Sausage fest!!!
This Is About Destroying the Presidency of Barack Obama
Everything is.
WASHINGTON—In Room 216 of the Hart Senate Office Building on Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee played host to one of the most garish exercises in absurdity in which our politics have involved themselves. On the surface, the committee was conducting a hearing into the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the United States Supreme Court. However, at its roots, the hearing was the final, concluding chapter in the attempted destruction of the presidency of Barack Obama.
When he is confirmed—and he will be confirmed, because the votes are there and the Democratic opposition is as bumfuzzled as it always is—he will stand on the highest court of the land as the living representation of a sub rosa determination taken in various caucus rooms eight years ago that the first African-American president should not be allowed to exercise the full power of the presidency. Maybe Gorsuch can live with that. He was confident to the point of being smug, and his gift for oily, pious condescension is undeniable. After all, there is great job security on the Supreme Court and the robe is certainly a nice one.
Asked about sexual orientation and “equal justice under law,” Gorsuch says SCOTUS held that “single-sex marriage” is protected by the Const.
— Matt Ford (@fordm) March 21, 2017
“I regret putting my family through this,” Gorsuch adds, re: the confirmation process.
— Matt Ford (@fordm) March 21, 2017
@GovMikeHuckabee Somebody didn’t prick their finger and check their blood sugar this morning!
— josephebacon (@josephebacon) March 21, 2017
re: #6 Joe Bacon
Somebody didn’t prick their finger and check their blood sugar this morning!
It was too far up his nose…
Breaking News! Jimmy Dean Sausage Co will be renamed GORSUCH SAUSAGE because he’s grinding up some Democrat Senators into PURE PORK SAUSAGE!
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) March 21, 2017
Only Huckabee could pull off the fabled Triple Sausage Self-Piss. https://t.co/UhRaNAttlI
— rob delaney (@robdelaney) March 21, 2017
Is there a Huckabee Bot? Because his stuff reads like it should be a three-day-old twitter account with an egg and four followers. https://t.co/63WZ626Fid
— David Simon (@AoDespair) March 21, 2017
https://t.co/b1eydELuxj pic.twitter.com/o6GgfDAVaa
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) March 21, 2017
re: #9 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Like..how long was it until we even got to the point where we had the bill that ended up the PPACA? How many false starts never even got to vote? How many times were things stalled up in a committee to garner even more concessions to Republicans and conservative Dems? This is, what? Two week and change from reveal to floor vote?
Senate Republicans now trying to argue that it doesn’t matter if dark money organizations have access to the SCOTUS https://t.co/mg4ZevWyC5
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 21, 2017
Whitehouse asks Gorsuch abt his nom. being pushed by $10MIL dollar dark $$$ campaign. Gorsuch: “It is what it is.” nbcnews.to
Whitehouse asks Gorsuch abt his nom. being pushed by $10MIL dollar dark $$$ campaign.
Gorsuch: “It is what it is.” https://t.co/kUHLxIZKkn pic.twitter.com/RiDu6ZBjMI— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 21, 2017
Breaking News! Jimmy Dean Sausage Co will be renamed GORSUCH SAUSAGE because he’s grinding up some Democrat Senators into PURE PORK SAUSAGE!
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) March 21, 2017
Joke writing advice: The second use of the word “sausage” completely ruins the laugh. Stick to shitty moral advice, not shitty humor. https://t.co/Jqtpgc1AtL
— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) March 21, 2017
@rudepundit
Also, unless the Jimmy Dean Sausage Co is owned by Democrat Senators, the joke makes no sense.— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) March 21, 2017
Lollipop Guild sez Ivanka promises she won’t do the wrong things…..
Geez.
In an Unprecedented No-Show, the U.S. Pulls Out of Planned Human Rights Hearing https://t.co/d9WS0wsKxq
— ACLU National (@ACLU) March 21, 2017
THE RESTRICTIONS ARE THAT SHE SHOULD NOT BE A GOVT EMPLOYEE, OR UNPAID VOLUNTEER, AT ALL, EVER, PERIOD. JEEZUS.
.@PressSec on Ivanka, say she’s not a gov employ but “She’ll follow the restrictions that would apply if she were”
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) March 21, 2017
“I love my life.” — Neil Gorsuch says flatly
He OK?— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) March 21, 2017
re: #12 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Q: Why are ppl spending $10M in dark money to get you this job?
Gorsuch: Ask them.
Whitehouse: “I can’t. Because I don’t know who they are.”— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) March 21, 2017
Gorsuch complaining about the length of his confirmation hearing is the most entitled thing I’ve heard in years.
— Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) March 21, 2017
re: #16 The Vicious Babushka
THE RESTRICTIONS ARE THAT SHE SHOULD NOT BE A GOVT EMPLOYEE, OR UNPAID VOLUNTEER, AT ALL, EVER, PERIOD. JEEZUS.
There’s a law against nepotism. There’s also a law against having someone perform a service for a government employee, like the president, without paying them.
NBC News has now ID’ed 26 House GOPers who are opposed/leaning strongly against House health-care bill, per @AlexNBCNews & @LACaldwellDC pic.twitter.com/lksvwOTw3x
— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) March 21, 2017
re: #12 Backwoods_Sleuth
But Hillary emails….
@JoyAnnReid no, it is not. The world has room for Kermit and Grover, and Elmo is a damn usurper!
— Wil Wheaton (@wilw) March 21, 2017
Holy shit…I just agreed with Star Trek’s Elmo. https://t.co/LXJtjeU6d2
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) March 21, 2017
Trump Organization is in violation of NYC law; Trump Tower’s registration expired in 2016, not renewed https://t.co/3chwMIyINO @annaschecter
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) March 21, 2017
Neil Gorsuch’s originalism problem: His constitutional philosophy just doesn’t make any sense https://t.co/1oUiq68d1K #GorsuchHearing pic.twitter.com/2PiS9SPC3g
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) March 21, 2017
re: #21 Nyet
Fuck Gorsuch.
