Watching current.

she just said coming up

the ReTHUGS did not have the 2/3s majority.
Looks like the Feds will have to step in here.
Yep Michigan Dems have sued them for preventing them from voting.
And as I posted a few days ago a judge is on their side.

I'll repost Rachel's video

nothing smells as good as a pukes ass burning and it looks like there will be some of that before this is all said and done.

but I suspect DOJ will sort this one out

Looks like the repugs are disenfranchising voters from coast to coast!

place was just moved to an area 20 miles from her. Not unexpectedly the voting precinct is made up of elderly and poor. That's what happens in Virginia when the republicans get in power.

I hate fascist!

has to drive a 2 lane country road for 20 miles to get to her polling place. It was just a couple of blocks away before the redistricting. There is a low income housing apartment building close to where she lives and most of the houses in the area where she lives have older, poorer residents. There is also a trailer park in the district and a high black population. Coincidence that her district got changed and the very white, somewhat more affluent area where I live didn't get changed? I'm surrounded by white Republicans and she's surrounded by people who are of demographics that are usually Democrats.

My friend is disabled, living on disability and has a car on it's last leg. The road to the polling place is not one some elderly people will feel comfortable driving - it's narrow and very curvy.

and the time allowed before a bill can take effect - ninety days after the end of that legislation.
It can only be passed with 'immediate effect' if there is a 2/3 majority in both chambers of the legislature under 'immediate effect'
The ReTHUG authoritarian governor and his goons have passed
546 of 566 laws under 'immediate effect'.

This is going to get real ugly. A three second vote - Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

The Republicans just asserted that 12 Democrats voted for immediate effect. No actual vote was taken.

in charge tapping a gavel after asking for the count and it wasn't taken. They are violating their own constitution and the law, the freaks. 546 laws were passed illegally. I wonder if someone can get Holder to care? This needs federal intervention because of the emergency management law violates the constitution of the US, voting laws and human decency.

Republicans for Environmental Protection, funny stuff. Hope this is not it.

and taking away the rights of citizens

Thanks for the thread, malaise.

need to watch this report.

Peace to you, malaise.

this is huge.

it was not overblown as to being a bombshell. Completely unconstitutional, undemocratic, illegal actions by the Republican Congress in Michigan. They have even denied the Democratic congress members the right to vote.

Geez, scary shit.

picked up by the other networks.

There ARE important reasons why the republicans want to control this state. Their handlers have a plan. A big plan.

They're bastards.

Thank you for taking that burden away from us, Republicans

they always turn out to be, eh (once they get power)?

Either say what it is or shut up.

Here, let me help you: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/vp/46973330#46973330

They are putting their radical laws into effect even though they don't have enough votes to do so. Anyone who cares about the direction this country is taking should watch this video on her web page.

I'd like to know----where is the outrage?

The first session started Jan/2011. Over 500 laws were started immediately instead of Jan/2012 + 90 days.

So they didn't have the 2/3 required. Why hadn't the Dems responded to this injustice before now?
It also begs the question, why would Dems have all voted no on legislation but then at least 12 of them vote for it to start immediately?
Wow, I don't get it.

Who can step in there to solve this mess?

Where is the DOJ?

I just did a Google image search for "Miss Michigan". Not really into that stuff, but always glad to pick a winner.

Ms. Wisconsin IS Ms. America.....sorry for the picture, Ms. Michigan does kinda look like Ms. America, (Wisconsin), but she isn't. Sorry if I made it look like she was.

For what they want to do. By the way, is there impeachment in the state constitution? The governor should. As to the legislators, we may see indictments.

Republicans are fascists.

It's really obnoxious to post something about what you've seen on TV or heard on the radio with no background story or links so that other people who haven't seen or heard it about can know what the hell is being talked about.
I had to read through all these responses down to this one to find out what the fuck this was all about.

on her web site later.
You can always ignore the thread.

What happens here can happen to a state near you.

Last summer I worked sooooo hard trying to collect signatures to recall Snyder, the governor. We could not get enough signatures. (We needed 806,000). Why? Because this effort was TOTAL grass roots - no media attention, no union support, no money.

Almost all of the people who saw the volunteers RAN TOWARDS US to sign the petition, happy to see us. Those that supported Snyder would drive by the volunteers, never getting out of their cars, yelling "GET A JOB" Really? Too scared to debate the issues? The facts?

Another recall effort is in the works, but....I am not optomistic. Snyder has money, the media, etc.....

I am very happy that Wisconsin got the attention it deserved. Wisconsin had union and media support. Not so in Michigan. Now that the Democratics have sued the republicans to allow them to vote before a bill is instantly made into a law, per the Michigan constitution, maybe things will change.

I guess the Michigan Republicans assumed they could get away with breaking the law and no one would notice. I wish the Dems had made a loud stink to the media!

Rachel says she'll deal with the push back on Monday.
Apparently her report last night is spreading like a virus.

Go Rachel!!