Donald Trump just lost a delegate. White supremacist leader William Johnson has resigned as a Donald Trump delegate to the Republican National Convention after campaign officials blamed his nomination on a “database error.” “They don’t need the baggage that came along with my signing up as a delegate,” said Johnson, according to the Washington Post. Johnson… Continue reading “White Nationalist Trump Supporter: Race Can Now Be Discussed ‘More Openly’”
Category: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Uh oh
Response from HARRY REID's office pic.twitter.com/BssDUku5Gt
— Scott Wong (@scottwongDC) May 11, 2016
As much as I enjoy his rants, rumor has it that Grayson is in real trouble…
Ted Cruz Could Reinstate Campaign After Nebraska Primary
He’s baaaaaack! Well, maybe. He joined his BFF, Glenn Beck, on his radio program and admitted there still is an outside chance he could return. Visions of glory die hard. Ted Cruz on Tuesday floated the possibility of restarting his presidential campaign if he wins Nebraska’s GOP primary, as he avoided saying whether he supports Donald… Continue reading “Ted Cruz Could Reinstate Campaign After Nebraska Primary”
I wish I could say this was unbelieveable
But a lot of the same people think the idea of everyone carrying guns is acceptable, too. Via Think Progress:
Colorado Springs will pay back destitute people it illegally jailed because they couldn’t pay court fines, the city announced Thursday.
The city will also discontinue its debtor’s prison policy, which violated both the U.S. Constitution and a 2014 state law in Colorado. The system usually targeted non-jailable offenses like jaywalking, violating park curfews, or drinking in public.
More than 60 victims of the city’s debtor’s prison policy are getting repaid with interest under the $103,000 settlement with the state’s American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) chapter. Under the city’s previous “pay or serve” sentencing policy, people who couldn’t afford fines for non-criminal violations like panhandling near highways were forced to spend one day behind bars for every $50 the court said they owed. The settlement sets compensation for 66 pay-or-serve victims at the rate of $125 per day they were jailed.
That translates to an $11,000 payout for Shawn Hardman, a homeless man who was imprisoned for more than 90 days at significant taxpayer expense under multiple pay-or-serve sentences for panhandling.
Colorado Springs had issued more than 800 separate “pay or serve” sentences in less than two years, the ACLU found. The group alerted the city of the figures and relevant legal arguments in October. Mayor John Suthers said Thursday he was “pleased to report that our Municipal Court, City attorneys and Councilmembers worked expeditiously to correct the situation upon learning of the non-compliance.”
Whoa
https://twitter.com/AndreaWNYC/status/730068434713755648
WV Democratic Candidate Brutally Beaten With Brass Knuckles
Richard Ojeda, a Democratic candidate for District 7 of the West Virginia State Senate, was taken to CAMC General in Charleston after being repeatedly hit with brass knuckles, then the suspect tried to run him over with a car. Ojeda, a veteran who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, is running against incumbent Art Kirkendoll in District… Continue reading “WV Democratic Candidate Brutally Beaten With Brass Knuckles”
Greece sentenced to death
By new EU austerity measures:
During the debate, opposition parties argued pension cuts and tax hikes would prove recessionary, dealing another blow to a population fatigued by years of austerity.
“The measures will be a tombstone for growth prospects,” said Kyriakos Mitsotakis, leader of the conservative New Democracy party which leads in opinion polls.
Tsipras was re-elected in September on promises to ease the pain of austerity for the poor and protect pensions after he was forced to sign up to a new bailout in July to keep the country in the euro zone.
Monday’s reforms are part of a package that aims to generate savings equivalent to 3 percent of GDP, raising income tax for high earners and lowering tax-free thresholds.
It increases a ‘solidarity tax’ and introduces a national pension, while phasing out benefits for poor pensioners.
Trump may be first presidential nominee to stand trial for fraud
We have’t heard the last of Trump University and a fraud case where, for the first time ever, a presidential candidate will likely testify in his own defense in a trial where is being sued for fraud. In the meantime, the details of the Trump Institute-the scam which preceded Trump University-are relatively unknown. Yet they are… Continue reading “Trump may be first presidential nominee to stand trial for fraud”
So Sue Them: What We’ve Learned About the Debt Collection Lawsuit Machine
Millions of Americans live with the possibility that, at any moment, their wages or the cash in their bank accounts could be seized over an old debt. It’s an easily ignored part of America’s financial system, in part due to a common attitude that people who don’t pay their debts deserve what’s coming to them. A… Continue reading “So Sue Them: What We’ve Learned About the Debt Collection Lawsuit Machine”
Republicans Want To Strip 3.4 Million Kids Of Free School Lunches
Republicans Want To Make It Harder To Have Kids Fed Lunches At School In yet another case of Republicans not giving two shits about the nation’s kids, Congress wants to make it even harder for children in poverty to get free lunches at schools. According to Slate, here is the situation. Back in 2010, the Community… Continue reading “Republicans Want To Strip 3.4 Million Kids Of Free School Lunches”