And I was thinking that the shit was ALREADY in the fan âŚ
This will NOT be any fun â
Our Country is going to pay dearly for this one ⌠FUCK !
Um, what was the vote?
52-47 with Manchin the only Democrat voting in favor of confirmation.
We will now have at least four years where the only civil rights cases the AG will bring will be violations of RFRA on behalf of the persecuted white conservative Xtian.
Drumpfâs Cabinet picks were chosen for the express purpose of destroying the departments they head. This is all calculated to destroy government; exactly as the GOP has longed to do. Sessions is a racist through and through and cannot wait to turn the hounds loose on minorities. Watch as âdeath by copâ skyrockets, as companies discriminate even more by race, and as more voter ID laws disenfranchise minorities. Holy frigginâ hell.
This will do horrendous damage.
But, as with all of the GOPâs trump-enabled shit, I try (operative word being âtryâ) to look on the bright side: every act of GOP depravity is going on the ledger. And the larger that ledger grows, the more these fuckers will pay at the ballot box someday. I know that wonât help the minorities whom this racist asshole is going to screw through the next however many years, but I gotta cling to something.
So fuck trump, fuck Sessions (asshole shares my first name, so fuck him double for that), fuck the GOP.
There, I feel momentarily marginally better.
Where do write to tell Sessions that he is the biggest disgrace appointed to AG in the history of this country? Do you think it would help if also called the biggest racist piece of shit I have ever seen?
lol tpm sucks
In his opening remarks, [Sessions] mentioned voting rights and said that he would make it âa special priorityâ to enforce laws to âensure access to the ballot for every eligible American voter, without hindrance or discrimination, and to ensure the integrity of the electoral process.â
Of course, some American voters are more âeligibleâ than others.
Well, it wonât hurt. And while it probably wonât do much to stave off the damage this filthy piece of racist shit will do, it might make you feel just a little bit better for just a little bit of time. So go for it!
Thanks for that â
The wave is gonna be HUGE â
I donât know what to say on this. I really donât. This makes elections very tenuous for Dems mostly in Red states. Regarding voting in general, I donât see how we can overcome this. I guess if youâre White, then thatâs all the ID you need.
Imagine that nationwide.
Imagine being a PoC, immigrant or LGBT and knowing that no one in the DOJ will investigate hate crimes.
I donât quite see how we can fight this because protesting alone wonât really change it
This REALLY IS the N. American version of S. Africa.
About a year from now, when the first reelection-endangering scandals start pouring out of DoJ, Coretta Scotta Kingâs ghost will stop by the Republican cloakroom just to say, âI told you so.â
As Iâve said many times. Eventually, I think, we will have our own version of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission. But much that we think good will be lost.
Mrs. Scott King passed just a little too soon. I would LOVE to watch an interview with her tonight. A buddist would say âthings are as they should be.â I take that to mean that the circle of life recapitulates itself and what goes around comes around. It just didnât happen fast enough for Mrs. Scott King. May she rest in peace. But personally Iâd like to see the heavy arc of the moral universe come down hard on this nefarious cabal while I am still alive to celebrate it. Note to historians: Stock up on ink and bullshit repellant.
I mean, the way I see it now (without a whole lot of thought on it), the Blue states will remain Blue. But any so-called purple states are going to be very shaky. Whatever Dem voters we have in Red states are gonna be under the gun. Their votes may simply disappear.
I hope no one minds if I inject an OT âŚ
Need a slight ray of sunshine ⌠This is gonna be GOOD â
Saturday canât get here soon enough â
For me, the tell will be when they start to gratuitously investigate mmbers of the opposition in order to intimidate the Dems. And this little cracker-weasel is emminantly capable of violating due process.
No, donât feel better. Itâs worser and worser:
House Republicans Just Voted to Eliminate the Only Federal Agency That Makes Sure Voting Machines Canât Be Hacked
Republicans would make it easier to steal an election by killing the Election Assistance Commission.