It’s Garland or bust.
Garland’s a non-starter. Trump would have to renominate him, and he was previously nominated by a black guy. But fuck Gorsuch, definitely. The guy is proving to be an arrogant prick who finds this whole approval process annoying.
He manages to answer the question while simultaneously signaling that having to answer it is beneath him.
— ((((Peter Sagal)))) (@petersagal) March 21, 2017
Is it my tv set or does Sean Spicer always sound like he’s been huffing helium nitric oxide?
*tv set — now there’s a real age give away.
Spicer reading from a sheet as he talks about the Ivanka role.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 21, 2017
“…and we are confident that insert trump child name here will do an unbiased and great jo…wait hold on” https://t.co/EHxzwYlW7k
— darth™ (@darth) March 21, 2017
re: #27 darthstar
Gorsuch will be confirmed, so everything is a non-starter.
.@RosieGray Huh pic.twitter.com/nUfBUAmMQM
— Tim Mak (@timkmak) March 21, 2017
McConnell says the Senate will bring up Neil Gorsuch “the week after next, and we’ll confirm him before we leave for the April recess.”
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) March 21, 2017
“I always think that the family that skis together stays together …” - a thing just said by Gorsuch
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) March 21, 2017
When asked whether Trump will present evidence that Obama wiretapped him, as promised, Spicer says: “Let’s see how the week goes.”
— Kate Brannen (@K8brannen) March 21, 2017
re: #35 FormerDirtDart
[When asked whether Trump will present evidence that Obama wiretapped him, as promised, Spicer says: “Let’s see how the week goes.”]
That’s how you talk about a person with a delicate medical condition.
“Gee…you guys ask me more questions than the Russians did!” #GorsuchHearing
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) March 21, 2017
Heh
Trump actually has created a lot of jobs already. Jobs like paid protesters, fake news reporters, Obama wiretappers, British wiretappers…
— Molly Hodgdon (@Manglewood) March 21, 2017
APNewsBreak: Virginia governor pardons ‘Norfolk 4’ sailors convicted in 1997 rape, killing; police forced confession https://t.co/1kDizTXjbB
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 21, 2017
Call your GOP rep now!
I just called mine, used the term TrumpCare & stated my opposition.
I asked the staff if they’ve received many calls & the answer was YES.
By our @NBCNews count, 26 House Republicans are now OPPOSED/STRONG LEAN NO on GOP healthcare bill… can only afford to lose 21 votes pic.twitter.com/lVFksOD55F
— Alex Moe (@AlexNBCNews) March 21, 2017
ps. my rep is not on this list.
re: #42 Stanley Sea
Call your GOP rep now!
I just called mine, used the term TrumpCare & stated my opposition.
I asked the staff if they’ve received many calls & the answer was YES.
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ps. my rep is not on this list.
Some of the names on this list oppose the GOPDontCare bill because it doesn’t fuck over the poors enough.
Gorsuch using his condescending prick move on Klobuchar.
“I’m happy to explain again.”
re: #43 The Vicious Babushka
Some of the names on this list oppose the GOPDontCare bill because it doesn’t fuck over the poors enough.
For sure.
Make it so nothing from the GOP passes.
re: #42 Stanley Sea
ps. my rep is not on this list.
My rep (Massie) is on the list, only because it’s not a complete repeal.
re: #43 The Vicious Babushka
Some of the names on this list oppose the GOPDontCare bill because it doesn’t fuck over the poors enough.
Their inability to compromise may pay off for the country, instead of causing constant problems as usual.
Can Gorsuch be confirmed even if Dems get their act together and filibuster? (that is, can turtle get past such a thing even without using nuclear option?)
re: #3 Skip Intro
This Is About Destroying the Presidency of Barack Obama
Everything is.
Pierce, as always, nails it. And now I am even more distraught than usual.
re: #45 Stanley Sea
For sure.
Make it so nothing from the GOP passes.
And then we have a civil war. The GOP needs to learn to function in modern America, rather than having the Democrats become as obstructionist as they are.
Hah!
Scene from the new body-swap comedy where Samuel L. Jackson and James Cromwell do a switcheroo pic.twitter.com/KJ6oLVDC5v
— Bill Corbett (@BillCorbett) March 21, 2017
re: #44 jaunte
Gorsuch using his condescending prick move on Klobuchar.
“I’m happy to explain again.”
Sounds like the kind of person you could get to admit some damaging things if you played his ego right.
re: #43 The Vicious Babushka
Yup. Some oppose because it’s not extreme enough. A handful oppose because it’s too extreme, or realize that it hurts their constituents.
There are a bunch of GOPers who don’t think Trumpcare/GOPDontCare goes far enough in fucking over 24+ million people. They want even deeper cuts, more people uninsured, and to do so even quicker, with no replacement for Obamacare. They’d rather see massive tax cuts than do anything that reduces the uninsured rate or helps people.
re: #42 Stanley Sea
Call, tweet… and then call and tweet and whatever MORE. pic.twitter.com/Tf4MfQ5GXo
— Mary Jo Pehl (@MaryJoPehl) March 21, 2017
re: #49 BeachDem
Pierce, as always, nails it. And now I am even more distraught than usual.
And Republicans are about destroying the works of Johnson and FDR. And I’m sure they’d try go resegregate the military if they could get away with it. It’s what they are going to do until enough people get hurt that they’re no longer in power.
