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GrannysKnitting's avatar

i kind of want the paper to shrug and tell everyone it was Alito - waive their right to whatever amendment protects the press from revealing their sources for this specific case, just to shut all the howling monkeys up

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Star Geezer's avatar

How long will we have to wait!

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Zyxomma's avatar

Ginni did it. Prove me wrong.

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DemoCat 🐈🌊⚖️'s avatar

When reached for comment, Curley had this to say about the perpetrator, “nuk nuk nuk, whoop whoop whoop, aye aye aye (two fingers in the eyes).

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harryeagar's avatar

The justices could, of course, take notice of the fact that each of them (but some more than others) is highly suspect and individually tell us, "Hey,i t wasn't me."

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BillEGoatSmirk's avatar

I didn't see a single guest on MSNBC last night that didn't think this was some BULLSHIT.

Some highlights: The Marshal has no investigatory experience - she runs the operational aspects of the building. The FBI, even though they're a bit busy these days, apparently offered to assist. The Marshal failed to talk to the justices or their spouses and failed to speak with former employees, including clerks who moved on to other legal jobs. And notably, she kinda' has a conflict, because the justices are her bosses.

Nice work overall, Roberts. Now the Court looks even more ridiculous.

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Emil Muz's avatar

Sam. Sam the Bam. Sam. Makin copies. Copying the draft. Drafting the copy.

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Enbastet's avatar

Not at all. It primarily looked at malcontent behavior, not at those who would seem quite upright, and the claimed look at "strategic" motivations is pretty thin when every rightwing clerk wanted to nail this down.

Yeah, the rightie justictices are tongue flappers with their pals and Ginni Thomas (who turned out to have just blarped e-mails that had no effect) is a fun Big Bad to imagine, but this gambit reeked of a twenty-something Fed Soc fanboi/gurl who is internet savvy and knows how to cover their tracks.

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Furiouser and furiouser's avatar

So we still don’t know whether Clarence Thomas leaked it directly to Politico or told Ginni to do it?

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Mark Lungo's avatar

Of course not! It would just be interesting to see how they try to explain away the parts of the Constitution they don't like.

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Caepan's avatar

Rip Taylor has entered the chat.

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Caepan's avatar

I wouldn't let those seditious fuckers sit on a park bench.

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Colbert Thorenson's avatar

Forcing two unqualified partisans onto the nations highest court through a ruthless act of sheer political force impacted people's perception of the legitimacy of the court? Well, no one could have ever anticipated that!

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zuludaddy (see, man? qi!)'s avatar

words, of course, have no fixed meaning anymore. Unless you're a Democrat, you see.

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schmannity's avatar

It's like dry aged beef.

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