Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

The GOP is a fucking disgrace.

In my day, never was longer.

This has so much WTF written all over it that it is hard to comprehend.

The cruelty is the point; the law be damned.

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

Impressively dumb. Congratulations.

Why is it so hard for them to condemn hate?

Good lord, these people are nuts.

Seems like a complicated subject, have you tried yelling at it?

Pessimism assures that nothing of any importance will change.

Happy indictment week to all who celebrate!

Consistently wrong since 2002

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

People are complicated. Love is not.

I really should read my own blog.

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

I was promised a recession.

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

I didn’t have alien invasion on my 2023 BINGO card.

We still have time to mess this up!

It’s time for the GOP to dust off that post-2012 autopsy, completely ignore it, and light the party on fire again.

Let there be snark.

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Don’t care how good he looks as a potential reality-teevee character, let the Repubs defend their Talibangelical sock-puppet… at length.

Longer we stand up, more time there will be for the inevitable skeletons to tumble out of Gorsuch’s legal closet…

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  1. 1.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Schooley ✔@ Rschooley
    Every Democratic senator should just pin this photo to their lapel for the next few days of GOP whining.

    I’m not usually one for symbolic pins and ribbons, but that might be some good trolling for TV cameras.

  2. 2.

    Leaving Texas

    Here’s a story from the front line that will help you decide whether Trump is team evil or team incompetent: Talked to a friend today who works in an executive agency. He said they got an EO to reduce the number of regulations by requiring that any new regulation be accompanied by the retiring of two existing regulations (there were also some unusual restrictive budget requirements). Typical R pipe dream stuff.
    But get this: he says the EO was so overly inclusive that it defined discussion of policy as “regulation”. He says because of that they are afraid to send internal emails to each other about some topics because the emails would be considered new regulation. They won’t even send emails to each other about the EO itself because that would violate the EO. It makes the head spin, doesn’t it?
    He described the new work situation as seriously disrupted if not chaotic. The chaos isn’t intentional, either, because his agency is appreciated by the business community, a group the administration is purportedly trying to help. Team Trump is really breaking the government right now.

  4. 4.

    lamh36

    #TeamPerez

    @jeneps 6m6 minutes ago
    More
    Tom Perez says Ds should give Trump same cooperation GOP gave O. “Starts w making sure that Judge Gorsuch never sits on the Supreme Court.”

    @jeneps 3m3 minutes ago
    More
    Tom Perez: “Simply put, a Justice Gorsuch on the Supreme Court is intolerable and it’s up to Democrats to block his nomination.”

  5. 5.

    BJ Lurker

    Watching the SCOTUS announcement has broken my heart. For most of my adult life, I worshipped the court. Of course, that ended with Bush v. Gore. What occurred to me tonight was my endless willingness to support the Democratic party, no matter what, in order to protect the country from bottoming out. The loss of over a 1000 seats, combined with the loss of the court for the rest of my lifetime, let alone the election of the Pervert-in-Chief means that I don’t have to vote for the Dems anymore. We’ll bottom out over the next four years.

    Screw it. If they want my vote, they’ll have to earn it. I’m old enough that I can probably financially survive anything. Fuck it.

  7. 7.

    crosspalms

    Caught a few minutes of that new “Law & Order: STFU,” but wasn’t impressed. Lead actor is really bad, I just wanted to punch him in the face.

  8. 8.

    guachi

    If I were a Democratic Senator, I’d state that if Trump nominated Garland that I’d not block whatever person Trump nominated next. I’m sure you’d get many Democratic Senators to go along with that.

  9. 9.

    ? Martin

    I think Schumer should simply invoke McConnells rule that we don’t vote on nominees during the campaign. Given that Trump filed for reelection already…

  11. 11.

    BJ Lurker

    Baud: I’m not going anywhere. I’ll be on the sidelines with a glass of wine and a bag of popcorn watching the Dems let the country down yet again.

  14. 14.

    Aleta

    removed–didn’t see the top of the screen ….
    (He filed an IRS doc of intent to run, so he can collect donations. Means he is technically in a campaign it’s said.)

  20. 20.

    weaselone

    @BJ Lurker:

    I’m trying to figure out how the Dems let the country down. The country voted for the Republicans despite some fairly clear demonstrations of why that is a horrible idea in general. It’s now going to get what it voted for good and hard.

