re: #75 The Ghost of a Flea

Five Justices Did This Because They Could

re: #95 The GOP is a terrorist organization

Five Justices did that because they are Federalist Society hacks.

I think in general, the point is that we need to stop assuming that these big acts are somehow desperate last gasps of a dying party that we just need to outlast to finally get over. This isn’t a desperate last act, this is a triumphant act of a party and movement that is seeing a way to finally drive a nail in the coffin of all its opposition. This is the act of a group that’s feeling ascendant and emboldened and, despite a recent big loss, sees a pathway to absolute, entrenched power. This was the first big test of that, and they succeeded by all bounds.

They’re not doing this because they’re desperate. They’re doing it because they can. They’re doing it because they don’t see a way we can stop them anymore.