Maine’s Tea Party Governor Just *Admitted* He Lies To His Voters

Maine’s Tea Party Governor, Paul LePage, is no stranger to being a cretinous lout. When he’s not publicly sending death threats to Mainers, or openly endorsing racial profiling, you might catch him insulting the NAACP or comparing the IRS’ activities to the Holocaust.

But this is the Age of Trump. Which means it’s time for LePage to openly declare war on a free press and brag about lying to his voters:

Maine’s controversial Gov. Paul LePage appeared to suggest on Thursday that he makes up fake stories to mislead reporters — before adding that society would be better off without print media in general.

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Chris Christie Just Gave a GIANT ‘F–k You’ to New Jersey

New Jersey Governor (and key Trump booster) Chris Christie just made it public: he doesn’t even want to pretend to give a flying f**k about New Jerseyans anymore.

Christie is largely being blamed by voters for a NJ government shutdown that left public resources – like parks, beaches, and DMV offices – shut down going into July 4th weekend, and that continues. As you might imagine, the beach, on July 4th in New Jersey, is kinda a Big Thing – and an important part of NJ’s economy for many, many people.

So, you’d think the last thing you’d want to do, if you were Governor, would be to use the beaches for a personal family vacation just after your announced regular New Jerseyans could no longer use them.

You’d be wrong:

On Friday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie ordered beaches across the Garden State closed — a reaction to the ongoing budget impasse in the state’s legislature.

Less than 48 hours later, photos from NJ Advance Media showed Christie sunning himself with his family on Island Beach State Park — the only people on the beach because, well, the governor had closed it.
This photo really sums it up.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie uses the beach with his family and friends at the governor's summer house at Island Beach State Park in New Jersey on July 2. Christie is defending his use of the beach, closed to the public during New Jersey's government shutdown, saying he had previously announced his vacation plans and the media had simply "caught a politician keeping his word."

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Trump’s Head Vote Suppressor, Kris Kobach, Won’t Comply With His Own Anti-Voter Commission

Kris Kobach is the most notorious vote suppressor in the United States – and he’s one of the heads of Trump’s Voter Intimidation commission.

One of Kobach’s top priorities has been pressuring states to give up the personal information of their voters – things that could identify them publicly, and lead to baseless voter fraud lawsuits that will intimidate voter turnout. Sherrilyn Ifill, the President and Director Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, was on Rachel Maddow last night to lay out what this coudd look like:

Kobach is busy doing everything he can to get states to give up private information on their own voters. The one problem? Kris Kobach is refusing to give up that information for his own state, Kansas, where he is Secretary of State.
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