Friday, February 27, 2026

The 2026 Wyoming Legislature, Part 5. The Ignorant don't realize how ignorant they really are edition.


Week three, and we get this:
Courthouses of the West: After abortion ruling, lawmaker tries to deny Wyom...: After abortion ruling, lawmaker tries to deny Wyoming court security funding  The House struck down Rep. Rachel Rodriguez-Williams’ amendmen...

Californian Rachel Rodriguez-Williams likely wasn't around when far right paranoia caused the constitutional amendment which set this situation up, so she isn't personally to blame for the abortion ruling.

But the Republican Party in Wyoming, is.  Like the Soviet submariner officer, in The Hunt For Red October, what rank and file Republicans ought to be saying is "You arrogant ass, you killed us!"

The WFC, we'd note, is still attacking UW's budget.

Donald Trump's biggest fan took a blow:

February 25, 2026

Wyoming Freedom Caucus fills House negotiating team tasked with bridging $170M budget gap

Great, the Carpet Bagger Caucus that would return Wyoming to 1860 South Carolina will be a major say in the budget once again.

Cont:

Opinion: Wyoming Doesn’t Need Saving

February 26, 2026

I didn't even know that this blatantly unconstitutional bill sponsored by carpetbagging Chuck Gray" had been around:

Voting ban proposal for certain dual citizens dies

February 27, 2026

The Bextel Bucks hearing commenced with Bextel using the Confederate Caucus claim that "there's Republicans pretending to be Democrats in here" as some sort of excuse before Art Washut graveled her down.

In her defense, that's true.  She is one.  So is Bear.   So is Allemand. So are all the of the Freedom Caucus. They're not Republicans, they're Dixiecrats through and through.

February 28, 2026

Some good news:

Lawmakers restore most UW funding in unified budget, including $40M block grant

And the Confederate Caucus may complain about the fact that they were such moronic idiots they took checks on the House floor and got caught:



Last edition:

The 2026 Wyoming Legislature, Part 4. The Held Up Edition

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