Roberts says that the self defense argument is MORE relevant in high populated "high crime" areas.

So... that's great. The Chief Justice is actually on team "shoot em up on the subway." Wonderful.
Roberts: If the purpose of the Second Amendment is to protect yourself don't you need it most in high crime areas?
I'd argue that Roberts making a case for MOAR GUNZ in high crime areas is EXACTLY WHY the majority's reasoning in Heller was so goddamn stupid.

But, Underwood can't exactly say "Yes, Chief, this why you people were dumb last time this came up."
Now Alito is worried about people who work late at night in Manhattan who need a gun just to feel safe on the commute home.

Underwood is basically like HAVE YOU BEEN ON A SUBWAY???
Alito: "all these people with illegal guns, THEY'RE on the subway. THEY'RE walking around. But the ordinary hard working person can't get a gun."

Again, if you want to make the subway MORE VIOLENT, just give everybody guns with their Metrocard.
I swear ONLY in the gun context do conservatives use illegal behavior to justify changing the rest of the laws.

Like you never see:
Omar: Your honor, drug dealing is illegal so I robs some drug dealers.
Alito: That makes perfect sense to me.

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3 Nov
I do not know any black people who are saying the GOP appeals to racism were ineffective. The question is what Dems should DO about that SELF-EVIDENT REALITY.

MY suggestion is "fight racism" as opposed to the centrist Dem strat of "don't talk about it and hope it goes away."
But I'm open to other suggestions, like "PASS LEGISLATION" or "SEND NON COLLEGE WHITES TO COLLGE FOR FREE" or even "JUST GIVE PEOPLE ENOUGH MONEY TO STOP CARING WHERE TRANS PEOPLE PEE"

But "Try to be more racist" seems like something we've tried that doesn't work.
That's for real a poll I want to see:
"You listed CRT as your top concern. How much cash money do you need to not care?" Tell me the PRICE POINT 10% of these assholes sell out for, and let's start CUTTING SOME GODDAMN CHECKS.
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3 Nov
Roberts asking whether there is any place where guns can be restricted? Like places where they serve alcohol.

Clement is saying it's a case by case basis: says school and government buildings.... in bars "the government would have a tough case."
Kagan asks if you can restrict arms on the subway.

Clement can't say. "On behalf of my individual clients, I guess I could give away the subway, because they don't live in Manhattan."

THANKS, PAUL. HOW FUCKING MAGNANIMOUS
Now Barrett is jumping in. Clement is having real trouble here, b/c these justices are basically asking Clement if there's ANY END to his gun logic, and since there's not he can't really answer.
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2 Nov
There was a problem at my polling place, the machine for my ED went down. And it created a backlog and a bit of a line.
Person in front of me and my mother gave up and walked out.

I felt bad... he made it all the way to the polling place but still didn't vote.
Like, not *too* bad because he was a white guy who rolled up in a Range Rover so, you know, not who I'm targeting with my mailer.

BUT STILL... it just drove the point home about how important *frictionless* voting is. Even *minor* hurdles can put some people off.
It also brings to mind that even with the best of intentions, things can break or go wrong. There can be delays.

Now imagine how much worse it is when people *don't* have the best of intentions. When they're actually trying to make people give up and walk away.
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1 Nov
I do think that one upshot of live audio oral arguments is that normal people (like my mom just sitting her listening to these arguments) can see JUST HOW MUCH male justices interrupt women lawyers AND the other women justices.
The differences between how hostile they are to women talking than they are to men, even men they *disagree* with... should be eye opening for people who aren't used to their bullcrap.
Like my mom is just like "WHY DON'T THEY LET HER TALK??" "They let the other guy talk."

Yeah.

Like justices interrupting lawyers is a thing, but it's worse when the lawyer is a woman and OBVIOUSLY SO.
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Happy Halloween
Here’s our Delta variant safe trick or treating set up. We can wave from the door :).
Omg. This was all my wife. I thought that was obvious what with the clear indication of giving a crap.
I was in charge of the music. (Keith David, Princess and the Frog). And the dog. :)
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29 Oct
My theory is that white folks try to tattletale to the media employers of black folks (like Matty Yce tried it on me last week) on the theory that the white people in charge honestly don't know what the Negroes are running around saying.
The reality that these people don't understand is that there is not a black person *employed* by in white media who doesn't have the support of the majority of white folks who read that publication.
Cause we're not allowed to have our jobs any other way.
It's not enough for anybody from me or @AngryBlackLady to @AdamSerwer or @jelani9 to have *only* Black people read us. We *have to* appeal to a DIVERSE audience or we don't get our jobs.
And we do. And we KNOW we do, so we don't have to coddle the dingdongs.
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