Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett 2 the Supreme Court by a vote of 52 - 48

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At this point I am just praying she doesn't end up as bad as people are speculating. I watched some of her hearings and it swayed me a little in her favor.

[TimisaMonster 31,073]

I am disgusted and we are ****ed...

[AndyDWUW 3,971]

Now go ask the Democratic senators why they speed vote and confirm all of trump’s federal judges (which have a big influence like this)

Go ask Pelosi why she said she wouldn’t consider shutting down the court to delay this supreme court pick.

Fun fact: Tim Kaine voted to confirm ACB in 2017 for a judge seat

I hate this supreme court pick but sorry the democrats aren’t there to fight for you either 🤡

I am done voting democrat for president (but will vote democrats down ballot) and will obviously never in my life vote GOP. They’ve become a republican lite party ever since Bill Clinton. 

At least the republicans don’t pretend and lie that they arent stabbing you in the back and trying to take everything from you. Meanwhile dems will gaslight you into thinking they’re fighting for your interest while theyre just their to do their corporate master’s bidding (same bidding that republicans do)

Voting blue no matter who and voting dems just for the courts ain’t it.

 

Once you realize our two party system is a mirage and there is just one corporatist party of the USA, man do things change.

[Othon 34,299]

On 10/26/2020 at 7:23 PM, Morphine Prince said:

Elections have consequences. If you didn’t vote in 2016 or 2020 or didn’t vote for Trump’s opponent, you are complicit. 

Over a hundred million people didn't vote in 2016. Nearly half of the electorate doesn't vote, and as I've pointed out on this site a million times, people who do not vote are overwhelmingly disproportionately poor, black, brown, queer, and have lost all faith in a system that continually spits in their faces and blames them for their own oppression. They don't vote because they get screwed no matter who is president.

I voted for Clinton in 2016 and I voted for Biden a few days ago. It is in no way, shape or form the fault of the public that the Democratic Party bungled her confirmation hearings, sat on their hands and refused to use every legislative avenue available to stop this confirmation from happening, and won't pack the court, nor is it their fault that Ginsburg refused to retire in 2013 because she prioritized the symbolic nonsense of the would-be first female president replacing her over the rights of hundreds of millions of Americans. This business of blaming non-voters for everything that happens in the government is a rhetorical slight-of-hand that shifts the blame from wealthy powerbrokers that actively disenfranchise the electorate and the poor onto the very people those elites oppress. 

[Batwings 12,957]

Trump didn't win the popular vote and was impeached, and he's gotten to choose three members of the Supreme Court. What kind of f'ed up s*** is that? 

[AndyDWUW 3,971]

2 minutes ago, OG Gaga Stan said:

Over a hundred million people didn't vote in 2016. Nearly half of the electorate doesn't vote, and as I've pointed out on this site a million times, people who do not vote are overwhelmingly disproportionately poor, black, brown, queer, and have lost all faith in a system that continually spits in their faces and blames them for their own oppression. They don't vote because they get screwed no matter who is president.

I voted for Clinton in 2016 and I voted for Biden a few days ago. It is in no way, shape or form the fault of the public that the Democratic party bungled her confirmation hearings and then sat on their hands and refused to use every legislative avenue available to stop this confirmation from happening, won't pack the court, nor is it their fault that Ginsberg refused to retire in 2013 because she prioritized the symbolic nonsense of the would-be first female president replacing her over the rights over hundreds of millions of Americans. This business of blaming non-voters for everything that happens in the government is a rhetorical slight-of-hand that shifts the blame from wealthy powerbrokers that actively disenfranchise the electorate and the poor onto the very people those elites oppress. 

Spot on.

 

Isn’t it funny that people dont realize when half the country doesn’t vote, it isnt the voters’ fault, its because we have a FAILED system. The republicans aren’t offering anything, and the democrats sure as hell aren’t either. Mainstream corporate media never wants us  to blame the politicians or the people of power for people not voting, they want us to blame the powerless, the poor, the silenced, the minorities.

