That suit was against the FEC for not holding Rick Scott accountable for illegal coordination with a super PAC. He delayed declaration of his Senate candidacy while the super PAC raised funds for him and colluded with him on expenditures. No campaign no foul right? A district court sided with the FEC but the decision was appealed in circuit court Jan this year. The case is still ongoing. Anyway, even if the appeal doesn’t do anything, the case does not provide a precedent for collusion after the declaration of candidacy - that’s still illegal.

Neither is okay. Super PAC expenditures cannot be made “in concert or cooperation with, or at the request or suggestion of, a candidate, the candidate’s campaign or a political party”

While his super PAC has already raised $130 million, it can’t run his campaign. Campaigns rely on many continuous small donations which DeSantis is just not pulling in. Mega donors too seem uncertain on DeSantis, and justifiably so given that he has been trailing Trump by 30% points in the national polls for a few months now and isn’t closing in. No one wants to fund a loser.

Video if you wanna suffer through his voice (or Twitter).

Damn it really persists. Good one

There are so many from the GOP this time I’ve barely heard of. Useful resource to track them and their campaign positions. Though none of them are any competition to DeSantis in the opinion polls. Neither is DeSantis to Trump. Never imagined I’d say that’s a good thing but oh my god Ron

I see. Thanks for pointing it out. The Daily Beast has never asked me for a sign up or anything so I posted. I’ll copy all the article text into the post body from now on.

Did an oopsie! It’s okay though nothing a good ol’ confession to Jesus won’t get him out of

A California church deacon allegedly sexually abused numerous boys on religious mission trips under the guise of inspecting their genitals for “concerning” moles—helping protect the children, he told them, from the ravages of skin cancer.

But beware of drag queens folks

@politicus on kbin. There is also @USpolitics. This magazine should allow for politics from all over. Especially so if you plan to allow discussion threads revolving around general political themes instead of specific stories, since you will likely draw in more participation from non-Americans as well.

Yeah, it’s an other “discourse has gotten so bad” and “both sides do it” un-think piece.

Maybe read the whole thing first. It’s just an article pointing out notable examples of ‘nasty politics’ and how voters receive it in polls.

Btw, you missed out this gem of Republican buffoonery

Edit: Also surely you notice the irony of your comment calling an article you didn’t read an ‘un-think piece’

Georgia has a no duty to retreat law where you can use deadly force against someone who invades your home and threatens you/your property, without trying to escape first. You can’t shoot someone if you were just scared of them though, at least on paper. There has to be an imminent threat. But yes with the incident involving 1. a black man, 2. trespassing, 3. Georgia… might get away with murder if you hire a ‘good’ lawyer.

What is this beef between the mayor and the council?

From an Atlanta Journal-Constitution article

Five of the seven members of South Fulton’s city council sued to throw Mayor Khalid Kamau out of office — in part, for allegedly recording closed-door executive sessions for his “personal benefit.” The 98-page lawsuit says Kamau’s conduct prevents the council from effectively governing. During executive session at a November 2022 meeting, council members discovered Kamau was recording it on a cell phone, the suit says. During a Facebook Live broadcast in December, Kamau said he would continue to do so and release those discussions to the public. He has since refused to stop recording executive sessions and further threatened to use the recordings to sue the City Council and or its members, according to the filing.

In addition to seeking Kamau’s removal from office, council members want an injunction or restraining order to keep him from recording executive sessions and making those discussions public. “To be clear, the City Council has only ever used its executive sessions as authorized by the Georgia Open Meetings Act, which makes it unclear how, or why, the Mayor would seek to use these recordings in a lawsuit against the City Council,” the request says.

Georgia law allows public officials to discuss property transactions, potential litigation and employee matters in private. Council members say they can’t effectively do so under the threat of being recorded. “In short, the Council Members are being held hostage by the Mayor; forced to choose between either betraying the City’s confidence and allowing its confidential information to be recorded and disclosed, or simply not addressing these important matters at all,” the suit says.

Did the council have something to do with the trespassing/burglary charges?

No, but the majority of the council members want him removed from office, and the person taking over for now is one of those members. So I assume they’re happy. Good ol’ political drama

Watched a few episodes of Criminal Minds and The Blacklist. They’re great for sure, but they are episodic. I’m in the mood for a serialized show.

Will check out Bones tonight.

Love it

Looks perfect. Will ask on lemmy as well. Thanks

how conservatives can/will try to explain their reasoning

get owned, libs

From the bill

Texas cities have passed burdensome local ordinances, creating a patchwork regulations across the state. These policies are better left to the employer, and if necessary, the state and federal government. Uniformity and consistent policy gives employers and employees greater clarity and flexibility.

It’s a move aiming to centralize control of the state.

the purpose of this Act is to provide regulatory consistency across this state and return the historic exclusive regulatory powers to the state where those powers belong.

Law enforcement doesn’t publish (not sure if they even collect) data on non-criminal incidences of gun violence. The CDC is helping states get a holistic understanding of gun-related violence, which is inclusive of any and all gun inflicted injuries that check into hospitals.