Stephen Colbert Reacts to the Disastrous News About the Supreme Court
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Should a Supreme Court Justice be replaced in an election year? 2018 Mitch McConnell says ‘yes’ and 2016 Mitch McConnell says ‘no.’
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Here’s the to-do list of the GOP as run by the religious right:
-Overturn Roe
-Overturn marriage equality
-Seal the borders
-Implement re-segregation
-End public education
-Make homosexuality (et al) illegal
-Make Islam illegal
-End womens’ rights#Exvangelicals know.— Mandy Nicole, First of Her Name (@TenaciousMandy) June 28, 2018
She was the worst possible candidate. Let that sink in. Literally anyone else would have won.
— Wayne T🏴☠️ (@Tukkerfield) June 28, 2018
Uh, no. The worst possible candidate of all time is now president of the United States.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 28, 2018
What a shit show these characters are constantly dancing in.
You owe your family an apology. You put them in this crap by sucking up to @realDonaldTrump a known conman & criminal. You’re from NY. Your friends warned you. YOU broke the law. YOU ruined your future & families financial security. The Cab Medallion Clownshow?. Shut Up & Dance.
— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) June 28, 2018
Russia continues to say they had nothing to do with Meddling in our Election! Where is the DNC Server, and why didn’t Shady James Comey and the now disgraced FBI agents take and closely examine it? Why isn’t Hillary/Russia being looked at? So many questions, so much corruption!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 28, 2018
And remember, in this tweet, the President of the United States if America is siding with Putin and is denying the findings of his own Intelligence Community. A shocking moment in American history. https://t.co/ig6emsk2Zx
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) June 28, 2018
re: #4 HappyWarrior
She was so awful that Bernie couldn’t beat her.
Exactly!
And still can’t!
2020 National Democratic Primary:
Biden 32%
Clinton 18%
Sanders 16%
Warren 10%
Booker 6%
Bloomberg 3%
Harris 2%
Cuomo 1%
Gillibrand 1%@Harvard-@HarrisPoll 6/24-25https://t.co/UkPIoQdhLJ— Political Polls (@Politics_Polls) June 27, 2018
re: #6 JordanRules
Exactly!
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The man doesn’t know how to appeal beyond white people.
“Is this about the incident … ” the reporter started to ask.
“Please don’t interrupt,” the DHS agent said.
“We’re in his home.”
“I’m talking to him. This is confidential, okay?”https://t.co/Ch0mOT7vsZ— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 28, 2018
Someone far smarter and brighter than I noted that in order to become a better person, you should surround yourself with people smarter, more articulate, and better so that they can not only lift you up, but you strive to be better too.
I have to believe that the corollary is true: if you surround yourself with the dregs of humanity - amoral, corrupt, criminal, and complicit people, you too will be compromised and complicit in wrongdoing.
We saw both extremes in the past two administrations. Obama tried bringing out the best in the people in his administration and he sought out the best and most qualified to advise him.
Trump’s picked corrupt and criminal cronies. We’re seeing the damage being wrought on the nation daily thanks to Trump getting his regressive and reactionary policies getting reinforced by his right wing corrupt cronies.
Russia continues to say they had nothing to do with Meddling in our Election! Where is the DNC Server, and why didn’t Shady James Comey and the now disgraced FBI agents take and closely examine it? Why isn’t Hillary/Russia being looked at? So many questions, so much corruption!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 28, 2018
When I published Trumpocracy in January 2018, most trenchant criticism was that I overstated: Trump was fitful, the axis of adults had the upper hand, the system was winning. Maybe I’m biased, but from POV of midsummer 2018 , the alarmist view looks alas ever more accurate https://t.co/nITadjwCMQ
— David Frum (@davidfrum) June 28, 2018
Everything is converging on enabling and empowering Trump. And he is becoming increaasingly aggressive. https://t.co/ErByVDQGgx
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) June 28, 2018
TRUMP IS THEIRS; THEY’RE NOT HIS.
The GOP is emboldened. Trump is simply their id, manifest. https://t.co/hlV2OacO3h— Vijay (@vijtable) June 28, 2018
Not gonna lie - I’m seriously depressed about the future of the US today. If Trump gets to appoint another right wing justice, and he probably will, we are simply fucked. For a long, long time. There’s not going to be any quick fix for this.
