And Let's not forget about the other Deplorables

[LoveMyPeppermill]

I agree with rareboy that it's not actually a mystery why the Supreme Court has for decades had a Justice who committed perjury in his confirmation hearings. (And now we have at least two.) It's appalling, but not mysterious. But I don't agree with rareboy as to the reason, which is not mere corruption.

All Congress knows that you need two-third of Senators present to vote to convict for an impeachment to actually remove someone from office. And for as long as Thomas has been a judge, there has been more than a third of the Senate that wants him there, voting the way he votes, and do not care that he perjured himself.

Just as they didn't care that Iran-Contra actually fit the Constitution's definition of treason, and that, therefore, Reagan and Poppy Bush committed treason against the United States.

(At best, some of those Republican Senators do care, but are too scared of losing a primary to act on their concern. Which is too bad, because they could probably convince voters how important it not to keep perjurers on the Supreme Court if they just took the trouble to make the case for it.)

I also disagree that impeaching and convicting the perjurers would damage the standing of the Supreme Court and the country. On the contrary, I think that actually holding the Justices to the standards that they're supposed to be governed by, and removing those who flout those standards, would increase the Supreme Court's standing -- and America's.

 

[KaraBulut]

The goal might not necessarily be to impeach Thomas. The goal would be to get him to resign to avoid having every history book cite all of the dirty laundry that has been covered up in the last 40 years of Thomas' career.

In a different time, it's predicable that Thomas would resign. These days, the Republican strategy when someone gets caught doing something illegal is to tie themselves to the mast and hope that the ship can make it through the storm. It worked for Vitter and it's increasingly become their strategy until the cops haul them off to prison.

On a related note about lying, getting caught, and repercussions... there's anti-abortion movement darling Jenna Ellis who admitted she lied about 2020 election fraud to keep her law license.

Ex-Trump attorney admits statements about 2020 election were false and is censured by judge | CNN Politics

Jenna Ellis was censured by a disciplinary judge in Colorado Wednesday, in the latest effort to hold accountable attorneys who boosted former President Donald Trump's 2020 election reversal gambits.

www.cnn.com

Make Attorneys Get Attorneys.

 

[TX-Beau]

Ok, the first assumption that needs to be jettisoned is that the SC was ever free of partisan bullshit. That was never true. What used to happen however was that the court played by the rules that had been established. What the right has been doing is pushing forward justices who will VIOLATE the rules in their favor. Congress will not act because the other part of this is pushing Congressman who will never vote to remove a corrupt judge UNLESS that judge happens to consistently vote in favor of the left - which never happens because Dem Presidents don't nominate radicals, criminals, rapists, and Christoban terrorists. Democrats try to be "fair", centrist, and avoid outrage. They just abdicated fighting this fight in the hopes that 'pubs will be guided somehow by conscience and then, get on the TV time and time again so aghast at the extremism, hypocrisy, outright dishonesty, and criminality they never bothered to attack. People we all knew damn well were deplorable.

Voters also get their share of the blame for abdicating their rights in favor of convenience - which is an attitude the right deliberately promotes. Arguments like "they are all the same," "it doesn't matter what I do," "my vote doesn't count," are lies the right sold to us in order to promote apathy and lessen participation, because when people vote, trogs lose. They destroy education for the same reason.

Democrats for years have been lying to themselves that Republicans were operating with the same rulebook; when people like Moscow Mitch knew very well they would violate any norm or protocol, or ethical and moral standard to force ideological terrorists with no compunction about breaking the law onto the court.

And let's be very clear, this is Mitch's baby. Not the toad. It's why Moscow Mitch will not condemn the toad. Uncle Thomas is incidental, Ginny is his minder and I think he knows damn well that at the first sign of independence, he will meet the hangin' oak.

 

[TX-Beau]

The goal might not necessarily be to impeach Thomas. The goal would be to get him to resign to avoid having every history book cite all of the dirty laundry that has been covered up in the last 40 years of Thomas' career.

