FEC vice-chair resigns!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/fec-vice-chair-resigns-fought-internet-regs-leaves-agency-in-limbo

The Republican vice chairman of the Federal Election Commission resigned Monday, leaving the election oversight agency without enough members to vote on enforcement actions

In edit from another source:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-26/campaign-watchdogs-toothless-after-vice-chairman-s-resignation

[elleng]

1. Of course!

[dawg day]

2. It's impressive how many ways GOPers find to subvert government

Trump will not bother to replace the person resigning.

[guillaumeb]

3. Recommended.

GOP strategy for many years has been to do everything that they can to impede and impair the functioning of government.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

14. So, what should we be doing?

[guillaumeb]

20. First, pointing it out, and demanding that the US corporate media cover that fact.

When the GOP tried to kill the USPS with a demand for billions in pre-funding, the US corporate media generally framed the story as a typical Government Agency losing money. Very few media outlets did any basic journalism by actually getting some facts.

And we too can call/email our local news outlets, and demand actual coverage of actual issues.

[BigmanPigman]

4. Was he the "acting" or was he the permanent vice chair?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

12. From the Bloomberg link

Petersen was first nominated to a six-year term in 2008 by President George W. Bush. That appointment expired in 2014, but partisan politics has created gridlock for successive nominations, so Petersen and others have continued as holdovers under a provision allowing them to serve until a successor is confirmed

[yaesu]

5. he got tired of ignoring all the election laws tRump was breaking. nt

[cstanleytech]

7. Sounds more like he is leaving so as to prevent the FEC from taking action for now because

without enough members they cannot do anything.
So really this probably has nothing to do with his being being tired of Trump breaking election laws.

[diva77]

8. I wonder where Karl Rove is these days when I read something like this

[cstanleytech]

9. Regardless I wonder if someone could file a lawsuit to force the FEC to take action?

After all its in the interest of justice to have the FEC enforce the laws.

[diva77]

11. +1

I mentioned Rove because despite all the focus on Russia in the news these days, there is plenty of ongoing home-grown election fraud -- and the resignation of the FEC vice-chair resulting in the shutting down of FEC enforcement seems very rovian.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

17. I agree - I saw the Rove machine not only neuter my political mentor politically, Don

Siegelman - but put him in prison.

[diva77]

18. Unspeakable travesty - what happened to Don Siegelman. And with all the wingnut judges

being swept into appointments, it's a major clone-job of what KKKarl Rove did to Siegelman.

So sorry that you had to see your mentor face such brutal injustice and abuse.

[UTUSN]

6. K&R

[DallasNE]

10. Now Russia Will Receive No Resistence

On their election meddling. Secondly, they can't move forward on presidential debates next year? Pretty sweet deal for Trump.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

13. What do you mean about debates? Are you guessing

Or is Dipshit hinting he won't debate anyone?

[DallasNE]

15. I Have Read Speculation That He Will Try Hard To Duck Having Debates

And Trump himself has hinted that he may not, even declaring he controls the independent commission on debates. Certainly not a for sure but this move could be floated as the excuse for not debating.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

19. I would give it a 30% chance he would debate??? He has conducted his pResidency

by a much ignored ploy. He has quietly and systematically dismantled the traditional press corps and press conferences. Just like a dictator - he doesn't have to answer for a single thing he does or says.

While the PRESS, the center of it all, doesn't mention this every day is unbelievable.

[dalton99a]

16. Kick