Sure, stay strong. Keep fighting. Et cetera. I’m not giving up. But the tiny flame of hope is in danger of flickering out.
re: #6 JordanRules
Exactly!
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Oh. Ow.
(And I still don’t want the top 4 picks).
re: #13 gwangung
Oh. Ow.
(And I still don’t want the top 4 picks).
Me either, but we’re 2 years out and I got this snarky reminder today…
polling two years before a presidential election is always super-accurate and a great barometer for what will happen. for instance, notice the name that is not included at all in this polling from june 2006. pic.twitter.com/joFHQGCn5M
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) June 28, 2018
in fact his name didnt show up in polling until november of 2006. and even then, they definitely nailed how well he would eventually do. yes, indeed. pic.twitter.com/RvWux8lq3q
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) June 28, 2018
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Ted’s description is perfect.
I will soon be questioning Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein and @FBI Director Christopher Wray at this stupid and ridiculous emergency Judiciary Committee hearing on Hillary Clinton’s emails from 2016. https://t.co/7IcbX4Q6LK
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) June 28, 2018
I could see Biden running and specifying he would only be a 1 term President committed to a “Returning US to Sanity” platform.
re: #16 JordanRules
Ted’s description is perfect.
The 2017 Russian investigation should end ASAP but the 2016 HRC email investigation should continue indefinitely or until it results in HRC’s hanging.
/
yikes
Trump: “Come up here Masa, if you can understand what I’m saying” pic.twitter.com/rKSluvj8cO— Alazar Moges (@zarzarbinkss) June 28, 2018
a trump + masa presser makes exactly the right amount of sense right now
the only thing that would make it better is if they were EPs on the next david lynch film pic.twitter.com/flteWDE6IM— ಠ_ಠ (@MikeIsaac) June 28, 2018
Trump’s usual applause lines are met with stunned silence and laughter as he gives a campaign speech at the Foxconn plant that’s totally inappropriate for the occasion pic.twitter.com/WNNUr9mE84
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 28, 2018
Trump begs Harley-Davidson to change its mind about moving production to Europe.
“Harley-Davidson, please — build those beautiful motorcycles in the USA, please, okay? Don’t get cute with us. Don’t get cute. They don’t realize the taxes are coming way down. They don’t realize.” pic.twitter.com/F4GU2kCGJq— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 28, 2018
Good grief. This is so disturbingly pathetic and wrong. https://t.co/lm5L8gVU3U
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 28, 2018
re: #2 Charles Johnson
She was the worst possible candidate. Let that sink in. Literally anyone else would have won.
she “would have won” if all y’all had voted for her
Time to get the guys with the giant nets after Trump.
re: #21 Charles Johnson
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I’m ready for Trump to pull a Heaven’s Gate and take all of his followers with him.
Your cult will do anything for you Donald!
re: #10 lawhawk
Someone far smarter and brighter than I noted that in order to become a better person, you should surround yourself with people smarter, more articulate, and better so that they can not only lift you up, but you strive to be better too.
I have to believe that the corollary is true: if you surround yourself with the dregs of humanity - amoral, corrupt, criminal, and complicit people, you too will be compromised and complicit in wrongdoing.
We saw both extremes in the past two administrations. Obama tried bringing out the best in the people in his administration and he sought out the best and most qualified to advise him.
Trump’s picked corrupt and criminal cronies. We’re seeing the damage being wrought on the nation daily thanks to Trump getting his regressive and reactionary policies getting reinforced by his right wing corrupt cronies.
a good portion of trump’s cabinet have or are literally commiting crimes
The Capital Police have started arresting #womensmarch protesters occupying the Hart Senate building. They didn’t like our mylar blankets. #womendisobey
— Angela Fellars (@AngelaFellars) June 28, 2018
Police beginning to make arrests. #WomenDisobey pic.twitter.com/JK3RcxWgwf
— Women’s March (@womensmarch) June 28, 2018
#womensmarch #WOMENDISOBEY #abolishice pic.twitter.com/9ftJLtFm8b
— shasta (@shastaface) June 28, 2018
re: #12 Charles Johnson
Not gonna lie - I’m seriously depressed about the future of the US today. If Trump gets to appoint another right wing justice, and he probably will, we are simply fucked. For a long, long time. There’s not going to be any quick fix for this.
Sure, stay strong. Keep fighting. Et cetera. I’m not giving up. But the tiny flame of hope is in danger of flickering out.