On point. pic.twitter.com/k5ytwEB6Kt
— Mustapha Itani (@_mustaphaitani) March 20, 2017
Klobuchar flags Gorsuch’s unusual move to issue a ruling, *and* concur to his own ruling, to suggest a change to SCOTUS precedent: pic.twitter.com/VPjbWtUynn
— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) March 21, 2017
What Gorsuch is saying now does NOT square w/ his ruling, which slammed precedent by saying a “world without” that precedent would be better
— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) March 21, 2017
re: #43 The Vicious Babushka
Some of the names on this list oppose the GOPDontCare bill because it doesn’t fuck over the poors enough.
It is sometimes a good thing when humanity and inhumanity join forces…
re: #44 jaunte
Gorsuch using his condescending prick move on Klobuchar.
“I’m happy to explain again.”
“I’m almost THERRRRRE.” — Gorsuch, shouty and pissy with Sen. Klobuchar, who cut him off to get to point of her question
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) March 21, 2017
Neil Gorsuch is irritable under tough questioning. Justice Neil Crankypants.
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) March 21, 2017
re: #45 Stanley Sea
For sure.
Make it so nothing from the GOP passes.
Lindsey’s latest questionnaire:
Do you support or oppose Judge Neil Gorsuch as the next Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court?
Support
Oppose
Unsure
Do you support or oppose repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)?
Support
Oppose
Unsure
Should the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade?
Yes
No
Unsure
Do you support gun control?
Yes
No
Unsure
I answered oppose, oppose, no, yes. I’m sure he’ll pay close attention to my wishes.
I am so sick of Graham getting all these accolades for being “moderate.” He’s only “moderate” while he’s running his mouth on the teevee, then he does what every fucking other Republican does.
2) Not that this would be a good thing (would still be a huge transfer of power from more accountable agencies to less accountable judges)
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) March 21, 2017
4) And completely eviscerate agencies like the EPA.
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) March 21, 2017
HAPPENING NOW: Federal officials to announce corruption charges against Philadelphia DA #SethWilliams
#LISTEN: https://t.co/dnW6za8alA pic.twitter.com/DZ816S5YHk— KYW Newsradio (@KYWNewsradio) March 21, 2017
re: #65 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Feds say a 23-count indictment charges DA Seth Williams with bribery, extortion, and honest services wire fraud https://t.co/wyTxpYEihl
— CBS Philly (@CBSPhilly) March 21, 2017
“Of course women can be PRESIDENTTTT OF THE UNNNITED STATES,” Gorsuch growls/shouts at Sen. Klobuchar. Uhh.
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) March 21, 2017
@seungminkim He did growl. That was weird!
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) March 21, 2017
re: #43 The Vicious Babushka
Some of the names on this list oppose the GOPDontCare bill because it doesn’t fuck over the poors enough.
In those cases, act like a wingnut and demand that they refuse to cave in to Soshulism!!11
Desperate times, etc. :)
“You might want to study up on it.” She poked him back.
Gorsuch just blew the Politics Bechdel Test in which you try to make reference to women’s issues without citing a female family member.
— J.M. Berger (@intelwire) March 21, 2017
Klobuchar is able to string up #Gorsuch on his selective originalism and civil rights. He gets quiet again as he stews #TeamLegal
— Jessica Mason Pieklo (@Hegemommy) March 21, 2017
re: #63 BeachDem
Lindsey’s latest questionnaire:
Do you support or oppose Judge Neil Gorsuch as the next Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court?
Support
Oppose
Unsure
Do you support or oppose repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)?
Support
Oppose
Unsure
Should the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade?
Yes
No
Unsure
Do you support gun control?
Yes
No
UnsureI answered oppose, oppose, no, yes. I’m sure he’ll pay close attention to my wishes.
I am so sick of Graham getting all these accolades for being “moderate.” He’s only “moderate” while he’s running his mouth on the teevee, then he does what every fucking other Republican does.
I thought there were supposed to be no litmus tests?
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re: #74 jaunte
I like Klobuchar. She’s cute. I’m a sucker for a smart gal in glasses. Also she follows me on Twitter (a mistake of some kind I’m sure).
Gorsuch’s response to Klobuchar as to whether a woman can be president is the creepiest thing I’ve ever heard. #GorsuchHearing
Gorsuch’s response to Klobuchar as to whether a woman can be president is the creepiest thing I’ve ever heard. #GorsuchHearing pic.twitter.com/9GTf6liMZx
— Laurie Crosswell 🌞 (@lauriecrosswell) March 21, 2017
re: #73 jaunte
@intelwire It’s too much to expect any Conservative to be capable of empathy that reaches beyond their immediate family.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) March 21, 2017
“Oh what would the founders have wanted.”
They all owned slaves. Who gives a fuck what they wanted.— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) March 21, 2017
re: #21 Nyet
Fuck Gorsuch.
It’s Garland or bust.
Agreed!! Why aren’t the Democrats filibustering? They’re so spineless. Frustrated. And yes, I know that they can’t keep him off SCOTUS but they could still break a sweat and try.
re: #79 Backwoods_Sleuth
@AngryBlackLady RWNJs who want slaves of their own? This fixation on the founders has been racist from the start.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) March 21, 2017
Gotta love the hysteria over “illegals”, where it actively discourages people from reporting other crimes because it means fucking over their lives from those treating people like a massive evil invading force bent on cultural destruction or some other hyperbolic shit.
When your hate on for “illegals” means tacit enabling of domestic abusers. America in 2017, people. #ThisIsNotNormal https://t.co/gORumUX59u
— AntiCitizen K (@Citizen_Kryptik) March 21, 2017
And as we’ve seen in other instances, this shit never, ever, ever ends with just “illegals”, or even immigrants in general.
O_o
Mitch McConnell criticizes Democratic senators who “resist everything,” especially on Supreme Court appointments. ^JC pic.twitter.com/WfIjX0z5Uf
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) March 21, 2017
re: #35 FormerDirtDart
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There is no evidence so what does Spicer get out of lying? He has zero credibility with anything he claims going forward.
re: #80 Patricia Kayden
Agreed!! Why aren’t the Democrats filibustering? They’re so spineless. Frustrated. And yes, I know that they can’t keep him off SCOTUS but they could still break a sweat and try.
