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SleeplessinSoCal

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37. An actual conspiracy that the people ignore.

Reply to paulrevere2018 (Reply #22)

Mon Aug 4, 2025, 08:07 PM

Aug 2025

So much easier to engage in class warfare.

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Those who refused to vote for Hillary in 2016, and VP Harris in 2024, are complicit in the Supreme Court we have today. [View all] lostincalifornia Aug 2025 OP

Yup. No argument from me. FadedMullet Aug 2025 #1

Those who encouraged others to vote third party, or to vote "uncommitted" and not vote in the general... Oopsie Daisy Aug 2025 #2

That "send a message" bullshit. calimary Aug 2025 #17

All this! Exactly. sheshe2 Aug 2025 #26

Thank you, I'm glad others are saying it. Eliot Rosewater Aug 2025 #28

That ideology's First Commandment is Both Sides Corrupt, so it doesn't matter who's president. betsuni Aug 2025 #48

How did Harris' loss impact the makeup of the Supreme Court? Fiendish Thingy Aug 2025 #3

It's been a pattern over 25 years. Fiendishly difficult to discern, I know. Hekate Aug 2025 #5

That's not what the headline and topic of this thread says Fiendish Thingy Aug 2025 #7

What's changed is all the B.See Aug 2025 #19

And that by not voting for Kamala Harris the court will get even worse. Eliot Rosewater Aug 2025 #30

Yes, I feel your pain on that one. BannonsLiver Aug 2025 #46

The same court would still be in place if Harris had won. Fiendish Thingy Aug 2025 #34

Depends on how one reads it, I think. B.See Aug 2025 #41

The OP is about the court Fiendish Thingy Aug 2025 #45

For the Supreme Court we have today: B.See Aug 2025 #47

It would be the same court whether Trump or Harris were president Fiendish Thingy Aug 2025 #49

You don't seem to understand B.See Aug 2025 #54

Absolutely, and we would have a different DOJ also. What seems to be missing is that many of the same folks that lostincalifornia Dec 2025 #59

You're correct. I would have worded things differently. DFW Aug 2025 #53

That is exactly right, and if I was a betting man, they will before the sociopath leaves office. lostincalifornia Dec 2025 #60

Yes and since I am looking back at a pattern, let me point out Bush v Gore, bollixed up by Nader & decided by SCOTUS Hekate Aug 2025 #40

Simple, it will include any SC court judges in the next two years, and lostincalifornia Aug 2025 #10

Yes. AverageOldGuy Aug 2025 #24

I think you are right. They sure don't want a possible Democrat in the WH when they retire. lostincalifornia Aug 2025 #38

I don't believe that the OP made any claim about the makeup of the SCOTUS. Orrex Aug 2025 #13

Oh don't go and mess up the attempt to derail Eliot Rosewater Aug 2025 #31

But but but they cackle when they laugh and and and... Hekate Aug 2025 #4

May I add Al Gore to the list? Thunderbeast Aug 2025 #6

So true. FalloutShelter Aug 2025 #12

Nader lost. Gore won. Bobstandard Aug 2025 #16

So true. FalloutShelter Aug 2025 #25

Nader is a closet republican DemocracyForever Dec 2025 #57

Hate this mind set. Group think is for MAGA. Tbone421 Aug 2025 #8

Oh please! GMAFB! Democratic party loyalty is NOT "group think". Oopsie Daisy Aug 2025 #11

Thank you for saying what everyone else is thinking Eliot Rosewater Aug 2025 #32

Well said OD. lostincalifornia Aug 2025 #39

Thanks. If you're new you're lucky you weren't here for the great purge of 2015 LT Barclay Aug 2025 #18

Nader helped GOP in 2000 DemocracyForever Dec 2025 #58

Welcome to DU. I, for one, am pleased to have you here. It was a bete noire with me, some decades ago. NNadir Dec 2025 #61

I don't believe they took the SCOTUS into account. SleeplessinSoCal Aug 2025 #9

This has been the goal of the Federalist Society for the last 25 years since Leo took over. paulrevere2018 Aug 2025 #22

An actual conspiracy that the people ignore. SleeplessinSoCal Aug 2025 #37

They specifically argued that SCOTUS wasn't a reason to vote for HIllary iemanja Aug 2025 #42

My Republican mother used SCOTUS as an excuse... SleeplessinSoCal Aug 2025 #44

Yep. nt mcar Aug 2025 #14

Can't argue about that. calimary Aug 2025 #15

Re the OP, they're B.See Aug 2025 #20

Like the loss of our Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid and Eliot Rosewater Aug 2025 #33

Which brings us to Mitch. BidenRocks Aug 2025 #21

Yes, they are. AverageOldGuy Aug 2025 #23

Once I might understand (although really dumb) but twice - just plain ignorance. walkingman Aug 2025 #27

I recall their "Let it all burn down!" arguments at the time. sop Aug 2025 #29

Yeah...And DRAGGING Everyone Else WITH Them! electric_blue68 Aug 2025 #35

So Effing True! electric_blue68 Aug 2025 #36

And for George HW Bush who started it all with Clarence Thomas. kerry-is-my-prez Aug 2025 #43

True. They can't say they "didn't vote" just because they didn't cast a ballot in those races. Beartracks Aug 2025 #50

The makeup of the Supreme Court was/should have been reason enough to vote for Hillary Clinton. 3catwoman3 Aug 2025 #51

This just in mahina Aug 2025 #52

The Rehnquist 5 made today's nightmare possible ClimateChangeisReal Aug 2025 #55

"Bush vs Gore" ruling created today's SCOTUS DemocracyForever Dec 2025 #56