The Texas Democratic Party’s lawyer, Chad Dunne, would hunt the devil with a stick and give the devil three whacks headstart.

He won another one.

Texas’ voter identification law violates the Voting Rights Act, a federal appeals panel ruled Wednesday, tossing a controversial law enacted by the state’s Republican majority in 2011.

 
In a 3-0 decision, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the law, touted as one of the toughest voter ID measures in the country, does not amount to a poll tax but it does have a discriminatory effect that infringes on Section 2 of the landmark civil rights law.

The State of Texas will appeal to the Supremes.  I suspect, however, that we won’t be hearing much about it from our attorney general because he kinda has his hands full right now.

Thanks to everybody for the heads up.

Those marginally sane people all a titter about Jade Helm are rolling with the big guns.

North Carolina is not taking this unarmed.

…   three men from Gaston County were charged with conspiring to arm themselves with illegal explosive devices to combat what they saw as a potential military takeover, according to court documents unsealed Monday in U.S. District Court in Charlotte.

The documents alleged Walter Eugene Litteral, 50, Christopher James Barker, 42, and Christopher Todd Campbell, 30, stockpiled weapons and discussed how to build homemade explosive devices. Litteral also allegedly tried to purchase a firearm for Barker, who is a convicted felon.

 

hummm…

It’s getting harder and harder to tell them apart.

Thanks to Huey for the heads up.

It’s official.

Fox News said Tuesday that Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, Mike Huckabee, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Chris Christie and John Kasich will all appear on the dais Thursday for the first prime-time debate of the primary season.

The seven other major declared candidates — Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Bobby Jindal, Carly Fiorina, Lindsey Graham, George Pataki, and Jim Gilmore — will appear at a debate earlier Thursday evening.

The debate at the children’s table will probably involve food fights and drooling, but not any more than the big debate panel.

Not surprisingly, it was Mississippi.

Men with not enough courage to go fight Isis, fired shots at the United States military training to protect our butts.

Authorities are still searching for two white males driving a red Ford Ranger.

Police said the two suspects allegedly fired from the vehicle at the soldiers and then fled.

Members of the Forrest County Sheriff’s Department and the U.S. Forestry Commission helped assist in the search.

Son of a motherless goat.  Better not put me on that jury.

Oklahoma Republican Senator (cringing already, right?) James Lankford has laid down the law.  Abortion is his business because he likes the ladies.

He’s even been known to watch them in labor and holy cow that was painful. His little beady eyes were just writhing in pain.

He was arguing with Barbara Boxer about Planned Parenthood and told her this —

“I’m a dad of two daughters,” he said. “I had something to do with the birth as well, and was also there. I was there during the sonograms. My wife and I are extremely close. And to be a dad of two daughters, I’m very passionate, not only about my own wife, but about my mom, who’s a cancer survivor — multiple-time cancer survivor — I’m passionate about my daughters having every single opportunity.”

Oh no you didn’t.

Your wife gave birth. You watched. Your momma had cancer. You watched. So, I tell you what – you make the rules about watching and I’ll make the rules about birthing.

Have a medical emergency? Call James. He’ll watch.

Fox News is supposed to announce the debate finalist this afternoon.  It increasingly looks like Rick Perry won’t make the cut.

I think they’re having a children’s table debate before the big boy debate.  Hopefully for Rick, they get to use flash cards at that table.