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Post by amyrs on Jul 10, 2023 21:31:24 GMT
Starting July. Hope the weather is treating everyone safe?
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Post by lani on Jul 10, 2023 22:38:53 GMT
amyrs , thanks for starting. Weather's fine here in northern/central Calif. As far as politics go, I don't know where to start...SCOTUS, Trump's apparent lock on the nomination...It's all making me very tired. Oh, I actually thought of something good: Turkey suddenly dropped their objection to Sweden joining NATO.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Jul 10, 2023 23:04:14 GMT
amyrs, Thanks for starting the thread. It is warm here, but I mostly stay inside with the a/c. As for politics, I don't like the way things are going. Seems there is a lot of hate going around. lani, Agree with you about Turkey.
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Post by amyrs on Jul 11, 2023 6:42:24 GMT
yes there is a lot of hate but i will give you a laugh. Our Democratic Governor Tony Evers did some line-item changes in the budget which is allowed in our state. he changed some numbers so that public education is supported and for the next 4 centuries. He took out the legislative changes that would abolish diversity and blacked it out Usually the legislature would go to the stat Supreme Court to overrule him. But the Court with the 4 women starting August 1 against the 3 who've been supporting the legislature is now PROGRESSIVE August 1. First think down with the 1849 Abortion bill . Second our gerrymandered maps form 2010 and 2020. Fair maps we need for our 50 50 state.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Jul 13, 2023 18:52:02 GMT
What do you think of Biden and his wife not acknowledging their granddaughter in Arkansas? She's Biden's daughter from an encounter he had with an ex-stripper that he doesn't remember. DNA tests proved she was his daughter, and the mother reached an agreement in court with Hunter for child support and that the mother won't use the Biden surname for the child. The Biden's have made it known that any publicity/PR about them should not mention this 7th grandchild.
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Post by DotRen on Jul 14, 2023 12:44:37 GMT
bbbearsmom, I think it's terrible that this poor kid is being shunned by "the most powerful family in the country". Shame on them.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Jul 14, 2023 16:52:00 GMT
DotRen, It does sound horrible. Although I don't know the whole story my sympathy is with the mother and the child.
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Post by finreporter on Jul 15, 2023 7:04:00 GMT
I had googled for that earlier but I am wary when every news source publishing an article on the topic are ones such as Fox News, the daily mail, and others I don’t trust. Maybe there’s one on a reputable news source but it wasn’t coming up.
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Post by amyrs on Jul 19, 2023 21:33:40 GMT
I hope August 1 comes fast for our state court to govern the 1849 qabortion law and order fair maps be drawn by not the legislat8ure who gerrymanders them terribly we have a 50 50 state and that could mean almost a supermajority. b
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Post by amyrs on Jul 19, 2023 21:34:44 GMT
wedont have a supermajority by one seat in the assembly so its scary cause we have a wonderful governor.
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Post by finreporter on Jul 23, 2023 23:15:47 GMT
As per usual, Abbott looking out for the interests of business owners before the health and wellbeing of the workers. An especially crucial protection with temperatures in TX rising higher and breaking records. This came up on my feed yesterday about Abbott rolling back local protections for mandatory breaks for workers which was lifesaving for outdoor laborers. www.texastribune.org/2023/06/16/texas-heat-wave-water-break-construction-workers/
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Post by lani on Jul 24, 2023 1:42:36 GMT
finreporter , this is awful. Right up there with the floating barrier in the Rio Grande. Although with the barrier, I would think folks would just move to another spot to cross. He can't put buoys in the entire river. Not that I don't think our immigration policies need an overhaul, but this is like, well, we can't shoot them, what can we get away with? The barrier has razor wire so it can't be climbed over.
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Post by finreporter on Jul 24, 2023 4:45:03 GMT
Can we trade Abbott over the border for some nice hardworking immigrants just looking for a better life?
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Post by DotRen on Jul 24, 2023 13:09:15 GMT
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Post by lani on Jul 24, 2023 14:45:55 GMT
I have heard on the news that the Rio Grande barrier is in violation of the federal Rivers and Harbors act. So Texas can't control the river I guess.
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