GOP Moves to STIFLE Our 1st Amendment Rights

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GOP BANS PRESS from Capital hallways!


This Republican Just Gave The Dumbest Excuse For Banning Press From Capitol Hallways


The Republicans in the Senate are gleefully working to strip healthcare from 23 million Americans by reworking the House’s indefensible Trumpcare bill. The worst part is that they know what they’re doing is actively harmful and vicious, so much so that they’re conducting themselves with zero transparency.

No versions of the new bill have been shared with the public, and as of today, the GOP is cracking down on reporters. Reporters have been told that they can no longer film interviews with senators in the Capitol building hallways:

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Kasie Hunt✔
@kasie

ALERT: Reporters at Capitol have been told they are not allow to film interviews with senators in hallways, contrary to years of precedent
10:30 AM - 13 Jun 2017
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Further restrictions were also released:

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Kasie Hunt✔
@kasie

CONDITIONS for any interview: Previously granted permission from senator AND Rules Committee of Senate
10:31 AM - 13 Jun 2017
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The new rules are a cowardly attack on the fair and open press. Government must be held accountable, and that can’t happen if they’re permitted to labor in darkness.

According to a Buzzfeed reporter, Republican Senator Tim Scott just gave the most absurd defense of the crackdown:

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Paul McLeod✔
@pdmcleod

Incredible defense of cracking down on TV cameras from Senator Tim Scott: cameras could catch the PIN numbers of senators at ATM machines.
11:41 AM - 13 Jun 2017
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It seems Scott wants to restrict reporters’ access because he suspects some of them may secretly be arch-criminals looking to steal his bank balance.

A reporter for HuffPost couldn’t help but point out some additional irony:

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Matt Fuller✔
@MEPFuller

@eliotnelson Richard Burr used an ATM surrounded by reporters last week. Not only did he not get burnt, he left his card and reporters got it back to him
12:05 PM - 13 Jun 2017

Eric Geller✔
@ericgeller

@MEPFuller @eliotnelson oh my god the chairman of the intelligence committee
12:05 PM - 13 Jun 2017
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So not only are the reporters honorable, non-thieving individuals, but the Republican head of the Senate Intelligence Committee can’t even be trusted with his own ATM card. Trump’s lackeys are at the point where their activities are so egregious that there is simply no way for them to mount a plausible defense for their decisions.

When an agenda is absurd, so too must be its justifications.

http://occupydemocrats.com/2017/06/...umbest-excuse-banning-press-capitol-hallways/
 
ZappasGuitar said:
GOP BANS PRESS from Capital hallways!


This Republican Just Gave The Dumbest Excuse For Banning Press From Capitol Hallways


The Republicans in the Senate are gleefully working to strip healthcare from 23 million Americans by reworking the House’s indefensible Trumpcare bill. The worst part is that they know what they’re doing is actively harmful and vicious, so much so that they’re conducting themselves with zero transparency.

No versions of the new bill have been shared with the public, and as of today, the GOP is cracking down on reporters. Reporters have been told that they can no longer film interviews with senators in the Capitol building hallways:

=====================================================================================================================
Kasie Hunt✔
@kasie

ALERT: Reporters at Capitol have been told they are not allow to film interviews with senators in hallways, contrary to years of precedent
10:30 AM - 13 Jun 2017
=====================================================================================================================

Further restrictions were also released:

======================================================================================================================
Kasie Hunt✔
@kasie

CONDITIONS for any interview: Previously granted permission from senator AND Rules Committee of Senate
10:31 AM - 13 Jun 2017
=====================================================================================================================

The new rules are a cowardly attack on the fair and open press. Government must be held accountable, and that can’t happen if they’re permitted to labor in darkness.

According to a Buzzfeed reporter, Republican Senator Tim Scott just gave the most absurd defense of the crackdown:

======================================================================================================================
Paul McLeod✔
@pdmcleod

Incredible defense of cracking down on TV cameras from Senator Tim Scott: cameras could catch the PIN numbers of senators at ATM machines.
11:41 AM - 13 Jun 2017
====================================================================================================================

It seems Scott wants to restrict reporters’ access because he suspects some of them may secretly be arch-criminals looking to steal his bank balance.

