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Sure. But are you going to hold Democrats together in opposition to a Supreme Court pick who will undo Roe v. Wade? 1/3
There are lots of tools a potent party leader can use to maintain party unity. In fact, we have a resource on the things Schumer can and should be doing to make sure Dems don't vote for Kavanaugh: indivisible.org/resource/legis… 2/3
Harry Reid was ruthless -- he found the votes he needed. We need Schumer to find the votes we need now. End/
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1/8. As another hurricane inches closer to our shores, we've recently learned that the Trump Administration diverted $10M from FEMA so that it can hold more immigrant families in cages. #familiesbelongtogetherANDFREE washingtonpost.com/news/morning-m…
2. This is a big deal and signals what the Trump Admin cares -- and doesn't care -- about. It cares more about separating, detaining, and deporting immigrant families than it does the health and safety of our communities, than it does responding to natural disasters.
3. But it's not a surprise, nor is it unsusual. In fact, earlier this year DHS transferred an additional $200M to support Trump's mass deportation machine. @SenJeffMerkley deserves a shout out for helping to shed light on all of this.
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Update: @SenSchumer just used procedural tools to (briefly) delay Kavanaugh hearings. This might seem like Schumer is fighting to #StopKanavaugh, but it's *not* the most important thing he could be doing if he wanted to win this fight. thehill.com/homenews/senat… 1/
To recap, Democrats have few tools when they're in the minority to stop bad bills or nominees from moving forward. But one tool at their disposal is "withholding consent". Here's our explainer on it: indivisible.org/resource/senat… 2/
That's exactly what Schumer did today -- he withheld consent on McConnell's request to continue with the Kavanaugh hearing beyond the time allowed. Normally, we'd applaud this kind of resistance. 3/
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Imagine if Dems had been uniformly opposed to #Kavanaugh when the Cohen news broke. It would have put them in a much stronger position, and put ALL of the pressure on Rs to protect our democracy from Trump's blatant attempt to protect himself from being held accountable. 1/3
Instead of fighting to #StopKavanaugh, Dem leadership appears content with work shopping their message and soft-landing a defeat. 2/3
Mitch McConnell sees calls for delay for what it is: weakness. He doesn't care. He sees a long list of still undecided Dems and is busy rounding up the votes he needs. And that's what @SenSchumer should be doing too. 3/3
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@KevinMKruse Also, I would add that much of Southern Baptist indifference to abortion was shaped by the fact that Catholics dominated the early pro-life movement. Anti-Catholicism was a more powerful driver of Southern Baptist ideas than pro-life theology for a moment.
@KevinMKruse W. A. Criswell, at time the most important SBC preacher, said this about Catholic pro-life mvmt just after Roe: "I think the Catholics have it in their heads…that they’re going to outbreed the rest of us...I just think that’s their way of survival and it’s working pretty good."
@KevinMKruse In 1967, the SBC passed a resolution driven by concerns of overpopulation that advised married couples to make “judicious use of medically approved methods of planned parenthood and the dissemination of planned parenthood information."
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Collins really sounds like a yes.

Get ready to unleash heck.
It really sounds like she's acting as though she only has to explain her vote on the grounds of protecting Roe v. Wade, and is treating the rest as a bunch of salacious rumormongering by "special interest groups".
Don't be afraid.

Be angry.
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BREAKING

#Facebook SUPPRESSED A STORY About #BrettKavanaugh’s Opposition to Roe v. Wade. We’re Republishing It

#Kavanaugh said he would kill Roe v. Wade last week and almost no one noticed

#MOG
#MAGA theintercept.com/2018/09/14/fac…
#Kavanaugh needs to give #SusanCollins (R-ME) PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY regarding his anti-abortion views.

#Collins, who is nominally pro-choice, said shortly before Kavanaugh’s nomination that a Supreme Court nominee “who would overturn ROE v. WADE would not be acceptable

#MOG
#Kavanaugh’s views on abortion weren’t exactly a state secret

He gave a speech to a think tank in 2017 praising #Rehnquist’s dissent in ROE v WADE, and he wrote an opinion arguing that the administration could temporarily imprison undocumented women seeking an abortion

#MOG
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Senator Chuck Schumer gives voice to the many issues facing this country as Justice Kennedy prepares to retire, and Trump prepares to replace him. This is a very rational & worthy read. #SCOTUS #MondayMotivation
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2/"Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement has created the most important vacancy on the Supreme Court in our lifetimes. Whoever fills Justice Kennedy’s seat will join an evenly divided court with the ability to affect the laws of the United States and the rights of its citizens for
3/"generations. Enormously important issues hang in the balance: the right of workers to organize, the pernicious influence of dark money in politics, the right of Americans to marry who they love, the right to vote..Perhaps the most consequential issues at stake in this Supreme
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1. US Senator Susan Collins, of Maine, said over the weekend that she would not support a US Supreme Court nominee who would reverse Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that legalized abortion. That has given some people hope. It shouldn’t.
2. The Democrats have one way to stop the Senate from confirming Trump’s second high court nominee—by denying Mitch McConnell a quorum. That would shut down the Senate. But the maneuver requires 51 Senators. In other words, every Democrat plus two rogue Republicans.
3. US Senator John McCain is dying. That’s one possibility. Collins’ statement over the weekend raises the prospect to two. But again, unity is what matters. Given 5 Democrats are running for reelection in states won by the president, unity may not be possible, or even desirable.
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Susan Collins tells @jaketapper: “I would not support a nominee who demonstrated hostility to Roe v. Wade.”

Key word: DEMONSTRATED. If Trump picks a known pro-lifer who quietly preserves that option, she may vote yes.
Clip and save: @SenatorCollins tells @jaketapper she doesn’t think Neil Gorsuch would vote to overturn Roe v. Wade.
The background:

Donald Trump said in 10/2016 he’d pick Supreme Court justices who’ll overturn Roe v. Wade.

Mike Pence said in 7/2016 that if Trump wins “we’ll see Roe v. Wade consigned to the ash heap of history where it belongs.”
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