Morning Briefing
For July 15, 2013
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1. Activists Need To Tell Dirty Harry, “Don’t Nuke The Senate For Union Bosses!”
According
to reports, Harry Reid and his fellow Senate Democrats are looking more
and more like they are going to push the nuclear option on behalf of
unions bosses in order to confirm Barack Obama’s National Labor
Relations Board nominees–including his two constitutionally-challenged
“recess” appointments. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
2. Mr. President, Can We Please Move On?
I have
said and will say again — the death of Trayvon Martin was a tragedy. A
jury of six in Florida has determined it was not criminal, but George
Zimmerman will forever be the man who killed a 17 year old.
No one can be happy about what happened other than, for Zimmerman and his family, that a jury believed him.
Now
the NAACP and others are calling for Attorney General Eric Holder to
file charges against George Zimmerman. Never mind that federal
investigators already decided there was no racial motivation. This is
not double jeopardy. The state and federal governments remain separate
entities with separate jurisdictions. A trial in one does not preclude
another.
But in this case it should. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
3. Coat Hangers, Hysteria, and Hyperbole in the Cult of Death
A
few weeks ago, State Senator Wendy Davis of Texas tried to filibuster
legislation that would prohibit abortions after 20 weeks in Texas and
require facilities wanting to perform the medical producer to adhere to
standards for outpatient medical facilities.
Her filibuster failed and liberal activists disrupted the final minutes of the Texas legislature’s special session.
Governor Rick Perry called back the Texas House and Senate to re-pass the legislation.
This
time abortion rights advocates came back. Carrying coat hangers,
tampons, jars of feces and urine, and protest signs, they chanted “Hail
Satan“, “F**k the Church,” and all sorts of other vulgarities. They
shouted down smaller pro-life groups, made death threats on the lives of
Texas legislators, and did their best to disrupt the democratic
process.
To
be clear — the law only covered late term abortions and required
facilities performing abortions to meet basic ambulatory care standards.
The
hysteria and hyperbole has been outrageous. Claiming this would lead to
back alley abortions, activists carted around coat hangers. Claiming it
was an attack on women’s rights, they carried signs demanding
legislators stay out of their uteruses. In the sickest irony, they
brought children to carry signs to defend a procedure that would end the
lives of those very children.
Pro-life
activists responded with prayers, hymns, and children who were born
after 20 weeks of pregnancy as living testament that those children
could survive.
After
all their hysteria and hyperbole, I posted a tweet with a link to a
coat hanger wholesaler mocking their ridiculous claims. You will not be
surprised to learn that the very Cult of Death that believes it can
disrupt democracy with jars of feces and thrown tampons interpreted that
tweet as suggesting I advocated they do get coat hanger abortions. The
rage that has ensued in my twitter feed has been impressive in its
constancy and irrationality. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
4. Rick Scott, Angela Corey and the Death of Justice
The
prosecution of George Zimmerman should fill every American with fear
and trepidation regardless of their political persuasion. What the
prosecution and subsequent trial demonstrated is that a spineless
governor and a prosecutor who has set their eyes on higher political
office can and will financially ruin you and put your liberty in
jeopardy for grins. We have passed into that twilight of the Republic
where we are no longer citizens but rather subjects of a bureaucratic
juggernaut at the service of mob rule that will cheerfully kill you and
impoverish your family if it furthers the careers of those in the
bureaucracy.
That is what we have seen unfold in Seminole County, Florida over the past two weeks. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
5. A Changing of the Guard in Texas: Greg Abbott for Governor
Yesterday
in San Antonio the biggest handoff in the Lone Star State since 2001 is
taking place. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is announcing his 2014
run for Governor.
After
his 2000 presidential victory, Texas Governor George W. Bush passed the
reins to Rick Perry, a man who has taken the Texas Governor’s office
from one of the weaker positions in the country to one of the strongest.
As Rick Perry rides off into the sunset next year, the man who may be
the most pivotal Attorney General in recent Texas history, Greg Abbott
is stepping into the saddle in the race for Governor of the Lone Star
State. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
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Erick Erickson
Editor-in-Chief, RedState
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