A reporter for HuffPost couldn’t help but point out some additional irony:

====================================================================================================================
Matt Fuller✔
@MEPFuller

@eliotnelson Richard Burr used an ATM surrounded by reporters last week. Not only did he not get burnt, he left his card and reporters got it back to him
12:05 PM - 13 Jun 2017

Eric Geller✔
@ericgeller

@MEPFuller @eliotnelson oh my god the chairman of the intelligence committee
12:05 PM - 13 Jun 2017
=================================================================================================================

So not only are the reporters honorable, non-thieving individuals, but the Republican head of the Senate Intelligence Committee can’t even be trusted with his own ATM card. Trump’s lackeys are at the point where their activities are so egregious that there is simply no way for them to mount a plausible defense for their decisions.

When an agenda is absurd, so too must be its justifications.

http://occupydemocrats.com/2017/06/...umbest-excuse-banning-press-capitol-hallways/
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There is going to be no debate, no Committee hearings, simple here it is, vote on it, and they accused President Obama of rushing thru the ACA which had 24 public hearings

Amazing how in six short months conservatives and the GOP have directly contradicted their actions and words, as I always said, they have selective memory, they really don't believe what they say
 
archives said:
There is going to be no debate, no Committee hearings, simple here it is, vote on it, and they accused President Obama of rushing thru the ACA which had 24 public hearings
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there were no public hearings on the text of the bill after it was written and before it was voted on.......and the committees that held public hearings didn't write the bill......
 
ZappasGuitar said:
GOP BANS PRESS from Capital hallways!


This Republican Just Gave The Dumbest Excuse For Banning Press From Capitol Hallways


The Republicans in the Senate are gleefully working to strip healthcare from 23 million Americans by reworking the House’s indefensible Trumpcare bill. The worst part is that they know what they’re doing is actively harmful and vicious, so much so that they’re conducting themselves with zero transparency.

No versions of the new bill have been shared with the public, and as of today, the GOP is cracking down on reporters. Reporters have been told that they can no longer film interviews with senators in the Capitol building hallways:

=====================================================================================================================
Kasie Hunt✔
@kasie

ALERT: Reporters at Capitol have been told they are not allow to film interviews with senators in hallways, contrary to years of precedent
10:30 AM - 13 Jun 2017
=====================================================================================================================

Further restrictions were also released:

======================================================================================================================
Kasie Hunt✔
@kasie

CONDITIONS for any interview: Previously granted permission from senator AND Rules Committee of Senate
10:31 AM - 13 Jun 2017
=====================================================================================================================

The new rules are a cowardly attack on the fair and open press. Government must be held accountable, and that can’t happen if they’re permitted to labor in darkness.

According to a Buzzfeed reporter, Republican Senator Tim Scott just gave the most absurd defense of the crackdown:

======================================================================================================================
Paul McLeod✔
@pdmcleod

Incredible defense of cracking down on TV cameras from Senator Tim Scott: cameras could catch the PIN numbers of senators at ATM machines.
11:41 AM - 13 Jun 2017
====================================================================================================================

It seems Scott wants to restrict reporters’ access because he suspects some of them may secretly be arch-criminals looking to steal his bank balance.

A reporter for HuffPost couldn’t help but point out some additional irony:

====================================================================================================================
Matt Fuller✔
@MEPFuller

@eliotnelson Richard Burr used an ATM surrounded by reporters last week. Not only did he not get burnt, he left his card and reporters got it back to him
12:05 PM - 13 Jun 2017

Eric Geller✔
@ericgeller

@MEPFuller @eliotnelson oh my god the chairman of the intelligence committee
12:05 PM - 13 Jun 2017
=================================================================================================================

So not only are the reporters honorable, non-thieving individuals, but the Republican head of the Senate Intelligence Committee can’t even be trusted with his own ATM card. Trump’s lackeys are at the point where their activities are so egregious that there is simply no way for them to mount a plausible defense for their decisions.

When an agenda is absurd, so too must be its justifications.

http://occupydemocrats.com/2017/06/...umbest-excuse-banning-press-capitol-hallways/
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There's no 23 million people being "stripped" of their healthcare and you know it. Fake news.
It will probably be the personal choice of about 23 million people to not get any healthcare.
And, we all know how much libs lovvvvvve having "personal choice."
 
