#anthony-kennedy

[isokratos]

The America We Thought We Knew Is Gone

And it fills me with grief.

A brilliant and heart-felt lament

Thank you Lili Loofbourow for articulating many things that have been running through my heart and mind!

“This is open corruption, and it has been openly embraced.

“That fills me with grief, but my grief can’t make it untrue. And if this benthic sadness has any value, it’s that clarity. There is no more equivocating to do. You don’t have to equivocate about Trump’s corruption—or Wilbur Ross’, or Scott Pruitt’s. You don’t have to parse whether a “falsehood” is really a “lie.” It is simply true that the president is corrupt and that his supporters celebrate his corruption. That twisted power has enfeebled the institutions that depend on the very things the president would call weak—honesty and honor and service. As those institutions collapse, so does a polity capable of reasoning without them.”     

[quakerjoe]

Amy Coney Barrett Is Allegedly a Member of a Religious Group That’s Been Called a “Cult.” What Is It, Really?

Its name is “People of Praise,” and it’s complicated.

Fuck me. Mormons are a fucking cult. Really? God and Jesus are from another planet, and black people are that way because they bear the 'mark of can' and are Satan's minions? Holy underwear? Hello?

Now THIS twatwaffle and yet another franchise of GOP Jesus... Fuck this shit hole country. ~Joe

[lamajaoscura]

The Abortions We Don’t Talk About: Six Slate Women Tell Their Stories.

We might better understand what abortion is, and what that right means, if we talked about it more.

[prulock]

The America We Thought We Knew Is Gone

And it fills me with grief.

[saywhat-politics]

Amy Coney Barrett Is Allegedly a Member of a Religious Group That’s Been Called a “Cult.” What Is It, Really?

Its name is “People of Praise,” and it’s complicated.

Amy Coney Barrett, now a judge on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, became a heroic figure to some religious conservatives during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee last fall. Sen. Dianne Feinstein challenged the Catholic law professor about her religious beliefs, sneering—it seemed to many—that “the dogma lives loudly within you.” With its strong whiff of anti-Catholic prejudice, the line became a rallying cry on the right.

This past weekend, Barrett emerged as a potential favorite to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy upon his retirement later this month. CBS News reported on Monday that Barrett and D.C. Circuit Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh are Trump’s leading contenders for the appointment. Barrett is in her 40s, which means she could serve for decades, and she would be the court’s only conservative woman, which some commentators have noted would make for better optics in abortion cases. (She is also a mother of seven, including one child with special needs and two children adopted from Haiti.)

[pookygurl]

The America We Thought We Knew Is Gone

And it fills me with grief.

[sataniccapitalist]

The Dark Money Campaign to Replace Anthony Kennedy Has Already Begun

These justices are the political agents of the rich and powerful and Republican.

[darkarfs]

The America We Thought We Knew Is Gone

And it fills me with grief.

“The result is that Trump, a man who has repeatedly said that he only responds to consequences, has faced none. His lies meet with no institutional resistance. Quite the contrary. His decision to say outrageous, incorrect, inflammatory things has paid off handsomely: His supporters believe them, and those in power will not acknowledge that he has said anything at all. The combined effect has rendered him immune to every standard we, as a country, once shared.

This is frightening enough to make denial attractive. I am sad, above all, because the damage being done now no longer feels like it can be stemmed—let alone reversed—with a single election. This will last decades. The downturns my generation has already weathered—the 2008 crisis that hinged on obscure derivatives traded by a privileged few, robbing wealth from millions—were only the beginning. Education is now a luxury. Pensions barely exist. Health care is under threat. Retirement is, to those my age, a cruel joke. We’ve been waiting. For recovery, for relief, for some semblance of an American dream we can access.”