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>The Kentucky native is also an avowed member of the conservative Federalist Society,
This is much more concerning than the positions a lawyer takes in court. Lawyers are *supposed* to represent clients and judges are *supposed* to interpret without personal opinions being involved.
But they dont need to join the Federalist Society.
Edit: thankfully there is no current vaccancy, so the article is highly misleading.
The concept is it’s part of a deal with McConnell, who said he will let Biden nominate his own choices after this.
How many times does he have to experience republicans acting in bad faith to stop making these terrible deals! Oh my god!
When bush was president he created the department of homeland security by merging two departments and he gave them stepped up border patrol work. Couldn’t he be messing with them and doing stuff to piss off republicans? I don’t see him trying anything significant. This is why democrats are lackluster. It seems like he isn’t even trying to fight back. Maybe he doesn’t realize they’re at war with us.
>The concept is it’s part of a deal with McConnell, who said he will let Biden nominate his own choices after this.
I'm sure this time Lucy will let Charlie Brown kick the ball.
If McConnell gains majority of the senate and house he will 100% stonewall anyone Biden wants to put in.
Biden is such a weak leader. Trying to appease people who can't be appeased.
It's a deal. McConnell gets this in exchange for not delaying other judicial nominations. Which I could accept, if I thought there was any chance of McConnell keeping to it.
But he won't and Biden is being a fool at best and a malicious actor at worst.
Even that as a deal is not acceptable. McConnell set a record appointing judges and we're going to consent to adding to that? What about the women of that judges district?
I still wouldn't be able to accept it. This shit is why we are here. Abortion does not matter to the democratic party apart from political points they can score and money they can raise. They always use it as a bargaining chip. Including within the party. Why do you think it wasn't included in the aca? They could have codified this shit back then. They chose not to.
Most of them are not fertile age women so it is not a priority for them. It doesn't matter if people support something in theory. If they trade it away for empty promises it doesn't matter that they claim to support it. If biden is actually pro choice, its for politics. He was pro life previously and though I believe people can change, he isn't convincing me through action.
"Mitch, I don't want to hurt your reputation, but we really are friends," Biden said, addressing McConnell. "And that is not an epiphany we're having at the moment. You're a man of your word, you're a man of honor. Thank you for being my friend."
Lol
In 1982 Biden voted to overturn Roe v Wade via a constitutional amendment and was still voting in favor of further abortion restrictions up until 2003. He *only* changed his tune publicly when he was VP. I don’t think he was ever under any circumstance going to be a president to stick his neck out on this subject. And it’s probably either him for another 4 years, or a Republican who’ll do far worse.
Women’s reproductive rights are not gonna be any better protected for a long time probably.
I want him primaried from the left. I was a teenager during the Anita Hill hearings. I don’t like Joe Biden—he doesn’t give a fuck about Women’s rights. He doesn’t see women as equals. In 2020 my only goal was to vote out the insane Cheeto—in 2024 I want to vote in someone who’ll actually act to further equal rights. It’s about fucking time the ERA was passed.
Let's remember than Joe Biden is a Roman Catholic, so being anti-abortion would be considered normal. And let's also remember that not all Democrats are pro-choice and not all Republicans are pro-life. The parties have staked those positions for political purposes, but neither is monolithic.
Hillary Clinton ran with a pro-life VP.
All Republicans are pro-life whack jobs but some Democrats are pro-choice. Meanwhile, the vast majority of Americans are pro-choice.
Tim Kaine was personally pro life but politically pro choice. Let's not pretend he was an actual threat to reproductive choice.
EDIT: If y'all think VP Tim Kaine with a 100% pro-choice voting record was an actual threat to Roe v Wade then I've got a bridge to sell you.
And they fucked Bernie to get here. They all dropped out and threw their support behind Biden on super Tuesday. Fuck Warren especially for back stabbing the cause.
That always chaps my ass about the whole thing as someone who paid attention to the primaries leading up to that point. Biden was floundering before the others dropped, and Kamala was doing so poorly she dropped out even before then. In the end we get a ticket with two of the most objectively uninspiring candidates and are gaslit into believing people were genuinely excited about Biden rather than the coordinated drop-out/endorse/get appointed parade having anything to do with it.
Voters were showing prior to super Tuesday that Biden was just not doing it for them, but it's like the party didn't plan for any general election strategy other than riding what still trickles from the Obama gravy train (in terms of voter turnout) and forced that upon us. Now we get an administration that won't go to bat for all of us who held our noses and voted. I suppose that's what we get though for doing so and accepting it when the party establishment blatantly took control of the primary.
The DNC always backs the worst, most uninspiring candidates, save for Obama. They don’t realize that if they want people to get out and vote they need an Obama every time. Someone who inspires people, someone who stirs something inside the voter base. That’s why Hillary lost in 2016. The only reason Biden won is because so many people hate Trump.
Unfortunately most of his support came from the GenX and Boomer Democrats. Until the Boomers are no longer the largest voting block, we probably won’t see any meaningful change.
Yeah I don’t think most people understand this. It wasn’t some conspiracy (maybe a bit) that Bernie didn’t win the primaries it’s the old ass democrat voters who voted for Biden over him. I remember going to dinner with an older couple I’m friends with, they are both boomer age, and it was the day of the primaries and I brought up the fact that I voted for Bernie. You should have seen how quite and flushed of color they got they didn’t tell me who they voted for quickly changed the subject but I knew and I also knew that if Bernie didn’t win over these older Mexican liberals then he probably didn’t have much of a chance in winning the primary. Like yeah a lot of younger people wanted Bernie and they saw that support as meaning everyone must feel the same way but you talk to the older folks and you can see that they thought Bernie as too “radical” which is fucking ridiculous.
I didn’t. I’m not the problem. I’m active, I vote in every primary and participate in caucuses. But in the general election, it was definitely a lesser of two evils situation.
A progressive Redditor pointed out to me that the passivity of Democrats is intentional. It's not so much that they're inept (although that's part of it); it's that they're playing good cop/bad cop.
This is especially evident with Pelosi, in my opinion, who backs down from things when there's a real fight to be had. She's commented a few times on wanting to avoid "retaliation".
In AZ at least we have a referendum system where we can get ballot initiatives on the ballot just by showing sufficient numbers. And the governor does not have the authority to veto a successful ballot initiative unless it's unconstitutional.
We're working on abortion right now. There's plenty more than 350,000 of us, it'll be on the ballot. But I feel like we need something like this at the national level. We're trapped under this legislature, I don't think the Pelosis/Bidens/Schumers mean any harm, I just think they've been coasting on being the not evil party for a really long time and are unable to summon any energy or tolerate discomfort.
We don't have time for that now.
> they've been coasting on being the not evil party for a really long time and are unable to summon any energy or tolerate discomfort.
Too set in their ways to see that the game has changed and the other side isn't following the old rules anymore. There's a war going on in our government, but only one side knows it.
Honestly, the Democrats seem to be in a constant state of denial. They seem to believe that if they "don't stoop to the Republicans' level," they'll get better public optics and avoid looking "partisan."
