Calley Means: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Is The Biggest Cabinet Pick Of Our Lives
Calley also weighed in on the left protesting in favor of giving children gender-affirming care and transition surgery. Calley calls this evil and a great example of the moral depravity of our healthcare incentives with the pharmaceutical companies funding the civil rights and LBGT groups that are pushing this. Calley says this issue sums up Kennedy and President Trump's message of staying the heck away from kids.
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28 minutes ago
- Associated Press
A Texas Democrat sleeps at the Capitol to protest GOP actions in Texas redistricting fight
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier refused to come to the state Capitol for two weeks. Now she won't leave. Collier was among dozens of Democrats whose walkout to Illinois, Massachusetts and New York delayed the passage of redrawn congressional maps sought by President Donald Trump. When they returned Monday, Republicans insisted the Democrats have around-the-clock police escorts to ensure they wouldn't leave again. But Collier declined to sign what Democrats called a 'permission slip' agreeing to have Department of Public Safety troopers follow them so that they could leave the Texas House chamber. So she spent Monday night and into Tuesday on the House floor, where she set up a livestream from the chamber while her Democratic colleagues outside had plainclothes officers following them to their offices and homes. Collier said having officers shadow her was an attack on her dignity and an attempt to control her movements. 'We need to shake things up and make some good trouble to have good change,' Collier said in a video Tuesday morning. The trooper assignments, ordered by Republican House Speaker Dustin Burrows, was another escalation of a redistricting battle that has widened across the country. Trump is pushing GOP state officials to tilt the map for the 2026 midterms more in his favor to preserve the GOP's slim House majority, and Democrats nationally have rallied around efforts to retaliate. 'They're following us everywhere,' said Houston-area Democratic Rep. Suleman Lalani. 'That's a very uncertain feeling that you have — that whatever you do, wherever you go, somebody's following you, somebody's behind the car.' The House was scheduled to vote Wednesday on the GOP plan, which is designed to send five additional Republicans from Texas to the U.S. House. Texas Democrats returned to Austin after Democrats in California launched an effort to redraw their state's districts to take five seats back from Republicans. Under the House's rules, the permission slips are needed to leave the House floor, though it wasn't clear how strictly that was being enforced. Wu, from Houston, and state Rep. Vincel Perez, of El Paso, stayed overnight with Collier, who represents a minority-majority district in Fort Worth. Throughout the day, Democrats visited Collier on the floor, which has a lounge and restrooms for members. Suburban Dallas Rep. Mihaela Plesa suggested that Burrows was trying to appease GOP colleagues who want Democrats punished. Republicans issued civil arrest warrants to bring the Democrats back, and Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has asked the state Supreme Court to oust Wu and several other Democrats from office. The lawmakers also face a fine of $500 for every day they were absent. 'This is more of an intimidation factor for the public — 'if we can do this to them, we can do it to you,'' Plesa said Tuesday from the House floor. Burrows dismissed Collier's protest, saying he was focused on important issues, such as providing property tax relief and responding to last month's deadly floods. His statement did not mention redistricting. 'Rep. Collier's choice to stay and not sign the permission slip is well within her rights under the House Rules,' Burrows said. Under those rules, until Wednesday's scheduled vote, the chamber's doors are locked, and no member can leave 'without the written permission of the speaker.' Burrows' office declined to discuss the details of how officers were shadowing Democrats and the Department of Public Safety did not respond to an email message. Republicans want to ensure that the House has the 100 of 150 members present it needs to do business Wednesday. But Democrats said officers followed them in hallways and some even stayed in their offices. Plesa said she was tailed back to her apartment in Austin, and she saw an officer in an unmarked car watching her as she left Tuesday morning for the Capitol. Republicans argued that Democrats abandoned their duties for two weeks, preventing action on range of multiple issues, including flood relief and redistricting. Democrats' absence forced Republicans to adjourn a special session, though Gov. Greg Abbott called a second one before the first one had ended Friday. Democrats derided the shadowing as a waste of taxpayer dollars that took officers away from investigations of serious crimes. 'It's ludicrous,' Houston Democratic Rep. Armando Walle said. 'Do they really think we want to break quorum again, after being gone for two weeks — away from our family and our businesses?' ___ Hanna reported from Topeka, Kansas, and Cline reported from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
CNN
28 minutes ago
- CNN
Some Texas Democrats to rip up agreements to leave House floor under police escort and return to chamber in protest
Congressional newsFacebookTweetLink Follow Several Texas state House Democrats plan to rip up the written agreements that allowed them to leave the chamber with a police escort on Monday and return to the House floor Tuesday night, the caucus announced. The lawmakers plan to spend the night on the House floor with state Rep. Nicole Collier, who has stayed in the House chamber for over 24 hours after declining to sign the 'permission slip' to leave. 'Without permission to leave, they will join Representative Nicole Collier on the House floor overnight ahead of tomorrow's vote on Trump and Abbott's racist redistricting maps that threaten to divide Texas communities and strip representation from historically-united Texas neighborhoods,' the announcement read. House Republicans announced the requirement on Monday when Democrats, who faced civil arrest warrants for leaving the state during a special session, returned from their 15-day quorum break. The Democrats fled the state earlier this month to prevent a vote on a controversial redistricting plan pushed for President Donald Trump that could potentially eliminate five Democratic US House seats. Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows said the Democrats could only leave the House floor if they received written permission and agreed to be under a Department of Public Safety officer's escort until the chamber reconvenes on Wednesday morning. All Democrats who were present agreed at the time – except for Collier. 'Rep. Collier's choice to stay and not sign the permission slip is well within her rights under the House Rules,' Burrows said in a statement earlier Tuesday. The Texas House Speaker said he is 'choosing to spend my time focused on' important legislation. CNN has reached out to the speaker's office for comment. While the protest move draws more attention to their redistricting fight, Texas House Democrats have little to no legislative options available to prevent the new congressional maps from being passed. The Texas House is aiming to vote on the measure after it reconvenes at 10 a.m. CT on Wednesday, but the timing for final passage remains unclear.
Yahoo
34 minutes ago
- Yahoo
Where you can vote early in Charlotte for the primary election
In-person early voting starts Thursday, August 21, in the city of Charlotte. Charlotte Democrats and unaffiliated voters will choose their candidates for mayor, at-large, District 1, District 3, District 4, and District 5. Republicans will decide their candidate in District 6. Voter ID is in effect. Voters are reminded to bring an eligible photo ID to the polls. ALSO READ: North Carolina breaks early voting record Early voting sites: Hal Marshall, August 21 at 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Allegra Westbrooks Regional Library, September 2 at 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Independence Regional Library, September 2 at 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Marion Diehl Rec Center, September 2 at 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. South County Regional Library, September 2 at 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Southpark Regional Library, September 2 at 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Masonic Lodge, September 2 at 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Regional Library, September 2 at 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. West Boulevard Library, September 2 at 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. The Hal Marshall Center in Uptown is the only early voting location open on August 21 and August 22. It is also the only early voting location open August 25 through 29. Voting lasts from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. these days. All 9 early voting sites open September 2. Hours also expand from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. through Friday. Saturday, September 6, is the only weekend day of early voting. All 9 sites will be open from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, click here. VIDEO: North Carolina breaks early voting record Solve the daily Crossword
