“This is B.S.—you were doing this as a dilatory tactic to help your political friend,” says Rachel Maddow on the Supreme Court agreeing to hear the Trump immunity argument, delaying his coup trial. “And for you to say that this is something that the Court needs to decide because it’s something that’s unclear in the law is just flagrant, flagrant bullpucky.”

  • @UnderpantsWeevil
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    5010 months ago

    I’m old enough to remember Dianne Feinstein waving Kavanaugh through his Senate confirmation hearing, just four years after McConnell had brick-walled Garland.

    Its crazy how bad Senate Democrats are on judiciary appointments. They bring boxing gloves to a gun fight every damned time.

    • @ripcord
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      2410 months ago

      Old enough? Wasn’t that, like, 6 years ago?

      • @UnderpantsWeevil
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        2010 months ago

        Yes. Practically lost to history, in our modern news cycle.

        • @RizzRustbolt
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          810 months ago

          Now we’re all focused on these cool Rings that Trump gave us.

    • @[email protected]
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      910 months ago

      It’s almost like neoliberals intentionally picked candidates to enable corporatism or something.