The Supreme Court: RIP Literally Everything

[MrWookie]

Yes, if it means his team can cheat.

[Yuv]

what does that mean? Trump doesn’t care about conservative values. All the court stuff is what he gives the republicans as a gift for their loyalty.

[anon24898493]

RIP RBG.

Grunching - If our country is doomed because of this it was already doomed.

I’m logging off for the weekend.

This sucks but we can still overcome it.

[TheHip41]

@anon38180840

But I’m more inclined to ask, what are we willing to give of ourselves to make sure this doesn’t happen? Are you willing to go to a protest where some people might be killed by radical right wingers or the president’s henchman? Are you willing to get arrested for having a sit-in on the floor of the Senate?

If enough people say yes to those questions, and back their words up with actions, they will not be able to get this done. As much as people here say, “This is just for fun, what we do/say here doesn’t matter in the real world,” I couldn’t disagree more. We’re some of the most engaged types of people in this country, some of the most informed, some of the most intelligent.

If we aren’t willing to do what it takes, who will be?

No one. That’s why it over.

[anon38180840]

@skydiver8

Look, i applaud @cuserounder’s fire, and I agree it’s time to fight, but we will have a 6-3 court going into inauguration day. It’s done.

Forget Inauguration Day. If they want to fuck around and slam someone through between 11/3 and 1/21 after a Biden win, I encourage them to fuck around and find out. See how the Democratic Senators grow a backbone and pack the court.

We need to stop them for seven weeks to protect the electoral process as much as we possibly can. That’s it. We have to have a two-pronged approach: political pressure and physical demonstrations that block the process.

@MrWookie

Yes, if it means his team can cheat.

Yeah, well I’m hoping he’s not smart enough to game that part out in the next seven weeks.

[ripdog]

I was going to suggest the R’s affirm Garland and we promise to not cut their fucking heads off.

[anon38180840]

I mean obviously this isn’t how it’s going to play out so it’s irrelevant, but if we were to cut a deal where it’s Garland, they should have to confirm him before the election so the court is not hung.

[Yuv]

no, it was heading to doom. we arrived.

[Nicholasp27]

Yeah I wasn’t trying to make it sound realistic

Just point out how screwed we are with a 6-3 court

[skydiver8]

fucking gross. This made me donate to Greenfield again.

https://twitter.com/okayhenderson/status/1307110609587187713?s=20

[suzzer99]

I’m just numb.

[smrk4]

Not comfortably I assume

[Yuv]

everyone is thinking this anyhow. i don’t think we should care about a charade that will only send the same message out tomorrow. the problem is that they are evil monsters. not that they are evil monsters who don’t wait the proper 24 hours or whatever

[Rivaldo]

lol ye who enter here

[skydiver8]

If you can’t decide which senate race to donate to, here’s a fund that will split your donation among 13 candidates:

I donated to Get Mitch or Die Trying: Georgia Edition

Kentucky is not on the list.

[anon38180840]

I’m texting with my buddy. His daughter is two. Is she going to grow up in a country where she has opportunities and equal healthcare? What is he willing to do to make sure she does? What am I willing to do to help him?

My cousin has a 1.5 year old daughter who is biracial. Is she going to grow up in a country where she’s safe? Or are we going to make no progress? Am I going to hate myself every time I see her at a party because I know I could have done more? Or am I going to know I did EVERY. FUCKING. THING?

Fuck the nihilism, fuck the doom and gloom. This fight is for every woman in this country, every person of color in this country, every non-straight person in this country, every non-cisgendered person in this country.

Everyone needs to be thinking about the people they love who aren’t white men. I want to look myself in the mirror for the rest of my life without hating myself.

[LikeClockwork]

My daughter is two. I’ll be there with you, but right now I need a night of wallowing.

[skydiver8]

https://twitter.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/1307128637016203267?s=20

[MattyLice]

Tonight we drink/smoke/whatever.
Tomorrow we fight.

[suzzer99]

I’ve got Trump tweeting some bland platitude someone else wrote (if he hasn’t already) - then something completely disgusting related to RBG within 24 hours of her passing.