On a semi-related note, a prominent local civil rights attorney (he represented the plaintiffs in the Kentucky/Kim Davis same-sex marriage case), Dan Canon*, has announced that he’s officially running for the 9th Congressional district of Indiana in 2018.
*Full disclosure: Dan Canon and I have been friends for over 20 years, and I think his running is really fucking awesome.
I am pleased at a Doper endorsement, to be sure. But boney fidos? Sure, he’s a civil rights attorney but that does not necessarily rule out a Republican. There are Republican civil rights defenders, just like there are Republican comedians. Not many, granted, but still…
…and then what do they imagine happening if Sessions determines that he is?
I’ve debated internally as to exactly how much (and to what extent) I would be endorsing Dan Canon on the SDMB. I consulted with Bone via private message to make sure that I didn’t break some obscure rule about shilling for someone that I know on a personal level. His advice was, essentially, as long as I wasn’t soliciting y’all for donations and contributions, and didn’t go overboard with promoting him, I’d be okay.
I’m sure very few of y’all live in the Indiana 9th Congressional district, so I won’t encourage voting for him. But you can check out his platform at his website:
I send dribs and drabs of money to various candidates, $3 for that dude, $5 for that dudette, so on and so forth. My actual Representative is the Hon. Keith Ellison, the Lutheran Muslim, and my Senators are Franken and Klobuchar. There are encouraging signs that small-donor money power is the way towards the future.
“Power to the People” is a pretty good slogan, it may be even better as a plan. Also, “Think Globally, Act Loco”, but maybe that’s just me.
The problem is that for the most part their constituency supports that kind of religious bigotry and sees being challenged on it as a violation of their religious freedom. This first amendment only applies to Christians dontcha know.
Majority of Republicans (58%) think colleges are bad for America. And 85% say the media are, too.
Trump: “I love the poorly educated”
Colleges, bad. Coal mining jobs, good. Nice formula you have there, Republicans!
Nazis going after NSA staffers, including McMaster aides.
I suppose that they will weed out anybody who demonstrates any competence at governing. Sad!
Well, I’ve spent enough time teaching at college/university level to know just how bad we really are.
How bad are we? Bad enough to bring the wrath of Lance Wallnau down upon us:
You’re damn right, Lance. I am molesting the crap out of these young minds as much as I possibly can. And I’m not even sorry.
In other news, Nevada sold out of legal marijuana so quickly that the governor endorsed a ‘statement of emergency’. 
Ted Cruz’s proposal for health care: Let health providers do away with everything required under Obamacare, as long as they “offer” one plan that covers the Obamacare requirements. So people who need health care won’t be able to afford the plan that really does any good, but the insurers can say, “Hey, we offered, if they don’t want to take us up on it …”
That’s access to health care! That’s what they promised, access! Everybody has equal access, its just that you die and they don’t. Other than that, totally the same!
Arkansas graduates to the mid-13 century. Women now need permission from men to get abortions.
Unless the Supreme Court revamps abortion rights (which is, I suppose, possible if there are more vacancies), I think this would violate Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which struck down a spousal notification requirement.
It does. Though linky no worky, so I don’t know exactly what’s in the legislation that is presumably under discussion.
Fixed link.