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This is absolutely cringeworthy. The not so racist GOP discussing why a speaker at CPAC said they only hired Michael Steele as RNC chair a few years ago because he was black.

 
Not only did Steele have to endure the actual comment, he then had to endure Schlapp condescendingly attempting to justify it rather than simply apologize.
 
fcbforever said:
I honestly believe the GOP would have faced charges of being unconstitutional already if they were in Germany.
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They fiercely hide their unconstitutional behaviour behind the constitution.
 
RedTiger said:
This has no bearing on the subject matter so I apologise for asking this, is this gentleman Filipino by heritage?
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Not sure what his background is, but given that he's not white it sort of amplifies the absurdity of what he said about Steele being black.
 
KOCH DOCUMENT REVEALS LAUNDRY LIST OF POLICY VICTORIES EXTRACTED FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

“This year, thanks in part to research and outreach efforts across institutions, we have seen progress on many regulatory priorities this Network has championed for years,” the memo notes. The document highlights environmental issues that the Koch brothers have long worked to undo, such as the EPA Clean Power Plan, which is currently under the process of being formally repealed, and Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, among their major accomplishments. The memo also highlighted administration efforts to walk back planned rules to strengthen the estate tax in a list of 13 regulatory decisions favored by the network.

The network’s political operation includes a polling and research outfit, Capitol Hill lobbyists, several hundred field staff, groups designed to air campaign ads, and an assortment of grassroots groups set up to appeal to certain constituencies. The LIBRE Initiative is a network group geared toward selling Koch policy ideas to Latino communities. Generation Opportunity works to reach out to millennials and college students; Veterans For America for veterans and military-minded voters.

To win support for the Republican tax legislation, the Koch network claims that it organized over 100 rallies in 36 states, contacted over 1.8 million activists, and knocked on over 33,000 doors. The group also spent freely on digital and television advertisements, with $1.6 million in TV spots to support the legislation in Wisconsin alone.

As The Intercept previously reported, the Koch network told its surrogates to downplay concern over the deficit, a major issue they raised during the Obama administration, in order to convince lawmakers to support the package.

The president’s lawyer, Don McGahn; the president’s chief liaison to Congress, Marc Short; and the president’s counselor, Kellyanne Conway all previously worked for the Koch network before taking their current positions in the White House. Ethics forms reveal that officials across the government, including at the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy, previously served at Koch think tanks or other Koch groups. Vice President Mike Pence also maintains a very close relationship with the Koch brothers.

The memo details efforts to weaken the power of labor unions, including a broad attack on private sector labor unions in states controlled by Republicans in 2017. Meanwhile, the memo notes that the Trump administration has shelved a number of Obama-era rules that were viewed as too friendly to workers and labor unions, including the Overtime Rule and the Joint Employer Rule. The latter would have reduced the barriers for workers at franchise businesses, like fast food outlets, to form a union.
the Koch network plans to press forward with the Employee Rights Act, legislation to extend right-to-work laws nationally and set up new barriers for labor activists hoping to form new unions.

The memo notes that they believe Justice Anthony Kennedy will soon retire, and the effort to replace him will be “far more contentious” than the effort to confirm Justice Neil Gorsuch.

The memo notes that the network sponsored pressure effort on Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D.; and Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., all of whom eventually voted to confirm Gorsuch.
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I've said this before but I'm sad whenever I read about the Kochs that I don't believe in hell. They are destroying humanity for their money. Hell is all they deserve, and opulence is all they will get.
 
Not good. Just hope RBG and Breyer are getting all their vitamins.
 
Ubik said:
Not good. Just hope RBG and Breyer are getting all their vitamins.
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I think they can make it to 2020, but if Trump somehow wins another term then that will alter the political trajectory of the court for decades. Lots at stake.
 
Don't know if this has been posted before on the Caf, but this is a document regarding the EPA. Note that the Koch brothers are mentioned
 
I'm enjoying reading the Twitter feeds of Delta, United and Hertz following their decision to disassociate with the NRA. Who else has made announcements so I can bask in the butthurt and tub thumping?
 
Georgia GOP threatening to withhold a tax break on jet fuel because a private enterprise parted ways with a special interest group.

Oh the fecking hypocrisy.
 
Carolina Red said:
Can you link me to it? I don’t tweet
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Yeah give me a few minutes, I was reading it about an hour ago.

https://mobile.twitter.com/search?q=Delta illegal &src=typed_query

The thread I was reading should be there somewhere. I'm sure it was a CBS news story.

Feck it, the link seems broken but that's copied and pasted properly. Odd. Sorry mate. Just go to Twitter and type Delta Illegal and the threads should come up.
 
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