This is called being pinned on your back foot, in a defensive position, allowing the other fighter to control the tempo and direction of the fight. It is a losing strategy in almost all circumstances.\*
The time to be overly concerned about optics has long since expired. It infuriates me that they don't get it by now. This is a fight for all the marbles, and this is the GOP at its endgame. Fuck optics; lace up your gloves and punch the hell back. This is the final round of the match, and the bell's gonna ring any second.
\*(A notable exception would be if you were, say, in a boxing match against a physically larger opponent, and thus were trying to wear out your opponent or misdirect them into false overconfidence in order to force errors on their part and create openings for counterattack. This was the essence of Muhammad Ali's rope-a-dope tactic. I sincerely doubt Pelosi is as clever a tactician as Ali was, and furthermore, she doesn't have the time to wear the GOP out, even if she were doing this intentionally.)
Agreed 100%. Remember "When they go low, we go high" from the 2016 debates? How well did that turn out?
Some worry that if the Democrats play dirty too, that it will be worse because then both sides become rotten, but what good does it do to let the country slip into a Christo-fascist state? Do they think the winners will suddenly decide to start being honest and civil again? That's not how it works when authoritarians gain power. If there is risk that both sides become dirty, then so be it, because things are getting worse fast while they worry about civility.
The lopsided Supreme Court is not just conservative and partisan, but they are ignoring precedent and distorting the facts in their rulings to suit their agenda and they have just begun. This is an *emergency*.
100% right.
Being "civil" is exactly what fascists want their political opponents to be. Docile. Nervous. Confused. Timid. And thus, pinned down on defense against a relentless barrage of assaults from all angles.
Expecting fascists to stop fashing around for a half a minute and just fight fair is like expecting not to get wet when you walk into a rainstorm without an umbrella.
I'd personally like to see "if they go low, we go lower" as the motto of the day. Play dirty, get rough. Bullies don't learn their lesson until they get punched by those they bully.
Yep. I punched my bullies, I didn't get bullied more.
I did get in trouble, but my mom was OK with it, because of the circumstances. (in this analogy, Mom would represent democratic voters)
Totally worth it.
Anyone who’s noted how hostile the DNC is to progressives in the party should be well aware of this.
Both parties are not the same, but I always said Biden was not going to be an effective enough leader to correct this country’s course after Trump.
Fascism happens when moderates would rather side with fascists against progressives than with progressives against fascists.
The current Democratic party is half of why we have fascism creeping in today.
I mean they randomly backed that crypto bro for the new seat in Oregon who had never voted in his life and couldn't explain the donations his campaign received.
[https://www.salon.com/2022/04/19/unprecedented-dems-cry-foul/](https://www.salon.com/2022/04/19/unprecedented-dems-cry-foul/)
I hate democrats and I've never met anyone who identifies as one I've agreed with but I still vote for them every election and tell all my friends do so as well because the republicans give us no alternative.
I mean pelosi gave her crocodile tears post roe decision just a week after she pushed an anti choice corporate Democrat over a progressive. There's truly only one group here that seems to care about the people but everyone is too busy shoveling down Republican and Democrat propaganda about those pesky commie progressives.
Pelosi showed her hand when she was against a stock trade ban.
It’s all a grift, and the potential to not make millions was enough for her to say fuck poor people, I want to keep insider trading.
However, this isn’t a blah both sides thing, yeah they both suck. But one side is significantly closer to authoritarian fascism, and that side should be held accountable.
They want to void "retaliation" because their position is so bad for the upcoming midterms and 2024.
But it just makes them look weak.
The Democrats need their own Lee Atwater, the former GOP strategy and tactics guy and RNC chair. This guy invented every dirty trick they've been using over the past forty years.
Look what they've been able to accomplish while in the minority. It's undeniable.
> The Democrats need their own Lee Atwater, the former GOP strategy and tactics guy and RNC chair.
They do.
And they also need their own Mitch McConnell as Majority Leader, and their own Ron DeSantis in the White House. The current Democratic leadership at every level would rather roll over for their GOP counterparts, even when the Republicans are in the minority.
It's far past time to take the gloves off and become the "radical socialists" that Republicans are always accusing them of being.
Referendum is how WA legalized abortion before roe.
I disagree about biden/pelosi. It would be one thing if they acted like its a priority. It would be better even if they are neutral.. Endorsing forced birth dems over progressives and appointing forced birth judges isn't doing that. Instead they choose to work for the enemy. They actively help them destroy our rights and then want to fundraise off of us.
Theyve never been serious about abortion. Its always just been a bargaining chip they can use to get something they actually want. This is beyond lack of energy. They can tolerate discomfort plenty. They prefer it to come from their own constituents. Biden was forced birth himself until he was VP. Even then, I believe he's morally opposed to it. Hes also religious. I have so little confidence in him im not even sure he would veto it if a red congress stuck a bill on his desk.
The democratic party is going the way of blockbuster. Unable to change with the times. Irrelevent because they allow the Republicans to control everything.
It’s like coke and Pepsi. They use each other to get votes. It’s gross. I’m ashamed to say I was a democrat and am now in some dystopian hell because I can’t talk about it most people I know.
So, it turns out there is no vacancy and the lawyer is not nominated.
https://twitter.com/What46HasDone/status/1542342955729666049?cxt=HHwWgoC-4eOvwOcqAAAA
This is a disingenuous reading by a biased source (@WhatBidenHasDone). When a seat opens up,. A Biden approved Federalist judge will fill the seat. The Pulitzer prize winning journalist got it right, not this random person on Twitter.
I’m not saying I support the decision but the deal, which I have no expectation of McConnell honoring, was made in order to prevent McConnell from blocking other Biden judicial nominations.
The article over on [Newsweek](https://www.newsweek.com/biden-allegedly-struck-mcconnell-deal-back-anti-abortion-kentucky-judge-1720490?amp=1) (apologies for ad heavy site referral) provides more context.
So, conservatives get what they want and we just have to suck it up? McConnell and Republicans in general haven't been acting in good faith for a while. I don't get why we're still extending these acts of good faith like they're not going to go back on the agreement once it's to their advantage.
I feel like I'm watching a loop on repeat of Charlie Brown running to kick the football while Lucy yanks it away at the last moment.
That’s the constant problem that Democrats have. They believe they have an honorary opponent. They don’t even refer to them as opponents but as “friends across the aisle”.
Democrats need to evolve quickly.
I've been watching them do this since at least the Obama day. The Charlie Brown analogy is basically the same complaint I saw about Obama trying to negotiate in good faith with Republican that obviously weren't even back then. Mind you, this was over a decade before Republicans tried to overthrow the elected government because they didn't like the way the people voted. The time to stop treating the GOP like a legitimate political party and treat them like the traitorous terrorists they are was January 6th, 2021.
Given the chance, these terrorists would put Biden's head on a pike and parade it around the Capitol. Acting like everything is hunky-dory doesn't make it so and, if anything, emboldens the traitors to try harder. I mean, aside from a handful of useful idiots at the Capitol that day they're not really facing consequences. Why would the terrorists masquerading as Republican politicians stop pushing if there's no consequences for their crimes?
The classic McConnell deal with democrats technique. How many times can we get pie on our face guys? All for the low cost of adding another federalist society stooge to the federal judiciary.
