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In reply to the discussion: Control of SCOTUS was on the ballot in 2016 and we are suffering the consequences of people ignoring this issue [View all]
mcar
(46,062 posts)11. Worst year here
and I’ve been here since 2002.
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Control of SCOTUS was on the ballot in 2016 and we are suffering the consequences of people ignoring this issue [View all]
LetMyPeopleVote
Mar 2024
OP
Yes we are, and unfortunately it will be the gift that keeps on giving for sometime. Those
JohnSJ
Mar 2024
#1
Absolutely! The court is on the ballot for every election in the foreseeable future until Alito and Thomas die or retire
In It to Win It
Mar 2024
#37
People upset about Roe v Wade being overturned won't like contraception being banned.
yardwork
Mar 2024
#55
Or that engage and ignore the fact that politics is the art of the possible, not the perfect
Kennah
Mar 2024
#6
Too many people smugly sneer at politics and consider themselves above it.
Hermit-The-Prog
Mar 2024
#28
My (late) neighbor used a very broad brush to excuse his failure to vote...
Hermit-The-Prog
Mar 2024
#36
You are correct. I will never forgive those who thought it was worthwhile to "run-out-the-clock" *
Oopsie Daisy
Mar 2024
#18
Rallies were a 2016 obsession. The Our Revolution that was supposed to happen was
betsuni
Mar 2024
#33
Nobody ever interviews me in a diner. I weep constantly over that. No candidate seeks out my town.
Hekate
Mar 2024
#34
Not whining about being ignored, taken for granted, not listened to, voices not heard, betrayed,
betsuni
Mar 2024
#42
As it happens, in my midlife I got to actually see a few presidential candidates & one President
Hekate
Mar 2024
#43
Wow! I think the only politician I'd be interested in shaking hands with is Bill Clinton and I don't even
betsuni
Mar 2024
#47
It was an unusual experience on several levels. For one thing, the surge of the crowd lifted me off my feet...
Hekate
Mar 2024
#76
And even now, we have a whole NEW batch of disloyal folks who are attacking, undermining, and *
Oopsie Daisy
Mar 2024
#15
It's still amazing that people, after forty years of clear evidence that both parties are not the same,
Aristus
Mar 2024
#17
That both parties are the same now simply means both are capitalist. The ONLY way they
betsuni
Mar 2024
#24
They sure pay close attention to and repeat mis/disinformation about Democrats.
betsuni
Mar 2024
#46
That the USA is capitalist is neither new, nor controversial, nor the biggest problem of real people.
RandomNumbers
Mar 2024
#73
Problem started in 2015/16 when "democratic socialism" got a new definition along with "progressive."
betsuni
Mar 2024
#86
Weaponizing "progressive"against Democrats ("establishment") and giving it a new definition:
betsuni
Mar 2024
#70
Stunning overconfidence, an almost religious belief they are right, black or white thinking,
betsuni
Mar 2024
#71
But she got paid for speeches at Goldman Sachs Wall St. Wall St. Wall St., that was more important.
betsuni
Mar 2024
#38
And yet today we have DEMOCRATIC members of Congress refusing to endorse Biden and implicitly supporting Trump.
tritsofme
Mar 2024
#48
Liberals who were too pure to vote for Hillary Clinton are the reason why the SCOTUS is full of partisan hacks
LetMyPeopleVote
Mar 2024
#50
Are people as angry at RBG for not stepping down and allowing a Dem President to choose her replacement?
TheRickles
Mar 2024
#57
In my lifetime, only once has the same party won three presidential elections in a row
MichMan
Mar 2024
#84
Thank Susan Sarandon and all the other liberals who were too pure/lazy to vote for Hillary in the general election
LetMyPeopleVote
Mar 2024
#64
For everyone who refused to vote for Hillary Clinton, everything the SCOTUS does is your fault
LetMyPeopleVote
Mar 2024
#87