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Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Marcie. Ugh.

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Hooker P Tape skipping dipshit's avatar

I hope Neil Gorssuch is a smoker.

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beb's avatar

In the words of "Ab Fab" Smoking kills, just not reliably.

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Manic Pixel Dream Girl's avatar

If the universe draws the worst tarot card when deciding our fate and we end up with that piece of shit polluting the White House again, guaranteed that Alito and Thomas will retire so that he can appoint two 40 year old hard right nut jobs to the bench. Cementing a dangerous, reactionary, regressive S. Court for decades. A vile troglodyte and popular vote loser who has never cracked a book in his life will have then appointed FIVE S. Court Justices. Something to amuse McConnell while he’s whiling away eternity below? Sure. But we’re already in the worst timeline. Let’s pray it somehow doesn’t get even worse.

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Michael Bowen's avatar

Is there any statutory requirement to be a Supreme Court justice? If there isn't, the Federalist Society will say fuck that stuff about 40-year-olds, here's Kyle Rittenhouse and Chaya Raichik.

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SethTriggs's avatar

The modern Taney Court continues to wild out. Guess they're going to delay the Dictator Challenge for President Klan Robe to next week or even in November.

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Shire Jansen's avatar

Remember Portland in '20...and how we've never seen anything like that there since we fired tffg? Read this follow up piece about it, will make SCOTUS neutering EPA and SEC today all the more infuriating...corruption 2.0...

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/portland-protesters-bivens-rcna128596

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kmblue187's avatar

Face it, Clarence hates women, make that everybody except Alito, Alito hates women, Kavanaugh the Tearful hates women because he likes to attack them in the frat house and Christine called him on it,, Roberts thinks any kind of discrimination is so over, and Gorsuch calls the three LIBERAL female justices "picky children." Yeah, he said that.

The Immoral majority is simply rotten and brought to you by the non voters and third party voters.

In the name of God, vote Biden.

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rawrtigerlily's avatar

Your reporting is great Marcie, but I hate this Supremely Corrupt court of hacks.

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Hank Napkin's avatar

Next session comes the name change : Sublime Court™.

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Brianna Amore's avatar

How fucking crazy it is that Trump got THREE Justices during his one single term while Biden has had exactly zero?

Oh right. McConnell stole one of those seats anyways and Democrats just let it happen.

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Fog of Jen's avatar

They did not "let it" happen.

There was nothing they could do because voters did not back up the Dem president by giving him a Dem Senate.

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Vileaxxe's avatar

Biden nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson.

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Brianna Amore's avatar

Oh that's right, my bad.

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kmblue187's avatar

And she's writing some blistering dissents, which I love.

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Russell Jones's avatar

"Neil Gorsuch’s mom Anne once ran the EPA under Reagan, as in, came in to destroy it."

Anne at least had the goddamn common decency to drop dead at age 62, but I've a feeling the country will be dealing with Neil's bullshit for decades to come.

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Dave Gesell's avatar

To be fair, it is the responsibility of all Rock Ribbed Republicans™ to dismantle the EPA, since it was established by that Radical Leftist™ ... ummm ... Richard Nixon.

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Despard Murgatroyd's avatar

She sounds like the kind of nurturing mother who drove baby Neil around while smoking non-stop with the windows rolled up, so maybe there is some hope that the ravages of so much second hand smoke will catch up with him.

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Fog of Jen's avatar

2 packs a day guarantees she smoked while pregnant.

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Delmarva Peninsula's avatar

Even the cat laying halfway on my keyboard knows this SCOTUS is one gnarled up hairball.

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ArgieBargie's avatar

Congratulations Clarence and Ginni on their new RV!

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"M"'s avatar

There was a plan written for that BY PROGRESSIVES that was ready in time for 2020.

Nobody -- no White Democrat in leadership, anyway -- wanted to take it up to get the SCOTUS fixed EVEN THOUGH the reason it was expanded to 9 when it was last expanded was because the Circuit Courts below them expanded to 9 ... and now we have 13.

But we don't have 13 justices.

Because no White Democrat in leadership wanted to use the plan that was ready by 2020 to expand the Court.

So now, four years later, here we are.

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Biff52 Lost Canadian's avatar

But 13 is such an icky number!

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Uncle Betamax's avatar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5yCtr3gLKs

Old Punk. Not REALLY OLD punk but...

I'm in the mood for some Skin.

Oh. O/T I guess. Fucking peasants. /s

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pstokk's avatar

Anyone know how to watch the debate live, also free, in Europe? CNN site says Cnn.com will have it with no login, but their site is a mess and I can't find a link to the debate viewing page.

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fuflans's avatar

speaking from the future: don't.

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Oblio's Cap's avatar

The BBC might be carrying it. I know BBCA is.

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pstokk's avatar

Checked and yes they will have it. Thanks!

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Oblio's Cap's avatar

I live to but serve...

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SchrodingersCat's avatar

You can watch it here. There will be a page up latter this afternoon

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Land Shark 🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar

The link may not be available yet. We'll keep watch and post any links we can find.

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Viole Falusche's avatar

Thanks to the excellent Marcie Jones, for valuable coverage. But much of this news fails to please. I like not this news. Bring me some other news.

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Spotts1701's avatar

COOK! COOK! WHERE'S MY HASSENPFEFFER?!?

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