"It will probably be," the answer to any question or criticism raised regarding anything occurring under the Trump regime, "it will probably be," beautiful , and that comes from the same people who for the last eight years would crucify anyone who even mentioned something as"it will probably be"
 
archives said:
What numbers and statistics? And don't return with something the NRA put out there
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i'm not a fan nor a member of the NRA, so don't worry. what i'm saying is that numbers make the difference. look at the bundy ranch standoff. the feds backed down because there were people with guns. there was a new mexico city that banned guns from their city council meetings, but 80 people showed up wearing handguns next week, 4 local deputies refused to enforce that ordnance.......numbers matter and we the people have the numbers. always will. it's what the framers intended.
 
PostmodernProphet said:
there were no public hearings on the text of the bill after it was written and before it was voted on.......and the committees that held public hearings didn't write the bill......
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The ACA has twenty four Committee hearings, and the details were released to the public weeks before any vote was taken , complete opposite of what is happening now
 
SmarterthanYou said:
i'm not a fan nor a member of the NRA, so don't worry. what i'm saying is that numbers make the difference. look at the bundy ranch standoff. the feds backed down because there were people with guns. there was a new mexico city that banned guns from their city council meetings, but 80 people showed up wearing handguns next week, 4 local deputies refused to enforce that ordnance.......numbers matter and we the people have the numbers. always will. it's what the framers intended.
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Yeah, the same thing happens every weekend in Chicago, or even a workplace in Orlando, except in those instances, people, a lot of people, get shot, shot dead, for no logical reason other than they happen to be around some dimwit who possessed a gun

You know there is a reason why the recent terrorist attacks in London only resulted in seven deaths, England has tough gun laws, if the same scenario played out in the US dozen of people would have been killed because the terrorist would have had semi automatic weapons rather than knives
 
archives said:
Yeah, the same thing happens every weekend in Chicago, or even a workplace in Orlando, except in those instances, people, a lot of people, get shot, shot dead, for no logical reason other than they happen to be around some dimwit who possessed a gun

You know there is a reason why the recent terrorist attacks in London only resulted in seven deaths, England has tough gun laws, if the same scenario played out in the US dozen of people would have been killed because the terrorist would have had semi automatic weapons rather than knives
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this is pure hyperbole based upon your own perception of what you see as american cowardice. you can't see the possibility of neighborhood moms and dads defending their neighborhood because YOU can't see yourself doing that. maybe you need to look within you for your own limitations and stop projecting them upon all the others.......
 
SmarterthanYou said:
i'm not a fan nor a member of the NRA, so don't worry. what i'm saying is that numbers make the difference. look at the bundy ranch standoff. the feds backed down because there were people with guns. there was a new mexico city that banned guns from their city council meetings, but 80 people showed up wearing handguns next week, 4 local deputies refused to enforce that ordnance.......numbers matter and we the people have the numbers. always will. it's what the framers intended.
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The Feds stepped back because they were showing discretion. Unlike that Bundy idiot that got himself killed BECAUSE he tried that Rambo gun bullshit that gives you a hardon.
 
domer76 said:
The Feds stepped back because they were showing discretion. Unlike that Bundy idiot that got himself killed BECAUSE he tried that Rambo gun bullshit that gives you a hardon.
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this is how I know you're a total moron. the government doesn't KNOW discretion, all they know is force. that's why they backed off because they didn't have overwhelming force. the other dude that got killed was outnumbered, thus it's NUMBERS!!!!!!!

you really need to get some common sense and reality
 
SmarterthanYou said:
this is how I know you're a total moron. the government doesn't KNOW discretion, all they know is force. that's why they backed off because they didn't have overwhelming force. the other dude that got killed was outnumbered, thus it's NUMBERS!!!!!!!

you really need to get some common sense and reality
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You are vying for the forum idiot, aren't you? Granule, TDAK and CFM are tied for first, but you're giving them a great run for their money.

Yeah, punk, discretion. The Feds had the capability to wipe those motherfuckers out in a heartbeat. They chose not to. But that stupid fuck that chose to pull a gun learned differently, didn't he taintstain?
 
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