>'Recruiting religious youth is worse than murder,' they shouted.
'That's why we've had US soldiers do our dirty work'
NC gov vetoes bill allowing a new primary in disputed House race
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) vetoed a bill on Friday that would restructure the state elections board and allow it to call a new primary in a disputed House race, citing concerns with a campaign finance provision.
But the North Carolina General Assembly is likely to try to override the veto, after easily passing the legislation last week.
The bill would overhaul the current makeup of the state Board of Elections, which is currently investigating mounting fraud claims involving absentee ballots in the state’s contested House race in the 9th District
It would also grant the state elections board power to order a new primary when calling for a new election.
Republican Mark Harris leads Democrat Dan McCready by 905 votes in that disputed race, but the board voted to not certify the results, making it increasingly likely there will be a redo.
Passing the bill into law would give Republicans a chance to pick a new candidate in the primary in place of Harris, who has been on the defensive after his campaign hired a contractor at the heart of the fraud claims.
Harris has said he was "absolutely unaware" of any wrongdoing in the 2018 election.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/422480-nc-gov-vetoes-bill-allowing-a-new-primary-in-disputed-house-race
National parks to stay open without staff in government shutdown
As the hours tick down toward a potential government shutdown, the National Park Service (NPS) is gearing up to clear out its staff across all national parks, but the parks will keep their gates open.
National parks across the country will remain open to visitors under a shutdown but most facilities —including bathrooms — will be shuttered according to the Interior Department’s 2018 contingency plan.
That means visitors who planned to visit a national park over the holidays will still be able to do so but will have to go without guidance from any park service officials.
Visitors centers, bathrooms, campsites, trash collection and road maintenance will all be closed and halted in a potential shutdown, according to the federal plan. NPS employees will have as little as four hours to complete their “shutdown activities” before entering furlough status.
“Effective immediately upon a lapse in appropriations, the National Park Service will take all necessary steps to suspend all activities and secure national park facilities that operate using appropriations that are now lapsed, except for those that are essential to respond to emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection of property,” according to the plan.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/422487-under-shutdown-national-parks-to-stay-open-without-staff
There a reason they call the Manager a "Handler"?
Tough to light a fire in snow or rain
KEK!
come hell or high water