  21. 21.

    JPL

    The Republicans said let the people decide. Hillary won the popular vote, so I agree. The people decided that they want Garland.

  24. 24.

    EBT

    @BJ Lurker: Fuck you, you over privileged piece of shit. You should have been a blow job and the best part of you dried on your dog of a mother’s thigh. Go eat a shotgun shell.

  25. 25.

    Corner Stone

    @BJ Lurker: Maybe some good hand lotion and Kleenex as well? You could still type your masturbations here while you actually masturbate.

  26. 26.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @weaselone: I’m trying to figure out how the Dems let the country down

    Do not tempt it! I’m sure it’s just dying for a chance to speak the sacred name

  30. 30.

    gene108

    I am of the opinion that if a Republican wanted rename a Post Office in his district, Democrats should unanimously vote no.

    Don’t give them anything.

  33. 33.

    Corner Stone

    @BJ Lurker:

    Screw it. If they want my vote, they’ll have to earn it.

    You mean by having the lowest uninsured rate, ever? Unemployment of under 5%? Longest monthly job growth, basically ever? First time in decades wages are rising? Record highs in the stock market?

  34. 34.

    weaselone

    @debbie:

    I know it’s a pleasant fiction, but something like 72% of voters either didn’t vote, voted for Trump, or voted for someone other than Clinton. That means that a pretty solid majority either voted for him, or decided there was no real difference between the two of them. Not voting is a choice.

  35. 35.

    BBA

    Over 30 years ago, one of Reagan’s cabinet members said something like, “It’s not about Democrats and Republicans, it’s about liberals and Americans.”

    In that frame of mind, anything somebody on their side of the aisle says about “the American people” makes more sense.

  37. 37.

    dm

    @weaselone: It’s simple. The Dems let the country down by all living in small, gerrymanderable urban hell-holes in a few states, instead of spreading out across the country. Transplant a couple of city blocks of Manhattan to South Dakota and South Dakota would get better politics and better bagels both.

  38. 38.

    Rommie

    If the Republicans find eight spineless jellyfish to vote for this guy, they’ve won a flawless victory. Hell, they’ll have nothing to stop them from adding 2 more justices and cementing the SCOTUS for a generation.

    There’s no fallback position here, no bigger win to trade this for. The Democrats, and the Party, either fight this fight or eat dirt. Bring a friggin’ Wave Motion Gun to this gunfight. Make them kill the Filibuster or kill the Nomination. Anything less is capitulation to the GOP, Trump, and all they stand for.

  39. 39.

    Lizzy L

    This showed up on FB today.

    For everyone who DID something, small or big, your efforts have been successful!
    Because of you:
    1. Federal hiring freeze is reversed for Veterans Affairs.
    2. Partial stay of the immigration ban for those with valid visas.
    3. Green card holders can get back in the country.
    4. Uber pledges $3M and immigration lawyers for its drivers after #DeleteUber trends on Twitter.
    5. Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) enrollment ads are still airing.
    6. The ACLU raised 24M over the weekend! Wow!
    7. HHS, EPA, USDA gag order lifted.
    8. EPA climate data is no longer being scrubbed from website.
    9. More people of different career/religious/economic/race backgrounds are considering running for political office than ever before.
    10. MOST importantly, since we live in a participatory democracy, the people are engaged.

    While more is needed, sometimes you have to celebrate your wins.
    Stay vigilant, but also, take self-care seriously. Activist burnout is a thing. Marathon, don’t sprint. RESIST.

  40. 40.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Dave Weigel ‏@daveweigel 26m26 minutes ago
    I am 100% confident no blue state senator will vote to confirm, tho some may vote for cloture.

    I’m wondering whom he’s thinking of… Bennet’s wobbly, but just got re-elected. Warner’s a Blue Dog, but VA is trending blue and I doubt if he wants to piss off the base. Choice is the one issue I really trust Feinstein on. Nelson’s not really from a blue state, McCaskill certainly isn’t. Coons is bit of a surprise, and Carper has a suspect history. I’m wondering Godfather Biden can put the squeeze on them.

