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Drifter

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Same-sex marriage and contraception next on the SCOTUS chopping block according to Clarence Thomas
 

UncleBob

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It's funny because I don't live in the US. I can only imagine they'll continue down the path of absolute stupidity.
 

sport2793

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So Biden does the decent thing and decides there should be 20 judges and just nominates a bunch of sane people right?... I mean he can do that can't he?
Not on his own, he needs the Senate to approve the move and the only way that would happen is if they remove the filibuster. That won't happen unless 2 more Democratic senators are elected while retaining the others in November.
 

RedDevilQuebecois

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Without saying it explicitly, it's safe to say that Gary Neville said pretty much what we think of the US in the light of today's main headline.

 

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It's odd that there are still some Clinton supporters blaming Sanders for her loss.

She lost because of the states she ignored on the campaign. Even then it was a small margin in a lot of them.

Maybe visit places you need to win?
 

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With all that's going on I find it hard to understand why there's not constant widespread protest? Twitter seems to have replaced protests but tweets won't lead to any change.
 

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With all that's going on I find it hard to understand why there's not constant widespread protest? Twitter seems to have replaced protests but tweets won't lead to any change.
Seems a bit futile to protest the Supreme Court.
 

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With all that's going on I find it hard to understand why there's not constant widespread protest? Twitter seems to have replaced protests but tweets won't lead to any change.

There were also protests in other parts of the US as well.
 

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https://www.theatlantic.com/politic...-growing-michael-podhorzer-newsletter/661377/

interesting red state/blue state take on events.

that blue state life expectancy is almost 3 years higher in blue states should be no surprise.
Podhorzer recently laid out a detailed case for thinking of the two blocs as fundamentally different nations uneasily sharing the same geographic space.
Was thinking the same thing. The blue/red divide is so big you have basically 2 countries in 1.
 

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The Onion has been swinging that axe at SCOTUS since yesterday. Look at all the titles.


The worst is that none of those would be surprising with the 5 sick fecks.
 

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Why is the US so fecking scared of holding people with authority accountable?
A very weak DOJ. Prosecutors with guts and willing to go like a bull in a China shop like Preet Bharara, Glenn Kirshner and Letitia James are a very rare breed these days.
 

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Why is the US so fecking scared of holding people with authority accountable?
So much corruption, try to take an insider down and they threaten everyone with the dirt they have. And what's the consequence? US voters don't refuse to vote for politicians who act that way, and if they do the party will just find a new cheat.