US Politics, June 2018: This is a total goat rodeo.

lol silby

I guess with no D ayes that's the barest majority of the majority they got to vote for whatever Goodlatte's interns scraped off the floor

ALERT: justice kennedy is retiiring

— Robert Barnes (@scotusreporter) June 27, 2018

oh ffs

yup

ugh

from a lawyer friend:

Democrats must insist that Justice Kennedy's seat will remain open as long as an illegitimate president would nominate his replacement. Hold the line.

yeah they wont be doing any of that shit

they can't even hold the line at disneyland

I know

at this point even the trump equivalent of harriet miers would maybe get one GOP senator to make some vague statements of "concern" and then vote yes anyway. the dems have no leverage, following mcconnell's gorsuch nuclear option. but since they can't actually stop a kennedy replacement, they might as well make sure everybody in the country hears what bullshit this is, and loudly.

Does Trump even have to bother with pardoning Cohen once he's a SC justice? Not sure how that works.

Fuck, I can't even joke anymore, this is just sickening.

he dems have no leverage, following mcconnell's gorsuch nuclear optio

actually they have no leverage after Harry Reid eliminated the nuclear option. Remember? I'm not saying it wasn't the right thing to do.

there's nothing the Dems can do to stop this. the best they can do is procedural delays.

and use it as a rallying point to try and take back the Senate, I guess

Every nominee should be targeted for assassination by antifa supersoldiers, if any are actually out there

yeah I asked in the other thread whether there was a realistic chance that kennedy's replacement could be appointed after midterms

god what an awful week this has been

thanks Justice Kennedy, that's the second or third time you've fucked america this week

Reid did not eliminate the nuclear option for Supreme Court justices - they were specifically excepted from the 2013 rule change. McConnell axed that when Dems filibustered on Gorsuch.

Right! Sorry.

wow did that immigration bill go down in flames

surprised the all-caps tweet didn't work

fuck u kennedy u fucking wiener

It’s really beyond time for everyone who has those conservative/racist relatives I’ve heard so much about to cut them out of their lives. And friends, bosses, children, coworkers. If you live in a Republican area, sacrifice your local ties and leave. Leave these fucking scum behind, they don’t get to enjoy your civil neighborliness anymore. Set fire to their lawns when you drive off.

John Roberts now the swing vote! Great news!

some good news
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2018/06/27/democrats-are-looking-stronger-in-senate-races/?utm_term=.d57c8971447f

silby otm

Seriously if you still talk to any Republicans I’m going to call you a Nazi sympathizer that’s just how it is at this point.

This is how the US becomes Gilead.

otm!

Anyone who has supervisory authority over anyone should start monitoring social media of their employees. Fire your Trumpists. Eat the lawsuits. It’s your responsibility.

Interesting, if true: Jeff Flake says he will block Trump's judicial nominees until there's a vote on tariffs

Hey, maybe let's all agree to make every moment a GOP elected official spends outside of their home an absolute miserable slog which forces them to rethink the wisdom of ever going into politics in the first place, whaddaya say, gang.

Flake said that before Kennedy retired though

xp

sounds good to me OL

Who do I talk to about getting involved in terrorism

Who do I talk to about getting involved in terrorism

No one. That's kinda how it works.

I don’t want to do unorganized terrorism. The 9/11 conspirators had a whole operation.

They knocked it out of the park

july: democrats encourage republicans to pick a justice "in the kennedy mold"
aug: trump nominates giuliani, democrats act betrayed
sep: democrats urge restraint, the gop invokes the nuclear option
oct: heitkamp votes to confirm
nov: heitkamp loses re-election anyway

— chris hooks (@cd_hooks) June 27, 2018

Just hang loose until the fallout has time to start really affecting people's lives. This is the kind of shit that radicalizes fairweather political dilettantes. Take note, GOP!

we all recall the anti vietnam war group The Weatherman

I seriously am disgusted with people who are still listening to /associating with their trump supporting family members/friends too. I cut that shit off right at the holiday after the election. One woman who got mad at me about being a "purist" said she needed her parents for childcare and they really loved the children. I was like life's a bitch, I am sure they are traumatizing your children while you are at work. That is exactly how that shit rolls.

we all recall the anti vietnam war group The Weatherman

And the Baader-Meinhof person

i hate everything and i'm so angry

otm

i cant even work right now

It feels like an awful lot has been decided by smaller states with smaller impact on culture and the economy, by their countryside and by their suburbs.

Set fire to the suburbs