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Remember when "superpredator" was a thing people were wringing their hands about? Real cool there's gonna be one on the scotus for a couple generations.
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ded posted:Nothing matters. He will be confirmed. He'll likely (I'm slightly less pessimistic about it that this time yesterday) get confirmed, and it does matter. That poo poo doesn't fly with anyone my age (late 30s) or younger, and jesus, good luck if you're a republican and try to campaign to women voters. A lot of people saw this poo poo.
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ded posted:Nothing matters. He will be confirmed. this. I feel like every future mandatory sexual assault briefing which encourages women to report and/or receive medical treatment should come with " *unless accused is in a position of power" The DOD actually had made progress in addressing this horrible aspect of our culture by some metrics, and to see the literal embodiment of justice filled by a prep school political operative who is at the very least, a complete piece of poo poo....
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Hexyflexy posted:He'll likely (I'm slightly less pessimistic about it that this time yesterday) get confirmed, and it does matter. That poo poo doesn't fly with anyone my age (late 30s) or younger, and jesus, good luck if you're a republican and try to campaign to women voters. What is he even doing there as a nominee then?
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FAUXTON posted:What is he even doing there as a nominee then? They thought they could get away with it.
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FAUXTON posted:What is he even doing there as a nominee then? He's Kennedy's boy
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I feel like everyone in the GOP has made the following calculation: Trump specifically select Kavanaugh for his views on Presidential authority. Primarily to try and secure the Supreme Court against challenges to Trump’s corruption/bad acts/heinous poo poo. The rest of the GOP fall in line because of some sunk cost fallacy. They’ve all already capitulated so if Trump goes down, they’re all hosed. And they’re all moral and literal cowards so none of them will stand up for anything other than naked self interest. And you bet your rear end they’ll ignore every word they said in praise of Dear Leader if the plan fails for Dems take control because, again, the GOP is fueled by purely naked self-interest and the control of power for its own sake.
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hobbesmaster posted:I thought anglicans didn't care about abortion and catholics cared a lot. I'm not a lawyer so explain the latter part to me.
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Sep 28, 2018 03:41
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Nostalgia4Butts posted:at least we defeated killer bees https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83tnWFojtcY Did we?
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https://twitter.com/lacomtessejamie/status/1045113354120048640?s=21 And: https://twitter.com/deadspin/status/1045432536992702465?s=21 
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Not even a mention of cocktails and wine. All that privilege and yet no taste at all.
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DoktorLoken posted:https://twitter.com/lacomtessejamie/status/1045113354120048640?s=21 This is old as hell, but it went through my head a couple times when he got caught on the word and couldn't get away from it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU2uGBEL43s nsfw for cartoon nudity I guess.
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DoktorLoken posted:I'm not a lawyer so explain the latter part to me. IANAL and IIRC Mann act covers traveling across state lines to have sex
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boop the snoot posted:i'm glad we got the dog and pony show today that won't matter and that nobody will be talking about by monday. Speaking of, what was the end result of the obamacare kerfuffle?
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Jaguars! posted:Speaking of, what was the end result of the obamacare kerfuffle? Individual mandate was struck down, goes away in 2019. This basically means a death spiral because a non-zero portion of healthy people paying into the pool will stop as the baby boomers require even more care, which means prices go up on the remainder, which means even more people stop paying into the pool, which means... And it's basically just in time for the 2020 election.
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That's a pity. This current one reminded me of that time, there were so many instances of defeated votes, the naked greed of the republicans being exposed and so on and so on and i guess in the end they won anyway.
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you know we can like, act to shore it up or replace it, right
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and before you tell me its politically impossible, i dont care about that. solutions can come from outside the process, and we need to come to terms w that and act on it. we could call it direct action lmao
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just to be clear modmans thats not a veiled threat lmao (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Did they bring up his alcohol dependence at all? Really shows in the face.
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Post from reddit but holy poo poo did the ABA just come out and gave us a saving throw Graham: "Here's my understanding, if you lived a good life people will recognize it like the American Bar Association has, the gold standard." Kavanaugh: "I have the unanimous, well qualified rating from the American Bar Association." American Bar Association: "Delay Kavanaugh until FBI investigates assault allegations https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/27/politics/kavanaugh-american-bar-association/index.html
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Soulex posted:Post from reddit but holy poo poo did the ABA just come out and gave us a saving throw They actually have to care, for their own reasons, if this: Becomes what everyone thinks about them in the morning.
