https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...ws-site-402097
The website is currently crashed, I think reddit gave it the hug of death, but here's a snapshot from last week from thewayback machine: http://web.archive.org/web/201802020...epublican.com/
At the very bottom of the website, you can find this: "
Here are some thoughts...I'm not sure of all of them, just some ideas I've been thinking about.
1. No donations to campaigns by anyone but individuals, period. And then, limited to $1,000 per family, with some kind of adjustment for inflation through the years.
2. No member of Congress shall be eligible to serve as a lobbyist for a period of ten years after leaving office.
3. No member of Congress may run for any other elected office without first resigning their office in Congress.
4. The procedural rules of the Senate or of the House may not be changed until after the next Congress shall be seated. Once opened, the rules of the floor shall remain the rules until the closure of that Congress. No one may change them at will.
5. If a vacancy appears on the Supreme Court, the POTUS shall propose a suitable candidate. Confirmation hearings of any proposed candidate must begin with 45 days of the proposal or the candidate shall be deemed suitable by the Senate and proceed directly to the Court as confirmed.
Now, some what ifs......
What if the Attorney General were nationally elected? All attorneys general at state and local levels are, just about. Why not the federal one? That way, s/he can't be fired, except by the people. It would seem to solve some of our problems right now.
What if we passed a law requiring anyone running for President to lay bare their finances for the preceding 20 years? It'd be pretty hard to hide nonsense going back that far, especially if SCOTUS had an independent investigative office empowered to look into anything.
What if we forbade all tv, radio, and internet advertising of political campaigns? What if you wanted to reach people you made them read books or magazines, come to rallies, or assemblies, or made them engage, rather than be preached at? Devin Fucking Nunes is not going to inspire the masses. He got elected because of the party apparatus and kissing the right assus (pun intended). If we changed the kind of politician required to get elected, we could get real leaders...or we could get sociopaths. Big what if.
Anyway, something's got to give. I see us in the parking lot at the Grand Canyon here. We're not teetering, we're not close, but in the back of my mind, I'm sensing danger all around where I previously thought it couldn't happen. I've got students talking glowingly of fascism, without even knowing what it is.....and if I try and draw any kind of parallel at all, even in an abstract, they shut down.
When the kids think fascism is cool, you've got some serious fucking problems.
The website is currently crashed, I think reddit gave it the hug of death, but here's a snapshot from last week from thewayback machine: http://web.archive.org/web/201802020...epublican.com/
At the very bottom of the website, you can find this: "
[COLOR=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.4)]Paid for by the Devin Nunes Campaign Committee · FEC ID #C00370056"
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Fake news indeed. I think we need to dust off Article V of the Constitution and call a Convention so we can write some new Amendments. What would you like to see as amended and therefore, not up for major debate anymore?[/COLOR]
Here are some thoughts...I'm not sure of all of them, just some ideas I've been thinking about.
1. No donations to campaigns by anyone but individuals, period. And then, limited to $1,000 per family, with some kind of adjustment for inflation through the years.
2. No member of Congress shall be eligible to serve as a lobbyist for a period of ten years after leaving office.
3. No member of Congress may run for any other elected office without first resigning their office in Congress.
4. The procedural rules of the Senate or of the House may not be changed until after the next Congress shall be seated. Once opened, the rules of the floor shall remain the rules until the closure of that Congress. No one may change them at will.
5. If a vacancy appears on the Supreme Court, the POTUS shall propose a suitable candidate. Confirmation hearings of any proposed candidate must begin with 45 days of the proposal or the candidate shall be deemed suitable by the Senate and proceed directly to the Court as confirmed.
Now, some what ifs......
What if the Attorney General were nationally elected? All attorneys general at state and local levels are, just about. Why not the federal one? That way, s/he can't be fired, except by the people. It would seem to solve some of our problems right now.
What if we passed a law requiring anyone running for President to lay bare their finances for the preceding 20 years? It'd be pretty hard to hide nonsense going back that far, especially if SCOTUS had an independent investigative office empowered to look into anything.
What if we forbade all tv, radio, and internet advertising of political campaigns? What if you wanted to reach people you made them read books or magazines, come to rallies, or assemblies, or made them engage, rather than be preached at? Devin Fucking Nunes is not going to inspire the masses. He got elected because of the party apparatus and kissing the right assus (pun intended). If we changed the kind of politician required to get elected, we could get real leaders...or we could get sociopaths. Big what if.
Anyway, something's got to give. I see us in the parking lot at the Grand Canyon here. We're not teetering, we're not close, but in the back of my mind, I'm sensing danger all around where I previously thought it couldn't happen. I've got students talking glowingly of fascism, without even knowing what it is.....and if I try and draw any kind of parallel at all, even in an abstract, they shut down.
When the kids think fascism is cool, you've got some serious fucking problems.
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