  43. 43.

    lamh36

    SMH…As pissed off as I am…I just don’t have it in me to say FUCK EM all. Nope, as angry as I am…my inclination is to fight like hell…even if I lose, at least I VOICED my opposition and tried to damn well do something about it…

  46. 46.

    Major Major Major Major

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: we need to make it clear that voting for cloture IS voting to confirm. The precedent of leaving a seat open with a filibuster won’t matter because republicans don’t give a shit about precedent any more.

    @Leaving Texas: I don’t think we’ll be seeing much more of the too incompetent to be evil stuff happening, to be honest. They’ll learn their lesson from this refugee dust-up and make sure to do real lasting damage next round. Meanwhile a bunch of stupid shit like this one-two regulation BS will happen to keep Trump amused. He clearly wrote it himself after all.

  48. 48.

    GTC

    @BJ Lurker: Glad you got your heart broke. Anyone who thinks they can sit sidelines and cluck and snack while the next generations drown was never a Democrat.

  49. 49.

    Yarrow

    This guy’s also running for head of the DNC. Mayor of South Bend, Indiana:

    Let's be sure the nomination of Judge Gorsuch is handled with the same fairness that Senate Republicans showed Judge Garland.— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) February 1, 2017

  53. 53.

    Jeffro

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    I’m wondering Godfather Biden can put the squeeze on them.

    I wonder if Diamond Joe can come out and put the squeeze on ALL of them…after all…
    1) Trump did already file for re-election, and apparently we don’t even vote on SCOTUS nominees during a campaign
    2) Cruz – CRUZ! – is already wanking about Democratic obstruction, as if he wasn’t prepared to fililbuster a HRC SCOTUS nominee for four fucking years
    3) “Mid-terms are now about 21 months away…it looks like the Dem base is pretty fired up and now knows that Trump means what he says, and that the so-called religious right will indeed deal with the devil to try and take away your freedom…that’s what I might have called a big Biden deal a ways back…”-JB

    Come on Joe, this thing is made for you, help put some steel in those spines!

  55. 55.

    Iowa Old Lady

    Something has happened in my head. I look at this guy, all smooth and gray haired and avuncular. And I think I am sick and tired of having people like you–ie well off, older, white man–run things. The population is ahead of the politicians on things like gay rights because power positions are all filled by the most conservative demographic in the country. Sit down and shut up and learn something.

    So that’s a big broad, I guess.

  57. 57.

    NotMax

    Not that it means a damn thing other than being silliness, but in Klingon Gorsuch would roughly translate to “visit to a planet’s surface.” (Technically would be spelled ghor such.)

  59. 59.

    JMG

    Assume the reality-based worst. Roe v. Wade overturned, yeah, I can see that. All Trump’s anti-immigrant and Muslim orders upheld, I can see that. Birthright citizenship? Think that stays. End of labor unions? That could happen. Gorsuch is going to be confirmed. The only line Democrats can and should take is a fruit of the poisoned tree approach. Illegitimate President, illegitimate Court. Two can play the wrecking institutions game. Besides, odds are good Trump will defy a court judgment sooner rather than later. After that, its authority is gone.

  64. 64.

    Corner Stone

    @lamh36: Wonder how Lil Jakey Tapper will feel when all his “fellow sister organizations” are more than happy to keep booking WH guests that are icing out CNN.

  70. 70.

    NotMax

    JMG

    From A Man for All Seasons:

    Roper: So now you’d give the Devil benefit of law!
    More: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?
    Roper: I’d cut down every law in England to do that!
    More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you — where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country’s planted thick with laws from coast to coast — man’s laws, not God’s — and if you cut them down — and you’re just the man to do it — d’you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I’d give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety’s sake.

  72. 72.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    decent group of Dems on the Judiciary committee

    Ranking Member
    Dianne Feinstein (CA)
    Democrat Members
    Patrick Leahy (VT) Dick Durbin (IL) Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) Amy Klobuchar (MN) Al Franken (MN) Christopher A. Coons (DE) [ed- Oy] Richard Blumenthal (CT) Mazie Hirono (HI)

    I hope Franken’s feeling his oats and Leahy gets a new staffer to help him develop questions (I like him but it seems to me he can ramble a bit). On the R side– all men. Ted Cruz, Grassley, Mike Lee… a good chance for somebody to say something that will piss people off.

