Originally published at: North Carolina Gov And Gov-Elect Take Republicans To Court Over Power Grab - TPM – Talking Points Memo
The newly elected North Carolina Democratic Gov. Josh Stein and current Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper filed a lawsuit against the GOP-controlled state legislature’s leadership on Thursday evening, over a recently implemented piece of legislation designed to strip power from incoming state level Democrats. In the final days of its veto-proof supermajority, the Republican-controlled legislature passed…
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Republicans took over the majority in the General Assembly in the mid terms in 2010. This was the panicked response to Barak Obama winning the Presidency in 2008. North Carolina still has active KKK covens operating in the Central and Eastern part of the State, and having a black man ( or partially black man) holding high office was just not acceptable to the bigots and dumbasses whose white skin is the only accomplishment they can claim in their entire lives.
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I’m betting the money wins. As always.
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has changed, but as a FYI:
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Wait until all these ReThug bastards get to the pearly gates and find out both Jesus and St. Peter looked just like Barack Obama and the Garden of Eden was the prehistoric Sahal in North Africa. They will all burn in Hell.
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You say that like it’s a bad thing… 