So, here's the thing about the votes @SenSchumer just explained. Both @SenSusanCollins and @lisamurkowski *said* that we shouldn't proceed with a nominee before the election. It was meaningless & cost them nothing.
NOW, if McConnell tries to accept the nomination, they could ACT.
If Lindsey Graham pushes through the nomination without a quorum, Dems will ask the full Senate to reject that nomination. At that point, McConnell needs 51 votes (or 50, not sure if Pence gets to break the tie) to ignore regular rules.
If Collins and Murkowski keep their word, they only need one (or two) more Republican to vote in favor of *regular order*, like John McCain, as opposed to the illegitimate process to rush through a lifetime Supreme Court nominee.
I don't know that there are two additional Republicans. Romney actively wants the bigoted policies of Barrett and the rest of the GOP is terrified of Trump.

But, that's the state of play. Colllins and Murkowski keep their word, one or two more vote for order.
And to the extend, you know, that there are at least 51 Senators willing to violate the Senate's OWN RULES in order to add another hardcore Republican to the Court for life... that'll be something to remember if Democrats win the Senate.
As @SenWhitehouse said: "Because we can... swings both ways."
I know this is all an extreme long shot. But, like, we have to try. Remember the Republicans win when we give up.
[Bluto Blutarsky voice] WAS IT OVER, when Agent Smith completed the Death Star? WAS IT OVER, when Mexico nuked the Wall? NOTHING is over until we SAY it is. WHO'S WITH ME???

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23 Oct
One of the key takeaways I'm left with from this debate is that we fully can't even talk to each other anymore. That was the president of the united states, 11 days out from a general election, speaking in a way that reasonably informed people outside his niche COULDN'T FOLLOW.
It's really, it's gotta be like walking into a mass, knowing nothing about Catholicism, and sitting there and hearing "this is flesh now and you MUST EAT IT TO BE SAVED."

Like, WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?
I know there've been ENDLESS articles about how Fox creates its own self-fulfilling cultural ecosystem. I've WRITTEN some of those articles. I get the *general problem* here.

But, just, DAMN. When I was 10 I had a better grasp on what Bush/Dukakis were REFERENCING than Trump.
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22 Oct
I finally got around to reading the Rod Dreher dreck and, wow. Wow. What passes for intellectualism among Republicans these days is just, wow.
Consider, at one point the author quotes favorably the hysterical warnings of societal collapse's from a 1947 author worried about family "moral decay."

Then our guy says: "He wrote this in 1947. Zimmerman missed the Baby Boom coming, but otherwise, he was right on target."
WUT?
How you gonna quote a guy warning about declining birth rates, and then just wave away "HE MISSED THE BABY BOOM." Talk about: Other than that, how was the play Mrs. Lincoln.
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22 Oct
My ranking of Game of Thrones seasons BY SOUNDTRACK:
Season 3
Season 6
Season 8
Season 1
Season 2
Season 4
Season 5
Season 7
Season 3 is giving you: the best instrumental version of Castomere, the full Chaos is a Ladder theme, the Ironborn theme, the song they actually play during the red wedding, and the mournful aftermath, AND Mhysa AND... FREAKING.. DRACARYS
Season 6 has the best song in the whole show (Light of the Seven) which is so good you can pretty much *SEE* what is happening. Season 8 the music is better than Season 8 the television show, as all its *musical* themes pay off big time, plus the Night King song.
Read 6 tweets
21 Oct
Well... that was new.
Is the FBI arguing that Iran made it look like the Proud Boys were intimidating voters to *help* Donald Trump.

That's... the story... I'm supposed to believe from these people?
I trust Christopher Wray, more or less. Not to investigate his alleged attempted rapist buddy Brett Kavanaugh, but on other things.

It was Trump fluffer John Ratcliffe who said that it was being done to "help Trump" and that I don't believe at all.

nytimes.com/2020/10/20/opi…
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19 Oct
In any event, any rule passed by the Senate can be undone by the next Senate. And a constitutional amendment is not happening. So...
Still the hypocrisy of @tedcruz, who voted in favor of killing the filibuster for SCOTUS nominees now wanting a supermajority for court reform is rich.

And HIGHLIGHTS the problem. Republicans think "Republican Win Always" should be the actual law.
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17 Oct
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but if any black man would like to learn the difference between a Joe Biden federal court and a white supremacist one, I’m here.
This stuff is confusing and if you want to learn instead just of repeating bullshiit, I’m happy to help.
There are THREE branches of government. Not 1. It’s not about 1 man. Never has been. If you don’t understand how a president will help you, understand how Congress can. Understand how liberal courts will
SEE THE WHOLE BOARD like a Queen, not the space in front of you like a pawn.
Apparently, instead of asking me questions my tone was too "condescending" for some so, to be clear, I WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER BLACK QUESTIONS about a Biden Court instead of a Trumpy one. Since apparently Ice Cube thinks that only 1 branch of government is important to black people.
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