Arkansas Blog

Arkansas Times retired senior editor Max Brantley (radical leftist/keyboard warrior emeritus) follows Little Rock news, Arkansas news and Arkansas politics.

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More brilliant reporting on scandalous Louisiana eviction courts. Perhaps this Guardian team will take a look at Darkansas’s mean landlord-tenant laws, zealously protected by landlord/legislators. https://t.co/L7bYvClF5Q

[Anthony Scaramucci @Scaramucci]

IHere's what Pres.Trump has done for Vladimir Putin since 2017:
🇺🇸➡️🇷🇺 First term
1Stood next to Putin in Helsinki and took his word over U.S. intelligence
2Lobbied to bring Russia back into the G7
3Withheld military aid from Ukraine to squeeze Zelensky (impeachment #1)
4Pulled out of Syria, handing Russia a freer hand
5Openly questioned NATO's mutual-defense pledge
6Lifted sanctions on Deripaska-linked companies, including Rusal
7Walked away from the INF nuclear treaty
8Walked away from the Open Skies treaty, leaving our European allies with less visibility
🇺🇸➡️🇷🇺 Second term
9. Called Russia's G7 expulsion a "mistake"
10. Declared Moscow "holds all the cards"
11. Opened talks with Russia with zero preconditions
12. Berated Zelensky in the Oval Office, then paused aid and intel to Ukraine
13. Halted offensive cyber operations against Russia
14. Had the U.S. vote WITH Russia against a UN resolution condemning the invasion
15. Said "Crimea will stay with Russia"
16. Rolled out the red carpet for Putin in Alaska
17. Pressed Ukraine, not Russia, to give up territory
18. Starshield
19. Diesel
20. Revoke Graham sanctions
That's not "America First."
You could never make that list of things a President has done for Zelensky, or for NATO. Ask yourself why.

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The Little Rock City Board last night effectively endorsed secretive, taxpayer-financed help for private business. It's a long pattern of the Little Rock Chamber of Commerce. https://t.co/O8WlbynzvS

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NYT free link: https://t.co/aQLRETb0Qw

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Following the money the New York Times notes an Arkansas angle.

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Another good poll, but …. https://t.co/KWTYLPiNqy

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Controversy at Ouachita as faculty required to sign doc on sexuality and gender https://t.co/pltUVsJkPF via @baptist_news

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Same for Republicans in Arkansas. They want to wreck public school districts, particularly those, well, you know.

[PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes]

Texas GOP Candidate: “I Don’t Want to Improve the Public School System”

Brandon Herrera called his position “radical” and implied public school teachers teach kids to be gay.

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[Will Watson @willwatson]

If Tom Cotton has to beg DC for $69K, they are scared of what they are seeing in the early turnout. Pour it on, y’all.

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Ho hum. Another day and more Trump corruption. Cat got your tongue Frenchie? https://t.co/sM5ov0JD5F

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Issue 3 is about giving enormous welfare to retailers. Sponsor Jonathan Dismang, now a utility lobbyist, said as much. Would a Sam’s Club like to keep the sales tax it collects? You bet it would. Socialized supermarkets! Don’t look for one in ‘desert.’ https://t.co/Bl1oSBhEXJ

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Believe it or not: There’s a worse state for rental tenants than Arkansas. Astounding reporting on Louisiana. https://t.co/nZz4kxrLCG

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Arkansas’ proposed economic development amendment is fatally flawed https://t.co/lTtJQvP1KM via @ReasonFdn

[EU says Elon should not lie abt my blue check @emptywheel]

Hey @TomCottonAR? Do you think Elon Musk, who CONFESSED to immigration fraud, should be denaturalized? Should you refuse money from him, given how his nonconsensual porn robot took school photos from kids in Bentonville and turned them into child sexual abuse material?

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

The Trump regime is so out of touch they don’t even know low income Americans exist, apparently. Incredible stuff.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

I’d actually rather have him talk about this shit than pretend to care about “women’s health.”

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

Tonight, we’re kicking off our Clear Eyes, Full Hearts Tour with some special guests from the cast of Friday Night Lights.

We’ve come this far together. Now it’s time to leave it all on the field.

Join us: https://t.co/d9fPHMjeqP

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Still dead. But not forgotten. https://t.co/xmDT4ovzNL

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Yikes! Griffin Smith jr. where art thou?

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The passage is from Democrat-Gazette feature on Tales of the Crypt at Mount Holly Cemetery. During Smith’s editorship the paper regularly extolled the ‘Boy Martyr of the Confederacy.’ Whose name was Dodd.