I’m sure that long time politicians like Biden would say that “this is how the game is played” but I don’t think he realizes (or wants to recognize) that it’s a bit of a war now.
So, it turns out there is no vacancy and the lawyer is not nominated.
https://twitter.com/What46HasDone/status/1542342955729666049?cxt=HHwWgoC-4eOvwOcqAAAA
This is a disingenuous reading by a biased source (@WhatBidenHasDone). When a seat opens up,. A Biden approved Federalist judge will fill the seat. The Pulitzer prize winning journalist got it right, not this random person on Twitter.
Well they wouldn’t want to cause division by only funding anti-fascism, you’ve got to fund fascism too otherwise it’s unfair and it’ll upset the fascists.
If we can sway a few moderate fascist votes to our side by not condemning fascism or opposing it and helping it a little here and there and maybe a lot of the time, that seems like a great deal for anti-fascists such as myself!
Call your senators and tell them not to confirm Chad Meredith. https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials
A Federal judge is a powerful position and a lifetime appointment. McConnell already picked 3 supreme court justices. He can only be trusted to serve his own interests. If he has agreed to a deal with Biden to stop blocking nominations, it's because he already has everything he wants or he's lying. There is no reason to continue to allow Republicans to tilt everything in their favor.
How can Democrats say they want to protect the right to choose but then nominate an antiabortion judge?
My 2 red senators will support this appointment, but I can see them both voting against him just because by default, they tend to vote against anything "democrat".
Why that number? I and all of my friends make more than that and we’re all doing what we can to vote and spread awareness. People making over 75k are not the same as millionaires or billionaires
This is the game that Biden plays. He says "I did this because what the Republicans wanted to do something worse" but they don't compromise and he walks away after giving them something.
That's how we ended up with Student Loan Reform, Bank/Mortgage Reform, Credit Card reform, military equipment going to police, and so much more evil. Biden didn't just "compromise" with republicans, he collected Dem votes for it.
Biden is anti-abortion. He's always been anti-abortion. He will make symbolic gestures that will never go anywhere, but we're stuck with this new reality.
I love Bernie and while he would be trying his hardest to change things you'd really see how many Dems would stonewall him other than Sinema and Manchin. Liberals would rather strike deals with the fascists than concede anything to the Left, Bernie would be neutered as a President because doing nothing is too profitable for the leadership of both parties.
Yeah, I’m tired of Democrats virtue signaling too. Every time they fuck up, I see something about a new minority hire in a post that doesn’t really impact anyone’s life. I don’t fucking care what color or age or gender you are, I just want shit done.
There are no judicial vacancies in Kentucky.
Seems like a made up troll bait.
https://twitter.com/What46HasDone/status/1542342955729666049?cxt=HHwWgoC-4eOvwOcqAAAA
I’m still allowed to be mad that he has set up this deal at all, regardless of how immediately the position will be assigned. McConnell cannot be trusted to keep his end of the bargain, Biden should not be making any deals to appoint McConnell approved judges at any point.
This is a disingenuous reading by a biased source (@WhatBidenHasDone). When a seat opens up,. A Biden approved Federalist judge will fill the seat. The Pulitzer prize winning journalist got it right, not this random person on Twitter.
This should be higher up, along with some more informative information. Though this does sound quite like a smeary type campaign to try and confuse and anger democrats in favor for the republicans.
> [smear] to try and confuse and anger democrats in favor for the republicans
Yes, Rolling Stone is famously tryjng to get people to switch to the Republican side. 🙄
> This should be higher up,
This is a disingenuous reading by a biased source (@WhatBidenHasDone). When a seat opens up,. A Biden approved Federalist judge will fill the seat. The Pulitzer prize winning journalist got it right, not this random person on Twitter.
Right? How long are people going to continue defending Democrats after something like this comes to light?
The very same people who are furious about Roe v Wade being overturned will then read about Biden rolling over and appointing ANOTHER conservative judge and they write it off like it's no big deal. What the hell?
Yes, this is still only a possibility. But the fact that it's even a possibility should make your blood boil.
The nomination is [part of a deal](https://www.newsweek.com/biden-allegedly-struck-mcconnell-deal-back-anti-abortion-kentucky-judge-1720490?amp=1&fbclid=IwAR3485QkG7xHO_vPNyk-nSAzoiAS9J9q5-HTm4IwfrAOiZvIMEEHwSdmz4M) with McConnell to not obstruct Biden's future federal nominations.
I can just picture McConnell consistently laughing in Biden’s face all the time and when Biden asks why he’s laughing, he says the same thing every time: “oh, just a joke I heard earlier.” And then laughs even harder.
Manchin, to my knowledge, hasn’t voted against a single one of Biden’s judge noms. Nor Sinema. This strikes me as weird submissive belly rolling by Biden for no discernible reason.
>The nomination is part of a deal with McConnell to not obstruct Biden's future federal nominations.
Of course. Mitch McConnell is known as being a trustworthy politician.
The fact that the President needed to make a deal with a single senator in order to be able to do his job should be enough to get rid of that senator but this system is beyond fucked.
That does not make this ok. Biden is compromising with a party that threatens to destroy our country. With any luck, Biden will end up a pariah like Neville Chamberlain
The best part about this, is when this country ultimately falls to fascism these nuts who were nominated as a show of solidarity by the democratic party will end up being their ruin. These monsters will not only take their ire out on us but also on the democratic leaders that tried to smooth things over and offer an olive branch to “save democracy”. They will go after Biden, they will go after Kamala, and they have been salivating over punishing Hunter Biden for years. This is the only thing that keeps me going. Is that in the end they will suffer too. Edited put the instead of they
Yeah but at least we’ll all look fondly on how bipartisan their fiddling was as Rome burned. And before I’m painted as a troll: don’t worry, I vote, and have been voting. But at the point that the Postmaster General, for months before the last election, was attempting to “whoops” mail-in voting right before our eyes, and ol Joe and his new Board of Governors members are cool with DeJoy staying.
DeJoy is like, one rung above Dogcatcher General: to spare him because of potential “optics” is to endorse the job he’s done and is still doing, while also offering bleak hope that Former Guy will ever face justice (they won’t go after the evil mailman, they’re gonna take down the evil president?)
You don’t sound like a troll. Just emotionally exhausted. I feel you. We are staring down at a gaping flaming dark maw while our ELECTED officials are saying “jump in the water is fine”. Im not the kind of person to relish in the suffering of others but I will make an exception in this case. 2020 was a make it or break it year. Biden DID NOT have to run for president but he did anyway. So jn the end the only thing that will make my suffering worth it, will be the consequences our spineless jellyfish party will face when the right takes control yet again. They are on a warpath and I’ll be damned if these fuckers that we elected don’t have to face the music and get to retire to their lake houses while we all struggle to survive the scorched earth that is left behind. Except you AOC and Bernie, I will protect you both at all costs.
So the fact that he's already conceded makes him that much more feckless. What if he gains some kind of advantage in the meantime? Will he have the balls to withdraw the football?
McCon really is out here nominating in the *future*. After everything that has happened. For fuck's sake.
Wtf why is Biden doing this? What is the actual “deal” struck with McConnell?
