HeelInTheOzarks
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I would love to see someone, anyone defending this kind of thing by the GOP…crickets
NC Legislature | NC House mini-DOGE
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Question about Local law enforcement Cooperating with ICE?
If some young man gets arrested for whatever. What does Local LE do to "check for citizenship" If he has a residence-and say a drivers licenses-thats all they do right- ?
Now is "the problem" that local LE has a "list" provided by ICE and they don't check it?
In most cases what is the "issue" .
I don't have a piece of paper that says I am a citizen if I am arrested??
If some young man gets arrested for whatever. What does Local LE do to "check for citizenship" If he has a residence-and say a drivers licenses-thats all they do right- ?
Now is "the problem" that local LE has a "list" provided by ICE and they don't check it?
In most cases what is the "issue" .
I don't have a piece of paper that says I am a citizen if I am arrested??
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Congrats North Carolinians, you are now 50% of the way to living in a banana republic.
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Amid protests, Senate overrides Cooper's veto of bill stripping power from governor, other Democratic officials
The override effort must still pass the House for the changes to become law. That vote could be tougher; three House Republicans joined all Democrats in voting against the bill.
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Carolina Fever
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There is no way this can be constitutional. You can't just take power away from elected officials just because they don't like the election results. If a Pub is elected governor the Pubs would try to go back and change it all. They have no shame anymore.
Mulberry Heel
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Pretty much. And there are rumors floating around that the NC GOP legislature wants to void the State Supreme Court election where they appear to have lost by a few hundred votes and call for a new election. And they'll do it on the grounds of "vote fraud" having affected the result. I'm not sure I believe the rumors, as I'm not sure they have the balls to do it, but then again if they do who's going to stop them? Our (for the moment) 5-2 GOP majority State Supreme Court? Our State Attorney General or Governor's office whose powers are being neutered? If this GOP legislature was honest (hint: they're not) they would just go ahead and abolish the executive branch in the state constitution and absorb that branch into the legislature. As long as NC voters persist in electing Democratic governors and state attorney generals, that seems to be where we're heading anyway. We're definitely in Banana Republic territory for sure.
JCTarheel82
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Another pathetic, embarrassing power grab by Pubs in the NC state legislature.
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Republican legislators in North Carolina want to block the state’s attorney general from fighting presidential executive orders in court.
Senate Bill 58, filed by three Republicans in the North Carolina Senate on Wednesday, would prohibit North Carolina’s attorney general — currently Democrat Jeff Jackson — from making any legal argument that would invalidate “any executive order issued by the President of the United States.”
North Carolina Republicans seek to block Democratic AG from challenging Trump’s executive orders
The proposal comes after North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson, a Democrat elected to the office in November, challenged executive orders by President Donald Trump that aim to freeze federal funding and end birthright citizenship.
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Republican legislators in North Carolina want to block the state’s attorney general from fighting presidential executive orders in court.
Senate Bill 58, filed by three Republicans in the North Carolina Senate on Wednesday, would prohibit North Carolina’s attorney general — currently Democrat Jeff Jackson — from making any legal argument that would invalidate “any executive order issued by the President of the United States.”
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but your side steals elections the majority says. hmmmm
donbosco
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LOL, the same people who have had an absolute death-grip on control and spending for 2 decades now see the need to create another entity to control spending and waste.
Makes total sense.
Makes total sense.
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“…Two lawmakers will lead North Carolina’s DOGE-style initiative to cut wasteful spending, including the lead sponsor of a bill to prohibit the attorney general from arguing against Trump administration executive orders. The other co-chair has faced ethics complaints related to his administration of taxpayer funds.
House Speaker Destin Hall announced the creation of the interim House Select Committee on Government Efficiency last month to track down wasteful state and local spending, mismanagement and constitutional violations. Rep. Keith Kidwell (R-Beaufort) and Rep. John Torbett (R-Gaston) will serve as chairs.
The new committee will hold organizational meetings during the 2025-2026 session, but the majority of its work will be carried out in the interim period. Hall’s press release about its formation highlighted items such as DEI policies and excess state property as examples of public spending the committee is authorized to investigate.
… An earlier North Carolina watchdog task force — the nonpartisan Program Evaluation Division — exposed millions in wasteful and fraudulent spending over a 15-year period before Senate President Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore dissolved it in 2021. Former PED executive director John Turcotte told NC Health News he believed legislative leadership eliminated the program because they did not have direct control over the watchdog agency.
PED’s 14 nonpartisan staff members have since been replaced by partisan appointments in the Joint Legislative Commission on Government Operations, commonly known as Gov Ops, a committee similarly aimed at reducing fraud, waste, and abuse at state and local levels. Torbett is a member of the Gov Ops committee, which the 2023 budget granted expansive powers including authorization to carry out warrantless investigations for “possible acts of malfeasance.”
… Kidwell — chair of NC’s DOGE-modeled initiative — introduced a bill last Monday to prohibit Attorney General Jeff Jackson from making any legal arguments against Trump’s executive orders. According to reporting from ProPublica, Kidwell is affiliated with far-right militia groups the Oath Keepers and AP3. …”
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Torbett has been subject to several ethics complaints regarding his appropriation of taxpayer funds. The Legislative Ethics Committee adopted new standardsprohibiting lawmakers from using state-funded reimbursements for lodging or travel while simultaneously using campaign funds for the same purposes in 2020. The rule came after veteran watchdog journalist Bob Hall reported Senate President Phil Berger collected more than $50,000 in lodging reimbursements despite paying his mortgage with campaign donations.