    (note that “Democrat members” is from the official c’tee website.)

  73. 73.

    oldster

    The Dems must fight, and will.

    They should filibuster, and force McConnell to destroy the filibuster. Good–it was more useful to conservatives than liberals in any case. When we regain the majority, we’ll be grateful we don’t have to listen to that nonsense any more.

    Yup, bad things are coming down the road. But the Democrats should fight every bit of it.

  75. 75.

    Bupalos

    @JMG: agreed. If the hardcore are dead set on fighting now, the fire needs to be concentrated on the source. The argument should be that trump doesn’t have legitimacy to make this nomination. The branches of that are 1. Because he lost the popular vote, when the republicans deferred on garland because they said this had to be a peoples referendum on sc. 2. Because Trump may be a Russian agent, and the sc may need to rule on that

  82. 82.

    gene108

    @Adam L Silverman:

    I have heard of Indian H1-b visa holders getting sent back, in the last few days. Their employer has been subcontracted to work for a client.

    So Bob Singh works for Jim Patel Consulting. JPC has a contract with Another Company, who is providing services for Accenture. Accenture is doing a turnkey project for Citibank.

    Bob Singh works at the Citibank office. CBP agent decides Bob should either be working directly for Citibank or at JPC’s office or go home.

    Bob’s been in the country for years and has filed his Green Card. His visa is approved, but now he’s out of a job and going back to India.

    EDIT: LEO’s can let their racist freak flags fly now, it seems. Even complying with the law doesn’t get you much.

  87. 87.

    Adam L Silverman

    @gene108: I’ve seen reporting that a number of companies are relocating their H1B visa holders to their Canada offices ASAP.

  92. 92.

    Corner Stone

    Before Gorsuch gave his acceptance speech he turned around and watched Trump hug Mrs. Gorsuch. It’s clear he was worried Trump may grab her by the pu$$y, or maybe relent and just slap her on the ass ala Ivanka.

  97. 97.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    like the picture of Garland, this is trolling but every little bit helps, or might…

    Paul Begala ‏@ PaulBegala 2h2 hours ago
    We should no longer call this #SupremeCourt seat the “Scalia seat.” Call it the Garland seat – wrongly denied him due to GOP obstruction

  100. 100.

    lamh36

    So this dude really just got lucky in business then…cause ain’t he supposed to be “smart”

    @mcuban
    If Dems are smart they will ask @POTUS what they can get from him in exchange for a quick @scotus approval. Negotiate with the negotiator

    ‏@Mikel_Jollett
    @mcuban @POTUS
    What makes you think Trump would ever honor a deal?

    @mcuban
    . @Mikel_Jollett if he makes a deal and doesn’t honor it ? That would be the best thing that could happen .

    @Mikel_Jollett
    @mcuban So Trump gets what he wants, ignores his promises (as always) and the Dems get nothing for capitulation. That’s plain old stupid.

  103. 103.

    Baud

    @lamh36: Sounds like Cuban is used to deals being honored in business or dishonored only with repercussions. That’s not how it works in Trumpworld.

  112. 112.

    frosty

    And what do I get on the ad banner right now?

    Stop the Democrats from holding the Supreme Court hostage! *FreedomWorks

    Butter wouldn’t melt etc etc

    ETA: Now it’s Chinese LadyDate. What next?

  116. 116.

    ? Martin

    My GOP congresswoman just ran an ad to call her to show support for repeal/replace. I never saw an ad for her during the campaign. I think she’s feeling a bit under fire right now.

  118. 118.

    khead

    @BJ Lurker:

    Screw it. If they want my vote, they’ll have to earn it. I’m old enough that I can probably financially survive anything. Fuck it.

    Can I borrow some money before the heart transplant?

  121. 121.

    D58826

    If the D’s don’t grow a spine and use every procedural tactic left to them to block the rest of Trump’s cabinet picks and SCOTUS nominee they will have seen the last dollar I will every send them. I will use the money for something more useful – like the next drunken homeless person I see.

    Why give money to an organization that will not stand up for it principles. They will probably lose but at least go down fighting – you know remember the Alamo kind of thing.

