Mary Kay Costello is a military veteran and former federal prosecutor in Philadelphia.
  • @Supervisor194
    1•3 hours ago

    So… this is great and all, but how come the senate will confirm any Biden appointments? One would think these days it would just be business as usual to deny all appointments if you control the senate. They face no repercussions for anything these days it seems.

    • Mister_Feeny
      2•2 hours ago

      Why wouldn’t they confirm his appointments? Senate is controlled by dems right now. They can either confirm Biden’s appointments, and have a dem judge, or not, which risks Trump making appointments to these same positions.

      Only time the judges don’t get confirmed at the end of a president’s term is when the opposing party controls the senate. See: end of Obama’s term and his appointment of Garland to the SC.

      • @MegaUltraChicken
        1•22 minutes ago

        Only time the judges don’t get confirmed at the end of a president’s term is when the opposing party controls the senate. See: end of Obama’s term and his appointment of Garland to the SC.

        This wasn’t the normal process and I don’t think it should be treated as such. It was a cynical ploy by the GOP to highjack SCOTUS. Unfortunately it worked.

  • @testfactor
    17•6 hours ago

    This is great and all, but does the 12th time you do something count as “making history”?

    You’d think after two or three you’d just stop counting.

    • @[email protected]
      3•1 hour ago

      When you get the 12th one in, your punch card gets filled and you get a free sandwich on your next visit.

    • Shadow
      12•6 hours ago

      He’s the first one to ever hit 12, so uh yeah, he made history.

      I’m surprised Trump had 2

    • @NateNate60
      3•5 hours ago

      I’m guessing this would be more historical to LGBT people. If you’re a member of a group, I think you’re more likely to be excited to hear another member of that group being appointed to office.