MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republicans planned to forge ahead Monday with a rare lame-duck session to give outgoing Republican Gov. Scott Walker a chance to limit the powers of his incoming Democratic successor, move the 2020 presidential primary date to benefit a conservative state Supreme Court justice and enact a host of other changes almost certain to spur legal challenges.
A Republican-controlled legislative committee planned a public hearing Monday, immediately followed by a vote, setting up approval in the state Senate and Assembly on Tuesday. The votes to pass the sweeping package of bills would come about a month before Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers, who defeated Walker in November, is slated to take office.
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Disgusting! But, typical.
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Hopefully, the courts will stop some of this. We’ll see.
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They’d better. Republicans never cease to find ways to enrage me with their spineless, fascist behavior. Fucking cowards are TERRIFIED of democracy.
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Yes, Republicans are authoritarians at heart who absolutely despise democracy. They see it as an inconvenience they’d desperately like to get rid of.
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Someone asked me why they, Republicans, were SO “Christian.” I said it’s for the same reason Emperor Constantine was: power. christians give them a built in base of people used to thinking in black and white terms and following the “strongest” leader.
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Bingo, a.k.a. control of the masses.
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If you can get Christians on your side, you can count your numbers. Christians respond to certain key words, no different than Pavlovian dogs. Insert those words in your rallies, and tally the votes. It’s pure brainwashing that begins either in the crib or it activates when someone becomes “born again”.
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Yep.
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