What would filibustering a committee meeting do, other than allow Mitch to change the rules on how committee meetings are held? Questioning right now is better.
Last night, I was proud to stand with @POTUS in #Kentucky as he brought his vision for #healthcare directly to the people.
— Leader McConnell (@SenateMajLdr) March 21, 2017
shut up, Mitch.
Oh, and all those trumpsters at the rally last night were booing you.
re: #84 Backwoods_Sleuth
But resisting the Black President and refusing to even vote on Garland was okey dokey.
Tragedy + Time = Comedy
Huckabee + Comedy = Tragedy— J. Elvis Weinstein (@JElvisWeinstein) March 21, 2017
Rep. Peter King says Trump pointed him out and said they grew up near each other. After that, “it would be hard for me to vote ‘no.’”
— Caitlin Huey-Burns (@CHueyBurns) March 21, 2017
Imagine thinking this is something that is OK to say out loud. https://t.co/9EMGVfSQLl
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) March 21, 2017
We are only halfway through today’s questioning, believe it or not
— Lawrence Hurley (@lawrencehurley) March 21, 2017
re: #48 Interesting Times
Can Gorsuch be confirmed even if Dems get their act together and filibuster? (that is, can turtle get past such a thing even without using nuclear option?)
Of course he can. Trump could nominate Josh Duggar, and unless there was some GOP defection (there would be none), he’s got a new job for life.
re: #89 bratwurst
Dogs + Huckabee sons = tragedy (for the dog)
re: #62 Backwoods_Sleuth
Jennifer Bendery ✔ @jbendery
Neil Gorsuch is irritable under tough questioning. Justice Neil Crankypants.
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Why are all these politicians wasting the time of this obviously very important man?
Cannot they see he is THE GREATEST JUDGE already?
Ask him, he will tell you…
Gorsuch correctly answered “42,” a Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy reference I wasn’t expecting to hear today.
— Matt Ford (@fordm) March 21, 2017
re: #84 Backwoods_Sleuth
Mitch McConnell criticizes Democratic senators who “resist everything,” especially on Supreme Court appointments. ^JC pic.twitter.com/WfIjX0z5Uf
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) March 21, 2017
A man without irony, shame, conscience, or soul. He has no right to whine when he did worse just for obstruction’s sake last 8 years #Resist https://t.co/lPjIl3rKok
— AntiCitizen K (@Citizen_Kryptik) March 21, 2017
re: #83 Citizen K
Remember the whole: Obama let terrorists out of Gitmo and they returned to Iraq and killed US soldiers (ahem, Bush).
How long until a domestic abuser that was not reported for fear of deportation winds up killing their domestic partner?
.@SenDanSullivan, subsistence in Alaska defined as customary and traditional uses of fish, wildlife. Not killing cubs in dens. pic.twitter.com/LGQLI7KdPf
— National Parks News (@NPCA) March 21, 2017
re: #95 Backwoods_Sleuth
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— Matt Ford (@fordm) March 21, 2017
re: #97 Franklin
Remember the whole: Obama let terrorists out of Gitmo and they returned to Iraq and killed US soldiers (ahem, Bush).
How long until a domestic abuser that was not reported for fear of deportation winds up killing their domestic partner?
But that’ll be ok for many, since it’ll “only be an illegal” or something that callous. And you know, at least it was (probably) an American abuser, so it means less than if it was one of those strange swarthy brown outsider types.
i wish someone would look at me the way cruz looks at gorsuch pic.twitter.com/rbdnuVO5bp
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 21, 2017
“i am just asking hypothetically if the zodiac case were to come before your court…” https://t.co/VBiXDsigJE
— darth™ (@darth) March 21, 2017
Some things never change. For example, Ted Cruz still invokes my gag reflex. https://t.co/mg4ZevWyC5 pic.twitter.com/EIv0BMUTo5
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 21, 2017
re: #92 Skip Intro
Of course he can. Trump could nominate Josh Duggar, and unless there was some GOP defection (there would be none), he’s got a new job for life.
Oh, that I knew, but what I meant was, if the Dems filibuster, is using the nuclear option the only way the final Gorsuch vote can go ahead…?
re: #103 Charles Johnson
He really has the Joe McCarthy look solid there.
re: #104 Interesting Times
Oh, that I knew, but what I meant was, if the Dems filibuster, is using the nuclear option the only way the final Gorsuch vote can go ahead…?
I’m sure McConnell would just make an on the spot change of the rules that would allow the GOP to pass approve anyone, even if they didn’t have the votes.
Who would stop him?
“How’s his jump shot?” — Ted Cruz with the tough questions for Gorsuch (about Justice White)
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) March 21, 2017
jeebus
BREAKING: Freedom Caucus threatens formal opposition to Obamacare replacement bill barring dramatic changes by Wednesday night
Ryan Reluctant To Add Language Specifically Barring Negroes From Using US Currency
re: #106 Nyet
Cruz has no such problem, no gag reflex since the election.
IYKWIM.
You’re giving tiny-hands trump too much credit /
re: #105 Skip Intro
He really has the Joe McCarthy look solid there.
I’m still not unconvinced that he’s the reincarnation of McCarthy.
find a man who looks at you like ted cruz looks at neil gorsuch pic.twitter.com/Ky15mkLMPe
— Alexandra Petri (@petridishes) March 21, 2017
Then get a restraining order. https://t.co/ecUECjOgXW
— RebeccaBuckwalterPoz (@rpbp) March 21, 2017
re: #111 Citizen K
I’m still not unconvinced that he’s the reincarnation of McCarthy.