Hall filed a similar “double dipping” ethics complaint against Torbett later the same year, but the committee responded by rescinding its new rule. The watchdog reporter again filed a complaint against Torbett in 2021 for failing to disclose his wife’s position on a charter school board receiving state funds in his annual ethics filings. Torbett was chair of the House Education K-12 Committee at the time.
“I think he’s been involved in unethical practices,” Hall told Port City Daily. “To put him in charge of weeding out waste and corruption — he could begin by his own personal use of state money and put a halt to that to save taxpayers’ money.” …”
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House Speaker Destin Hall announced the creation of the interim House Select Committee on Government Efficiency last month to track down wasteful state and local spending, mismanagement and constitutional violations. Rep. Keith Kidwell (R-Beaufort) and Rep. John Torbett (R-Gaston) will serve as chairs.
The new committee will hold organizational meetings during the 2025-2026 session, but the majority of its work will be carried out in the interim period. Hall’s press release about its formation highlighted items such as DEI policies and excess state property as examples of public spending the committee is authorized to investigate.
… An earlier North Carolina watchdog task force — the nonpartisan Program Evaluation Division — exposed millions in wasteful and fraudulent spending over a 15-year period before Senate President Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore dissolved it in 2021. Former PED executive director John Turcotte told NC Health News he believed legislative leadership eliminated the program because they did not have direct control over the watchdog agency.
PED’s 14 nonpartisan staff members have since been replaced by partisan appointments in the Joint Legislative Commission on Government Operations, commonly known as Gov Ops, a committee similarly aimed at reducing fraud, waste, and abuse at state and local levels. Torbett is a member of the Gov Ops committee, which the 2023 budget granted expansive powers including authorization to carry out warrantless investigations for “possible acts of malfeasance.”
… Kidwell — chair of NC’s DOGE-modeled initiative — introduced a bill last Monday to prohibit Attorney General Jeff Jackson from making any legal arguments against Trump’s executive orders. According to reporting from ProPublica, Kidwell is affiliated with far-right militia groups the Oath Keepers and AP3. …”
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Torbett has been subject to several ethics complaints regarding his appropriation of taxpayer funds. The Legislative Ethics Committee adopted new standardsprohibiting lawmakers from using state-funded reimbursements for lodging or travel while simultaneously using campaign funds for the same purposes in 2020. The rule came after veteran watchdog journalist Bob Hall reported Senate President Phil Berger collected more than $50,000 in lodging reimbursements despite paying his mortgage with campaign donations.
Hall filed a similar “double dipping” ethics complaint against Torbett later the same year, but the committee responded by rescinding its new rule. The watchdog reporter again filed a complaint against Torbett in 2021 for failing to disclose his wife’s position on a charter school board receiving state funds in his annual ethics filings. Torbett was chair of the House Education K-12 Committee at the time.
“I think he’s been involved in unethical practices,” Hall told Port City Daily. “To put him in charge of weeding out waste and corruption — he could begin by his own personal use of state money and put a halt to that to save taxpayers’ money.” …”
North Carolina committee models DOGE to target wasteful spending amid mass federal firings | Port City Daily
NORTH CAROLINA — Two lawmakers will lead North Carolina’s DOGE-style initiative to cut wasteful spending, including the lead sponsor of a bill to prohibit the attorney general from arguing against…
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aGDevil2k
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NC Senate approves cell phone ban for K-12 public school students • NC Newsline
North Carolina Senate pass bill that would require public schools to establish policies restricting the use “wireless communication devices.”
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Ban laptops and tablets? Are they not going to use them for education anymore?
I'm good with that but it seems a big shift. Schools will have to buy all books again
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And when there is a school shooting and parents want to contact their kids? Getting devices out of class might be the right direction but it will face opposition …NC Senate approves cell phone ban for K-12 public school students • NC Newsline
North Carolina Senate pass bill that would require public schools to establish policies restricting the use “wireless communication devices.”
Ban laptops and tablets? Are they not going to use them for education anymore?
I'm good with that but it seems a big shift. Schools will have to buy all books again
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Just asked Drew and educators have no idea what they mean by this either. They literally don't have anything to teach with or from in Wake County without chromebooks/laptops.NC Senate approves cell phone ban for K-12 public school students • NC Newsline
North Carolina Senate pass bill that would require public schools to establish policies restricting the use “wireless communication devices.”
Ban laptops and tablets? Are they not going to use them for education anymore?
I'm good with that but it seems a big shift. Schools will have to buy all books again
Carolina Fever
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They don't give the schools enough money as it is. How are they going to afford actual books for everyone when the Chromebooks are cheaper to use?NC Senate approves cell phone ban for K-12 public school students • NC Newsline
North Carolina Senate pass bill that would require public schools to establish policies restricting the use “wireless communication devices.”
Ban laptops and tablets? Are they not going to use them for education anymore?
I'm good with that but it seems a big shift. Schools will have to buy all books again