The new SCOTUS appointment has the potential to have a far greater impact on people’s day to day lives than nearly anything that Trump has done to date or is contemplating doing—the attempt to re-instate the ability for insurance carriers to discriminate based on pre-existing conditions being the only one with possible greater significance.
There’s a rumor afloat that Commerce is looking to fire up the whaling fleet. JOBS!!
Got all signed up for my local Families Belong Together march this Saturday. Let’s do this!
Classic, obvious fascist propaganda: Accuse the other side of that of which you are guilty.
End Times pastor Paul Begley warns that the “deep state” is trying to remove Trump from office so that conservative Christians can be rounded up and placed in internment camps. https://t.co/KJ27pk4a7v
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) June 28, 2018
Otoh, it would be wonderfully ironic if the RWNJs ended up in camps they had built for others.
re: #21 Charles Johnson
“Harley-Davidson, please — build those beautiful motorcycles in the USA, please, okay? Don’t get cute with us. Don’t get cute. They don’t realize the taxes are coming way down. They don’t realize.”
how exactly is this supposed to happen?
the law already passed that we all know about?
some new law no one’s ever discussed yet?
and if it’s 1 not 2, that harley’s board and finance departments and teams of cpas (hired to save them all that tax money like all corporations do) are too stupid to understand the law?
re: #28 Mike Lamb
The new SCOTUS appointment has the potential to have a far greater impact on people’s day to day lives than nearly anything that Trump has done to date or is contemplating doing—the attempt to re-instate the ability for insurance carriers to discriminate based on pre-existing conditions being the only one with possible greater significance.
this is true
and lets understand this as a single isolated thing
kennedy was luck or fate or timing. no one played the refs or did anything underhanded. its been clear for quite some time that this could happen. we all talked about it before the election. (merrick garland not withstanding)
trump is president
he gets to do this
and it sucks
and yes garland/gorsuch makes it worse
in and of itself, an opening, maybe 2 was likely to happen under any circumstances
im not saying its good in any way. only that it was somewhat forseeable
People seem to forget that SCOTUS justices can be impeached, and with seemingly a low bar to warrant it based on actual historical precedent.
Samuel Chase was impeached by the House of Representatives for…. no not corruption or treason or murdering children… but for “being too partisan and biased in his rulings”. The Senate cleared him, but it seems obvious to me that getting both houses of Congress could potentially undo the whole “fucked for decades” thing really fast if the Democrats can grow a spine.
re: #31 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
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re: #31 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Classic, obvious fascist propaganda: Accuse the other side of that of which you are guilty.
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Otoh, it would be wonderfully ironic if the RWNJs ended up in camps they had built for others.
Yawn. What a hack.
Fuck. here we go again.
Active shooter 888 Bestgate please help us
— Anthony Messenger (@amesscapgaz) June 28, 2018
This is from an intern at the Capital Gazette in #Annapolis. @WMAR2News is working on getting more information and sending a crew that way. https://t.co/5PCFvDA4Rf
— Skyler A. Henry (@SkylerHenry) June 28, 2018
If it gives anybody a bit of hope…. let me point out that Earl Warren, Sandra Day O’Connor and David Souter all turned out to be not nearly as conservative as the presidents who appointed them expected.
Light moment anyone?
The Daily Mirror reports that photographer Nicolas Chinardet had been commissioned by QX Magazine to photograph members of an LGBT Christian group at a central London church for a feature article.
Chinardet posted on his Facebook page that he was “shooting a few Christians,” and apparently that phrasing ran afoul of Facebook’s text-analyzing algorithms. 30 minutes later, the photographer’s account was suddenly suspended for 24 hours without any means of appeal. He then took to Twitter to express his frustration with the ban.
petapixel.com
re: #37 Bubblehead II
Fuck. here we go again.
Didn’t Milo just yesterday put out a call for vigilantes to shoot the media?
Reporter says “multiple people shot” in Annapolis.
DEVELOPING: Sheriff tells @FoxNews multiple fatalities reported in shooting at the Capital Gazette in Maryland. https://t.co/C8uR4jOU5o
— FOX 9 (@FOX9) June 28, 2018
re: #31 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
Classic, obvious fascist propaganda: Accuse the other side of that of which you are guilty.
Otoh, it would be wonderfully ironic if the RWNJs ended up in camps they had built for others.
