Random News and Notes 3 December
We start off today in Tennessee. There was a special election in TN 07 to fill the seat of retir(ed)ing rep Mark Green. The two main contenders were Republican Matt Van Epps and Democrat Aftyn Behn. Van Epps beat Behn 54%-45%. The district went for Trump by 22 points last year.
Behn – who has been likened to Alexandria Occasional Cortex – stirred up some controversy when an old(er) interview resurfaced. She said she hated large parts of what makes Nashville, Nashville.
Van Epps will serve out the remaining year plus of Green’s term.
I wonder about Thomas Massie sometimes. I put him in the same category as Rand Paul. This is not one of those times. Massie has introduced the National Constitutional Carry Act in the House today.
Hopefully it gains some traction.
Los Angeles County passed a law banning law enforcement from wearing face coverings and mandating the display of name tags or other ID while interacting with the public. They seem to think they can make that applicable to federal law enforcement.
The state of California passed a similar law a while back, and they found out that the Feds simply were not going to comply. I expect the same regarding the county law.
Federal Judge Beryl Howell issued an order preventing the Feds from carrying out immigration arrests in DC without warrants or probable cause of flight risk.
Her reasoning is the same as that of a judge in California who issued a similar order only to see it enjoined by the Supreme Court days later. I expect a similar appeal and result here.
Back in July, USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins sent a letter to all of the state SNAP agencies requesting specific data about their SNAP recipients. So far, only 28 states have complied with the requests. Rollins stated yesterday that any non-compliant state would have their federal SNAP funding cut off. Not restricted, cut off completely.
The screeching started immediately. Really, it’s quite simple, supply the data and the funds start to flow. The Trump admin has had considerable success in the court in these types of situations, at least at the appellate level. Expect the same here.
