#ChiefJustice John G. #Roberts Jr. told Senate leaders Tuesday he would “respectfully #decline” to testify at a #Senatehearing focused on the #SupremeCourt, offering instead a statement signed by all the justices in which they “reaffirm and restate foundational ethics principles and practices” to which they abide." #ethical #conduct #ConflictofInterest #FinancialDisclosure #legalresearch #courts #disclosure #partisanship https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/25/supreme-court-roberts-durbin-ethics-thomas/

#Gun #gatekeepers and their philosophies # Individualism, #conspiracism, and #partisanship fuel American #gunculture, argues a sociologist https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adh2084

It was inevitable that the #GOP would snap up the opportunity to divert #media attention away from the #classified documents scandal currently hamstringing its most visible figure, former President Donald Trump.

But by once again choosing #partisanship over #governance, Republicans leave the real question unanswered: How is America’s multi-billion-dollar #intelligence apparatus losing so many documents?

https://www.damemagazine.com/2023/01/26/whitehouse-classified-documents/

A few months ago, virtually every Republican politician was bashing Biden over gas prices.

They're now not crediting him for the drop in gas prices.

Funny how that happens.

#Politics
#Partisanship
#NeverVoteForARepublican

A kid who works at a gas station and lives with his mom just won the district clerk race in Hays County, and he just tells it like it is:

"A lot of people, generally speaking, just click a ‘D’ or an ‘R’ when they’re in the voting booth," Anderson said.

#Partisanship #midterms #Elections #txpolitics #texaspolitics #HaysCouny #Texas
https://www.kxan.com/news/local/hays/how-a-19-year-old-with-no-experience-beat-an-incumbent-for-political-office/