At least McCarthy had the excuse of being a drunk. What’s Cruz’s excuse?
re: #112 Backwoods_Sleuth
“He’s so ——— white! I think I’m in love.”
re: #113 Skip Intro
At least McCarthy had the excuse of being a drunk. What’s Cruz’s excuse?
He has to go through life as Ted Cruz…
Gorsuch needs a towel, and a personality, because so far he’s got as much going for him as Vogon poetry. @fordm
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 21, 2017
re: #108 Backwoods_Sleuth
Whizzer White was with Washington Wizards??
re: #116 lawhawk
I’d be happy with Ted Cruz laying down in front of a bulldozer.
Excitement is not a good look for Gorsuch. But fish appear to be his thing. #GorsuchHearing
— RebeccaBuckwalterPoz (@rpbp) March 21, 2017
Ted Cruz says Byron White was JFK’s only Supreme Court appointee. What about Arthur Goldberg?
— Adam Liptak (@adamliptak) March 21, 2017
This was all of course actually just an exercise in Ted Cruz reminding us all that he, too, clerked on SCOTUS.
— RebeccaBuckwalterPoz (@rpbp) March 21, 2017
Cutting edge product announcement from Apple. iPhone 7 and 7+ will now be available in red.
Groundbreaking!
Ted Cruz should be ashamed to show his weaselly face in public.
re: #78 Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters
It often doesn’t reach that far.
re: #121 Skip Intro
Cutting edge product announcement from Apple. iPhone 7 and 7+ will now be available in red.
Groundbreaking!
I’d prefer a Note 7, that’s available in anything but on-fire.
Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness, Northern Ireland’s former deputy first minister, has died aged 66. https://t.co/B9in5yrDQm
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) March 21, 2017
And the Brown Palace Hotel is a euphemism for what, Judge?
re: #80 Patricia Kayden
Agreed!! Why aren’t the Democrats filibustering? They’re so spineless. Frustrated. And yes, I know that they can’t keep him off SCOTUS but they could still break a sweat and try.
Gotta keep their powder dry for the next one…
Gotta keep their powder dry for the next one…
Gotta keep their powder dry for the next one…
Gotta keep their powder dry for the next one…
Gotta keep their powder dry for the next one…
Gotta keep their powder dry for the next one…
Gotta keep their powder dry for the next one…
Cruz tries to invert Dem criticisms of corporate personhood by asking Gorsuch if NYT and the NAACP have First Amendment rights. “Yes.”
— Matt Ford (@fordm) March 21, 2017
McConnell on health care: If the House passes something we’ll bring it up
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) March 21, 2017
Look at that enthusiasm for #TrumpCare https://t.co/rdvq0BFm9X
— Matt House (@mattwhouse) March 21, 2017
re: #87 Backwoods_Sleuth
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shut up, Mitch.
Oh, and all those trumpsters at the rally last night were booing you.
@SenateMajLdr A crackpot @POTUS is working with scoundrels in Congress to deprive people of #healthcare. That’s not pride, it’s guilt.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) March 21, 2017
After a placid chat about mutton-busting with Cruz, Franken takes over and immediately launches into the frozen-trucker case.
— Matt Ford (@fordm) March 21, 2017
Senator Franken is letting Gorsuch have it right now.
re: #128 darthstar
Most of the Democrats are old. They don’t want to get too worked up because they might have a heart attack.
Maybe if fossils in the Senate like Feinstein would retire we could start to get the average age of Dems below that of the Fox audience, but only Barbara Boxer had the decency to do that. DiFi will be there until she dies.
Al Franken is releasing the kraken! #GorsuchHearing pic.twitter.com/Pfa4lR2WYj
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) March 21, 2017
US Labor Dept says it’s taking more time to decide safe exposure levels to beryllium, which can cause (among other problems) cancer. ^JC pic.twitter.com/Bp0hkdxqav
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) March 21, 2017
McConnell on ACA repeal: “We’ll either pass something that will achieve a goal that we’ve been working on. Or not”
— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) March 21, 2017
re: #139 Belafon
Franken’s old.
They’re all old except Harris, and she’s only there because Boxer decided not to run again.
That was my point.
Franken asks Gorsuch to choose b/n what Maddin had to (in trucker case): freeze to death vs drive a truck w/ locked brakes. “I don’t know.”
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) March 21, 2017
“I had a career in IDing absurdity. I know it when I see it. It makes me question your judgment.” —Franken to Gorsuch (on trucker case) 🔥
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) March 21, 2017
So what does the NRA expect to get from spending $1 million on ads for Gorsuch?
Al Franken on Gorsuch’s “die or be fired” dissent in the frozen trucker case: “That’s absurd!”
— Brian Tashman (@briantashman) March 21, 2017
re: #143 Skip Intro
So what does the NRA expect to get from spending $1 million on ads for Gorsuch?
Insurance.
Franken now rattling off examples of past instances where Gorsuch did not, as he said earlier, “try to avoid politics.”
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) March 21, 2017
Franken on trucker getting fired: “Don’t you think it’s absurd?”
Gorsuch: “My heart goes out to him.”
Franken: “Ok never mind.”— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) March 21, 2017
Leahy at Gorsuch hearing is more effective than Ambien in inducing sleep; He makes Hillary look like a candidate for Dancing w/ the Stars!
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) March 21, 2017
“I know in my heart I am funny.” https://t.co/LNH3a0xZsQ
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) March 21, 2017
re: #147 gocart mozart
@GovMikeHuckabee It’s too bad that Christianity is an absurd hoax, so you’re not really going to hell for being a horrible person.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) March 21, 2017
Trying to peel our Rep, Pete Olson (Moron, TX) off of the Trumpcare approval list.
We’ve been calling his office today and reminding him that our district will have the most people unable to get health insurance in the State of Texas. This district is the most impacted by the law.
In that oh so tiny state of TEXAS.
Then we remind him his district went blue for the first time during the presidential election. So, he’s got some things to think through.
