US Politics, July 2024 - "Will you just drop out, man?"

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Biden set to announce support for major Supreme Court changes

President Biden is finalizing plans to endorse major changes to the Supreme Court in the coming weeks, including proposals for legislation to establish term limits for the justices and an enforceable ethics code, according to two people briefed on the plans.

He is also weighing whether to call for a constitutional amendment to eliminate broad immunity for presidents and other constitutional officeholders, the people said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss private deliberations.

The announcement would mark a major shift for Biden, a former chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, who has long resisted calls to reform the high court. The potential changes come in response to growing outrage among his supporters about recent ethics scandals surrounding Justice Clarence Thomas and decisions by the new court majority that have changed legal precedent on issues including abortion and federal regulatory powers.

Biden previewed the shift in a Zoom call Saturday with the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

“I’m going to need your help on the Supreme Court, because I’m about to come out — I don’t want to prematurely announce it — but I’m about to come out with a major initiative on limiting the court. … I’ve been working with constitutional scholars for the last three months, and I need some help,” Biden said, according to a transcript of the call obtained by The Washington Post.

Many, if not all, of the changes would probably need congressional approval. The details of Biden’s considered policies have not been disclosed. A White House spokesperson declined to comment.

Hell, why not. Do it all, do it up!

biden seems ready to run on good popular policies, he said today that hes going to cap rent increases, not gonna complain but pretty funny that it has to get to this point

"and by 'term limit' i mean the detonator attached to the shock collar around Alito and Thoma's necks right now muahahahaahhaa" *twirls mustache*

Biden will never win the vibes battle but yes I do think pushing a lot of broadly popular ideas is a great idea, and should hopefully remind people that the Republican party offers virtually nothing but revenge fantasies

Yeah, get important popular things on the table and then Dems should keep pushing them even if Trump wins. Talk about low-hanging fruit. Right now I don't think most people can even say what Democrats actually want to do apart from beating Trump. (And even that is kind of iffy.)

the one thing thats already a huge established winner and actual very important issue for them recently is abortion which im sure theyll go very hard on

Biden's going to announce a weed subsidy for everyone under 45 to get them to the polls.

Smokey Mon Go To The Polls

i was out of service most of the weekend and just got back. i heard about the shooting soon after it happened but haven't really been able to look into things much until about an hour ago. i'm just throwing this out there, but it seems like there's like there's a decent chance someone is going to try to shoot biden, right? was trump not mouthing "fight, fight" with his clenched fist? isn't that the classic doublespeak where it can never be interpreted as a direct order but surely at least some of the millions of extremely paranoid rightwing dudes with guns who literally believe the apocalypse is happening and they're one of the main characters in it would interpret that violently?

anyway, sorry to blurt out what is maybe obvious, but uh lookout biden or other people standing at podiums

the dnc should never again take place in chicago. they're going to pull the drawbridges up like it's the george floyd protests again and turn the loop into escape from the loop

Biden's going to announce a weed subsidy for everyone under 45 to get them to the polls.

― papal hotwife (milo z)

he should follow it up by saying "why 45? because fuck you gen x, that's why! slackers!"

i'd like to say that i'm a principled person and wouldn't vote for biden because he supports genocide, but honestly? if "free weed" was on his platform i'd vote for him. and i don't even smoke weed.

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Biden set to announce support for major Supreme Court changes

President Biden is finalizing plans to endorse major changes to the Supreme Court in the coming weeks, including proposals for legislation to establish term limits for the justices and an enforceable ethics code, according to two people briefed on the plans.

― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson)

oh thank fucking christ

look, shameful confession, y'all know i'm secretly a wonk, right? you know the reason i have been so mad at the dems for eight years? MERRICK. GARLAND. i am autistic as _fuck_ and those fucking republicans _cheated him_ and you motherfuckers wouldn't even fight for him. wouldn't call the republicans out on their shameless cheating, just said "welp if you say he can't be on the court mr. tannen i guess he can't be"

fuck that. the republicans cheated, doesn't count, do-over. and then they kept cheating and cheating and cheating and packed the court with people nobody wanted on the court and nobody agrees with and they made a bunch of rulings that, again, nobody wanted, and then! then the democrats' response when i complain is "well maybe if you keep voting for us in 50 years when they retire we'll replace them with democrats"

LIKE NO

FUCK THAT

THIS ISN'T BECAUSE WE DIDN'T VOTE FOR Y'ALL, IT'S BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE CRAVEN MOTHERFUCKERS WHO WON'T FIGHT FOR WHAT YOU FUCKIN' BELIEVE IN

ok look i know it's a hard sell to say that they should have fought for _merrick fucking garland_ but it's, like, the principle of the thing, you know? if they weren't gonna fight for him, they shouldn't have fucking nominated him

how about you fuckin' make like lincoln and ignore every goddamn thing the supreme court says

historical precedent

how about you make like FDR and propose packing the court

that was basically cheating and people called him on it, but i can't respect people who go off and let other people cheat all they want and refuse to call them on it and then refuse to cheat themselves because they're "taking the high ground"

either call a do-over or up your meta, motherfuckers

It should really just be a teams meeting. Xpost

Scoop: In WH mtg, Sanders pressed top aides for Biden to outline 100-day agenda for working class - including medical debt forgiveness

Sanders & AOC threw Biden huge political lifeline, want progressive agenda at center of campaign

See Biden as best chance for their policies --… https://t.co/mhDhSzivr9

— Jeff Stein (@JStein_WaPo) July 13, 2024

too late you fuckin jackasses

lol if anything is going to put muscle behind the evict-Biden caucus it's Biden as progressive avatar. But that's a good push by Bernie, really feel like everybody should be pushing for what they want right now.