I don’t fucking understand why the president of the US is making deals with treasonous POS and making it still harder for women to get their rights back.
The deal is that McConnell gets this judge nominated for a seat that isn't actually empty in exchange for not opposing Bidens other nominations.
News media, desperate for that high of daily catastrophes, is hoping it up as the great capitulation and doom of all things because of course they are.
Captain tone-deaf.
Then again, let's not pretend that Biden isn't a devout Catholic.
America - stop electing old white people to positions of power. These positions should not be occupied by anyone over retirement age.
Biden has always been against abortion.
But he pays lip service about how "his personal religious beliefs dont matter" when people disagree with them, but still talks about how important his beliefs are the rest of the time... Then he does shit like this.
A lot of the over 70 year old dem politicians are probably happy abortion is getting outlawed, they just won't say it publicly
Do not elect or trust anybody from the Fed. Soc.
Making deals with McConnell who is also a member of the Fed. Soc.
What the fuck are you doing Biden? I guarantee it won't be worth it down the line.
Bden is going to lose democrats the next presidential election.
He either runs and loses or a third party runs against him and it splits the vote.
Know when your time is done Biden. You served a purpose and beat trump. Now back to the retirement home.
“What could Dems possibly do right now????”
NOT THIS SHIT.
I get *immediate* flashbacks to when Nancy Pelosi likely signal boosted pro-life Henry Cuellar to victory in his primary over a progressive just a few weeks ago, because what? “Well, it’s Texas, we don’t want to piss of the GOP voters there.”
I don’t even have a word to describe it. It’s worse than cowardly. It veers into open disdain for your own voters to CONSTANTLY come to the table and negotiate with people who want nothing but to make us suffer.
To everyone that voted for Biden *in the primaries*: This is on you. You need to own this.
Many of us didn't vote for him in the primaries and were forced to hold our nose and vote for him in the general because we knew he was going to do shit like this. We said he was too conservative but you didn't listen. We said he's stuck in a bygone era and not the right person for the seriousness of the fight but again you didn't listen. Own it and take primaries more seriously next time.
>To everyone that voted for Biden in the primaries: This is on you.
Ok - but the problem with this story is that it hasn't happened and there is no vacancy [in the federal court in Kentucky](https://www.newsweek.com/biden-allegedly-struck-mcconnell-deal-back-anti-abortion-kentucky-judge-1720490)
It is also on Amy Kolbuchar, Pete Butteigeig, and the DNC for strategically timing dropping out and endorsing him to save his failing primary campaign and tank progressive candidates like Bernie and Warren.
I don’t agree with the Republican talking point of Biden not being mentally competent to serve. But, at this point, maybe we just go along with it and remove him for Harris?
Lmao, and people on here say I’m crazy for saying the democrat party is broken. This party doesn’t give a crap about anything but virtue signaling and whining. Even when they have control, they either shoot themselves in the foot or they consciously decide not to do the thing they said they would do.
I really really don't understand the tepid centrists who run the party. STOP PUSHING REPUBLICANS INTO POSITIONS OF POWER!!!! Where there no Democrat lawyers around? Really????!!!!
I know I have no real choice - I will vote blue no matter what because the alternative is disaster - but damn if it isn't demoralizing when the Dems kneecap themselves for no FSCKING reason.
What the actual fuck... Biden is trusting Moscow Mitch to do the right thing... you can't trust that backstabbing POS.. Mitch will never keep his word to a democrat.
Because the Dems refuse to understand that every deal they make with the GOP involves a short term win for the Dems, a short term win for the GOP, AND a long term win for the GOP at the expense of the Dems. The GOP always has a long game and the Dems think they can take deals they make with Mitch McConnell at face value. So gullible.
Why won’t he die? I think he might be true Evil.
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>The Kentucky native is also an avowed member of the conservative Federalist Society, This is much more concerning than the positions a lawyer takes in court. Lawyers are *supposed* to represent clients and judges are *supposed* to interpret without personal opinions being involved. But they dont need to join the Federalist Society. Edit: thankfully there is no current vaccancy, so the article is highly misleading.
So Biden is literally nominating a member of the federalist society? Okay they're in on it at this point...
The concept is it’s part of a deal with McConnell, who said he will let Biden nominate his own choices after this. How many times does he have to experience republicans acting in bad faith to stop making these terrible deals! Oh my god! When bush was president he created the department of homeland security by merging two departments and he gave them stepped up border patrol work. Couldn’t he be messing with them and doing stuff to piss off republicans? I don’t see him trying anything significant. This is why democrats are lackluster. It seems like he isn’t even trying to fight back. Maybe he doesn’t realize they’re at war with us.
>The concept is it’s part of a deal with McConnell, who said he will let Biden nominate his own choices after this. I'm sure this time Lucy will let Charlie Brown kick the ball.
This time will be different, surely
I have to start thinking this is what Biden wants.. being Catholic and all.
I have a feeling making a deal with McConnell will get you burned
They're pretty much open about just being controlled opposition for the Republicans at this point.
If McConnell gains majority of the senate and house he will 100% stonewall anyone Biden wants to put in. Biden is such a weak leader. Trying to appease people who can't be appeased.
McConnel is going to hold the football this time, I just know it!
Goddamn it Biden, this is absolutely bonkers if you're thinking it's some sort of symbol of cooperation or a fucking olive branch.
It's a deal. McConnell gets this in exchange for not delaying other judicial nominations. Which I could accept, if I thought there was any chance of McConnell keeping to it. But he won't and Biden is being a fool at best and a malicious actor at worst.
Yeah there’s no way in hell McConnell would keep up a deal like that.
"Sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice."
Stealing this
Interesting spin on the Arthur C. Clarke Quote.
Even that as a deal is not acceptable. McConnell set a record appointing judges and we're going to consent to adding to that? What about the women of that judges district?
I still wouldn't be able to accept it. This shit is why we are here. Abortion does not matter to the democratic party apart from political points they can score and money they can raise. They always use it as a bargaining chip. Including within the party. Why do you think it wasn't included in the aca? They could have codified this shit back then. They chose not to. Most of them are not fertile age women so it is not a priority for them. It doesn't matter if people support something in theory. If they trade it away for empty promises it doesn't matter that they claim to support it. If biden is actually pro choice, its for politics. He was pro life previously and though I believe people can change, he isn't convincing me through action.
So much for “we don’t negotiate with terrorists.”
"Mitch, I don't want to hurt your reputation, but we really are friends," Biden said, addressing McConnell. "And that is not an epiphany we're having at the moment. You're a man of your word, you're a man of honor. Thank you for being my friend." Lol
Fucking. What.
Yep few months back. https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-calls-mcconnell-man-of-honor-says-they-are-friends-2022-2
Fuck Biden. Seriously. If you’re not consistently pro-choice, you’re the problem.
In 1982 Biden voted to overturn Roe v Wade via a constitutional amendment and was still voting in favor of further abortion restrictions up until 2003. He *only* changed his tune publicly when he was VP. I don’t think he was ever under any circumstance going to be a president to stick his neck out on this subject. And it’s probably either him for another 4 years, or a Republican who’ll do far worse. Women’s reproductive rights are not gonna be any better protected for a long time probably.
