Social media rang with righteous indignation over the senseless killing of Jazmine Barnes, who was shot and killed while riding in a car along with her mother and three sisters on a Texas highway on Dec. 30. The gunman, who was identified as a white man, allegedly drove a red pickup truck and fired upon the Barnes family seemingly randomly and without any provocation. A picture quickly emerged of a racist murderer on the loose, hell-bent on killing innocent black children. All of the usual alarms were triggered. New York Daily News writer Shaun King, a leader of the Black Lives Matter movement, who was made famous in the aftermath of the Ferguson, Missouri, protests, rushed to tweet out accusations about the alleged suspect, a man named Robert Cantrell. read more
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is missing arguments for the first time in more than 25 years as she recuperates from cancer surgery last month, the Supreme Court said. Ginsburg was not on the bench as the court met Monday to hear arguments. It was not clear when she would return to the court, which will hear more cases on Tuesday and Wednesday, and again next week. read more
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) adopted a new rule on Friday aimed at keeping outsider candidates like Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) from trying to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020.
The new rule, adopted by the DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee, requires all Democratic presidential candidates to be a member of the Democratic Party, Yahoo News reported.
A presidential candidate running for the Democratic nomination must be a member of the party, accept the Democratic nomination and "run and serve" as a member.
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Did Sen McConnell make the same rule change for fmr Pres Obama's nominees? -#11 | Posted by LampLighter at 2019-02-09 01:42 PM
No, that was Senator Reid who changed the rules for federal judges other than SC nominees for Pres. Obama.
Reid, Democrats trigger nuclear' option; eliminate most filibusters on nominees
Can somebody from this site that typically is seen as a lefty explain what a "win" looks like in this situation? - #7 | Posted by 101Chairborne at 2019-02-08 09:23 PM
Not that I'm seen as a lefty, but this seems like the most promising way this is a "win" for Democrats:
CNN falsely labels Northam as 'Republican'
but for all 3 of them?
Only because Republican voters could not be counted on to reject a racist POS game show host who brags about sexually assaulting women.
#40 | Posted by JOE at 2019-02-19 01:55 PM
Damn democracy and people voting for who they think is the better choice.