"Tearing apart the modern state, as those like Vought advocate, would take us back to the world Roosevelt recognized as being antithetical to the rights of individuals promised by the Declaration of Independence."
Theocratic oligarchy or our #Freedoms, these really are the stakes in November.
"Thomas, alone, has accepted 193 gifts valued at over $4 million. The report also noted the George H.W. Bush appointee received an additional 126 "likely but not confirmed gifts.""
Call it what it is, corruption of the Court by extremely wealthy regressive-right elites.
In any sane world where the appearance of corruption, let alone $4 Million in actual corruption, should result in resignation.
When I get time, I'm going to jot down, maybe record, my jury duty story about how a defense team really can get an acquittal despite the prosecution firmly believing it's in the bag.
The moral of my story? If a jury unanimously agrees that the prosecution proved its case, the prosecution really did prove its case.
Oh, and the MAGA Party lies about nearly everything very close to all the time.
"the Texas Republican Party has adopted a plank that effectively calls for people who perform or obtain abortions to be prosecuted and potentially sentenced to death."
The, in practice, TX total abortion ban isn't total enough for the MAGA Republican Party.
You can bet that a Texas style nationwide abortion ban will be on the table if convicted felon Trump is returned to power.
"As a retiree, I was able to attend each day of the Trump trial. What I saw was a master class in what a judge should be — how one can serve fairly and impartially for the prosecution and the defense, and above all remain a pillar for the rule of law in America."
Convicted felon Trump's minions are screaming to anyone who will listen that his Manhattan trial was rigged.
"Hunter Biden, and his family, will allow this to play out as the law demands. They may be disappointed by the results, but they won't blame the outcome on a corrupt system.
Because this is America, and there is still one party that respects the law."
This is how admirable adults behave; they model appropriate, respectful behavior, in stark contrast with TFG/felon and his contemptible MAGA GOP supporters.
Police could be doing more of this, things that really do improve neighborhood safety, if they were doing less things that armed officers aren't need for.
"Flying the flag, upside down, at your home is more than a hint of political impropriety — it irrefutably calls into question impartiality and bias toward the former president. It is a tangible demonstration of support for those who continue to assert that the election was stolen from him. It is the chosen insignia of those who tried to hijack the election by attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6 and gut the very constitutional democracy that established the Supreme Court."
The future of SCOTUS as a reactionary force working for the billionaires lavishing expensive travel and gifts on members of the Court that would be extended from 10-15 years to 50 years or more is absolutely on the ballot in November.
They're not "flip-flopping" or "softening" their positions, they're lying their asses off because they know that in even red states voters strongly support #TheFreedomToDecide.
Voters strongly support access to abortion, contraception, and IVF.
And voters are not going to vote for forced-birth candidates.
Every one of those Republicans are forced-birth candidates so they will lie their asses off.
“As an American, I condemn a Republican Fascist just as much as I condemn a Democrat Communist,” she said. “They are equally dangerous to you and me and to our country. As an American, I want to see our nation recapture the strength and unity it once had when we fought the enemy instead of ourselves.”
Republican Senator Margaret Chase Smith, June 1, 1950