They could light themselves on fire on the capital steps and still not stop a conservative justice replacing RBG if the GOP has the votes.  This isn’t the movies where there is a solution to every problem hidden somewhere in the rule book.  The only thing they can do is try to shame their Republican colleagues into…

And they’ve said things like that before. Then they capitulate when they get the right offer.

Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski has indicated that she will honor Justice Ginsburg’s wishes.  If a few other senators would be decent enough to go along with her, then Fuckface McConnell won’t be able to get his nominee through.

It angers me that people may sit out this election because they don’t really like Biden. They don’t understand that this election, like 2016, is Trump vs. Not-Trump.

But Hillary’s emails! Benghazi! She’s not likable enough! She needs to inspire me! /s

This single fact is why there should permanently be an asterisk next to any hagiography that will be written about her from here on out. I believe she arrogantly believed that Trump would lose, and now we’re stuck with this. I understand that SCOTUS is supposed to be apolitical but we (and her) all know that is…

I wish her rest, she’s earned it.

I’m glad that you said it, because I feel like it hasn’t gotten nearly enough play. On one hand, obviously, I wanted her to serve on the court forever, and I can understand her desire to hang on for as long as possible, but strategic thinking would have very much helped.

Welp. 2016 fully came home to roost. This is why voting for one of the two candidates that will actually win matters.

I understand why it is the case because then they technically won’t be beholden to anyone if their job is secure but that was logical when people didn’t live to their 90s not in the current day.

This is a very interesting point that I hadn’t thought of before. It is kind of insane that there’s a job at the highest level of our government where people work until they die.

I’m in a full on “Ugly Cry” over here. What a powerhouse she was. This fucking year, jesus.

Yeah if the Dems don’t refuse to seat anyone using the same argument the Republicans did then they don’t deserve to be in power. No high road bullshit this time. 

I am just going to say this but she should have retired in 2014 when the Dems still held the Senate and she knew she had end stage pancreatic cancer. She was an icon but that doesn’t mean she didn’t fuck us totally by not stepping down. 

Yeah if he was asking her about the President’s attacks on her, he’d preface it with “Trump calls you ‘Crazy Nancy’...” he slipped up and said the quiet part out loud. And then browbeats her into letting him get away with it. What an asshole. 

That’s because it’s what he calls her privately. It’s like when someone’s drunk and says a slur because the inhibition is gone.

It’s that same vibe of the dude who hurts you, and then immediately turns it around about how sorry he is and what an awful person he is, so that you’re supposed to end up comforting him instead.

There’s something about this letter that comes off as almost....proud(?) of how much influence they think they have over their ex. Couching it in self flagellation is adding victimhood to narcissism.

Okay, when I read this letter, my first reaction was: wow, this person is making several bad (unjustified) inferences. The relationship he describes reminds me of one I was in and, similarly, if you ask my ex his side of the story, he too would be taking lots of credit for why my life is the way it is. In reality, I…

LW, you know you’re still using your ex, right?