Holy Shit...

[5X]

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Sonia Sotomayor Just Accused the Supreme Court’s Conservatives of Bias Toward the Trump Administration

[Joinfortmill]

1. Don't give up. Vote Blue!

[MythosMaster]

2. Yes. We know

Bush v Gore

[Ninga]

3. Wow. She didn't hold back. My question is, to what avail?

[5X]

5. She wouldn't have done this lightly. This is Huge. Really.

[Different Drummer]

31. Agreed.

DD

[Brainfodder]

4. And water is wet!

Whoa!

[ChiTownDenny]

20. +1

[pwb]

6. The Judge is saying elect Democrats.

She can't come right out and say it.

[cilla4progress]

7. Someone break it down?

What did she actually say?

If this rending doesn't end in violence it will be surprising.

[5X]

9. link...

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/02/sotomayor-trump-wealth-test-bias-dissent.html

[OliverQ]

8. This country is feeling hopeless.

Authoritarian fascism has taken full control and half the country doesn't even care.

[cilla4progress]

10. I'm understanding how Germans felt in 1935,

and this famous poem, written by a German:

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.





Maybe some Germans could come here and counsel us on how and what to do tto withstand and fight this?

[OliverQ]

12. I imagine their response would be "have 2 superpowers invade you and destroy the fascists."

The US doesn't have that option.

[cilla4progress]

13. Exactly,

I know.

Other countries that have successfully peacefully overthrown dictators? Romania?

[Newest Reality]

27. I had that same realization...

When I was considering what could be our saving grace, all things considered, you answer came to mind and you are correct.

It is kind of that old trope, we have met the enemy and he is us.

[soldierant]

36. "Maybe some Germans could come here and counsel us on how and what to do to withstand and fight this

There are many who have. not all are Holocaust survisirs, but a lot of good advice can be gotten through the Holocaust Memorial. Many Russians also have spoken to us an how to withstand this. Masha Gessen is one; her work can be googled.

Not enough people are listening.

[Wednesdays]

38. The sad news is, the Germans were never able to do it

A failed assassination attempt on Hitler, and that was all. There was never a significant uprising from the German people.

It took invading armies of three superpowers to finally crush the Nazi regime.

[DENVERPOPS]

14. I remember

election night and James Carville was one of a group of talking head analysts.

Carville was laughing at the outcome of the voting after the winner was announced.

(Carville is a democrat)

The other two (both Repub leaners) asked him why he was laughing and what he found amusing..........

He said: "Because all those voters are going to soon find out their voting has consequences"

[BigmanPigman]

28. He was just on MSNBC and he is saying the same thing.

He knows the score. We will lose the Senate (and possibly the House) in down ballot votes if voters don't like the Dem nominee. This is the most important election in our lifetimes and we better realistically choose and act with a lot of thought about the consequences this election will have in the future for the country as a whole (long and short term). He even said Putin is watching American TV news right now, "Hi Vlad!", and is grinning ear to ear.

[malaise]

11. This is what it will take to stop the fascists

Rec

[irisblue]

15. McConnell and the Federalist Society won.

[totodeinhere]

16. President Obama really did make two outstanding Court picks.

Justice Sotomayor tries her best to adhere to the law as she sees it without bias.

[Farmer-Rick]

17. It's been that way ever-since the Supremes elected W bush and Cheney

The GOP corrupted the Supremes right away....even before they put in their dick tatter.

[MerryBlooms]

18. These ominous alarms are coming multiple times a day, from every level of government.

I'm glad Sotomayor has made absolutely clear what is happening on the court. Dire times.

[CaptYossarian]

19. If this is a sudden revelation, why didn't she ask one of us DUers?

We've known this for 20 years.

[Fiendish Thingy]

21. All the more reason the next president must expand the court to at least 12 seats nt

[Polybius]

22. She's right

Even Roberts is.

[lark]

23. Damn, I sure hope she gets a bodyguard.

drumpf will not be happy in having the curtain pulled back on this repug scheme.

[shanti]

24. You just know

that he's going to go full tilt on her! Can the R's of the SPJ's shun her? They'll probably shut up tight as a drum after this, but the cat's out of the bag now.

[shanti]

25. There goes

"give me your tired and your poor..."

[underthematrix]

26. This just means if Trump "wins" again there will be civil war

It also means the court is going to rule in favor of the Texas lawsuit against Obamacare which means pre-existing conditions will no longer be covered.

You may want to consider voting blue NO MATTER WHO.

[hangaleft]

33. We're already at war

Call it a cold war, but it’s real nonetheless.

Republicans aren’t our opponents anymore, they’re the enemy. They’re trying to destroy us and everything we stand for and have built the last 80-90 years.

The real war started in earnest in 1980 and a match was lit to the power keg when the turtle refused to hold hearings on Garland’s nomination to the Supreme Court.

If rump gets re-elected, the fat lady will start singing. It will be over.

Our mistake has been playing by the rules while the pukes have been in all out assault mode, taking no prisoners. We’ve gone high when they’ve gone low. And, as a result, we find ourselves in a must-win situation.

Hopefully, it’s not too late. We’ve got to play as dirty as our enemy or we’re gonna lose again. Except, this time will be the last time. It will be the final nail in our coffin if we lose in November.

[bucolic_frolic]

29. My crystal ball takes this as an indication

that stimulating liberal voters can still yield more Democratic turnout and votes in November. Notice that conservatives in all walks, not just SCOTUS are pretty silent. Ok, yes, they have money, churches, and PACs, but they don't dare try to push it, in fact they are so toxic they think they might harm their own totals if they speak up.

Therefore, complacency on the liberal side is a great enemy over which we have some control. GOTV!!

[calimary]

40. GOTV. There are MORE of us than there are people on the other side.

If you y we can just get OUR greater numbers OUT TO VOTE!

[warmfeet]

30. We will not retain this Democracy without sacrifice.

We had better be prepared to fight for a long time and with many losses along the way.

[spanone]

32. Turn out the lights, the party's over...

[Initech]

34. If we get four more years of Trump...

And he gives the religious right the justices they want, they will get a blank check to wreck whatever havoc they want, and it's game over from there. We cannot let that happen.

[Rebl2]

35. No surprise

there

[joshdawg]

37. And, she is exactly 100% correct in her statement.

Those five rule the way the turd wants them to rule. Period! They are all turd loyalists.


Oh, BTW:
FLUSH THE TURD
NOVEMBER THIRD

[dchill]

39. SCOTUS has been Republican-biased since at least...

...Anno Domini 2000.

[dalton99a]

41. It is a branch of the Republican Party

And a way to veto what Democrats want to do when Democrats regain control of the White House and Congress