Obama let the whole eight years go by without doing this. But we’ll get it right eventually.
re: #42 sagehen
Didn’t Milo just yesterday put out a call for vigilantes to shoot the media?
He did indeed.
re: #20 Charles Johnson
“Do you know how many electorals I won? The most, OK? Believe me.”
re: #40 sagehen
If it gives anybody a bit of hope…. let me point out that Earl Warren, Sandra Day O’Connor and David Souter all turned out to be not nearly as conservative as the presidents who appointed them expected.
Problem there is that every single one of the 25 potential candidates that are on Trump’s list are there precisely because of their odious views and arch-conservatism. They’re being chosen not for their jurisprudence but for pure partisan ratfuckery.
re: #42 sagehen
Didn’t Milo just yesterday put out a call for vigilantes to shoot the media?
Why yes, he did.
re: #32 dangerman
how exactly is this supposed to happen?
the law already passed that we all know about?
some new law no one’s ever discussed yet?and if it’s 1 not 2, that harley’s board and finance departments and teams of cpas (hired to save them all that tax money like all corporations do) are too stupid to understand the law?
Harley’s lawyers and tax department knows what the law is. They also can do basic math.
The tax scam isn’t benefiting them. The repatriation tax isn’t helping them. They can’t find loopholes to take advantage of, and are now getting slammed thanks to Trump taxes - tariffs by any other name.
Juvenile detainees, including this little boy, watch TV as they are held in a short-term detention facility in Tucson, AZ. @FLOTUS is here on a tour here and saw detainees were from Guatemala or Honduras. #immigration #Undocumented #ImmigrantChildren pic.twitter.com/P1cHnsdmyE
— Doug Mills (@dougmillsnyt) June 28, 2018
Look at that little boy.
Damn it all to hell!!!
re: #40 sagehen
If it gives anybody a bit of hope…. let me point out that Earl Warren, Sandra Day O’Connor and David Souter all turned out to be not nearly as conservative as the presidents who appointed them expected.
Conservatives learned from those “disappointments” and now maintain long lists of the likes of Gorsuch. I don’t think we can expect a centrist in these hyper-partisan times.
We still don’t know the details of what happened at the Capital Gazette, but a day ago Milo Yiannopoulos called for journalists to be “gunned down.”
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 28, 2018
Those of you in despair mode over what you can do to make a difference - and who happen to have any sort of web design/dev/coding skills - this thread’s for you:
YES YES YES YES. I want to point to this because it’s super, super important: https://t.co/mT3Jhud2jz
— Hanna Brooks Olsen (@mshannabrooks) June 28, 2018
So many grassroots campaigns are not willing to spend $ on a decent website, a social presence that actually communicates substantive issues, or an online identity that helps voters get a better sense of them.
They buy yard signs & send a LOT of emails. But they’re not online.— Hanna Brooks Olsen (@mshannabrooks) June 28, 2018
I firmly believe that you cannot have a successful political campaign in the Year of our Goddess 2018 without spending time, money, and energy on social media and web design.
— Hanna Brooks Olsen (@mshannabrooks) June 28, 2018
re: #51 lawhawk
Harley’s lawyers and tax department knows what the law is. They also can do basic math.
The tax scam isn’t benefiting them. The repatriation tax isn’t helping them. They can’t find loopholes to take advantage of, and are now getting slammed thanks to Trump taxes - tariffs by any other name.
Their being slammed at both ends.
1. Due to Trumps Tariffs, they’re almost certainly paying more for parts and raw materials (or soon will be)
2. They’re hit with tariffs on exports motorcycles produced in the US
3. In addition, I’m sure Trump has done wonders for the brand name abroad.
NEW: Four people dead in shooting at Capital-Gazette building in Annapolis, Maryland, two sources tell @CBSNews. https://t.co/eWjaC4dGlq pic.twitter.com/ODRytMmCWU
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 28, 2018
re: #54 Charles Johnson
Capital Gazette just posted a story about the shooting at their own newspaper. Still doing their jobs and reporting the news under awful circumstances. pic.twitter.com/aPFu67ZACB
— Jason Schreiber (@Schreibernews) June 28, 2018
BREAKING: Anne Arundel County Sheriff Ron Bateman confirms to Fox News “multiple fatalities” following reports of shooting outside the Capital Gazette newsroom. Suspect caught. https://t.co/RLOZevGpTY
— Scott Gustin (@ScottGustin) June 28, 2018
re: #61 The Vicious Babushka
Well that sucks.
