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Torchlight

(7,096 posts)
29. It's difficult to argue they won't try
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 06:18 PM
Aug 2025

There’s no law, statute, tradition, or norm they won’t delegitimize, bully, or attack when it suits them. I once believed the system could withstand his assaults until I saw him wield the nation’s loudest bullhorns, dictating to the public what their opinions should be.

I thought we’d learned our lesson. Instead, the lowest common denominators, bankrolld by the rich and foolish were elected, and have persuaded millions that ignorance is not only equal to reason, but superior to it, because it delivers simple, shallow answers fast that always blame someone else.

It's difficult to argue they won't try

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Would not surprise me. They have made that law that screws with married women who changed their names. kerry-is-my-prez Aug 2025 #1
No they have not made that law. Wiz Imp Aug 2025 #35
H.R.22 - SAVE Act UpInArms Aug 2025 #47
They only ran out of time to prevent it in Iowa this time JT45242 Aug 2025 #65
Oh, but she got paid to give speeches!!11 mcar Aug 2025 #2
But ... establishment! Status quo! Coastal elites! Neoliberals! Wall Street! Identity politics! Campaign contributions! betsuni Aug 2025 #52
Warmonger!!11 And we're vagina voters mcar Aug 2025 #53
She killed everybody in the Iraq War (same Kerry, Edwards vote OK), made Planned Parenthood part of the establishment! betsuni Aug 2025 #55
SCOTUS didn't matter because of her! mcar Aug 2025 #57
Thank you for bringing back to me the name "Edwards." slightlv Aug 2025 #68
The book "Game Change" has juicy details about what happened, what a mess he turned out to be. betsuni Aug 2025 #69
The older I get, the more cynical I get of men I don't know personally. slightlv Aug 2025 #70
I'm moving out of the USA if that happens. poli-junkie Aug 2025 #3
They'll do it sneakily - like by striking them from the voting rolls. kerry-is-my-prez Aug 2025 #10
there are lots of ways to make it hard for women to vote DBoon Aug 2025 #39
That would take repealing a constitutional amendment Fiendish Thingy Aug 2025 #4
Sure, but the Constitution is imperiled by SCOTUS. Raven123 Aug 2025 #9
The constitution spells out the process for repealing an amendment Fiendish Thingy Aug 2025 #11
Many people thought that when Trump said he was running for president Raven123 Aug 2025 #19
38 states won't ratify such stupidity. roamer65 Aug 2025 #60
They are absolutely working on creating barriers to prevent women from voting. Quiet Em Aug 2025 #12
It is the SAVE Act and it has not and never will pass the Senate. Wiz Imp Aug 2025 #36
Yes, you are correct, it's the SAVE act Quiet Em Aug 2025 #45
You sound naive and gullible mgardener Aug 2025 #24
Speaking of naive and gullible... Fiendish Thingy Aug 2025 #31
Show me where this SCOTUS majority gives AF about mcar Aug 2025 #58
Show me where they have the power to repeal an amendment Fiendish Thingy Aug 2025 #59
Perhaps you might consider paying attention to what the misogynist, niyad Aug 2025 #64
Right! SheltieLover Aug 2025 #67
They have been openly and proudly saying it now for months...nt Wounded Bear Aug 2025 #5
Definitely possible IzzaNuDay Aug 2025 #6
No. It's not. Wiz Imp Aug 2025 #37
Do you have information that HRC does not have? still-prayin4rain Aug 2025 #61
No, not possible. nt Raine Aug 2025 #46
Kick Demovictory9 Aug 2025 #7
I highly doubt the 4 women on the Supreme Court will go for that nt EX500rider Aug 2025 #8
How many times have we highly doubted something could happen only to see it happen with this administration? Native Aug 2025 #17
Justice Rabbit might. She and her husband belong to a sect haele Aug 2025 #18
It's a Christian belief popularized by Bill Gothard Seinan Sensei Aug 2025 #28
I was raised in a Gotherdite family. Coventina Aug 2025 #63
They only need 5 votes. nt pnwmom Aug 2025 #25
SCOTUS doesn't get to vote on the repeal of constitutional amendments Fiendish Thingy Aug 2025 #33
Funny thing... Fiendish Thingy Aug 2025 #32
Which is never going to happen, is there a single mainstream politician calling for this? nt EX500rider Aug 2025 #48
Nope, but Pete Hegseth laughs and says... Fiendish Thingy Aug 2025 #49
Spread the facts, over and over and on twodogsbarking Aug 2025 #13
I wonder how many babies were made on epstein island? Hornedfrog2000 Aug 2025 #14
1st they went after immigrants, then they go after the homeless, next will be the disabled. rickyhall Aug 2025 #15
First, they "have to" overturn cilla4progress Aug 2025 #16
I believe that women damn sure shouldn't vote.. chouchou Aug 2025 #20
Hillary was right then (about so many things) and she's right now peggysue2 Aug 2025 #21
I've been saying for years they'd try to do this, and probably succeed. slightlv Aug 2025 #22
They will not succeed. Wiz Imp Aug 2025 #38
When they tell you what they believe, believe them. bronxiteforever Aug 2025 #23
Hillary is always right MustLoveBeagles Aug 2025 #26
If they try it time for a Lysistrata protest Ritabert Aug 2025 #27
It's difficult to argue they won't try Torchlight Aug 2025 #29
I believe her Rebl2 Aug 2025 #30
They either hildegaard28 Aug 2025 #34
Fuck anyone and everyone that didn't support and vote for Hillary in 2016. W_HAMILTON Aug 2025 #40
As an attorney, she should know that the only way to overturn a constitutional amendment valleyrogue Aug 2025 #41
Bless your heart, thinking fascists care about the law. W_HAMILTON Aug 2025 #42
They can't do it. It seems like people don't understand the US constitution. valleyrogue Aug 2025 #43
They "can't do it?" Just like they couldn't deport American citizens? End birthright citizenship? Deny due process? W_HAMILTON Aug 2025 #44
Didn't a majority of white women vote for Trump? Kaleva Aug 2025 #62
Great irony. There are women who woud vote to take away their own right to vote. Ping Tung Aug 2025 #50
Of course they are, she's usually right about stuff Eliot Rosewater Aug 2025 #51
Happy you "won", oh principled voters of 2016 and 2024? EllieBC Aug 2025 #54
When "Vote your conscience" means "Vote your stubborn ignorance, gullibility and hatred." betsuni Aug 2025 #56
Back To The Future czarjak Aug 2025 #66
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