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Terry Kath
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Post by AKA on Sept 18, 2020 23:36:34 GMT
We’re so fucked.
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Post by essayceedee on Sept 18, 2020 23:40:17 GMT
I feel like I just got the wind knocked out of me.
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Terry Kath
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Post by AKA on Sept 18, 2020 23:48:07 GMT
Hey, guys, we’re gonna be okay! Republicans won’t give a Supreme Court justice appointee an up-or-down vote during an election year, remember? [Rolling eyes/jack-off motion emoji]
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Post by Boozin' Susan on Sept 18, 2020 23:48:58 GMT
Somewhere, Mitch McConnell is cackling with glee.
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Post by Norman ‘Whiplash’ Mailer on Sept 18, 2020 23:49:17 GMT
Was she a smoker?
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Post by hoffa_nagila on Sept 18, 2020 23:50:01 GMT
Ted Cruz likes this
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Post by Aural Relations on Sept 19, 2020 0:13:21 GMT
We have to assume that, within weeks, neither the senate nor the court will be minded to check the president. God help you guys if there's another Florida 2000 situation or Trump disputes the result.
Without being melodramatic, I'd say the risk of a de facto coup in January just increased dramatically.
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Post by Boozin' Susan on Sept 19, 2020 0:23:44 GMT
The *only* thing I could see keeping ol’ Mitchy from filling the seat now are at-risk GOP senators who might balk at confirming a new justice before the election.
Lisa Murkowski has said she won’t vote on a new justice until after Inauguration Day. (Of course, she said this before RBG died. Who knows if she actually meant it.)
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Post by Aural Relations on Sept 19, 2020 0:31:26 GMT
It's being suggested that Biden ought to pledge an expansion of the court if Republicans appoint a new justice before January.
Personally, I'm not sure if that will make Republicans more or less likely to ram through a justice now...?
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Post by essayceedee on Sept 19, 2020 0:37:33 GMT
I’d like to think that if Biden wins, Democrats win the Senate and keep the House, they’d have the guts to pack the Court. I know they won’t though.
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Post by Aural Relations on Sept 19, 2020 1:00:23 GMT
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Post by Brick Wall on Sept 19, 2020 1:24:48 GMT
Well, the current GOP is known for it's empathy and class.
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Post by respiratoryproblems on Sept 19, 2020 11:39:55 GMT
Even though I don’t live in the US, I cannot overstate how much I fucking loathe Mitch McConnell. I know it’s hardly a controversial opinion, but unlike Trump (who is despicable but also very stupid), McConnell is actively evil. I don’t wish harm in many people, but I really look forward to him suffering a long, painful demise.
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Terry Kath
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Post by AKA on Sept 19, 2020 18:37:06 GMT
Miss Lindsey needs to do the world a favor and kill himself.
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Post by Norman ‘Whiplash’ Mailer on Sept 27, 2021 19:28:26 GMT
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