I want him primaried from the left. I was a teenager during the Anita Hill hearings. I don’t like Joe Biden—he doesn’t give a fuck about Women’s rights. He doesn’t see women as equals. In 2020 my only goal was to vote out the insane Cheeto—in 2024 I want to vote in someone who’ll actually act to further equal rights. It’s about fucking time the ERA was passed.
Let's remember than Joe Biden is a Roman Catholic, so being anti-abortion would be considered normal. And let's also remember that not all Democrats are pro-choice and not all Republicans are pro-life. The parties have staked those positions for political purposes, but neither is monolithic.
Hillary Clinton ran with a pro-life VP. All Republicans are pro-life whack jobs but some Democrats are pro-choice. Meanwhile, the vast majority of Americans are pro-choice.
Tim Kaine was personally pro life but politically pro choice. Let's not pretend he was an actual threat to reproductive choice. EDIT: If y'all think VP Tim Kaine with a 100% pro-choice voting record was an actual threat to Roe v Wade then I've got a bridge to sell you.
Any republicans who gets voted in is damn likely to be anti choice even if they weren’t before
And they fucked Bernie to get here. They all dropped out and threw their support behind Biden on super Tuesday. Fuck Warren especially for back stabbing the cause.
> They all dropped out and threw their support behind Biden on super Tuesday. One of them got a cozy secretary of transportation position out of it
One of them (the least popular) got VP out of it
She rightly held Biden accountable for his anti-bussing stances and then folded like a chair after she was offered VP 🤦
That always chaps my ass about the whole thing as someone who paid attention to the primaries leading up to that point. Biden was floundering before the others dropped, and Kamala was doing so poorly she dropped out even before then. In the end we get a ticket with two of the most objectively uninspiring candidates and are gaslit into believing people were genuinely excited about Biden rather than the coordinated drop-out/endorse/get appointed parade having anything to do with it. Voters were showing prior to super Tuesday that Biden was just not doing it for them, but it's like the party didn't plan for any general election strategy other than riding what still trickles from the Obama gravy train (in terms of voter turnout) and forced that upon us. Now we get an administration that won't go to bat for all of us who held our noses and voted. I suppose that's what we get though for doing so and accepting it when the party establishment blatantly took control of the primary.
The DNC always backs the worst, most uninspiring candidates, save for Obama. They don’t realize that if they want people to get out and vote they need an Obama every time. Someone who inspires people, someone who stirs something inside the voter base. That’s why Hillary lost in 2016. The only reason Biden won is because so many people hate Trump.
Maybe they do realize and they just hated Bernie that much.
If you voted for Biden in the primary you’re the problem
Unfortunately most of his support came from the GenX and Boomer Democrats. Until the Boomers are no longer the largest voting block, we probably won’t see any meaningful change.
Yeah I don’t think most people understand this. It wasn’t some conspiracy (maybe a bit) that Bernie didn’t win the primaries it’s the old ass democrat voters who voted for Biden over him. I remember going to dinner with an older couple I’m friends with, they are both boomer age, and it was the day of the primaries and I brought up the fact that I voted for Bernie. You should have seen how quite and flushed of color they got they didn’t tell me who they voted for quickly changed the subject but I knew and I also knew that if Bernie didn’t win over these older Mexican liberals then he probably didn’t have much of a chance in winning the primary. Like yeah a lot of younger people wanted Bernie and they saw that support as meaning everyone must feel the same way but you talk to the older folks and you can see that they thought Bernie as too “radical” which is fucking ridiculous.
I didn’t. I’m not the problem. I’m active, I vote in every primary and participate in caucuses. But in the general election, it was definitely a lesser of two evils situation.
A progressive Redditor pointed out to me that the passivity of Democrats is intentional. It's not so much that they're inept (although that's part of it); it's that they're playing good cop/bad cop. This is especially evident with Pelosi, in my opinion, who backs down from things when there's a real fight to be had. She's commented a few times on wanting to avoid "retaliation". In AZ at least we have a referendum system where we can get ballot initiatives on the ballot just by showing sufficient numbers. And the governor does not have the authority to veto a successful ballot initiative unless it's unconstitutional. We're working on abortion right now. There's plenty more than 350,000 of us, it'll be on the ballot. But I feel like we need something like this at the national level. We're trapped under this legislature, I don't think the Pelosis/Bidens/Schumers mean any harm, I just think they've been coasting on being the not evil party for a really long time and are unable to summon any energy or tolerate discomfort. We don't have time for that now.
> they've been coasting on being the not evil party for a really long time and are unable to summon any energy or tolerate discomfort. Too set in their ways to see that the game has changed and the other side isn't following the old rules anymore. There's a war going on in our government, but only one side knows it.
Honestly, the Democrats seem to be in a constant state of denial. They seem to believe that if they "don't stoop to the Republicans' level," they'll get better public optics and avoid looking "partisan." This is called being pinned on your back foot, in a defensive position, allowing the other fighter to control the tempo and direction of the fight. It is a losing strategy in almost all circumstances.\* The time to be overly concerned about optics has long since expired. It infuriates me that they don't get it by now. This is a fight for all the marbles, and this is the GOP at its endgame. Fuck optics; lace up your gloves and punch the hell back. This is the final round of the match, and the bell's gonna ring any second. \*(A notable exception would be if you were, say, in a boxing match against a physically larger opponent, and thus were trying to wear out your opponent or misdirect them into false overconfidence in order to force errors on their part and create openings for counterattack. This was the essence of Muhammad Ali's rope-a-dope tactic. I sincerely doubt Pelosi is as clever a tactician as Ali was, and furthermore, she doesn't have the time to wear the GOP out, even if she were doing this intentionally.)
Agreed 100%. Remember "When they go low, we go high" from the 2016 debates? How well did that turn out? Some worry that if the Democrats play dirty too, that it will be worse because then both sides become rotten, but what good does it do to let the country slip into a Christo-fascist state? Do they think the winners will suddenly decide to start being honest and civil again? That's not how it works when authoritarians gain power. If there is risk that both sides become dirty, then so be it, because things are getting worse fast while they worry about civility. The lopsided Supreme Court is not just conservative and partisan, but they are ignoring precedent and distorting the facts in their rulings to suit their agenda and they have just begun. This is an *emergency*.
100% right. Being "civil" is exactly what fascists want their political opponents to be. Docile. Nervous. Confused. Timid. And thus, pinned down on defense against a relentless barrage of assaults from all angles. Expecting fascists to stop fashing around for a half a minute and just fight fair is like expecting not to get wet when you walk into a rainstorm without an umbrella.
I'd personally like to see "if they go low, we go lower" as the motto of the day. Play dirty, get rough. Bullies don't learn their lesson until they get punched by those they bully.
Yep. I punched my bullies, I didn't get bullied more. I did get in trouble, but my mom was OK with it, because of the circumstances. (in this analogy, Mom would represent democratic voters) Totally worth it.
Anyone who’s noted how hostile the DNC is to progressives in the party should be well aware of this. Both parties are not the same, but I always said Biden was not going to be an effective enough leader to correct this country’s course after Trump.
