@MarshaBlackburn may have no redeeming qualities, but at least she gets #FridayLimericks. #LimerickRhyme
Constitutional scholar she’s not,
But she’ll strike while the iron is hot.
If you want to talk facts
Past your asinine acts,
Then Ms. Marsha, let’s see what you’ve got.
Marsha’s history’s fully replete
With stupidity less than discreet.
She is dumb, but she’s proud,
And will shout it out loud:
Who needs brains? It’s so easy to cheat.

dailykos.com/story/2021/9/1…
Tennessee and DC aren’t enough
When the senator wants to see stuff.
Glad to dine and to fly
When the campaign will buy—
Feels no guilt with no morals to slough.
murfreesborovoice.com/article/4549/m…
With her party’s disdain for remorse,
Her corruption is par for the course.
Add her head full of air
To her sycophant flair,
And Ms. Blackburn’s a GOP force!
tntribune.com/gop-blackburn-…
Now to pander in full to her base,
Marsha likes to divide us by race.
Looks in KBJ’s eyes
And tells CRT lies—
All to put the Black judge in her place.
newsweek.com/marsha-blackbu…
And of course, her rhetorical plate
Still has room for her anti-trans hate.
Marsha openly mocks
The folks not in her box—
One too small to accept the non-straight.

refinery29.com/en-us/2022/03/…
And in case you believe that you’re safe
From Ms. Blackburn’s next cultural strafe:
If you’re married, in bloom,
It’s no longer YOUR womb;
Her disinterest in your rights might chafe.
msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rcna…
Though there’s much still for Marsha to learn,
She’s not in this to work or to earn.
Bares her citizens’ shelf
While she serves just herself:
She’ll cash out, smile, and let it all burn.

washingtonpost.com/history/2022/0…

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Mar 28
The opinion being reported, stating that Trump and John Eastman “more likely than not… conspired to obstruct the Joint Session of Congress” is fascinating. That is not a holding or finding of guilt, so this opinion doesn’t have a straight line to arrest.

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Still, I encourage everyone to read Carter’s opinion for the revealing, with documentation cited, of a powerful factual outline. For those screaming for Garland to “do something,” I believe he is building the case. Meanwhile, an outline of the opinion (citations to page numbers):
The opinion begins with a discussion of Trump’s election fraud claims. Of particular note: a January 2, 2021 briefing “urging several hundred state legislators from states won by President Biden to ‘decertify’ electors,” and a breakdown of his efforts to pressure Georgia. (3-4)
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Depending on whom you talk to, Ohio HB is either an anti-rioting bill (GOP/sponsors) or an anti-First Amendment bill. @Sam_Lawrence14 falls in the latter group—and he is right. Here’s why (Thread):
First, this isn’t about being for or against The Police writ large, or even against just Sting; I’m not. I also can’t opine on the motivation of the GOP sponsors or the groups funding similar legislative efforts across the country. But this bill as written won’t do what they say.
The bill adds criminal offenses to conduct that is already illegal, supersizing penalties when the conduct occurs during a “riot.” It leaves it to police to determine whether the protest constitutes a “riot.”

ohiocapitaljournal.com/2021/11/11/com…
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Mar 27
Why should judges have empathy? Because when a case comes before a court, it doesn’t come as a data point or a political opportunity. As GOP senators sprint to the spotlight, it’s worth remembering that our laws apply to humans.

washingtonpost.com/investigations…
This doesn’t mean favoring criminal defendants, and there is nothing in this case’s history to suggest Judge Brown Jackson did so. It does mean that considering the humanity of both the defendant and his or her victims matters.
This is true whether you are writing laws or serving on the bench. When some sick opportunist like the ever-pathetic @HawleyMO uses lies and human suffering to imply in front of Judge Brown Jackson’s daughter that she is on the side of child pornographers? That’s non-empathy.
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Mar 26
The only policy position the GOP has taken consistently is that taxes are bad. It turns out that this, too, is only about protecting their donors. @SenRickScott cares about money—but not yours.

forbes.com/sites/howardgl…
All the culture war insanity is about dividing people: white people against black and brown people, men against women, cis-het people against LGBTQ+ people. Because their whole goal is to protect the power of a few against the mass of American humanity.
It’s not that they hate you, exactly; it’s that your economic and health and emotional needs are mere nuisances, rather than something about which they want to be bothered with pretending to care. So they distract with hatred while they go about undermining democracy itself.
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Mar 21
So while @LeaderMcConnell pretends not to have made up his mind about Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, he is trying out a few talking points for what will be his inevitable opposition. (Thread)
#LiveBlue2022
#ResistanceUnited

washingtontimes.com/news/2022/mar/…
1. How dare democrats nominate someone who may have empathy for criminal defendants? This is disturbing for two reasons. First, in a system that presumes innocence, why should a judge not come in with empathy for a criminal defendant?
Empathy doesn’t mean favoring that side. It means understanding emotions and viewpoints on a human level. The kind of thing you would hope a judge considering intent elements of a crime would be able to do.

merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emp…
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Mar 19
As @joekent16jan19 puffs his MAGA chest, he earns #FridayLimericks. #LimerickRhyme
So Joe Kent thinks Zelenskyy’s the thug—
Or he just caught the MAGA brain bug.
When this guy’s seen so much,
How’s he so out of touch?
Step away from Fox News, and unplug.
newsweek.com/trump-pick-joe…
When a fellow has facts all askew,
It gets easy for lies to imbue.
Will democracy die?
If you trust the Big Lie,
You will blow it all up for a coup.
washingtonpost.com/politics/house…
When those poor insurrectionists failed,
Joe was shocked to find out they were jailed.
In a gulag they sit!
So goes Joe’s little snit,
Sad for them—not the nation assailed.
independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
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