    At this point iy looks like it’s going to be a long long battle. Most of the institutions/checks and balances are falling in line behind Trump. DOJ/federal marshals are now refusing to enforce court orders. What little GOP opposition to the visa ban over the weekend has been mostly over the rolloutr and not the substance. They are already talking about changing immigration laws to prevent ‘people who don’t adhere to our way of life’ (translation POC and/or Muslims) from entering the country legally. They also are talking about deporting legal immigrants if the start to draw on what will be left of the safety net programs. The courts will bew packed with Scalia/Alito types that will return us to the Lochner era in which progressive legislation, even at the state level, was declared unconstitutional. Given the comments on the TV tonight about the nominee, the supposedly liberal MSM is falling in line as well. Some GOP state legislatures, in addition to voter-id and TRAP laws, are now looking into ways to subvert the peoples 1st amendment right to protest. SD is looking into making it legal for someone to run over a protester with their car and other states are looking into charging demonstration organizers for the police overtime pay.

    In the mean time it seems that the Russians are back on the military offensive in the Ukraine but Trump is talking about eliminating sanctions.

    Congresscritter Chaffetz has a list of things he wants to investigate but not one involves Trump or his conflicts of interest. BUT he does have Hillary’s e-mails near the top of his list of things to investigate. And the Senate will approve as Sec. of Ed. a plagiarizer.

  122. 122.

    Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes

    @amk:

    I’d rather they march on Trump Tower, Peter King’s office or Kushner’s dad’s house….

  124. 124.

    D58826

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    Dave Weigel ‏@daveweigel 26m26 minutes ago
    I am 100% confident no blue state senator will vote to confirm, tho some may vote for cloture.

    Ah why bother then. The game is over if they vote for cloture. The GOP has 52 votes, once the filibuster is broken then this jerk is on the court. It has to be stopped at the 60 vote threshold or make Turtle nuke the SCOTUS vote as well.

  126. 126.

    hilts

    @D58826:

    Yeah, the same Chaffetz who pretended to be offended by the Access Hollywood tape because he has daughters. He’s a clueless, spineless douchebag.

  127. 127.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @D58826: I wouldn’t call a reporter’s vague speculation the end of the game. I was wondering what blue state Dems he has in mind.

  128. 128.

    Corner Stone

    @hilts:

    He’s a clueless, spineless douchebag.

    He is a spineless douchebag but I would disagree clueless. He obviously thinks he has a great read on which way the wind is blowing each morning.

  129. 129.

    D58826

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: My point was even if all 48 democrats vote against the nomination, if they provide the 60 votes for cloture then the game is over. Rereading the comment I may have been reading more into it than the reporter meant. If a few vote for cloture but the total is less than the 8 needed, then obviously the nomination will not proceed. Any D that votes in favor of this nominee, even it is only to wish him a happy birthday should be primaried.

  130. 130.

    XTPD

    @EBT: As an avid hip-hop connoisseur, I can vouch for the fact that most diss lines in the genre are nowhere near this cold. Consider this stolen.

  131. 131.

    PPCLI

    @? Martin: Excellent! I’m sure you’ve told everyone you know to pass it on: each time you see that ad, call her office immediately to support the ACA. Put her office number on speed dial.

  132. 132.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @D58826:

    Any D that votes in favor of this nominee, even it is only to wish him a happy birthday should be primaried.

    Not quite. Pelosi (in the House, I know) would get her ironclad vote count and, if she had enough votes, she would release some folks to vote the other way if their conscience or political needs required it. I would like unanimity, but a Manchin is better than a GOPer.

  138. 138.

    James Powell

    @debbie:

    It’s a choice not to vote, not a vote for Trump.

    The choice is defined by the outcome. While not voting is not a vote for Trump, it is a conscious decision not to prevent Trump. I condemn all who made that decision just as I condemn those who vote for Trump.

  140. 140.

    prob50

    The Democrats definitely OWE the Rethugs as much obstruction and delay as possible in return for the Garland fiasco. Drag the hearings out and make him answer every question possible. This is a case where straight “NO” is called for and necessary from the DEM side.

  142. 142.

    prob50

    To be fair the Democrats should say they will gladly vote for any nominee MORE qualified than Merrick Garland. I’m pretty sure Trump & Co have no such person to offer under those conditions.

  143. 143.

