called the statement "bull----."

"She's never liked me," he remarked. "But that doesn't give them the right to try and hide the fact that I was injured."

D'Amato accused Boebert of trying to cover up his injuries, and referred to allegations that she had tried to hide an accident in 2019.

"They've tried covering up stuff before," referring to the claims.

As for the crash itself, D'Amato said Boebert's son was "stone cold sober" but "was driving so f--king fast."

"I remember waking up with blood pouring out of my hand," he recalled. "I had put my hands up in the air to protect myself and got messed up really bad by the window or something. I was just glad to be alive."

D'Amato explained that he had drifted apart from Boebert's son following the accident.

"Just because he's Lauren Boebert's kid doesn't mean he's a god," he observed.

D'Amato said he was thankful to be alive and off drugs.

"It was an accident," he remarked. "But the fact that they're downplaying it like this is something else. Superficial injuries? I got multiple concussions. My thumb was almost cut off. I couldn't hold a torch. It prevented me from getting a welding job."

"So, yeah, harm was definitely done. But like I said, if it were up to [Tyler] fully — and he didn't have his mom affecting his mind so aggressively — he'd take responsibility and not act like it wasn't a big deal. But he's the son of Lauren Boebert. If I did what he did, I'd still be in jail."

https://www.rawstory.com/lauren-boebert-car-crash/