And there is resounding silence from the GOP in response to Trump's statement. Cheating is fine as long as it benefits them.

I am a dyed in the wool liberal. I believe in gun control and universal background checks. I’ve donated 10% of every paycheck this year to democratic candidates, Biden, Planned Parenthood and Greenpeace. 

I don’t want our democracy in the hands of oligarchs. In the supreme court nominee discussion, let’s not lose sight of the fact that Citizens United is a fucking great reason to keep donations and phone banking going to take back the senate.

Since Pence is the tie-breaker, they could even afford a third waffler, but either way, this is the correct take. Appointing/nominating judges (not just on the Supreme Court—Trump has nominated a bunch of federal judges as well) is one of the few areas where Trump will allow himself to be led by the party, since…

He’s like McCain in many ways, makes big public statements opposing the admin, votes with the admin when it actually comes down to it, and may make hollow gestures knowing that it will make him look good but will change nothing.

This is the learning point.

When i read the opening paragraphs, my brain was thinking “well, this is going to happen no matter what the outcome is”.

This is a good point. Because if any Republican senator wanted to give even the veneer of a principled stance, they’d say, “I’ll have to wait to see who the nominee is before I comment on whether or not I’ll confirm.” But they legitimately don’t care, as long as the nominee is capital C Conservative, and they’re not…

There are no good Republicans.

Why is anyone surprised by this? The only reason that Republicans spent four years getting in line behind someone obviously objectionable was the opportunity to pack courts. Do you think that with 4 months left in his term they aren’t going to take advantage of their best opportunity to change the court in their favor…

Yup! Worth remembering that Mitt Romney is not merely a Christian, he is a Mormon, he is a believer. Anytime he takes a moral stance against this administration that gets him liberal pats on the back, remember that his objection is coming from his religious beliefs, not an objective sense of legal/political/social…

What alarms me isn’t Romney confirming he does not oppose moving forward with confirmation of a judge nominated by a Republican President, but that Lindsey Graham is saying they have the votes to confirm the nominee even though we don’t even know who the nominee is yet. For all that Republicans claim to be the party…

No matter what happens, there’s going to be violence. If the orange one loses, his base will start attacking everyone they don’t like. If he wins, his base will start attacking everyone they don’t like.

I remember that dread I felt on the morning after election night in 2016.
For as much of a shit-show as this year has been so far, repeating that feeling this November is something I’m legit terrified of.

If you’re not panicking, you’re not paying attention. The electoral college overwhelmingly favors republicans. The CIA just casually confirmed that the Kremlin is manipulating this election too. The FEC chairmain is actively campaigning for Trump. The USPS post master general is kneecapping voting by mail. The AG and…

Yeah, but his stances on walls is way different.

That Florida bill gets even worse. Drivers would face no penalty for injury or death for driving through a “mob”.

“Fight China, got it.”

I’m unclear why we should be paying any attention to Hilton. Maybe she’s not exactly the vapid party-animal she appeared to be on The Simple Life, and nobody should be subjected to the kind of abuse described in the doc, but do we really need to be heaping more attention on yet another rich white capitalist with…

You’re probably going to be okay. Microsoft isn’t Sony. They like to share their toys.