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MOMFUDSKI

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36. The Dems will play nice per usual. I don't

Reply to CrispyQ (Reply #5)

Mon May 20, 2024, 05:53 PM

May 2024

understand that at all. Hammer and tongs is the way to go when Democracy is threatened.

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The Dems are making a mistake not going after Thomas and Alito [View all] edhopper May 2024 OP

In a way Biden reference that Trump would appoint judges without a brain LiberalFighter May 2024 #1

I think the better description is that Trump would appoint a justice without a soul or moral compass. Lonestarblue May 2024 #2

I agree with you a million percent! Alliepoo May 2024 #3

we should samsingh May 2024 #4

No one wants to take action this close to an election is my guess. CrispyQ May 2024 #5

The issue that will win us the house is Roe...we can go after the two ( I have see Dems doing this) and link Demsrule86 May 2024 #8

That's a good point duckworth969 May 2024 #28

The Dems will play nice per usual. I don't MOMFUDSKI May 2024 #36

I... myohmy2 May 2024 #6

There is nothing we can do...you get that? We don't have the votes to impeach. Demsrule86 May 2024 #7

What we can do edhopper May 2024 #9

We can at least raise hell like they would if the situation were reversed! tableturner May 2024 #11

Yes, Thom Hartmann markodochartaigh May 2024 #18

Trifecta duckworth969 May 2024 #29

100% agree! If Kagan or Sotomayor did what the others did, they'd be gone by now! tableturner May 2024 #10

We have a senate majority so tie up the committees there like the GOP is doing on the house side. lees1975 May 2024 #12

Pressure them how? FBaggins May 2024 #14

I vehemently disagree! It definitely influences public opinion, and that is HUGE! tableturner May 2024 #25

And what would going after Thomas and Alito accomplish? brooklynite May 2024 #13

It reminds the public that the GOP is the party of corruption and non-accountability - nm ThoughtCriminal May 2024 #15

It would point out how corrupt Republicans are. Emile May 2024 #26

Biden voters don't need to be convinced.... brooklynite May 2024 #32

Well, it wouldn't be the first time Dems have made a mistake, and it won't be the last. elocs May 2024 #16

There probably is not much we could actually accomplish. Nevertheless, I agree that we -- the party KPN May 2024 #17

We are going to wait ourselves out of democracy. WHO THE FUCK is going to do something about the criminals in our onecaliberal May 2024 #19

Biden should have had an emergency break in MotownPgh May 2024 #35

The media is the problem nakocal May 2024 #20

And Yet The Lie About Liberal Bias In Media HandmaidsTaleUntold May 2024 #22

Dick Durban needs to take a lesson from Congress and Nixon... thomhartmann May 2024 #21

And then what. ancianita May 2024 #24

Dems are the ONLY ones going after Thomas and Alito. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is leading the charge. ancianita May 2024 #23

Sheldon Whitehouse has been the leader on SCOTUS corruption via big money Raven123 May 2024 #27

Raskin: "The highest court in the land has the lowest ethical standards." BeyondGeography May 2024 #30

100% budkin May 2024 #31

Agreed. Dems need to cite 28 USC 455 -- Alito and Thomas must disqualify themselves from Trump's cases people May 2024 #33

Would going after Thomas alienate black voters? Cartoonist May 2024 #34