SCOTUS Nominations should be above Politics, RBG was not playing petty politics with either party. Obama asked her to leave, she said no. This whole Hubris and Ego narrative is being pushed by the deplorable right.
She was asked to leave because she had cancer and Obama still had the Senate at that time.
A Fetus is not a person under the 14th amendment.
Christians are Forced Birth Fascists against Human Rights who indoctrinate and groom children. Prove me wrong.
This is bullshit. If anything it matters MORE. It's the difference between having everything Trump and the GOP want rubberstamped by SCOTUS and having Biden's policies challenged/struck down. The one is objectively horrible, the other is annoying and inconvenient...unless more Justices are added to the Court.
Which is pretty sad actually.
There's a question no Trump voter has an answer to: how did your life get better under Trump? Haven't heard a peep about that.
If Democrats win 2020 they could stay in power for a generation simply by noticable improving the life of the average American.
The one good thing about this news is that somehow it's persuaded swathes of conservatives to get banned on social media. They somehow can't stop themselves from shouting "the whore-enabler finally got what she deserved" and the like. I'm sure all of them are now unironically posting "I always get banned for being conservative " in their safe spaces.
Folly and fakery have always been with us... but it has never before been as dangerous as it is now, never in history have we been able to afford it less. - Isaac Asimov
Every damn thing you do in this life, you pay for. - Edith Piaf
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. - Orwell
No amount of belief makes something a fact. - James Randi
They were idiots if they were posting that(if true). But I do find it funny that they can be banned for that, but leftists can attack high profile people on the right and never seem to face the same banning? Don't get me wrong, I still think that saying something like that about Ginsberg is wrong an shows no class, but I would like to see the same stand applied against the other side also.
Yes, this is why this nomination is going to be a fight... because the difference between democrats and republican nominations are meaningless. How about this... bullshit...
Yeah, it’s not like the passed ACA... wtf?Not news that the dems want to do the bare minimum to keep their positions of power - as long as they can continuously string people along by remaining the opposition party, they never have to worry about hard stuff like court packing and expansive legislation like M4A.
You go from them being the same, to what choice do they have, but to vote opposition?People will go with it because at the end of the day, what other choice do they have?
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What other side? Belligerent ass holes are on the same side... “both sides” bullshit is just an excuse to feel better about your self, as you deflect from assholes, because you got convinced they are on your team.
Folly and fakery have always been with us... but it has never before been as dangerous as it is now, never in history have we been able to afford it less. - Isaac Asimov
Every damn thing you do in this life, you pay for. - Edith Piaf
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. - Orwell
No amount of belief makes something a fact. - James Randi
I disagree, I am not sure why people on the left have build up this fantasy about Roberts. The supreme court is already lost to us let the republicans fall upon their swords so that the religious right can try to enact their fantasy of the handmaiden's tale. Democrats should be smart about this and leverage it by making it as painful as possible to win the senate and the white house. Trump is bound to pick someone more like Kavanaugh than anything else.
It’s fox new fair and balanced... where you act like an asshole, then wonder why everyone else is not being treated like one.
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Is it? I think it’s taking every insult and folly of Trump, personally. If you have a lump of shit and a rose, the fact that the two are not treated the same, is not due to bias.
Folly and fakery have always been with us... but it has never before been as dangerous as it is now, never in history have we been able to afford it less. - Isaac Asimov
Every damn thing you do in this life, you pay for. - Edith Piaf
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. - Orwell
No amount of belief makes something a fact. - James Randi
The nations doomed no matter what at this point. The damage done to our voting populace is to much, they're stupid, they're ignorant, and they openly support things that only hurt us all.
There is no hope
There is no future
Things will not get better because you really want them too. Thats not how reality works. Things trend downward and keep trending downward. The best you can do is leave the country if you can afford it or just wait the sweet release of death like everyone else.
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The democrats have spent the last 4 years still top toeing around and even now they're not being near as aggressive as they could and should be.
Give up.
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Yeah that worked well for our last two democrat presidents didnt it?
Just like the generally lowering in quality of life under conservative presidents ensured they'd never hold power again right?
What you're talking about it fantasy. A reality you wish to be true because it makes sense. But its not going to happen. It depends on an educated populace and if you havent found out by now that the populace is by and large stupid, then you've had your head waaaaay up your own ass for some time.
World needs more Goblin Warriors https://i.imgur.com/WKs8aJA.jpg
Folly and fakery have always been with us... but it has never before been as dangerous as it is now, never in history have we been able to afford it less. - Isaac Asimov
Every damn thing you do in this life, you pay for. - Edith Piaf
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. - Orwell
No amount of belief makes something a fact. - James Randi
Good god your cynicism is annoying.
If you've "given up hope," then shut up and sulk by yourself. Your moaning is neither insightful nor helpful.
I, for one, don't believe that the fate of the western world relied solely on when an octogenarian passed away.
People are spinning doomsday theories. Fucking nothing has happened yet. Mail-in votes have not been "thrown out in catastrophic number" yet. Trump has NOT "stolen" the presidency yet. This "now republican packed" supreme court hasn't ruled on anything yet or declared anyone president yet. Nothing is written.
So either you can deal with the situation as it comes, prescribe some sort of solution to the problems at hand, or shut the fuck up and go feel sorry for yourself quietly.
All of this despair and hopelessness? This is exactly what the deplorables want. They want this to be as quick and painless and get as many people to dip out. Because they know they don't have the popular vote or popular sentiment. They're trying to weasel their way into as many positions of temporary power because they know in the grand scheme of things they're on their way out.
Luckily, if donations to Democratic causes since Ginsberg's passing are any evidence, most people aren't such pathetic sadsacks as I'm seeing around here.
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“Do not lose time on daily trivialities. Do not dwell on petty detail. For all of these things melt away and drift apart within the obscure traffic of time. Live well and live broadly. You are alive and living now. Now is the envy of all of the dead.” ~ Emily3, World of Tomorrow
Words to live by.
Amy Coney Barrett
Remember this name
Republicans are radicalized right now but they are not stupid. They know how bad it will look when they make abortion a "states rights issue" which is going to be the true result of this new extremist court. They know that 5 men voting in favor of restricting rights to women will look extremely terrible but having a woman in your group of 5 will make it so the conservatives can say "see a woman did have a say".
But yeah we all knows how this goes down. There won't be court packing and any liberal agenda is dead for 30 years. Goodbye what remains of worker rights, consumer protections, healthcare access (any chance of a single payer will become a "states rights issue" where states can opt out), minority/special class protections (because everyone is "equal" so they are all going to be treated the same), voter access (doing it right now so it will continue) and gerrymandering will be the order of the day.
I said this before and I'll repeat it again. Do people honestly believe in the year 2020 that the general populous by the year 2040s= will want to have aspects of their lives dictated by people born in the 1980s that wanted a political structure that was the norm in the 1950s?
All I have to warn is to conservatives there will be a time the bill will come due for your actions and its starting to look like at the way you failed to reach out to a majority of the people under 40 and a majority of ethnic minorities out there want nothing of this brand of "conservatism". I have a strong feeling that by 2030 we will look back and say how Republicans were made into a regional party because of how victory has defeated (you). Republicans spent all political capital on a stacked judiciary and your scorched earth politics failed to attract the next generation outside the edgy youtuber/incels communities and here in 10/20 years I expect the pendulum to swing back much harder because of your actions today.
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