 

when someone wants you to criticize and hate someone thats less powerful than you, you really should question and stop to think about that
 

how could the dems be barely beating trump in polls and how could they have lost to him in 2016? They are on the verge of losing to TRUMP a second time!! 
 

they absolutely have nothing to offer, and are easily beat by a FAKE POPULIST (Trump).

and what is their response to all possibly losing to trump? 
 

to be: against healthcare to everyone (in fact Biden said he’d veto M4A), to raise the military budget (Biden recently stated this), raise police budget, and not introduce any legislation to stop corporate power (Biden recently said this as well), and also be against legalizing weed (to free nonviolent drug offenders(

[jsn 1,669]

I will never be over the republicans blocking Obama from picking a new judge for MONTHS "because it's the next president's job", and then they rush this judge in within a few weeks just in case Trump loses.

[Morphine Prince 109,683]

36 minutes ago, StarstruckIllusion said:

The fearmongering 

Court experts and conservative judges don’t expect the ACA and abortion to disappear overnight. Its fine until Inauguration. Y’all pushed the mediocre, anti court packing-Joe Biden on us, so if you really care about rights like y’all wont shut up about, phone bank and lobby his stubborn ass + his admin to balance the court. 

I did not push Joe  

I think it’s being underestimated what conservatives will do when they have this amount of power.

[Morphine Prince 109,683]

14 minutes ago, OG Gaga Stan said:

Over a hundred million people didn't vote in 2016. Nearly half of the electorate doesn't vote, and as I've pointed out on this site a million times, people who do not vote are overwhelmingly disproportionately poor, black, brown, queer, and have lost all faith in a system that continually spits in their faces and blames them for their own oppression. They don't vote because they get screwed no matter who is president.

I voted for Clinton in 2016 and I voted for Biden a few days ago. It is in no way, shape or form the fault of the public that the Democratic party bungled her confirmation hearings and then sat on their hands and refused to use every legislative avenue available to stop this confirmation from happening, won't pack the court, nor is it their fault that Ginsberg refused to retire in 2013 because she prioritized the symbolic nonsense of the would-be first female president replacing her over the rights over hundreds of millions of Americans. This business of blaming non-voters for everything that happens in the government is a rhetorical slight-of-hand that shifts the blame from wealthy powerbrokers that actively disenfranchise the electorate and the poor onto the very people those elites oppress. 

I blame both, to be honest. The system and the people. 

Record voting in 2020 will demonstrate what people are capable of. Hopefully we defeat Trump. 

[StarstruckIllusion 53,565]

3 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said:

I did not push Joe  

I think it’s being underestimated what conservatives will do when they have this amount of power.

Luv I know you, personally, didn’t push for Joe. This is for everyone else who’s reading.

But yea, conservatives be rule breaking. This is why bipartisanship is gross. Democrats need to fight back. 

@ Everyone else. **** returning to normal when “normal” ended with Trump. Put your “omg my rights” cries into action and lobby Joe to the left, bc clearly Obama’s centrism didn’t work...

[LilMonst3r 5,681]

Im just gonna go listen to Chromatica and rlease all this anxiety and stress this news has brought. 

[FATCAT 60,888]

They want to play ball, fine. We'll pack the court.

[Franch Toast 27,737]

Elections have consequences. 

[Mister G 10,512]

They can all rot in the afterlife. I said what I said. These senators that voted her in all need to go. I have no words for these clowns. Ironic how they rushed to get this done overnight but refuse to handle the tragedies that resulted from COVID-19 instead. 
 

[Zilla 13,451]

Dems gotta stop playing cutesy and doing the whole "they go low we go high" thing. It's been 3 1/2 years, they won't do ANYTHING by the book or the rules. **** morals, go for the jugular. Expand the courts if Biden wins.

As a woman, I am TERRIFIED let alone pissed off at the same time. I feel my rights stripped already because of this woman. If ANYONE touches my birth control....