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I hope we have slowed down on confirming any more judges from Leonard Leo's Federalist Society cabal. There are far too many already, in all levels of the court system. Leo has been patiently waiting and playing chess for years in his strategy to capture the justice system.

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I'm onboard and signed, for whatever it may be worth.

In the meantime, glad to see Biden and Schumer using their senate majority for the one thing it's reliably able to get done. God knows how long we'll have the senate before Manchin or Sinema flips to R in a fit of self centered performative fuckery, gotta make the most of it while we have it.

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Our problem is the cabal from the Federalist Society is out of the judge nominating business and instead is making themselves busy planning a coup.

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I try to avoid Daily Beast cuz a lot of their articles are paywalled

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This is all very good news.

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"Usually."

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Perhaps I am too cynical, but 0% is a portion too.

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HFS, he nominated the executive director of The Innocence Project? I'm so glad I voted for this guy (and this woman).

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He's flippin' 88 years old. I guess he's rolling the dice on having a Republican governor to pick his successor. (Speaking of which, DiFi, resign now and let Newsom pick your successor, someone like Katie Porter.)

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My foster daughter Yoo Sun Chung is finishing law school in 2023. Watch for her to be one of those Korean-Americans on the federal bench in about 20 years. (She's getting a joint MSW, JD, PhD despite her abusive ex putting up every obstacle he can. She is aMAZing.)

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We're getting into Wizard of Oz territory here. Animated scarecrow versus somolent turtle. We've got Rand Paul, maybe, as a sort of drug-crazed chipmunk. But what exactly is Ted Cruz?

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crazy talk, I tell you!! lol

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An abomination, that one is.

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Good post, Liz. Thank you for reporting on this!

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So they are intellectually lazy, and won't do the research, got it.

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