After Citizens United, says director Kimberly Reed, “you could just see political power slipping out of the hands of the average citizen and into the hands of a handful of super-rich people.”
Category: Government Control
The view at the highest reaches of the incoming administration is that the press is the enemy.
Source: Trump’s Plan to Neuter the White House Press Corps and Our Democracy – Truthdig
* The Abbott supporters in the crowd had their Greg Abbott paper fans to keep them cool – Tea-Party yellow with the slogan “Fast Cars, Firearms & Freedom-It’s a Texas Thing”
*** Greg Abbott was appointed as a justice on the Texas Supreme Court in 1995 by then-Governor George W. Bush
*** Won the right to display the Ten Commandments in front of the state Capitol
*** Was a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity and the ‘Young Republicans’ Club’ (Our Liberals).
*** Abbott became a paraplegic when an oak tree fell on him while he was running following a storm in 1984.
*** He sued the homeowner and negotiated an insurance settlement worth more than US$10 million, resulting in payouts of US$14,000 a month.
*** Abbott later championed laws capping punitive damages to two times the amount of economic damages awarded plus US$750,000.
*** Abbott said that when asked what his job entails, he explains ‘it’s gotten simplified’. “I go into the office in the morning, I sue Barack Obama, and then I go home.”
*** Justice John Paul Stevens commented upon Abbott’s performance while in a wheelchair, “I want to thank you … for demonstrating that it’s not necessary to stand at the lectern in order to do a fine job”.
*** Abbott has filed suit against various U.S. agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Health and Human Services (including challenges to Obamacare), and the Department of Education, among many others.
*** Abbott has said that the state must not release Tier II Chemical Inventory Reports for security reasons, because Texan citizens, WAIT FOR IT>>>> “can ask every facility whether or not they have chemicals or not”. PML
*** Koch Industries has denied that their contributions to Abbott’s campaign had anything to do with his ruling against releasing the safety information. ROFL. Stop Abbott, you’re killing me!
*** In 2014, Abbott argued against a lawsuit brought by the NRA to allow more people access to concealed carry of firearms, as Abbott felt this would disrupt public safety. Boom Boom!!!
Yep, gotta be Tone’s Twin.
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