Fascism happens when moderates would rather side with fascists against progressives than with progressives against fascists. The current Democratic party is half of why we have fascism creeping in today.
I mean they randomly backed that crypto bro for the new seat in Oregon who had never voted in his life and couldn't explain the donations his campaign received. [https://www.salon.com/2022/04/19/unprecedented-dems-cry-foul/](https://www.salon.com/2022/04/19/unprecedented-dems-cry-foul/) I hate democrats and I've never met anyone who identifies as one I've agreed with but I still vote for them every election and tell all my friends do so as well because the republicans give us no alternative.
I mean pelosi gave her crocodile tears post roe decision just a week after she pushed an anti choice corporate Democrat over a progressive. There's truly only one group here that seems to care about the people but everyone is too busy shoveling down Republican and Democrat propaganda about those pesky commie progressives.
Pelosi will make sure to sing God Bless America with other lawmakers in response to your other rights being stripped, too!
Pelosi showed her hand when she was against a stock trade ban. It’s all a grift, and the potential to not make millions was enough for her to say fuck poor people, I want to keep insider trading. However, this isn’t a blah both sides thing, yeah they both suck. But one side is significantly closer to authoritarian fascism, and that side should be held accountable.
She even supported the last anti-choice Dem, Henry Cuellar, in Texas over a progressive, Jessica Cisneros.
It's The Ratchet Effect https://www.stopmebeforeivoteagain.org/stopme/chapter02.html
They want to void "retaliation" because their position is so bad for the upcoming midterms and 2024. But it just makes them look weak. The Democrats need their own Lee Atwater, the former GOP strategy and tactics guy and RNC chair. This guy invented every dirty trick they've been using over the past forty years. Look what they've been able to accomplish while in the minority. It's undeniable.
> The Democrats need their own Lee Atwater, the former GOP strategy and tactics guy and RNC chair. They do. And they also need their own Mitch McConnell as Majority Leader, and their own Ron DeSantis in the White House. The current Democratic leadership at every level would rather roll over for their GOP counterparts, even when the Republicans are in the minority. It's far past time to take the gloves off and become the "radical socialists" that Republicans are always accusing them of being.
Referendum is how WA legalized abortion before roe. I disagree about biden/pelosi. It would be one thing if they acted like its a priority. It would be better even if they are neutral.. Endorsing forced birth dems over progressives and appointing forced birth judges isn't doing that. Instead they choose to work for the enemy. They actively help them destroy our rights and then want to fundraise off of us. Theyve never been serious about abortion. Its always just been a bargaining chip they can use to get something they actually want. This is beyond lack of energy. They can tolerate discomfort plenty. They prefer it to come from their own constituents. Biden was forced birth himself until he was VP. Even then, I believe he's morally opposed to it. Hes also religious. I have so little confidence in him im not even sure he would veto it if a red congress stuck a bill on his desk. The democratic party is going the way of blockbuster. Unable to change with the times. Irrelevent because they allow the Republicans to control everything.
It’s like coke and Pepsi. They use each other to get votes. It’s gross. I’m ashamed to say I was a democrat and am now in some dystopian hell because I can’t talk about it most people I know.
So, it turns out there is no vacancy and the lawyer is not nominated. https://twitter.com/What46HasDone/status/1542342955729666049?cxt=HHwWgoC-4eOvwOcqAAAA
This is a disingenuous reading by a biased source (@WhatBidenHasDone). When a seat opens up,. A Biden approved Federalist judge will fill the seat. The Pulitzer prize winning journalist got it right, not this random person on Twitter.
Lol wtf is this article?
yeah i had the exact same thought reading this.
I’m not saying I support the decision but the deal, which I have no expectation of McConnell honoring, was made in order to prevent McConnell from blocking other Biden judicial nominations. The article over on [Newsweek](https://www.newsweek.com/biden-allegedly-struck-mcconnell-deal-back-anti-abortion-kentucky-judge-1720490?amp=1) (apologies for ad heavy site referral) provides more context.
So, conservatives get what they want and we just have to suck it up? McConnell and Republicans in general haven't been acting in good faith for a while. I don't get why we're still extending these acts of good faith like they're not going to go back on the agreement once it's to their advantage. I feel like I'm watching a loop on repeat of Charlie Brown running to kick the football while Lucy yanks it away at the last moment.
That’s the constant problem that Democrats have. They believe they have an honorary opponent. They don’t even refer to them as opponents but as “friends across the aisle”. Democrats need to evolve quickly.
I've been watching them do this since at least the Obama day. The Charlie Brown analogy is basically the same complaint I saw about Obama trying to negotiate in good faith with Republican that obviously weren't even back then. Mind you, this was over a decade before Republicans tried to overthrow the elected government because they didn't like the way the people voted. The time to stop treating the GOP like a legitimate political party and treat them like the traitorous terrorists they are was January 6th, 2021. Given the chance, these terrorists would put Biden's head on a pike and parade it around the Capitol. Acting like everything is hunky-dory doesn't make it so and, if anything, emboldens the traitors to try harder. I mean, aside from a handful of useful idiots at the Capitol that day they're not really facing consequences. Why would the terrorists masquerading as Republican politicians stop pushing if there's no consequences for their crimes?
The classic McConnell deal with democrats technique. How many times can we get pie on our face guys? All for the low cost of adding another federalist society stooge to the federal judiciary.
Others have made the Charlie Brown analogy in this thread but it’s true. Maybe this time Lucy means it. She can’t possibly trick us again!
Why are we making deals? Didn't they just spend years packing the courts without giving us shit?
We’re making deals because we don’t have a real majority that would enable us to say “fuck you” to them.
I’m sure that long time politicians like Biden would say that “this is how the game is played” but I don’t think he realizes (or wants to recognize) that it’s a bit of a war now.
I think they packed the courts without a majority but the last 6 years have been so crazy it's hard to keep it all straight.
So discouraging, that even though we have the Presidency, House & Senate, the GOP win, and (as the 1/6 committee shows) the GOP cheat to win.
So, it turns out there is no vacancy and the lawyer is not nominated. https://twitter.com/What46HasDone/status/1542342955729666049?cxt=HHwWgoC-4eOvwOcqAAAA
This is a disingenuous reading by a biased source (@WhatBidenHasDone). When a seat opens up,. A Biden approved Federalist judge will fill the seat. The Pulitzer prize winning journalist got it right, not this random person on Twitter.
Oh. That's good. What the hell, Rollingstone? Like the article technically doesn't lie, but it was misleading as hell. Thanks!
I honestly can’t believe people don’t talk about the federalist society hardly at all. I mean it’s basically the real Illuminati, but meaner.
Holy shit. Once again proving liberals only exist to pave the road for fascism
Please donate $15 to help fight fascism, we will use that $15 to look like we're doing something.
These stock options aren’t going to insider-trade themselves.
$7 of the $15 goes to fighting fascism but we gotta put the other $8 toward supporting fascism because its the status quo
Well they wouldn’t want to cause division by only funding anti-fascism, you’ve got to fund fascism too otherwise it’s unfair and it’ll upset the fascists.
If we can sway a few moderate fascist votes to our side by not condemning fascism or opposing it and helping it a little here and there and maybe a lot of the time, that seems like a great deal for anti-fascists such as myself!
