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Btw, my name is Aaron.
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Leaks indicate Mitt is also not going to go along for the ride.
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The McConnell rule applies when the Senate and White House are controlled by different parties
The āMcConnell ruleā has nothing to do with timing. The āruleā is: āIf I have the power to block a Democratic nominee I will. If I have the power to confirm a Republican nominee I will.ā
Itās all about power ā there is no principle in play.
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I hear theyāve been constructing a 10th circle of hell just for Mitch.
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I would take a pledge from Susan Collins (or any of them, really) with a barrel of salt.
I think Collins is more likely to resist a nomination if she loses than if she wins, though.
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Or, as Ivana Trump said after she & Donald divorced, āDonāt get evenā¦get everything!ā
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Indeed, I like to think about ways this could be the worst thing that ever happened to Mitch McConnell.
And there are possibilities in some realms.
Gollum losing his precious ring, Karma has a very special gift for one MM, that sort of thing.
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Assuming Dems take the senate, they should eliminate the filibuster and add three justices to SCTUS to neutralize what happened under Putinās candidate, plus three extra to put in place the three majority Hillary would have had, plus two extra for good measure and to keep the total an odd number.
So, assuming Biden win AND senate in Dem hands, new SCOTUS of 9+3+3+2=17 justices.
Useless musingsā¦
Any chance Elizabeth Warren can become Majority Leader?
Schiff would be a good new Speaker of the House.
Joe is not strong, but we go to war with the commander-in-chief we have.
I wish I had more confidence in Harris. She is strong and can deliver, but she is a very political creature in a way that Warren, for example, is not.
6-3 reactionary/primitive majority on SCOTUS for decades to come, plus some frightful near-term potential consequences. Jezus. Channeling Chernobyl: āNot great. Not terrible, but not great.ā
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What we are likely to get if the GOP is a Supreme Court that actually intervenes very little, with the big stuff never granted cert. For example, we will never get to read RGBās opinion in Juliana, because that case was dismissed by a 9th circuit panel just on the cusp of our first covid spring and before the west coast wildfire summer. The Stanton dissent asks if not now, when? We already know the answer of a conservative SCOTUS - āNeverā.
Iām good for PayPal. Or Iām good for $10 to your pick of charity.
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What assholes these people are.
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This is why the Senate, with itās trend toward 2/3 of the senators actually representing only about 1/3 of the populace, is as obsolete and troublesome as the electoral college.
I actually remember 2016. They didnāt just say they wouldnāt let Garland have a hearing until after the election, they said that if Hillary was elected they could keep that seat open for 4 years if they wanted to. Like I said in a separate post last night, the anti-abortionists alone are going to demand that this seat be filled immediately.
This also highlights the issue of lame duck politicians who have lost their races being able to burn the fields before they leave, like several Republican state houses have done in the recent past. Are we waiting months after the election for the transition of power so that they can make it across the country on horseback? IN the meantime, I fully expect the Republicans to seat someone no matter what happens in the election, said the frog to the scorpion.
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Is she? Latest polling Iām seeing on 538 has her up 5.
Who cares what these debased demons think?
I donāt.
Once again, Democrats whine and wring their hands, because it is ALL they can do.
The Republicans will gloat and do their best āMr. Burnsā impression āeeeeeexcellent!ā and proceed to destroy Democracy and piss on the constitution in the service of their true masters: the multi-national Oligarchs (including Putin and Bin Salman.)
There is NOTHING the Democrats can do, thanks to the āpurity policeā who refused to vote for Hillary and other Democrats in 2016 and 2018 because they were not āwokeā enough and either stayed home, or voted for stalking-horses like Jill Stein.
Now, we are consigned to at least 30 years of hyper-conservative, hyper-religious SCOTUS rulings that will set us back to the 1920s in all things: Religion in Government, Race relations, Voting rights, reproductive rights, Gay marriage, gun control, you name it. The Fascists will have their 5-4 vote on each and every one of these issues, 6-3 on most.
Our ONLY hope, is to MASSIVLY GOTV this time and smash the Republican Party with the Blue Tsunami like was done in 1932.
FDR also had a Conservative Majority on the SCOTUS opposing him every step of the way and they struck down many of his more progressive programs, but he still got Social Security, and many other protections through with the help of a veto-proof majority in the House and a solid majority in the Senate.
WE NEED THAT AGAIN for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to overcome this tragedy.
DO NOT GIVE UP.
USE THIS set-back to strengthen your resolve and WORK EVEN HARDER to protect Democracy from the Fascist Menace.
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Oh, itās a classic āheads I win, tails you loseā gimmick.
If POTUS is a D, thereās a chance the election will reverse that, so hold out. That was the play in '16.
If POTUS is a RRR, thereās a chance the election will reverse that, so either to act right away, or see how the election goes and if Turnip loses, confirm during the lame duck.
Personally I think McTurtle canāt actually pull this off before Nov. 3 because he wonāt have his full caucus on board. Graham has a strong challenger and Black voters in SC are fired up, so little Lindsay is shitting his pants right now. It makes more sense politically to dangle this in front of the RRR white and conservative Black so-called Christians because nothing motivates them to vote like SCOTUS in the balance. It worked last time, without the vacancy held open in '16, Turnip would not be POTUS.
Thatās all assuming the winner is decided by the certification deadline. If not, then the nomination will be used to incite MAGAtās to riot.
McConnell just makes up a new āruleā when he wants to screw someone over. Situational ethics reign supreme with āprofessional conservativesā or just plain Trumpsters. They flat out donāt care. It is way past time for the Democrats to go scorched Earth. IF you want to do this you rotten liar we will add more seats to the Supremes and pack the court. We will change rules of the Senate that have remained sacrosanct. You have lied and schemed and shrugged for the last time. Watch outā¦DC statehood is coming at you.
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Not to mention all the other Obama judges they held up in lower courts that Trump ended up filling. Mcconnell played dirty and it worked. If the Dems sweep the election they have to actually DO something or weāre right back where we started in 2 to 4 years. Trump and the Rethugs have carved out enormous power for themselves so we need to take it and use it or lose it. We already know the Rās wonāt hesitate to do the same.
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McConnell has no principles of any kind.
He is all about powerāits acquisition, its use to gain more power, and then using that power to cement right-wing rule and democracy be damned.
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