#WomenDisobey: Arrests continuing here in the Hart building, it’s been 40 minutes and police have only led away about a quarter of the crowd. pic.twitter.com/kCy6AtI48n
— Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) June 28, 2018
re: #54 Charles Johnson
Where is that little shit right now?
I am so fucking DONE right now. If my own personal life didn’t look like an exploded septic tank, I might, MIGHT not feel so freaking hopeless. But I’m still more pissed off than broken. I am completely unable to understand why people who are committing crimes right fucking now aren’t being arrested. Because I get the fucking feeling that if you or I did shit on this level of fucking hubris and organized crime we’d be cooling our heels in a cell.
Gunman shot through the glass door to the office and opened fire on multiple employees. Can’t say much more and don’t want to declare anyone dead, but it’s bad.
— Phil Davis (@PhilDavis_CG) June 28, 2018
What are the chances Milo gets charged with incitement if this turns out to be a RWNJ?
Like he gives a crap.
He doesn’t care how many Americans die in gun violence. He only raises an eyebrow if the shooter is a foreigner or black. Otherwise, it’s back to the nonstop drumbeat that foreigners are the ones killing and raping Americans.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) June 28, 2018
Trump and the GOP care only to maximize the sales of guns and will block any and all actions that would make the nation safer because they restrict the sale of guns to those who should not have them.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) June 28, 2018
Which I very explicitly did not do.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 28, 2018
A single shooter shot multiple people at my office, some of whom are dead.
— Phil Davis (@PhilDavis_CG) June 28, 2018
re: #67 Teukka
What are the chances Milo gets charged with incitement if this turns out to be a RWNJ?
*sigh* 0%
The assholes are already crawling out from under their rocks.
re: #70 lawhawk
I can’t imagine what that must be like to go through.
re: #74 Sir John Barron
I can’t imagine what that must be like to go through.
Republicans are working to have us share the experience.
Aw damn:
Susan Ellison has asked me to announce the passing of writer Harlan Ellison, in his sleep, earlier today. “For a brief time I was here, and for a brief time, I mattered.”—HE, 1934-2018. Arrangements for a celebration of his life are pending.
— Christine Valada (@mcvalada) June 28, 2018
re: #73 Charles Johnson
The assholes are already crawling out from under their rocks.
I can imagine *that*.
Plenty of hur hur derp, no doubt. What a slew of human scum.
re: #76 lawhawk
Aw damn:
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I’ve reached the point in life where all the people who were doing interesting things when I was a teenager are dying. It’s depressing.
re: #76 lawhawk
Aw damn:
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Agreed. He could be a mean little shit if he felt wronged, but good lord could he write a great tale.
Ever hear of this thing called “Google?”
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 28, 2018
re: #80 austin_blue
Agreed. He could be a mean little shit if he felt wronged, but good lord could he write a great tale.
A talented asshole for sure.
I absolutely REFUSE to play along when wingnuts demand “proof.”
So you’re full of shit.
— enoughofyou (@blester77) June 28, 2018
And you’re a lazy, dishonest piece of shit who can’t even do his own research. Go ask someone else to dance for you. Bye now.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 28, 2018
re: #84 Charles Johnson
I absolutely REFUSE to play along when wingnuts demand “proof.”
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Good. Airlock him.
I love it when you guys point out people for me to block. <3
This.
We still don’t know the details of what happened at the Capital Gazette, but a day ago Milo Yiannopoulos called for journalists to be “gunned down.”
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) June 28, 2018
There are so many people today who don’t seem to realise that words have consequences. It’s all very well saying “oh it was just a joke” or “oh I was letting off some steam on Twitter”, right up until those words potentially push an already precarious person over the edge. https://t.co/86gd85PZII
— Gavin Lenaghan 🇬🇧🇪🇺 (@gavinlenaghan) June 28, 2018
re: #12 Charles Johnson
Not gonna lie - I’m seriously depressed about the future of the US today. If Trump gets to appoint another right wing justice, and he probably will, we are simply fucked. For a long, long time. There’s not going to be any quick fix for this.
Sure, stay strong. Keep fighting. Et cetera. I’m not giving up. But the tiny flame of hope is in danger of flickering out.
Consider the makeup of the Supreme Court when FDR put through the New Deal.