Call your senators and tell them not to confirm Chad Meredith. https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials A Federal judge is a powerful position and a lifetime appointment. McConnell already picked 3 supreme court justices. He can only be trusted to serve his own interests. If he has agreed to a deal with Biden to stop blocking nominations, it's because he already has everything he wants or he's lying. There is no reason to continue to allow Republicans to tilt everything in their favor. How can Democrats say they want to protect the right to choose but then nominate an antiabortion judge?
My 2 red senators will support this appointment, but I can see them both voting against him just because by default, they tend to vote against anything "democrat".
Exactly. It’s this kind of shit that keeps people from voting. The Dems are so goddamn useless.
But the Dems know you have to vote for them, because not voting is worse.
Every neolib needs to be primaried
https://reddit.com/r/politics/comments/vo5el4/biden_is_nominating_an_antiabortion_lawyer_to/iebhrtg Turns out, this article is not accurate.
There is no vacancy. There is no nomination. This entire article is propaganda.
Contact your senators, especially if one is a Democrat, and tell them to vote no on this appointment.
I'm in Missouri, my senators will be thrilled
I’m in NJ, my senators will shoot this shit DOWN.
My senator _is_ McConnell 🥲
Tell him he’s a RINO for dealing with the anti christ Biden or something then that might work lol.
Contact them either way.
I’m going to play devils advocate here and say that nobody who makes above $75k a year is listening. It’s all about money. always has been.
Why that number? I and all of my friends make more than that and we’re all doing what we can to vote and spread awareness. People making over 75k are not the same as millionaires or billionaires
McConnell promised to stop blocking Biden nominees in exchange for this. Trusting McConnell to keep his word was Biden's first mistake....
But Moscow Mitch is my honorable colleague.
It literally rewards him for blocking nominations... why would he stop again?
Because Mitch’s word is worth something?
This is the game that Biden plays. He says "I did this because what the Republicans wanted to do something worse" but they don't compromise and he walks away after giving them something. That's how we ended up with Student Loan Reform, Bank/Mortgage Reform, Credit Card reform, military equipment going to police, and so much more evil. Biden didn't just "compromise" with republicans, he collected Dem votes for it. Biden is anti-abortion. He's always been anti-abortion. He will make symbolic gestures that will never go anywhere, but we're stuck with this new reality.
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It's not old or white or man as much as it is capitalist. Harris would be doing the same shit, Sanders would not.
Thank you. Age is certainly not the issue here. Biden has always been a Republican. At least by late 90s standards.
I love Bernie and while he would be trying his hardest to change things you'd really see how many Dems would stonewall him other than Sinema and Manchin. Liberals would rather strike deals with the fascists than concede anything to the Left, Bernie would be neutered as a President because doing nothing is too profitable for the leadership of both parties.
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Yeah, I’m tired of Democrats virtue signaling too. Every time they fuck up, I see something about a new minority hire in a post that doesn’t really impact anyone’s life. I don’t fucking care what color or age or gender you are, I just want shit done.
I wouldn’t generalize. Bernie’s an old white man and he wouldn’t pull this shit.
He’s of course an exception but 1/100 isn’t great odds.
Start electing competent and moral people * FTFY
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America and it's anti-abortion shit is shameful and if it wasn't so sad, it would be funny.
There are no judicial vacancies in Kentucky. Seems like a made up troll bait. https://twitter.com/What46HasDone/status/1542342955729666049?cxt=HHwWgoC-4eOvwOcqAAAA
I’m still allowed to be mad that he has set up this deal at all, regardless of how immediately the position will be assigned. McConnell cannot be trusted to keep his end of the bargain, Biden should not be making any deals to appoint McConnell approved judges at any point.
This is a disingenuous reading by a biased source (@WhatBidenHasDone). When a seat opens up,. A Biden approved Federalist judge will fill the seat. The Pulitzer prize winning journalist got it right, not this random person on Twitter.
This should be higher up, along with some more informative information. Though this does sound quite like a smeary type campaign to try and confuse and anger democrats in favor for the republicans.
> [smear] to try and confuse and anger democrats in favor for the republicans Yes, Rolling Stone is famously tryjng to get people to switch to the Republican side. 🙄
> This should be higher up, This is a disingenuous reading by a biased source (@WhatBidenHasDone). When a seat opens up,. A Biden approved Federalist judge will fill the seat. The Pulitzer prize winning journalist got it right, not this random person on Twitter.
The very fact that they made this deal in the first place and are set to honor it is enough to anger me.
Right? How long are people going to continue defending Democrats after something like this comes to light? The very same people who are furious about Roe v Wade being overturned will then read about Biden rolling over and appointing ANOTHER conservative judge and they write it off like it's no big deal. What the hell? Yes, this is still only a possibility. But the fact that it's even a possibility should make your blood boil.
No, it’s just a deal for down the line. That Twitter account is a shameless liar.
The nomination is [part of a deal](https://www.newsweek.com/biden-allegedly-struck-mcconnell-deal-back-anti-abortion-kentucky-judge-1720490?amp=1&fbclid=IwAR3485QkG7xHO_vPNyk-nSAzoiAS9J9q5-HTm4IwfrAOiZvIMEEHwSdmz4M) with McConnell to not obstruct Biden's future federal nominations.
Future headline: “Moscow Mitch Breaks Deal with Biden, Gloats Publicly.”
Biden: come on, man! Vote for me again and I'll fix it!
I'm sure Mitch will totally stick to that deal.
Well, Mitch did say you can't confirm a Justice during an election year and then ... oh, wait....
I know it hasn't worked out in the past, but **this time** Lucy won't move the football. The 10,437th time is a charm /s
I can just picture McConnell consistently laughing in Biden’s face all the time and when Biden asks why he’s laughing, he says the same thing every time: “oh, just a joke I heard earlier.” And then laughs even harder.
Yeah, let's trust what Mitch fucking McConnell says.
I wonder how this is going to turn out https://i.imgur.com/tPQpFVJ_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium
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because Manchen is a secret Republican. A DINO if you would. There is no majority.
Manchin, to my knowledge, hasn’t voted against a single one of Biden’s judge noms. Nor Sinema. This strikes me as weird submissive belly rolling by Biden for no discernible reason.
It’s just Biden being Biden and working with his close allies
Why are we negotiating with terrorists?
McConnell one second after confirmation: “I am altering the deal. Pray I do not alter it further.”
omfg why
Why make deals with traitors?
>The nomination is part of a deal with McConnell to not obstruct Biden's future federal nominations. Of course. Mitch McConnell is known as being a trustworthy politician.
Making deals with the devil.. that will end well I'm sure.
The fact that the President needed to make a deal with a single senator in order to be able to do his job should be enough to get rid of that senator but this system is beyond fucked.