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Jaguars! posted:Speaking of, what was the end result of the obamacare kerfuffle? Right now, there's a multi-state lawsuit pending in a federal court in Texas (I believe), where red states are suing to throw out the whole healthcare law because of that Republican meddling thing. A form of "wellllll if Congress killed the individual mandate so there's no form of taxing left, gently caress the supreme court, this law is unconstitutional now" and a federal judge is set to buy off on that argument. It's dumb as hell on a neutral legal review, but the judge they pulled is the same one that's yelled about DAPA/DACA. That decision could come any day now. Hot Karl Marx posted:Town Hall link This townhall thing is wishful thinking/bullshit. McConnell doesn't have the floor votes yet. Flake will probably cave and vote it out of committee this morning, but they still don't know about Murkowski/Collins/Manchin. Flake could pull a surprise on the floor vote, but that's doubtful. My prediction: 51-49, Manchin and Collins vote yes.
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Soulex posted:Post from reddit but holy poo poo did the ABA just come out and gave us a saving throw Nope. Republicans have been actively nominating and confirming judges with the worst possible ABA rating and getting them confirmed. Two so far, I believe, with a lot of mediocre ratings. Republicans will do what they do consistently in the Trump era. If a group like the ABA gives them a positive review, they'll blast out press releases about it and tout it in interviews. If that group changes their mind, down the memory hole it goes - Who is the ABA? Never heard of them, nobody's ever heard of them, they don't matter, confirm the judge he fights the libs USAUSAUSA
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I think he gets confirmed by Pence casting the tie breaking vote. I don't see Manchin defecting, but I see Murkowski voting no and Flake voting yes because he's been one of the more reliable Trump voting senators despite his talk.
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orange juche posted:A comment from a Slate article regarding something from the future of the Darkest Timeline: Jesus loving christ
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:In other news Elon Musk got sued by the SEC today and they want him barred from running public companies He got sued late yesterday because he canceled the settlement deal they had reached yesterday morning. The SEC then rushed that complaint in to sue.
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psydude posted:I think he gets confirmed by Pence casting the tie breaking vote. I don't see Manchin defecting, but I see Murkowski voting no and Flake voting yes because he's been one of the more reliable Trump voting senators despite his talk. Pretty sure manchin said he was going to vote yes unless "real evidence" shows up backing Ford's testimony. Same with collins
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Reading the Economist this morning, they had a pretty good analysis of the whole Kavanaugh debacle.The Economist posted:Some have wondered why Mr Trump does not withdraw Mr Kavanaugh’s nomination in favour of an equally conservative judge, such as Amy Coney Barrett. But to ask that is to misunderstand contemporary Republican politics which, under Mr Trump’s leadership, has become less about ideals than about power and dominance. Withdrawing Mr Kavanaugh would mean admitting that historical accusations of sexual assault can be disqualifying, which leads back to the president.
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yeah you don't get burst blood vessels like that without a lot of heavy drinking also lol at the whole 'WELL DO YOU HAVE A DRINKING PROBLEM'
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Good morning. Even if Dems take the House and/or Senate just imagine the horrible poo poo that’s going to sail through the lame duck session. Including confirming old Brett if they haven’t already.
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Chuds are complaining about killary having ample evidence of wrong doing and being free and not charged, while this sham trial is taking place based upon a drunken memory.
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Sep 28, 2018 13:24
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If the republicans have the floor votes then all the red state dems up for reelection will probably vote for them. It'll be 53-ish yeas. Because it wouldn't change the outcome, and the math for those dems isn't energizing your base to vote for you, it's to give the guys voting against you a reason to stay home.
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Sep 28, 2018 13:25
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https://mobile.twitter.com/rabrowne75/status/1045327595120865280 *Hands out medals
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Sep 28, 2018 14:03
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Is Brett Drinksalot a supreme judge yet?
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The Judiciary Committee votes this morning, but even if Flake defects and votes no McConnell can still bring a floor vote because senate rules are weird. Tomorrow they’ll vote and because it won’t be unanimous the actual no-poo poo real deal vote will be Monday or Tuesday.
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