Active celebration in the worst parts of the Internet over the shooting in Annapolis: “dead journalists can’t spread leftist propaganda” pic.twitter.com/L9pvddDIgr
— Drew Harwell (@drewharwell) June 28, 2018
And your whack job black woman in congress called for harrasment and stalking of government officials but you won’t accept any responsibility for that will you? MY is a private citizen not a member of Congress. The left is violent not the right but good try.
— Wise Guy (@Rollende_Steine) June 28, 2018
re: #51 lawhawk
Harley’s lawyers and tax department knows what the law is. They also can do basic math.
The tax scam isn’t benefiting them. The repatriation tax isn’t helping them. They can’t find loopholes to take advantage of, and are now getting slammed thanks to Trump taxes - tariffs by any other name.
bu-bu-bu-but trump just said
The top comment on this thread in Reddit’s 600,000-subscriber board “The_Donald”: “Here we go! Right on time.” Reddit recently surpassed Facebook to become America’s third most-visited website pic.twitter.com/r3ziag6VoD
— Drew Harwell (@drewharwell) June 28, 2018
re: #74 Sir John Barron
I can’t imagine what that must be like to go through.
i know a bunch of high school kids just 15 minutes up the (florida) sawgrass expressway who do
re: #67 Teukka
What are the chances Milo gets charged with incitement if this turns out to be a RWNJ?
0% because Sugar Mommy Rebekah will take care of her boy toy!
A law enforcement source tells CBS News the suspect is male, white, in his 20s, no iD.
Two law enforcement sources say the suspect used a shotgun.
4 dead, 5 injured/transported.— CBS News Radio (@CBSNewsRadio) June 28, 2018
Since Trump became president, we’ve seen a jump in politicians & political groups who could want to influence the administration’s policies spending big money at his properties. This raises uncomfortable questions about whether the president can be bought. https://t.co/8ogQhZkO81
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) June 28, 2018
Talk about money in politics! Since he declared for the presidency, Trump’s properties have brought in more than $16 million from taxpayers and political organizations. https://t.co/vmpxjr4M5s
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) June 28, 2018
re: #12 Charles Johnson
Not gonna lie - I’m seriously depressed about the future of the US today. If Trump gets to appoint another right wing justice, and he probably will, we are simply fucked. For a long, long time. There’s not going to be any quick fix for this.
Sure, stay strong. Keep fighting. Et cetera. I’m not giving up. But the tiny flame of hope is in danger of flickering out.
When the Democrats regain power, they simply must add two seats to the Court to restore balance. Its not a radical suggestion; the GOP ended all norms when they stole the seat from Garland.
While Milo did call for gunning down journalists, don’t forget Trump’s constant drumbeat that the press is the “Enemy of the People”.
I’ve been to two NRA rallies (2015 and 2018) where Trump, Pence, et al spoke. At both there are like minute-long gaps between speeches for the audience to gleefully boo and scream at the handful of reporters there.
— Tana Ganeva (@TanaGaneva) June 28, 2018
President Trump keeps up attacks on press at South Carolina rally: “Look at all those fake-newsers back there.” Angry shouts from crowd.
— Steve Peoples (@sppeoples) June 26, 2018
“The enemy of the people,” Trump says pointing at the free press at the back of the room. https://t.co/T1mBA0Gl2K
— Steve Peoples (@sppeoples) June 26, 2018
Police outside The New York Times now. Thank goodness. pic.twitter.com/6ICl9JMKeD
— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) June 28, 2018
The great and powerful RBG staying strong for us. At 85. The least we can do is vote. #civilitydisobedience pic.twitter.com/UQYPuSAM2B
— Ken Olin (@kenolin1) June 28, 2018
re: #100 Single-handed sailor
Since Trump became president, we’ve seen a jump in politicians & political groups who could want to influence the administration’s policies spending big money at his properties. This raises uncomfortable questions about whether the president can be bought
they are not “uncomfortable” questions
they are necessary questions - that virtually never had to be asked before
and yes, any moran can see he has been bought. over and over
to question whether he has is to be a moran
With baby in tow, @SenDuckworth speaks to demonstrators protesting family separations and Pres Trump’s zero tolerance immigration policy in the Hart Senate Office Building: pic.twitter.com/Am4msRIDAS
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) June 28, 2018
I was just arrested with 500+ women and @WomensMarch to say @RealDonaldTrump’s cruel zero-tolerance policy will not continue. Not in our country. Not in our name.