In a different time, it's predicable that Thomas would resign. These days, the Republican strategy when someone gets caught doing something illegal is to tie themselves to the mast and hope that the ship can make it through the storm. It worked for Vitter and it's increasingly become their strategy until the cops haul them off to prison.

On a related note about lying, getting caught, and repercussions... there's anti-abortion movement darling Jenna Ellis who admitted she lied about 2020 election fraud to keep her law license.

Ex-Trump attorney admits statements about 2020 election were false and is censured by judge | CNN Politics

Jenna Ellis was censured by a disciplinary judge in Colorado Wednesday, in the latest effort to hold accountable attorneys who boosted former President Donald Trump's 2020 election reversal gambits.

www.cnn.com

Make Attorneys Get Attorneys.

There is absolutely no crime or action so despicable that would force a resignation from a Republican. In order to bring that about, one would have to donate some huge amount of shame for the things they do, because at this point, they have none.

You could expose every nasty little secret he possesses and he's just go fuck you and carry right on. They all know that the 'pubs will not punish them and the Dems will not do anything beyond cluck their collective tongue.

Whether it might result in removal or not, at this point just the official attempt to censure or accuse is a step in the right direction. But that won't happen because the Dems just do not have the stomach to fight the' pubs have chosen.

 

[TX-Beau]

What no one is really saying is that McConnell has post-polio syndrome. The syndrome occurs in about 1/3 of the people who get polio. Post-polio syndrome begins to show signs decades after the initial infection and recovery. McConnell has had a series of falls- at home (including one where he broke a shoulder) and others in public where he face-planted.

I noticed earlier this week when he spoke to the press about the Tucker Carlson Alternate Facts Show, McConnell seemed a little shaky and unstable. There were about 3-4 members of the Republican leadership standing behind him looking like cats eyeing a canary. I'm not sure how much longer McConnell is going to be able stay in the Senate or in the leadership.

Mentally he's fine but he's working in a building that requires a lot of walking and he's increasingly showing gait disturbances and unsteadiness. I keep expecting him to start using a cane or a wheelchair. I also have a vision that the Republican Senators will find a Borg solution to preserve his head on some sort of android body.

Whenever one of these guys gets sick or injured, taking heads ladle on the sympathy, but Moscow Mitch tried to fuck over anyone who couldn't afford to pay for the heathcare he gets that WE pay for, so fuck him.

 

[rareboy]

He deserves no false pity. And I can't summon up thoughts and prayers for him.

 

[rareboy]

What no one is really saying is that McConnell has post-polio syndrome. The syndrome occurs in about 1/3 of the people who get polio. Post-polio syndrome begins to show signs decades after the initial infection and recovery. McConnell has had a series of falls- at home (including one where he broke a shoulder) and others in public where he face-planted.

I noticed earlier this week when he spoke to the press about the Tucker Carlson Alternate Facts Show, McConnell seemed a little shaky and unstable. There were about 3-4 members of the Republican leadership standing behind him looking like cats eyeing a canary. I'm not sure how much longer McConnell is going to be able stay in the Senate or in the leadership.

Mentally he's fine but he's working in a building that requires a lot of walking and he's increasingly showing gait disturbances and unsteadiness. I keep expecting him to start using a cane or a wheelchair. I also have a vision that the Republican Senators will find a Borg solution to preserve his head on some sort of android body.

 

[KaraBulut]

Update: Apparently, McConnell's fall was significant. He has been diagnosed with a concussion. Given his age, this means that they are going to have to monitor him for subdural hematoma, a bleeding around the brain, which can occur in older people who suffer head injuries.

Currently, the Senate has 3 Senators out on sick leave: McConnell (R-KY), Feinstein (D-CA) who is out with shingles and Fetterman (D-PA) who is undergoing inpatient treatment for depression at Walter Reed.

