Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Sen. Braun thinks interracial marriage is wrong
"Suggesting the historic Loving v. Virginia ruling by the Supreme Court decades ago was a case of improper judicial activism, Braun said the court should have left that decision to the individual states, including those which had already outlawed interracial marriage."
And that's not all, folks.
"Braun went on to tell a Times of Northwest Indiana reporter that he is also open to the Supreme Court rescinding its 1965 Griswold v. Connecticut ruling establishing a right to privacy on contraceptive use."
Seriously, who elected this clown?
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Sunday, November 21, 2021
Carmel Gets a Shout Out in the NY Times
"Carmel, a city of 102,000 north of Indianapolis, has 140 roundabouts, with over a dozen still to come. No American city has more. The main reason is safety; compared with regular intersections, roundabouts significantly reduce injuries and deaths," writes reporter Cara Bukley.
" A recent study of Carmel’s roundabouts by the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety found that injury crashes were reduced by nearly half at 64 roundabouts in Carmel, and even more at the more elaborate, dogbone-shaped interchanges," she reports.
Friday, November 19, 2021
BMV profits by selling Hoosiers' data
Yep: the repository of all the "REAL ID" information on millions of Hoosiers is sending that detail out into the world. The bureau that collected our birth certificates and passport information and utility billing details has been SELLING the data for profit. "CBS4 dug through public records and found the agency has made $43 million off of the practice since 2018."
"CBS4 spoke with several people outside of the BMV. None of them were aware their information was being accessed by third party companies."
Read the whole report here.
Thursday, November 11, 2021
Mike Braun campaign repeatedly violated election rules
"Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Braun improperly gave more than $1 million to his 2018 campaign, and received contributions in excess of legal limits, a federal audit has concluded," IBJ.com reports.
The ethical lapses have been reported by other media as well, including the Daily Beast.
Braun's disingenuous hedge that "he can’t fully answer the government’s questions because one of his key staffers "vanished" falls apart when The Daily Beast notes they found the "missing" staffer "within minutes".
This Indianapolis Observer waits for the next shoe to drop.
Sunday, October 24, 2021
GOPer Jim Banks steps in it again
As noted on Huffpost: "Twitter suspended the account of Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) on Saturday for violating its hateful conduct policy after he intentionally misgendered Assistant Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine, the nation’s first openly transgender four-star officer and federal official confirmed by the Senate."
If only our elected reps would stop conforming to the Indiana hick stereotype....
Read the article here.
Thursday, October 21, 2021
Yet another GOP rep from Indiana caught in lies
Seriously? He thought he could get away with that blatant lie?
Banks has served as the U.S. Representative for Indiana's 3rd congressional district since 2017.
Read all about his chicanery here: "Liz Cheney calls out Jim Banks".
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Quayle finally did something good
When Mike Pence called him to consult about Donald Trump's efforts to have him nullify the Electoral College vote, Quayle said "nope". The former vice president told Pence he couldn’t throw out the election results in order to keep Trump in power. What a concept!
Here's one place to read all about it: "Dan Quayle Convinced Mike Pence To Ignore Trump’s Decertification Pleas"
As MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell said, "“Wow. Dan Quayle comes to the rescue of the republic.”
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