June 30 we’re putting ourselves in the street again.
Join us. https://t.co/DdRHeFtTTr pic.twitter.com/P9uK0Z1Zay— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) June 28, 2018
omg this @CNN chyron: “GOP’S [TREY] GOWDY, WHO SPENT YEARS ON BENGHAZI PROBE, TELLS SPECIAL COUNSEL MUELLER TO ‘FINISH IT THE HELL UP’” pic.twitter.com/u7kETX7vNW
— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) June 28, 2018
re: #103 JordanRules
I need Jefferson Davis Bureagrard Sessions to tell me again about how all the uncivilness is because of “the other side”.
re: #107 Backwoods_Sleuth
“We have an Asian-looking woman down here in the Senate building, holding what appears to be a crisis actor baby. Can we get some backup?”
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re: #111 Sir John Barron
I need Jefferson Davis Bureagrard Sessions to tell me again about how all the uncivilness is because of “the other side”.
He’d have no problem lying to you unfortunately.
re: #12 Charles Johnson
Not gonna lie - I’m seriously depressed about the future of the US today. If Trump gets to appoint another right wing justice, and he probably will, we are simply fucked. For a long, long time. There’s not going to be any quick fix for this.
Sure, stay strong. Keep fighting. Et cetera. I’m not giving up. But the tiny flame of hope is in danger of flickering out.
nah. we’ll pack the court. seriously. there is absolutely no reason we can’t have 11 justices on the court. the other issue will be that IF Trump is both impeached and removed, his picks will be politely and quietly asked to resign. It would be intolerable for it to turn out that the Manchurian Candidate gets two lifetime picks to control 1/3 of the checks and balances.
That was also an Infowars catch-phrase. They offered $200,000 to anyone that wore an “CNN is ISIS” T-shirt on television.
My country really sucks right now. https://t.co/LyYDzsaYsU— Speculawyer 🇳🇴-American (@speculawyer) June 28, 2018
This is both not true and extremely damaging to American national interests. Stop it Mr. President. And why aren’t any of Trumps foreign policy advisors stopping these statements? Is the inter-agency process for making US foreign policy completely broken now? https://t.co/bAn1VhjWkO
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) June 28, 2018
re: #114 steve_davis
nah. we’ll pack the court. seriously. there is absolutely no reason we can’t have 11 justices on the court. the other issue will be that IF Trump is both impeached and removed, his picks will be politely and quietly asked to resign. It would be intolerable for it to turn out that the Manchurian Candidate gets two lifetime picks to control 1/3 of the checks and balances.
If Trump is gone the GOP remains, but your sermon sounds nice.
They deal with him in large part because of the court. The Kochs, Mercers and a bunch of entrenched powers are not going to quietly let them resign.
re: #33 dangerman
this is true
and lets understand this as a single isolated thing
kennedy was luck or fate or timing. no one played the refs or did anything underhanded. its been clear for quite some time that this could happen. we all talked about it before the election. (merrick garland not withstanding)
trump is president
he gets to do this
and it sucks
and yes garland/gorsuch makes it worsein and of itself, an opening, maybe 2 was likely to happen under any circumstances
im not saying its good in any way. only that it was somewhat forseeable
Exactly. People are going to have to learn the hard way that voting for Republicans or voting third party in general elections is voting for Judge Borks’ America.
re: #40 sagehen
If it gives anybody a bit of hope…. let me point out that Earl Warren, Sandra Day O’Connor and David Souter all turned out to be not nearly as conservative as the presidents who appointed them expected.
The US right has learned from these problems, and now dispenses much more reliable products (Alito, Gorsuch).
re: #101 Big Beautiful Door
When the Democrats regain power, they simply must add two seats to the Court to restore balance. Its not a radical suggestion; the GOP ended all norms when they stole the seat from Garland.
If they have the votes for that, they would have the votes (but probably not the spines) to impeach all Trump judicial appointments. If the election of 2016 is proven to be fraudulent, such housecleaning would seem to be a no-brainer.
re: #101 Big Beautiful Door
When the Democrats regain power, they simply must add two seats to the Court to restore balance. Its not a radical suggestion; the GOP ended all norms when they stole the seat from Garland.
There’s this too, if impeaching any of them seems to be a Bridge Too Far.
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