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    Das Repräsentantenhaus von NC stimmt im Rahmen des Helene-Hilfsgesetzes dafür, dem neuen demokratischen Gouverneur AG die Macht zu entziehen


    Das Repräsentantenhaus von NC stimmt im Rahmen des Helene-Hilfsgesetzes dafür, dem neuen demokratischen Gouverneur AG die Macht zu entziehen

    https://www.wral.com/story/nc-house-votes-to-strip-power-from-incoming-democratic-governor-ag-as-part-of-helene-aid-bill/21729412/

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    1. brain_overclocked on

      >The vote passed the House 63-46 late Tuesday. The state Senate is expected to approve the bill on Wednesday. If it passes the chamber, it would go to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, who could approve it, veto it, or let it pass without signing it.

      >The bill has skipped typical processes for debate and committee-level vetting, being released to the public just minutes before Tuesday’s session began. Republican leaders in the House and Senate met in secret to hammer out the details ahead of the vote.

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      >Multiple changes in the bill would limit the power of the attorney general, such as banning the office from taking stances in court that don’t align with the opinions of state legislative leaders, and banning the office from automatically being allowed to advocate for customers at the state commission that oversees Duke Energy and other utilities.

      >It would also enact a new strategy to strip the governor’s control over the State Board of Elections — a goal state Republican leaders have been chasing for nearly a decade, only to be repeatedly thwarted by voters and state courts. And it would eliminate state commissions on energy policy and school safety that are led by offices currently held by Republicans, the lieutenant governor and superintendent of schools, in offices Democrats won the elections for this year.

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      >The first 12 pages of the 131-page bill deal with Helene recovery efforts. The rest is dedicated to unrelated provisions.

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      >Some of the unrelated changes included in the newest Helene bill Tuesday would:

      >* Create new judicial positions to be appointed by the legislature instead of being elected, like most judgeships in North Carolina are. It’s a strategy lawmakers began last year to ensure more Republican judges are in office around the state.
      * Eliminate the Wake County judicial seat held by Superior Court Judge Bryan Collins, a Democrat who ruled against GOP lawmakers in a high-profile 2018 lawsuit over gerrymandering and voter identification requirements.
      * Make the State Highway Patrol an independent agency, giving the legislature the ability to vote down Stein’s pick to run the agency. Lawmakers did the same with the State Bureau of Investigation last year.
      * Take away the governor’s ability to pick a majority of members on the Utilities Commission, which regulates energy companies.
      * Eliminate the state Energy Policy Council and the Task Force for Safer Schools, each of which are chaired by state leaders who are currently Republicans but which Democrats won election for this year — lieutenant governor and state superintendent of schools.

      >Barber said the various changes seem particularly undemocratic given that they all appear directly aimed at rejecting the message voters sent just days ago, in the 2024 elections, about what they want from state government.

      It’s stuff like this that Democrats need to blast everywhere: news, local publications, local talk shows, radio shows, podcasts, social media, etc. Go on the offensive on communication and keep the voters educated.

    7. CitySeekerTron on

      Im fairly certain that another State Republican party elsewhere did this before.

    8. 1cl1qp1 on

      >”banning the office from automatically being allowed to advocate for customers”

      This sums up the 50-year Republican project. Protect corporations from consumers. Make corporations into VIP super-citizens with no accountability and no concern for individuals.

    9. Royal_Photo_5007 on

      What a bunch of petty see you next Tuesdays party over country ladies and gentlemen that’s what his politicians are all about

    10. _mid_water on

      They did this when Cooper was elected too. Everything is gerrymandered to the extreme in this state which means even though it’s basically 50-50, Republicans have locked in power for a long time. 

    11. u_tech_m on

      (White) men in power having the audacity to reject democracy, make their own rules and laugh in the face of “woke left fascist” … who would have guessed.

      Impeachment, prison and inability to hold public office should be on the table.

    12. thatirishguyyyyy on

      I wonder how citizens feel in NC. How long will they watch their leaders subvert democracy? When does society start turning to violence as a way to voice their opinions to a government that doesn’t care? 

    13. Akimbo_Zap_Guns on

      This is what pisses me off, dems are playing politics like they are dealing with a normal political party with republicans when they should be getting down and dirty with them. We are gonna lose democracy but my goodness I’m so glad we said stern words, how about we fucking fight fire with fire for once

    17. RagingDachshund on

      Oh look at the snowflakes falling from their precious sky. Veto this pacifier shit and send it back and make them waste more time defending it

    19. Broad-Half3135 on

      Democrats need to just obstruct all republican efforts, no matter what. And refer them directly to this bullshit if they complain.

    21. Realistic_Caramel341 on

      I know this has been an on going issue for decades in the US, but its just insane that this is legal

    22. precious_apple on

      NC isn’t on the safe list for a reason. The Triangle probably isnt enough to stand against the yokel y’allqueda.

    25. Deckerj24 on

      Using Hurricane victims as political pawns. Roy needs to veto this and do a statewide address as to why he’s doing it.

      They clearly want more control over elections, law enforcement, and judiciary. What could go wrong with that?

    26. cwk415 on

      **DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS** Buckley asked Ressa to elaborate on a phrase she uses often: “Democracies are dying a death of a thousand cuts.”

      Saying politics has become a “gladiator sport,” she told how the Philippine government prevented her reporter from coming to the palace. “That’s a big gash,” she said, “but there are so many small cuts to the body politic that you’re bleeding out and will eventually die. It’s the gradual normalization of what wasn’t normal in the past. Our constitution has clearly drawn lines, but Big Tech comes in like a bulldozer and tries to move them. That is the beginning of authoritarian rule.”

      https://sanford.duke.edu/story/rubenstein-lecture-journalist-and-nobel-peace-laureate-maria-ressa-believes-power/

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