Changing demographics, how does that work?
re: #144 Backwoods_Sleuth
let me guess: President White Working Class’s court nominee dissented in a court ruling that found in favor of a White Working Class Dude vs. a Corporation?
re: #128 darthstar
Gotta keep their powder dry for the next one…
Gotta keep their powder dry for the next one…
Gotta keep their powder dry for the next one…
Gotta keep their powder dry for the next one…
Gotta keep their powder dry for the next one…
Gotta keep their powder dry for the next one…
Gotta keep their powder dry for the next one…
I know you are being sarcastic, but yes, that’s what they are doing. This is only a committee hearing. The filibuster comes before the main Senate vote.
re: #149 BlueGrl21
Changing demographics, how does that work?
downfall of westurn civilizashun!!!11!!!
/steve king
Your Obamacare repeal tax savings in one depressing chart https://t.co/KGI3MNA8C1 pic.twitter.com/dP8eqBYLo3
— Dave Gilson (@daudig) March 21, 2017
As I keep reminding my followers, the Obamacare repeal is all about tax cuts for the rich and burden shifting to everyone else: https://t.co/FOGeyyhcxB
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) March 21, 2017
Paging Sergey:
Magnitsky family lawyer Nikolai Gorokhov thrown from 4th floor apartment in Moscow. Currently in critical condition w/severe head injuries
— Bill Browder (@Billbrowder) March 21, 2017
Your Obamacare repeal tax savings in one depressing chart https://t.co/KGI3MNA8C1 pic.twitter.com/dP8eqBYLo3
— Dave Gilson (@daudig) March 21, 2017
“How have your views on marriage equality changed since 2004?”
Gorsuch says not going to say.— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) March 21, 2017
@chrisgeidner That’s what I heard too.
— Matt Ford (@fordm) March 21, 2017
Franken’s also trying to draw a line between Gorsuch’s critiques of Chevron deference and Bannon’s “deconstructing the admin state” quote.
— Matt Ford (@fordm) March 21, 2017
BREAKING: More than 100 Illinois prison nurses to be laid off; jobs to be privatized. https://t.co/0dsrnjcUKN https://t.co/i1WNSI38dY
— AP Central U.S. (@APCentralRegion) March 21, 2017
nice to see the GOP taking all of this seriously
“The SCOTUS bladder is something the country stands in awe of.” — Sen. Sasse to Gorsuch and his ability to not pee for hours.
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) March 21, 2017
Shorter Gorsuch to Sasse: I’m just a simple Unfrozen Caveman Judge. Your political world frightens and confuses me.
— Gary Legum (@GaryLegum) March 21, 2017
re: #161 Backwoods_Sleuth
nice to see the GOP taking all of this seriously
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re: #152 BeachDem
Glad Teddy’s taking it all so seriously.
Gag.
He knows it’s a done deal, and is just showing his contempt of democracy.
— Theater of SciFi (@theaterofscifi) March 21, 2017
— Theater of SciFi (@theaterofscifi) March 21, 2017
re: #160 electrotek
Damn, I was sure the article said he lost the vote to be the rectum.
McConnell: If Gorsuch can’t be confirmed, who can?
https://t.co/gUXj77jw68 pic.twitter.com/4FzELOzrVp— POLITICO (@politico) March 21, 2017
Garland
Gorsuch’s assurance that there are no “Republican judges” or “Democrat judges” would be more reassuring if he didn’t say “Democrat judges.”
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) March 21, 2017
re: #128 darthstar
Gotta keep their powder dry for the next one…
Gotta keep their powder dry for the next one…
Gotta keep their powder dry for the next one…
Gotta keep their powder dry for the next one…
Gotta keep their powder dry for the next one…
Gotta keep their powder dry for the next one…
Gotta keep their powder dry for the next one…
Is it even time to filibuster yet?
Or, does that come after these hearings and before a vote?
Game designers should stop doing this.
I have no problem w/ sword wielding dominatrixes fighting dumpy robots but wearing high heals on grating seems like a bad idea. pic.twitter.com/zJp5RnSKQ2
— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) March 21, 2017
re: #161 Backwoods_Sleuth
nice to see the GOP taking all of this seriously
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Remember Whizzer White.
“I really believe in this country, and I’m optimistic about the future,” Gorsuch says.
— Matt Ford (@fordm) March 21, 2017
re: #87 Backwoods_Sleuth
@SenateMajLdr @POTUS with TrumpCare, the sick will be laying in ditches, not standing.
— efuseakay (@efuseakay) March 21, 2017
WOW -> The Texas Senate just passed a bill that would let OBs “lie to pregnant women without consequences.” https://t.co/7RvfTMT7nR
— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) March 21, 2017
The “exercise of religious liberty.”
Trump to nominate federal Judge Amul Thapar to 6th Circuit Court of Appealshttps://t.co/VQMV69RFY6 pic.twitter.com/dnCMrQPsPf
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) March 21, 2017
Currently US District Judge in Kentucky.
re: #159 electrotek
Job creator, eh?
Sure thing!
Watch Trump count all the jobs he created as “new” and never mention all the jobs his crappy legislation caused to be lost.
That is his style. Sell the good news bury the bad.
Rep. Dave Brat on the health care bill: “I cannot go back home with that product” https://t.co/GzmV0TBYVa
— CNN (@CNN) March 21, 2017
re: #86 Belafon
What would filibustering a committee meeting do, other than allow Mitch to change the rules on how committee meetings are held? Questioning right now is better.
It makes sense to let the committee hearings proceed as usual. The real question is whether or not the Democrats filibuster this on the Senate floor, which would force McConnell to end the filibuster to get this nomination through.
At #GorsuchHearing Democrats were asking about Citizens United and Chevron.
