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  • Oregon high court says 10 GOP state senators who staged long walkout can’t run for reelection

    02/01/2024 10:34:12 AM PST · by CFW · 24 replies
    Keloland ^ | 2/1/24 | Claire Rush
    SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Supreme Court said Thursday that 10 Republican state senators who staged a record-long walkout last year to stall bills on abortion, transgender health care and gun rights cannot run for reelection. The decision upholds the secretary of state’s decision to disqualify the senators from the ballot under a voter-approved measure aimed at stopping such boycotts. Measure 113, passed by voters in 2022, amended the state constitution to bar lawmakers from reelection if they have more than 10 unexcused absences. Last year’s boycott lasted six weeks — the longest in state history — and paralyzed...
  • Democrat Staffer Who Filmed Himself Having Sex in the Capitol Won't Be Charged Because of Course

    02/01/2024 10:31:58 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 40 replies
    Redstate ^ | 02/01/2024 | By Bonchie
    The video of the act was posted online by the perpetrator and found by conservative news outlets. Naturally, the mainstream press had little interest in the story, and Sen. Ben Cardin, who employed the staffer, was allowed to simply drop the issue. Keep in mind, we are talking about the same mainstream press that spent two weeks obsessing over Rep. Lauren Boebert engaging in some ill-advised heavy petting in a movie theater. Aidan Maese-Czeropski, the staffer in question, was defiant in the aftermath, claiming he was "being attacked for who I love to pursue a political agenda." Yeah, I'm sure...