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Now, that wasn't so hard, was it!?
Washington State Enacts AR-15 Ban
Gov. Jay Inslee (D-WA) signed into law an immediate ban on military-style semiautomatic weapons, making it the 10th state to do so.
#GrannieOakley in 3…2…1…
Which means that folks in Spokane (or anywhere else in Washington State) who want to buy AR-15s will need to drive over the state line into Idaho to make such a purchase.
The ban needs to be national.
Exhibit A: Chicago
Exhibit B: New York City, 93% of guns used in crimes came from out of state
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-gun-data-out-of-state-guns-nyc-crimes-20230424-goojjmm3szc7lmjxj7hjngbtoq-story.html
Harry Belafonte trying to hold it together while singing the Banana Boat song with the muppets. Must see Twitt of the day.
That is the best thing all day, for sure, PH.
The bloodletting has begun…DeSanctimonious is in the cross hairs. Bigly.
It's "dog eats dog and there ain't no napkins" season. Saint Bernard eats chihuahua.
Comparing enthusiasm for Biden with the enthusiasm for Trump is dumb.
People who really support Trump treat him like a god king. People who really support Biden treat him like a person who would be good at being President.
I hear folk talk about the "enthusiasm gap" for Biden like it's something that Biden's team and supporters need to change. I'm much rather the enthusiastic support of Trump go down more than I'd want the enthusiastic support of Biden go up.
"People who really support Biden treat him like a person who would be good at being President."
Absolutely right! I've said it before: this is asymmetrical warfare. The Trump supporters have deified him because he co-signs their racist and xenophobic bullshit.
Biden supporters are rational people making a calculated decision that Biden – a competent nice guy – is far preferable to most of the alternatives (Trump, DeSantis, Pence, Tucker Carlson, Nicki Haley, Tim Scott, yadda, yadda, yadda). The only possible exceptions would be Larry Hogan or Chris Sununu, and neither of those two stand a chance of being the GOP nominee.
Hogan has already said no.
Sununu has all of the national appeal and charisma of Micheal Bennet of the 2020 cycle. Other than sympathy votes and those protesting other candidates, it's hard to make a case for Sununu.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/26/politics/work-requirements-food-stamps-medicaid-debt-ceiling/index.html
“If you are unable to pay for food or medical care because you can’t work, the government will help you get food and medical care… but only if you find a job.”
Yeah. This makes total sense, Republicans.
Interviews for minimum wage jobs gonna be like: “Hi. Here’s my application. I’m starting on Monday. If you don’t hire me I’ll be unable to refill my medication for my chronic condition and die. You don’t want that on your conscience. I wear a size large uniform. See you next week.”
I’ve seen this movie. It came out in the early ’80s. It starred a woman on social assistance, with a couple or three young kids. She couldn’t get work because she couldn’t afford childcare. She drove an old Cadillac that got gallons to the mile when gas was $3.00 and one had to queue up, sometimes for hours to get it. Someone had traded the Caddy in for a smaller, more efficient car. But it was all she could afford. Reagan called her a “welfare queen”.
Here's the story:
The Truth Behind The Lies Of The Original 'Welfare Queen'
Funny how, according to Republicans, if we steal from a store then it's our fault for stealing but if we steal from the government, it's the government's fault.
Perhaps they got the idea from Dominion Voting Systems …
Disney sues Gov. Ron DeSantis, alleging political retaliation (msn.com)
While I've always been a big fan of settling disputes through litigation, I think Mickey Mouse is going to have a hard time making his case. There are usually winners and losers after elections. And though I certainly would not have voted for him, DeSantis did win the damn election. DeSantis has a strong argument that he is simply implementing the wishes of those 59% of Floridians who voted for him. To the victor goes the spoils.
BTW, the Mouse is not without recourse. Why don't they fold their tent and relocate to some other state? Georgia is trending blue and even Brian Kemp knows better than go off on some culture war jihad.
Disney team has been out in front of the DeSantis team on every step of this dispute. I'm pretty certain there are commercial benefits to the legal moves of taking on a bully.
Relocation is an "end game" — and would mean uprooting a huge investment, thousands of employees, and development rights that stretch to the end of the lives of grandchildren of England's King Charles.
Chances of Republicans like DeSantis continuing to run Florida for even 20 years seem remote to me.
I'm not unhappy that Disney is doing it. I just wouldn't count on a big pay day at the end of it all.
Standing up to the bully is the right thing to do. And it may keep the bully tied up in depositions next winter and spring when he should be kissing asses in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.
Imposing punishment without trial is fairly explicitly outlined in the Constitution. And both DeSantis and the FL legislature have been crystal clear about the intent of their actions.
Disney, IMHO, has been playing it soft until now. The only question in my mind is whether or not bills of attainder have gone through the 14th Amendment expansion yet.
I imagine DeSantis could possibly win on appeal to SCOTUS by claiming his religious beliefs require him to be a dick?
OTOH Disney’s a prime deep-pocketed prospective buyer, and the seller’s market for the judiciary’s land holdings has never been better . . .
CNN just reported that one of the undecided House Republicans on the debt ceiling bill is the pride of eastern Colorado, Ben Kuck.
Wonder what he is holding out for?