Remember, Repubs denied a hearing for Obama's SC nominee

[davekriss]

11. I said back then, long before the election, that the fix was in

That's the only reason McConnell would act so brazenly over the SCOTUS seat. He knew that he and his party did not have to worry about the election, it was already in the bag. Or so I believed/believe.

Same with the tax bill now: Why would Republican leadership push forward a tax bill that robs from the vast many to give to a privileged few, UNLESS they also think 2018 is in the bag?

Except for McCain tripping them up, they would have already repealed the ACA and stripped 26 million of us of health insurance and thus access to health care (mainly just to make $500 billion available for the coming tax cuts). They didn't care then that only 16% or so approved of their bill, it didn't matter if they believed 2018 was in the bag.

Fascism. Crony Capitalism. Neo-feudalism. Rise of the worldwide Oligarchs! These powerful things are loose today, prepared to run over us.

It's not hopeless, we can still resist, but our democracy is in the fight for its life! And it will become more difficult to share information that allows us to connect the dots after net neutrality bites the dust on December 14. Funny timing, that!