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Friday, March 22, 2013

Wackjobs There Rapert goes again: Liberals = Taliban, Nazis

Posted by Max Brantley on Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 2:14 PM

From Twitter:

One is tempted to suggest that the fiddlin' demagogue stick a vaginal probe in it.

Or maybe Matthew 7:1 would be a more appropriate response.

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Practicing law with Bro. Rapert

May 18, 2013

by Max Brantley

Sen. Jason Rapert, author of the patently unconstitutional bill to ban most abortions in Arkansas at the 12th week of pregnancy, took heart yesterday at Judge Susan Webber Wright's indication that she was inclined to uphold the part of the law that requires women seeking an abortion in the 12th week of pregnancy or later to have an ultrasound and to be shown the results of that test. /more/
Judge Wright issues injunction against abortion law

May 17, 2013

by Max Brantley

The word from the federal courthouse is that federal Judge Susan Webber Wright has issued a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the new Arkansas law that was meant to bar most abortions at the 12th week of pregnancy. /more/
Women's rights in court this morning

May 17, 2013

by Max Brantley

Leslie Newell Peacock will be in federal court for us this morning for the preliminary injunction hearing on the lawsuit challenging the new state law prohibiting most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy. /more/
The death and taxes open line

May 16, 2013

by Max Brantley

The line is open. Closing out: * THERE THE GOP GOES AGAIN: The Arkansas Republican Party is in all-out assault mode on U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, today pounding him for saying seven years ago that he supported permanent repeal of the estate tax (dishonestly called a "death tax" by the Republicans) but joining in recent bipartisan approval of what is now a dramatically lower estate tax. /more/
How the Arkansas legislature has changed your life

May 9, 2013

For better or for worse. /more/
The terrible 10 of the 89th Arkansas General Assembly

May 9, 2013

They're the worst of the worst. /more/
The post-crash morning report

April 11, 2013

by Max Brantley

Another day and the Arkansas Blog is back in business after an extended crash last night. /more/
Mayflower oil spill: The hand of God?

April 9, 2013

by Max Brantley

Ernie Dumas writes this week on the Mayflower oil spill, beginning by musing, a la Pat Robertson/Jerry Falwell/etc., whether a divine hand might have had an influence. /more/
Inconvenient truth

April 4, 2013

by Max Brantley

The crack of a 20-inch interstate pipeline rupturing in Mayflower, Ark., announced more than a flood of heavy Canadian crude oil on a trim subdivision near Lake Conway. /more/
Live, it's Saturday night

March 30, 2013

by Max Brantley

The line is open. We finish up with the threat of pipeline companies taking your property; a thanks to President Obamacare for private option Medicaid expansion, and a tour of Little Rock's neglected streets. /more/
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Friday, March 22, 2013

Wackjobs There Rapert goes again: Liberals = Taliban, Nazis

Posted by Max Brantley on Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 2:14 PM

Speaking of Jason Rapert

The word from the federal courthouse is that federal Judge Susan Webber Wright has issued a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the new Arkansas law that was meant to bar most abortions at the 12th week of pregnancy. /more/

Leslie Newell Peacock will be in federal court for us this morning for the preliminary injunction hearing on the lawsuit challenging the new state law prohibiting most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy. /more/

For better or for worse. /more/

They're the worst of the worst. /more/

Another day and the Arkansas Blog is back in business after an extended crash last night. /more/

Ernie Dumas writes this week on the Mayflower oil spill, beginning by musing, a la Pat Robertson/Jerry Falwell/etc., whether a divine hand might have had an influence. /more/

The crack of a 20-inch interstate pipeline rupturing in Mayflower, Ark., announced more than a flood of heavy Canadian crude oil on a trim subdivision near Lake Conway. /more/

The line is open. We finish up with the threat of pipeline companies taking your property; a thanks to President Obamacare for private option Medicaid expansion, and a tour of Little Rock's neglected streets. /more/

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