Republicans - about rodeo, movies and holding in pee.— imfabulous (@imfabulous13) March 21, 2017
Move Leanard Lance from leaning no to a no: “I’m a no. The word is a simple, 2 letter word. The word is no.”
He met with Trump today.— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) March 21, 2017
Finally broke a piece of tread, so basically I’m probably dying now. pic.twitter.com/6SSIOwYIZf
— SarcasticRover (@SarcasticRover) March 21, 2017
We knew this was going to happen eventually, but still, ACK. Once one breaks, stress increases on adjacent ones. https://t.co/5KJQHGF6DV https://t.co/t1uMR0u3HJ
— Emily Lakdawalla (@elakdawalla) March 21, 2017
it really doesn’t matter what Gorsuch testifies to… I mean, there could be film of him torturing squirrels in his back hard with bb guns and lighter fluid and because he has that principled R backing, he’ll sail right through. After all, these were the guys who allowed Trump to sail through even though they KNEW he was dirty; all so they could get to this moment.
⚡️ “IJR suspends staffers over Obama conspiracy theory”https://t.co/1xFwzyPvz1
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) March 21, 2017
i didnt like gorsuch’s answers on the truck driver case and hobby lobby
when pressed on effects on humans, he retreats behind the wording of the law
Can you tell me how you can be an originalist and think Corporations enjoy “personhood”? THE FOUNDERS DISAGREE.
— ImpeachAgentOrangsky (@puppymnkey) March 21, 2017
Trump organization rushes to register Trump Tower after NBC News call https://t.co/dVUsdfcVlk pic.twitter.com/XQ4zfzFoNm
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 21, 2017
re: #191 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
i didnt like gorsuch’s answers on the truck driver case and hobby lobby
when pressed on effects on humans, he retreats behind the wording of the law
Right wing jurists always do that. In their view, the proper function of the law is to support, protect and extend plutocracy.
Director Comey Letter to Congress Dated October 28, 2016: https://t.co/dmySDZOUag
— FBI Records Vault (@FBIRecordsVault) March 21, 2017
FBI account tweets Comey’s letter about Clinton’s private server from October—a day after Comey revealed Trump campaign/Russia investigation https://t.co/ENyT9SPn0S
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) March 21, 2017
Some background on the “frozen trucker” case, which Durbin referenced in his questioning. https://t.co/r2aoRAqUFJ pic.twitter.com/jmsGzGYwPs
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) March 21, 2017
re: #192 jaunte
Originalism is the biggest legal scam ever. It consists of projecting the jurist’s desired outcome back to the imagined founders, who always end up agreeing with that desired outcome.
What a coincidence.
Coons asks about Gorsuch’s use of the term “complicity” in his Hobby Lobby decision.
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) March 21, 2017
Coons: “When do we stop deferring to an employer’s religious beliefs?”
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) March 21, 2017
Dow slides nearly 240 as fear returns to market https://t.co/6bK9rpNKeY
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) March 21, 2017
— Dr. Matt (@DrMatthew) March 21, 2017
re: #197 EPR-radar
Originalism is the biggest legal scam ever. It consists of projecting the jurist’s desired outcome back to the imagined founders, who always end up agreeing with that desired outcome.
What a coincidence.
Maybe originalists are consulting a Ouija board?
re: #196 Backwoods_Sleuth
[Some background on the “frozen trucker” case, which Durbin referenced in his questioning.]
He’s lucky he didn’t get pregnant. I mean, he’s lucky he couldn’t get pregnant.
The updated GOP healthcare bill would kick new mothers off of Medicaid 60 days after giving birth. These are @HouseGOP “family values.”
— Rep. Barbara Lee (@RepBarbaraLee) March 21, 2017
re: #196 Backwoods_Sleuth
Another victory for the White Working Class!
>would be expanded to allow business owners to say they wouldn’t cover an IUD under their employee health plan.
— Sarah Posner (@sarahposner) March 21, 2017
I think Gorsuch might find that the Founders were against native Americans using peyote.
re: #206 jaunte
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They were definitely in flavor of slavery so I’m guessing that’s on the GOP’s agenda soon.
It occurred to me that Russian collaborators and fellow travelers in the GOP are in a position similar to that of the French far right just before WW2. The French fascists did not control the government but they did have major influence in business, religion, and the press. They were riding high and hoping for bigger and better things in the future. Now consider the position these people were in 6 years later, social outcasts, vilified as traitors and collaborators, and constantly in fear of imprisonment or death. Depending on how bad the Trump/Bannon sellout gets, we might well see this pattern repeated here.
Coons shifts questions to Gorsuch’s book on euthanasia, where he wrote of the “inviolability of human life.”
— Matt Ford (@fordm) March 21, 2017
Coons asks about Gorsuch’s book line that “intentional taking of human life by private persons is always wrong.” Inching closer to abortion.
— Matt Ford (@fordm) March 21, 2017
@chrislhayes
If the criteria is reading the minds of the Founding Fathers, the Court should be limited to certified necromancers only.— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) March 21, 2017
re: #197 EPR-radar
Originalism is the biggest legal scam ever. It consists of projecting the jurist’s desired outcome back to the imagined founders, who always end up agreeing with that desired outcome.
What a coincidence.
it implies belief in psychic powers
re: #209 Shiplord Kirel
I’m waiting to see what actually falls out of all of this in the end, before I can guess as to any blowback.
But the die-hard Trumpers - they are like the marks that keep showing up to Benny Hinn sermons shows. Once a mark is that deep in, they’re in.
Good night, Lizards. Another day of work tomorrow.
re: #210 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Or not. Ten-minute recess. Gorsuch instead expanded upon his book’s analysis of physician-assisted suicide.
— Matt Ford (@fordm) March 21, 2017
@davidlsims @GrahamDavidA wait we can block folks on Slack?