It's not time for "unity," it's time for deal-making.

it seems like there's like there's a decent chance someone is going to try to shoot biden, right?

Biden's Secret Service protection is much better than Trump's, because nobody wants to make a mistake and get locked in a closet with that vicious dog of his as punishment.

i'm pretty sure that lots of cops worship trump

lol sorry, i misread that as trump being the vicious dog of punishment

xp i really like the sound of that sanders plan. and the legislation around the supreme court.

biden can't run as the "unifier" anymore so maybe this forces him, out of desperation, to endorse broadly popular progressive policies.

this all seems good to me (shrugs shoulders)

Yeah. Especially good to have in place in the platform if the Democrats do win back the House. Even if Biden loses, they can pass a boatload of bills and make the Republicans block them.

Bernie working to move the Overton window is a great idea, so long as we have 2026 and 2028 elections.

There's a precedent, lol: Wilson in '16: after some pretty good capital-p-progressive legislation the administration stalled, then, when the race looked pretty close, Wilson pivoted to the left again months before the election, including the bullshit "he kept us out of war!" Biden's a hack who swings to wherever the party goes, so I'm relieved he's discovered his hackness.

(I'm a nerd)

Four days after that debate, the Supreme Court ruled that Trump was immune from prosecution for official acts during his first term in office. Less than an hour later, Biden called Laurence Tribe, a constitutional law professor at Harvard Law School, to discuss the ruling and the arguments for and against remaking the court.

“This decision today has continued the court’s attack in recent years on a wide range of long-established legal principles in our nation, from gutting voting rights and civil rights to taking away a woman’s right to choose, to today’s decision that undermines the rule of law of this nation,” Biden said in public remarks later that day.

The next week, Biden called Tribe again, and the two discussed a Guardian opinion piece he wrote endorsing reforms to the Supreme Court. Among the options they discussed: term limits, an enforceable ethics code and the constitutional amendment to address presidential immunity.

Tribe confirmed that he spoke with Biden but declined to comment on their discussion.

Just looked this up: In a Politico poll this spring, 70 percent of Americans surveyed rejected the idea of presidential immunity, and only 11 percent thought presidents should have immunity from criminal charges. Good policy, good politics, should hammer the heck out of it.

kind of tempted tbh

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— Proud Patriots (@ProudPatriots1) July 14, 2024

"Hey Timmy! I'll trade you two Assassination Attempt cards for a First Impeachment."

"Not unless you throw in that mint condition Felony Conviction."

Don't know if this is true or not but there's a rumor circulating that dozens of bars in Milwaukee are hosting drag events every night this week, specifically so Republicans will have nowhere to drink at night after the convention.

Hoo boy I don't think they know Republicans very well.

Grab 'em by the 1/1 Access Hollywood Chromium chase card.

XP BTW, how's Milwaukee's Grindr 'convention spike' going?

There are way too many bars in Milwaukee for that to work

Like the rumor alone is ignorant of the political power of the Tavern League in this state, GTFO

also are these drag troupes thrown together for three days, kind of doubt there are surplus troupes riding the bench waiting for a big event or the starting crew to collectively pull a hammy

lol yeah you have no idea how many bars there are especially in that area

definitely a lot of chud-friendly spots for these folks to go though idk if they'll find them

Love the card graded by a company undoubtedly created just for this - card and comic grading is already a scam, creating the official MAGA option adds a beautiful layer.

all Steve Ditko comics sent in get a perfect 10

Justice: We become totally unhinged if Donald Trump is not elected in November. pic.twitter.com/7dTBhAkW0i

— Acyn (@Acyn) July 16, 2024

Wait for when the camera zooms out.

Tucker Carlson purportedly told Trump last month that if he picked Rubio and not Vance as VP he might get assassinated by the deep state, @jonathanvswan & @maggieNYT report pic.twitter.com/A1T72e4pFl

— Andrew Prokop (@awprokop) July 16, 2024

lol xyzzzz

"A great candidate... for me to poop on."

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Not gonna lie, I'm finding myself growing more and more anxious about this election and what will follow. Like obviously terrified of the implications of another Trump presidency, but increasingly terrified about the immediate aftermath of Biden winning. I sincerely think we're going to see multiple mass shootings in the first half of November, it's going to be a terrifying time to be an American, even more than usual.

We're as likely to see mass GOP lawsuits should Biden win.

“I sincerely think we're going to see multiple mass shootings in the first half of November”

wtf