This is an extraordinary attack on a federal judge's right to do his job by a sitting AG. Completely inappropriate. https://t.co/X6ENGaHNM0 pic.twitter.com/WH1spvZZLx — Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) April 20, 2017 Sessions was talking to a Deep Wingnut radio host (Mark Levin), and may have forgotten that he has a wider audience these days. Per CNN: …In …
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Open Thread: Mitch McConnell, Partnering with Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III
president elected with a yawning popular vote deficit nominates a justice for whom rules were changed to a seat that was held by obstruction — Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) April 6, 2017 McConnell's real feat was to refuse to give any hearing to Garland and to go nuclear without putting the slightest dent in both-sides-ism. — …
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Court Heist Successful
So, the perps pulled off Grand Theft, Supreme Court as expected. This action further degrades a court that was indelibly tainted by Grand Theft, Presidency circa 2000 anyway. But it seems quaint to worry about that kind of shit now that a demented con man is busily turning the entire U.S. government into a sick …
Open Thread: Don’t Think of It As Plagiarism — Gorsuch Just Declared ‘Eminent Domain’ on Lesser Writers’ Words
*Is* Neil Gorsuch a plagiarist? As an intro to the way Our Media works, the Twitter storyline is kinda fascinating… Buzzfeed initially on Gorsuch https://t.co/Xr7NJA3opW — Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 5, 2017 Politico reports on documents showing that SCOTUS nominee Neil Gorsuch plagiarized the work of others. Behold: https://t.co/XQnCmd62Ia pic.twitter.com/ooc2TkG2bA — Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) April …
Open Thread: Nuclear Justice
(Matt Davies via GoComics.com) . Good for the Democrats — they should keep fighting the Gorsuch charade, no matter how sad it makes the Media Village Idiots. Per the Washington Post: Senate Democrats secured enough votes to filibuster the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, increasing the likelihood that …
Monday Morning Open Thread: Keep Resisting
Bill Nye is going to march on Washington https://t.co/ogDRWizE3k pic.twitter.com/EUaO4zyz1Y — Popular Science (@PopSci) April 3, 2017 Bill Nye, star of the megahit “Science Guy” television show of the 90s, announced his public support of the March for Science in a blog post on Thursday. The April 22 march is billed as a call for …
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Open SCOTUS Thread: More Good News (If We Can Keep It Up)
Given the FBI's investigations into ties btwn Trump & Russia, the Senate should IMMEDIATELY pause #GorsuchHearing. #StopGorsuch #WeObject pic.twitter.com/pXh4hKC16i — NARAL (@NARAL) March 22, 2017 The NYTimes: …While a parade of witnesses spoke in the committee room, Mr. Schumer went to the Senate floor and announced that he and other Democrats would refuse to permit …
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