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'Trent Garner'

Legislature retaliates against Supreme Court, won't approve budget

The Joint Budget Committee signed off on a list of budget requests for the next fiscal year this morning, with one exception, that of the Arkansas Supreme Court. If you guess that the reason was retaliation, you are a good guesser.
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Counting the uncountable votes on ballot issues UPDATE: Lots of opposition to Issue One

Thanks to some misleading politicking by Republican Sen. Trent Garner I learned that some information is available about ballot issues — lawsuit limits and term limits — removed from the ballot by the Arkansas Supreme Court.
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Trent Garner's impeachment train rolls this morning

Sen. Trent Garner, a putative lawyer, won't rest until he can get Judge Wendell Griffen impeached for expressing his religious beliefs in public.

Moms Demand to talk gun safety today at legislature

Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is scheduled on the agenda of the Joint Performance Review Committee of the legislature at 1 p.m. today.
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ICYMI: Yesterday's Capitol gun show

I'd like to highlight some happenings at a joint legislative committee meeting yeserday. It was nominally on school safety, but it was in fact a staged glorification of  guns:

Military lawyers drafted for border immigration duty

Rachel Maddow reported on MSNBC last night that the Justice Department had requested — and the Defense Department agreed — military lawyers to handle the crush of immigration work on the border. How about adding some Arkies on the temporary duty list?
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Issue 1: An opponent issues a challenge

A lawyer issues a bounty for anyone who can prove misleading arguments in favor of Issue 1, the corporate amendment to squelch damage lawsuits.

No to Issue 1. Justice delivers on Trent Garner

Retired Supreme Court Justice Annabelle Imber Tuck, writing today for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette editorial pages, obliterated alleged lawyer and senator Trent Garner's recent cheerleading for Issue 1. Also yesterday, a Supreme Court justice dove into the fray on Twitter.
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Death in Arkansas: The botched execution of Kenneth Williams and the fallout, or lack of it

Liliana Segura writes in-depth at The Intercept on Arkansas's execution of Kenneth Williams, whose outward signs of distress signaled another botched administration of killing drugs including the controversial sedative midazolam.

NFL owners rise to defense of players against Trump and false patriots

Many football team owners have risen to the defense of players against Donald Trump criticism as yet another racially fraught issue seems likely to gain increasing heat thanks to Trump's rhetoric.
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More bright ideas from Trent Garner: Veneration for the shotgun and Bowie knife

Tom Cotton acolyte Trent Garner, the demagoguic state senator, has some more stuff to toss to the peanut gallery — making the Bowie knife and the shotgun official state symbols.

The post-Charlottesville open line

The Sunday open line includes more bleak ruminations on the events in Charlottesville and what they symbolize.
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