    Viva BrisVegas

    @prob50:

    The Democrats definitely OWE the Rethugs as much obstruction and delay as possible in return for the Garland fiasco.

    I saw this somewhere else, but why don’t Democrats simply say that they are happy with 8 Justices instead of 9, and not consider anybody. Keeping open the option to bring the court numbers down even more in future.

    Then the Republicans can start negotiating.

    Originalists should be happy because, as I recall, the US Supreme Court started in 1789 with 5 Justices. What’s good enough for John Jay, etc, etc.

  144. 144.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Viva BrisVegas: Procedure does work that way. The Dems only option is to deny deny cloture – the filibuster. Keep the vote under 60 and the nomination doesn’t get a floor vote.

  148. 148.

    Viva BrisVegas

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    The Dems only option is to deny cloture

    Yes, but there is difference between Democrats saying that some future Republican appointment may be acceptable and them saying that no appointment is necessary. It’s no more radical than what the Republicans did to Garland.

    But then I come from a place where party solidarity is a thing.

  151. 151.

    TenguPhule

    @Rommie: Its either the Democrats make their stand here and now or else its fuckall for law and order and get ready for CW II: Burn the South. No point in trusting a legal system that doesn’t work and is obviously weighted against you. Violence will become the only solution.

  152. 152.

    TenguPhule

    @NotMax: When the Devil has the law, the court and the enforcement on his side, you don’t follow the law, you waste his ass.

  153. 153.

    Anne Laurie

    @schrodingers_cat: Oh no, I hope you’re feeling better soon!

    One minor possibility: since this seems to have gotten worse since your move, maybe you want to talk to your doctor about testing the indoor air? I know it sounds somewhat crystal-bunny, but tightly sealed New England homes in winter can grow some very strange spores. And it doesn’t have to be old moldy basements either — even off-gassing from new wallboard/carpeting/floor sealants can make people who are susceptible for other reasons (like stress!) ill with a range of ugly symptoms….

  154. 154.

    Barney

    Obama Gallup approval figure when he nominated Garland: 51%
    Trump for Gorsuch: 45%

    Clearly, Trump has no ‘mandate’ to nominate anyone for a lifetime appointment, by Republican standards.

  155. 155.

    bluegirlfromwyo

    @Viva BrisVegas: Let’s go all the way with this. We see that Ted Cruz and other originalists have a point, and we should gradually bring the SCOTUS back to 5. Gets all those elite lawyer types out of Washington and cuts government spending in the bargain. Let them squirm their way out of it. #ownyourshitGOP

  156. 156.

    DesertFriar

    155
    bluegirlfromwyo says:
    February 1, 2017 at 7:56 am

    @Viva BrisVegas: Let’s go all the way with this. We see that Ted Cruz and other originalists have a point, and we should gradually bring the SCOTUS back to 5. Gets all those elite lawyer types out of Washington and cuts government spending in the bargain. Let them squirm their way out of it. #ownyourshitGOP

    Let’s go one better for the “Originalist”. The Air Force is not mentioned in the Constitution. So the Federal Government should not have one. So the Republicans just “saved” $120.4 Billion by eliminating the Air Force. Bigly! And they just cut 492,000 jobs off of the Federal Government!

    Why won’t those Democrats/Liberals do what the Constitution says. SAD!

  157. 157.

    JDM

    I’m gonna go with what the GOP told me last year:

    1) we don’t need the Supreme Court to have a full roster
    2) any decision should be put off until the American people have their say about who is in the WH
    Therefore, we should wait until there’s someone in the WH who got the majority of the votes cast.

  158. 158.

    pattonbt

    Obstruct at all costs. Bide for time. Let the nuclear option happen. The D’s are pretty much doomed the next two years barring 2 or 3 Republican Senators growing morals and ethics (ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha – like that’s going to happen). So might as well make it hard while you can.

    The R’s will never negotiate in good faith so no act of partisanship by D’s in the next two years will be rewarded with anything other than a shit sandwich in return. At least go down fighting and hope the fight shown pays dividends in 2 years with the House or Senate flip.

    But if the D’s give in on this, it’s the lose lose.

    I think the D Senators saying once Garland has had his vote and is seated, they will consider the next pick. No more no less.

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