— Matt Ford (@fordm) March 21, 2017
re: #197 EPR-radar
Originalism is the biggest legal scam ever. It consists of projecting the jurist’s desired outcome back to the imagined founders, who always end up agreeing with that desired outcome.
What a coincidence.
Someone should ask Gorsuch, since abortions were performed in the 18th century in America, why the founding father’s didn’t outlaw them and if he thinks they should be.
One issue we haven’t seen discussed yet is the death penalty. Between his book and Scalia’s prominence on this issue, could be interesting.
— Matt Ford (@fordm) March 21, 2017
my congresscritter
275 oppose vs 4 support #ObamaCareLite. Phone calls to my office from constituents over last two weeks. Why are we voting on this?
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) March 21, 2017
re: #218 Backwoods_Sleuth
@RepThomasMassie @charles_gaba Insult 2 call bill that gives big $ 2 rich, cutting millions off insurance ‘ObamacareLite’. It’s Trumpcare.
— Mike Prater (@emsprater1) March 21, 2017
@jaytay777 Yeah, I know opposition because it isn’t right wing enough: issue is, it isn’t ‘Ocarelite’ or even near that in present form.
— Mike Prater (@emsprater1) March 21, 2017
re: #218 Backwoods_Sleuth
The health care burden is going to really bite the GOP, I think. Things need to be done, to get things done. Eventually even the slowest of constituents will realize that cutting back on Medicare and Medicaid will hurt grandma in the nursing home. Then only the sociopaths will be left, the ones who just want to gut everything to hurt people. Fortunately, such folk are not the majority of our society.
re: #212 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
it implies belief in psychic powers
It’s basically projection for judges.
Ex-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort hires crisis communications firm https://t.co/ZRxeSiCtHI pic.twitter.com/HtW9kxAqwi
— The Hill (@thehill) March 21, 2017
just a limited crisis firm….. https://t.co/OnWu9UrwJC
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) March 21, 2017
Not a joke: @ChuckGrassley says Tillis will take over as Judiciary chair at 8 p.m. at Gorsuch hearing so he can meet his 9 p.m. bedtime.
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) March 21, 2017
A start: A reader emailed that he called @DickDurbin’s office & was told he “will not confirm Gorsuch until Trump is cleared by the FBI.”
— The Rude Pundit (@rudepundit) March 21, 2017
The kind of no big deal situation where you hire a crisis management firm.
re: #220 freetoken
The health care burden is going to really bite the GOP, I think. Things need to be done, to get things done. Eventually even the slowest of constituents will realize that cutting back on Medicare and Medicaid will hurt grandma in the nursing home. Then only the sociopaths will be left, the ones who just want to gut everything to hurt people. Fortunately, such folk are not the majority of our society.
Which is pretty much why I’ve been pretty calm about the repeal and replace effort. Going after Medicare will be even more “walking into a buzz saw.” It won’t do the GOP any good on the party unity front either.
Will this be the week we look back on as the beginning of the end for Trump? We can hope.
Gorsuch is lying about Scalia. Scalia’s Originalism led him to rule that the words “any person” in the 14th Amendment didn’t include women. pic.twitter.com/qgXYkArhtH
— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) March 21, 2017
re: #227 calochortus
I agree.
Yet there remains a giant problem - we have the technical ability to offer advanced care to people suffering from many, many ailments.
But these same people can’t afford these solutions.
Therein lay the disconnect the Democratic Party and whoever is interested in helping people have been trying to address for years.
And it probably can’t be addressed without redistributing some wealth from the top of our society downward.
And therein lay the problem, as so much of our electorate has been led to believe that a little bit of socialism is a bad thing, even though if one analyzed their lives closely one can see they have benefited from such.
But perceptions matter in politics.
Can you tell me how you can be an originalist and think Corporations enjoy “personhood”? THE FOUNDERS DISAGREE.
— ImpeachAgentOrangsky (@puppymnkey) March 21, 2017
@puppymnkey
… our government to a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.” 2/2
— Thomas Jefferson.— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) March 21, 2017
re: #80 Patricia Kayden
Agreed!! Why aren’t the Democrats filibustering? They’re so spineless. Frustrated. And yes, I know that they can’t keep him off SCOTUS but they could still break a sweat and try.
the senate is a kind of theater. they aren’t filibustering yet because doing so would simply allow republicans to paint them as obstructionists. so instead the hearing will go forward, there will be a couple more allusions to Gorsuch being the pick of someone who is potentially a Russian plant, and THEN they’ll filibuster. Republicans can destroy the filibuster, of course, but that will allow Democrats both to have free reign the next time they have control of senate and white house, but also could create massive blowback IF it turns out that there really is fire to go along with the smoke in the Russia investigation.
re: #230 freetoken
The trouble is, even with the best will in the world, we can’t give everyone all the care that is available, and that scares people who think they will come out on top with the current system. It seems to me that basic health care for all, with supplemental policies for the frills would be reasonable. I’d like to see long term care included, because something needs to be done.
re: #229 goddamnedfrank
When the plain language of the Constitution becomes inconvenient to maintaining bigotry & inequality they Ouija up the ghosts of dead bigots
— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) March 21, 2017
IOW, Originalists like Gorsuch believe we should emulate the base hypocrisy of prior generations instead of the ideals they wanted for us.
— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) March 21, 2017
re: #192 jaunte
because originalism just means “I’m a legal realist who’s too much of a pussy to just admit I want the law to mean whatever the hell works out for my ideology.”
re: #230 freetoken
Yet there remains a giant problem - we have the technical ability to offer advanced care to people suffering from many, many ailments.
But these same people can’t afford these solutions.
And there is the problem of abuse of health insurance by keeping people alive in a vegetative state because there is still insurance money to get *cough*TerriSchiavo*cough*.
Or some health providers *cough*cancertreatmentcentersofamerica*cough* offering useless last straws just because you have insurance even if there is nothing left that can actually cure you.