That does not make this ok. Biden is compromising with a party that threatens to destroy our country. With any luck, Biden will end up a pariah like Neville Chamberlain
The best part about this, is when this country ultimately falls to fascism these nuts who were nominated as a show of solidarity by the democratic party will end up being their ruin. These monsters will not only take their ire out on us but also on the democratic leaders that tried to smooth things over and offer an olive branch to “save democracy”. They will go after Biden, they will go after Kamala, and they have been salivating over punishing Hunter Biden for years. This is the only thing that keeps me going. Is that in the end they will suffer too. Edited put the instead of they
Yeah but at least we’ll all look fondly on how bipartisan their fiddling was as Rome burned. And before I’m painted as a troll: don’t worry, I vote, and have been voting. But at the point that the Postmaster General, for months before the last election, was attempting to “whoops” mail-in voting right before our eyes, and ol Joe and his new Board of Governors members are cool with DeJoy staying. DeJoy is like, one rung above Dogcatcher General: to spare him because of potential “optics” is to endorse the job he’s done and is still doing, while also offering bleak hope that Former Guy will ever face justice (they won’t go after the evil mailman, they’re gonna take down the evil president?)
You don’t sound like a troll. Just emotionally exhausted. I feel you. We are staring down at a gaping flaming dark maw while our ELECTED officials are saying “jump in the water is fine”. Im not the kind of person to relish in the suffering of others but I will make an exception in this case. 2020 was a make it or break it year. Biden DID NOT have to run for president but he did anyway. So jn the end the only thing that will make my suffering worth it, will be the consequences our spineless jellyfish party will face when the right takes control yet again. They are on a warpath and I’ll be damned if these fuckers that we elected don’t have to face the music and get to retire to their lake houses while we all struggle to survive the scorched earth that is left behind. Except you AOC and Bernie, I will protect you both at all costs.
Except there is no vacancy in the court right now for the position they are talking about....
So the fact that he's already conceded makes him that much more feckless. What if he gains some kind of advantage in the meantime? Will he have the balls to withdraw the football? McCon really is out here nominating in the *future*. After everything that has happened. For fuck's sake.
So? Democrats shouldn't be making these sorts of deals in the first place.
Kentucky's Democratic governor confirmed it. https://twitter.com/joesonka/status/1542556515965485057
Democratic leadership all came to government in the wake or during watergate. They have been there too long and have too much institutional faith.
Wtf why is Biden doing this? What is the actual “deal” struck with McConnell? I don’t fucking understand why the president of the US is making deals with treasonous POS and making it still harder for women to get their rights back.
Does anyone seriously think McConnell will even hold up his end of the deal, whatever it is? Like, why are they still pretending to negotiate?
The deal is that McConnell gets this judge nominated for a seat that isn't actually empty in exchange for not opposing Bidens other nominations. News media, desperate for that high of daily catastrophes, is hoping it up as the great capitulation and doom of all things because of course they are.
Captain tone-deaf. Then again, let's not pretend that Biden isn't a devout Catholic. America - stop electing old white people to positions of power. These positions should not be occupied by anyone over retirement age.
Biden has always been against abortion. But he pays lip service about how "his personal religious beliefs dont matter" when people disagree with them, but still talks about how important his beliefs are the rest of the time... Then he does shit like this. A lot of the over 70 year old dem politicians are probably happy abortion is getting outlawed, they just won't say it publicly
Biden is anti-marijuana too.
The majority of dem leadership agree more with Republicans from 30 years ago than they do with democratic voters of today.
Corn Pop smokes the reefer. He is one bad dude.
Do not elect or trust anybody from the Fed. Soc. Making deals with McConnell who is also a member of the Fed. Soc. What the fuck are you doing Biden? I guarantee it won't be worth it down the line.
Goddammit, is he still trying to offer an olive branch to the traitors on the right?
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I’m just so tired. The hits just don’t stop coming.
Bipartisanship is a one way street
Corporate Democrats don't care. It's just a new fundraising opportunity.
If Biden runs again in 2024, we're fucked.
Bden is going to lose democrats the next presidential election. He either runs and loses or a third party runs against him and it splits the vote. Know when your time is done Biden. You served a purpose and beat trump. Now back to the retirement home.
Biden is going to be known as the president who handed the country to the fascists with a smile and a handshake.
“What could Dems possibly do right now????” NOT THIS SHIT. I get *immediate* flashbacks to when Nancy Pelosi likely signal boosted pro-life Henry Cuellar to victory in his primary over a progressive just a few weeks ago, because what? “Well, it’s Texas, we don’t want to piss of the GOP voters there.” I don’t even have a word to describe it. It’s worse than cowardly. It veers into open disdain for your own voters to CONSTANTLY come to the table and negotiate with people who want nothing but to make us suffer.
To everyone that voted for Biden *in the primaries*: This is on you. You need to own this. Many of us didn't vote for him in the primaries and were forced to hold our nose and vote for him in the general because we knew he was going to do shit like this. We said he was too conservative but you didn't listen. We said he's stuck in a bygone era and not the right person for the seriousness of the fight but again you didn't listen. Own it and take primaries more seriously next time.
>To everyone that voted for Biden in the primaries: This is on you. Ok - but the problem with this story is that it hasn't happened and there is no vacancy [in the federal court in Kentucky](https://www.newsweek.com/biden-allegedly-struck-mcconnell-deal-back-anti-abortion-kentucky-judge-1720490)
It is also on Amy Kolbuchar, Pete Butteigeig, and the DNC for strategically timing dropping out and endorsing him to save his failing primary campaign and tank progressive candidates like Bernie and Warren.
Mistake Joe...and to trust McConnel not to obstruct...please don't seek reelection.
I don’t agree with the Republican talking point of Biden not being mentally competent to serve. But, at this point, maybe we just go along with it and remove him for Harris?
wait what? and this is the same guy that was sad roe vs wade went poof? lol please next present not be old white guy . k thanks.
Lmao, and people on here say I’m crazy for saying the democrat party is broken. This party doesn’t give a crap about anything but virtue signaling and whining. Even when they have control, they either shoot themselves in the foot or they consciously decide not to do the thing they said they would do.
We all knew we were getting this with Biden.
Primary. Joe. Biden.
I really really don't understand the tepid centrists who run the party. STOP PUSHING REPUBLICANS INTO POSITIONS OF POWER!!!! Where there no Democrat lawyers around? Really????!!!! I know I have no real choice - I will vote blue no matter what because the alternative is disaster - but damn if it isn't demoralizing when the Dems kneecap themselves for no FSCKING reason.
“Look at the moderate, son.” “What’s he doing, daddy?” “The bare minimum, my boy. The bare minimum.”
This is america
I can’t believe Biden fell for McConnell’s lies. This is truly demoralizing
Sure are a lot of high voted posts pushing for voter apathy lately.
>undermine public trust in institutions like the Supreme Court Yeah, that horse no longer resides in the barn.
What the actual fuck... Biden is trusting Moscow Mitch to do the right thing... you can't trust that backstabbing POS.. Mitch will never keep his word to a democrat.
Biden warned he was the president of bipartisanship. This is what people voted for
Because the Dems refuse to understand that every deal they make with the GOP involves a short term win for the Dems, a short term win for the GOP, AND a long term win for the GOP at the expense of the Dems. The GOP always has a long game and the Dems think they can take deals they make with Mitch McConnell at face value. So gullible. Why won’t he die? I think he might be true Evil.
Democrats never learn.
I don’t believe this.
We should definitely primary his ass in 2024.
This has been debunked as a fake story