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Ex-Trump AG Barr, others

artappraiser — Sat, 23 Jul 2022 04:25:24 +0000

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Ex-Trump AG Barr, others launch Republican-backed election law group

By Jacqueline Thomsen @ Reuters.com, July 21

Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections was co-founded by Karl Rove, hotelier Steve Wynn and lawyer Bobby Burchfield

The group opposes courts intervening in state election laws

and has already filed briefs in court cases over new voting restrictions

Prominent Republicans including former U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Thursday launched a new legal group they say is aimed at defending state legislatures’ right to set election laws.

The nonprofit group, Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections, is also co-founded by longtime Republican strategist Karl Rove, hotel magnate and GOP donor Steve Wynn and attorney Bobby Burchfield, who last year resigned from the law firm King & Spalding.

Burchfield told Reuters Thursday that the group was created in response to expanding court fights over election laws. It has already filed two briefs in election law cases backing state legislatures' ability to change voting rules.

“We do not think the courts should be setting the rules for elections. We believe that’s the province of state legislatures,” Burchfield said.

He said the nonprofit is not a “foil” to Democratic lawyers like Marc Elias, who left law firm Perkins Coie last year to start his own practice regularly litigating over election laws.

The group is not affiliated with former President Donald Trump and does not support particular candidates, Burchfield said. He said the groups' members reject claims made by some other conservatives that the 2020 election is illegitimate due to mass voter fraud.

Elias on Thursday told Reuters he believes the new organization is "fundamentally about making voting harder and opposing voting rights." He said that the state laws the group defends are falsely premised on the idea that fraud is rampant in U.S. elections.

One of the group's briefs, filed in June before the Montana Supreme Court, supports reinstating several new voting laws blocked by a judge in March, including ones eliminating same-day voter registration and heightening voter identification requirements in the state. The court in May suspended that ruling but has not issued a final decision.

Represented by lawyers from Jones Day, the group also filed [....]

P.S. Some central beliefs

artappraiser — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 21:21:34 +0000

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P.S. Some central beliefs stand out real clear: Isolationism on foreign policy; protectionism on economic policy; anti-new immigrant, even anti legal immigrant; and especially real serious about 'DRAINING THE SWAMP' and VOIDING THE DEEP STATE of Federal government. Much more serious about the latter than Grover Norquist, plans are being put down on paper on how to do things like get rid of the FBI and CIA and a lot of Pentagon brass, other Fed bureaucracies as one can imagine. And guess what, they seem to have a Supreme Court now that agrees that nearly everything should be left up to the states.

^ This is actually a crucial

artappraiser — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 21:10:31 +0000

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^ This is actually a crucial piece to read if you care about the future of politics and policy.
It makes very clear which entities and people on the right have gone with a serious MAGA agenda, see Trumpism as an ideology and not the single narcissist most of us do. Head and shoulders above anything published on topic before. Follows "the money," not just talk. And well-written, easy to read. What's real clear is that a lot of conservative orgs and activists have seen a sea change. (May end up being something like the "Reagan revolution" was.) Also is surprisingly candid about which people Trump ended up hating...lots to chew on...

No, he's a football coach.

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 14:29:08 +0000

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No, he's a football coach. Alabama & Auburn made the transition 8 years ago - Google it:

https://www.google.com/search?q=alabama+gay+football+players&oq=alabama+...

There’s no one better than ⁦

artappraiser — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 12:01:01 +0000

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There’s no one better than ⁦@jonathanvswan⁩, and this morning he goes deep inside the efforts to lay the groundwork not just for specific names for a 2025 administration, but to allow Trump to dismiss civil servants who stood in his way previously. https://t.co/51rcxAnhGK
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 22, 2022

I don't think people are

artappraiser — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 22:05:17 +0000

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I don't think people are fully appreciating what a big deal it is that a senator from Alabama is taking this stance. https://t.co/uUe1Jper4X
— Sean T at RCP (@SeanTrende) July 20, 2022

Sure maybe he votes against the bill. Maybe this isn't the most progressive, enthusiastic endorsement. But good lord people, this is an elected representative from ALABAMA.
— Sean T at RCP (@SeanTrende) July 20, 2022

Decade ago Democratic VP got

artappraiser — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 07:47:41 +0000

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Decade ago Democratic VP got ridiculed for gaffe saying he supported gay marriage - which Rs had used as not-so-secret wedge issue against Ds.
Today, Dems used gay marriage to divide Rs, splintering them on the issue.
Via @MariannaReports & @LACaldwellDC https://t.co/dlN0wZVmFc
— Paul Kane (@pkcapitol) July 19, 2022

It was smart of Democrats to put a moderate, super-popular bill on the floor that got a bunch of GOP votes while exposing the extremism of the majority of the party.

More legislation like this. https://t.co/uhjYcvgFFp
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) July 20, 2022

She's a relatively

artappraiser — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 03:21:04 +0000

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Interesting because she's a relatively sophisticated pro-MAGA, anti-woke psychologist with lots of followers:

Every single Republican who votes against this is a moron. https://t.co/7gEqNXx8mB
— Karlyn Borysenko is ACTIVELY UNWOKE (@DrKarlynB) July 20, 2022

These are the 47 House

artappraiser — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 02:01:53 +0000

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These are the 47 House Republicans who voted for a bill protecting marriage equality https://t.co/VT44TlIwuk pic.twitter.com/YPnZt2u4dM
— The Hill (@thehill) July 19, 2022

more at Twitter events, 3 hrs. ago

House passes bill codifying same-sex marriage

The House of Representatives passed the Respect for Marriage Act in a vote of 267 to 157 on Tuesday, a bill that will codify same-sex marriage nationwide in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade last month. The legislation would also repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, a 1996 law signed by former president Bill Clinton that defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman. The legislation faces an uncertain fate in the Senate, where at least 10 Republicans would need to join with Democrats to overcome the filibuster, CNN reports.

The 18 anti-NATO Trumpers in

artappraiser — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 01:54:58 +0000

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The 18 anti-NATO Trumpers in the House:

Can anyone tell me why 18 Republicans in Congress voted AGAINST a resolution expressing support for Finland and Sweden to join the NATO alliance?
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) July 19, 2022

The “NO” votes: Andy Biggs, Dan Bishop, Lauren Boebert, Madison Cawthorn, Ben Cline, Michael Cloud, Warren Davidson, Matt Gaetz, Bob Good, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Morgan Griffith, Thomas Massie, Tom McClintock, Mary Miller, Ralph Norman, Matt Rosendale, Chip Roy & Jeff Van Drew.
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) July 19, 2022

I should note many in the replies are calling them "The Putin Caucus"