 

[TX-Beau]

Despite Tennessee’s Lieutenant Governor Randy McNally’s notable hatred of drag performers and pretty much everything under the LGBTQ+ umbrella, he has *quite* the soft spot for gay thirst traps....

MSN

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Oh PUH - leeeeeeezeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

He was just an innocent great-grandpa using the "wrong" emojis.

Right.

 

[LoveMyPeppermill]

[McConnell] deserves no false pity. And I can't summon up thoughts and prayers for him.

We can summon up thought and prayers about him ...

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

Speaking of deplorables, I need someone to explain to me, like I'm slow, if the age of consent in Colorado is 17 and Grandma Boebert's son's baby mama was 15, at most 16 when the child was conceived, isn't that illegal?

 

[TX-Beau]

Speaking of deplorables, I need someone to explain to me, like I'm slow, if the age of consent in Colorado is 17 and Grandma Boebert's son's baby mama was 15, at most 16 when the child was conceived, isn't that illegal?

Not if they have a qualifier, two years older/two years younger gets a pass. That does show however that the Bobbert is a raging hypocrite and liar.

 

[TX-Beau]

Oh here we go.

...Court testimony shows that in the days leading up to and following the 2020 election, colleagues and executives raised questions about Bartiromo's online activity and expressed concerns that she was influenced by right-wing conspiracy theorists...

Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo is front and center in Dominion's defamation suit

Yeah, Fox anchors and executives were so very very very very concerned Maria was complicit with conspiracy theorists.

I'm shocked, shocked I tell you! MARIA! HOW COULD YOU!

 

[KaraBulut]

MSN

www.msn.com

Tennessee is the latest Center of the Hypocracy Universe.

This is Glenn Thomas Jacobs is the Republican mayor of Knox County, TN (home of University of Tennessee).

He recently tweeted out his support for banning drag events that are open to children.

This is also Glenn Thomas Jacobs when he was known as "Kane" a professional wrestler.


Were there children in the audience when he was running around with a bunch of other men wearing dresses? You bet!

...Yeah, Fox anchors and executives were so very very very very concerned Maria was complicit with conspiracy theorists.

I'm shocked, shocked I tell you! MARIA! HOW COULD YOU!

Well, if lushes who supported the Kraken lady are on the chopping block: Pirro! Pirro! Pirro! Pirro!

 

[TX-Beau]

I was hoping Fucker would have to give up all of his frozen fried chicken money. Who the fuck did they think they were kidding with that nasty ass "Cherry" pie anyway.

 

[LoveMyPeppermill]

I was hoping Fucker would have to give up all of his frozen fried chicken money. Who the fuck did they think they were kidding with that nasty ass "Cherry" pie anyway.

It's not clear that he really has that money; the heiress in the family is his stepmother.

But he reportedly earns $35 million a year to lie to his audience.

 

[cabinfever]

 

[TX-Beau]

Who knew these queens were still around? It's just a blurb really, but it's still a pretty vile read, and it seems Log Cabin is up to its old tricks.

The leading LGBTQ+ Republican organization appear to have quietly distanced itself from Isabella Riley Moody...

MSN

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I don't know who that Moody person is, but it appears she's just a nasty 'phobic troll - that those queens were sucking up to until, once again, the right displayed just how much contempt they have for all of us.

 

[cabinfever]

Who knew these queens were still around? It's just a blurb really, but it's still a pretty vile read, and it seems Log Cabin is up to its old tricks.

MSN

www.msn.com

I don't know who that Moody person is, but it appears she's just a nasty 'phobic troll - that those queens were sucking up to until, once again, the right displayed just how much contempt they have for all of us.

Alot of the log cabiners I have read about and known personally are self hating and completely homophobic even though they are gay so no surprise they aligned with someone who shares their own view.

 

[LoveMyPeppermill]

Alot of the log cabiners I have read about and known personally are self hating and completely homophobic even though they are gay so no surprise they aligned with someone who shares their own view.

Do they tend to be high-income as well?