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The Dems never play hardball like this. Maybe it's because they don't have it in their DNA or they maybe they've got  the same donors and they are deathly afraid if they did anything it might turn off the money spigot.
It's as if the court is controlled by dark money >

Although that is a factor, let us not dismiss the fault lies with American citizens and their voting choices (including not voting). Dark money influences people, but it does not entirely deprive us of our choices in life.
The Uvalde shooting happened in the spring of 2022, however 6 months later the people in that community re-elected Republicans to the state capital from governor to state senate and downwards.
Londoners often ask me what it will take for the American people to wake up. The fact that the GOP still won so many races in November, despite the attack on women’s rights with Roe v. Wade being gutted and countless other misdeeds, says a lot more about American voters and non-voters. >

It's that but you have to factor in districts that are gerrymandered to hell the fact that we're not able to get time off to vote and the fact that some states make it as hard to vote as humanly possible. All I can say is non voters are a problem but my gen z ass and the rest of the people in my generation have been stepping up in record numbers. Which Republicans want to raise the voting age to 25 btw. You can go die for us at 18 but you have no say in what policies get implemented. The GOP has gone full fascist the time to stop them was 2012 but they go low we go high ya know?
We're so unbelievably screwed. >

Gerrymandering is why I am not afraid of DeSantis. His office rewrote the voting districts and the federal government told him they were discriminatory and he did it anyway. He won a red state that leans red in elections, and was gerrymandered for red votes. Put him in Virginia or Pennsylvania and they’ll see through him like they saw through Oz. >

You can’t gerrymander for Governor though. That’s just a statewide race.
Best he could do is depress turnout. But if people voted against him, he’d be gone. >

The reason DeSantis won is because the Democratic party has quit on Florida. They keep putting up the same candidate, Charlie Christ, who has failed to win like 4 times now. He's a terrible candidate, I miss the days of Jeb Bush to be honest.
The reason DeSantis won't work on a national stage, he is TERRIBLE in live debates. He's so bad that his public appearance schedule is secret. He only takes questions from staged reporters and if anyone finds out that isn't expressly requested to be there, they are removed. That won't work on a national stage. There isn't a GOP Candidate that will allow him to skate by without several debates. Trump would embarrass him on a national stage, it's the only reason I hope Trump runs, to destroy DeSantis and the last remnants of the MAGA cult. >

Republicans don't do debates anymore >

they do during primaries. >

Was Trump good in live debates? This seems like something that would cause Democrats to vote for someone else, but not Republicans. >

he was rude, crass, and just an all-around asshole. That definitely appeals to a certain demographic. DeSantis has zero qualities he can rely on to help him win on any kind of national stage. Don't get me wrong, there will always be people that vote (R) no matter what, but he isn't going to convert voters. >

This is what happens when you have arch partisans in stead of judges. 
The rest of the first world has a name for partisan judges it’s called corruption. >

This is what happens when you have a government that allows representatives a minority of the people to decide who gets to sit on the bench. >

Our illegitimate Supreme Court is the saddest thing about our country. Absolutely awful, and the clearest sign that the GOP is not interested in the US being America anymore. 
It should be corrected. >

The last sparkle of hope is that majority seems to be skeptical of Moore v Harper. If that's the case and elections won't change substantially if at all, the last midterm showed new enthusiasm for Democrats. Let's give them few years and maybe they'll pack the court. 2024 senate map is disaster, but you have ample time to canvass for historic turnout. And in 2028, the majority might be enough. >

"Skeptical" in quotes. They still showed support for it, just not full naked endorsement of Independent Legislature Theory in all cases (e.g., ISL cannot theorhetically discriminate based on constitutional protections such as race--but good luck enforcing it).
The lawyers I listen to opining about this topic (such as the guys at Opening Arguments) are suggesting that SCOTUS is poised to partially rule in favor of Moore such that it guarantees Republicans can steal elections nonetheless.
Sort of like saying "we don't have a dictator who is above the law. We have a president for life who cannot ever be prosecuted for breaking any law. Big difference." >

I concur. They will rule in favor of it 'just enough' to allow the margin of victory they desire. That's the Lucy's Football of the left, we always think there is going to be a cataclysmic event, but the establishment knows to never do this, so they weasel it out in small steps.
The GOP just needs to forever lock down current red states and then let the Cambridge Analyticas of the future do their magic in the rust belt. >

We overlook the fact that the only reason the Supreme Court has the power to do this is because the have assumed part of the role of Congress.
The Supreme Court should never have the ability to define the laws of the land.  They have that power because we send people to Congress which promise to do a lot, but end up doing very little. >


send people to Congress which promise to do a lot, but end up doing very little.

I'm not the sort of person to put politicians in one bag (some are lazy, some aren't; some are smart, some aren't) but there has been a trend to not legislate and instead push the decision to any other institution. 
That's why the GOP has "the best health plan ever" but no one knows what it is and it's never tabled to be debated. That's why ObamaCare was a gift to the Republicans. It was something they could point to, prod, and laugh at.
Actually doing something is political suicide. Things only get done because there are a few politicians who in good faith try to make the country better, or, are lobbied to do something with the lobbyists taking the heat (eg picking up any lost campaign funds etc) if any. >

I believe an armed militia being necessary to the security of our free state should in all aspects of the word, protest. Reagan lost his shit when the Black panthers started open carrying >

I don't know. A country who goes nuts for wearing a cloth over their face during a pandemic but are happy for school rooms to have litter boxes for school shooting prep isn't right in it's head. 
A collective cognitive dissonance. It ain't healthy. >

Where the fuck is this “litter box” bs happening at? Can you name a school? >

They're referring to the kernel of truth in the litter box thing.  Schools often keep litter around cuz it's good for cleaning stuff up, some schools have started storing it in classrooms so kids can use it in the event that they're trapped in the room during a school shooting.  
But of course no school is providing them for furries or kids identifying as cats. >

That’s what I thought he was referring to, the anti lgbt  propaganda I mean, shit is just so odd that they have to grasp that badly for straws because they never have policies that actually focus on improving the issue >

Of course they are. >

Wow. An illegitimate court doing illegitimate things. It’s almost like everyone said this would happen when it was stolen from the people. >

The MAGA court is the enemy of the American people and is purposefully destabilizing the country in service of their fascist masters >

We're so fucked >

Make sure when people complain you tell them how voting for a gorilla, both side-ism, and I could never vote for Hillary caused this. >

Yeah and if she was here I would tell her the same thing. But she's not. Voters are and that's who I'm addressing. >

Extend the court to 13 justices (in line with how many circuits there are) and make it a law that the Supreme Court can never exceed the number of circuits.
For such an important body, the general public should vote for who they want on the panel rather than the current president who will always choose a political ally! 
The court should be a representative and somewhat neutral standing body (not the current political chess piece that it is currently) 
Hell I’m not even from the US and this shit pisses me off >

Electing judges does not get politics out of the courts. And it opens the door wide for money to come in, even more than now. >

It'd be hard to open the door more, at least if we elected them, they'd be accountable to the people instead of just other politicians. >

At what point do we as a country just... stop putting up with it? Say "let the courts enforce their decision"? Pack the courts? Impeachment? Or someone goes more extreme because they don't see another way? 
Left-wing terrorism is extremely rare, especially when put alongside the Right-wing variants, but I fear we'll see more of it if we keep the current trajectory and people start losing hope. And then that will be used to oppress us further, just like back in the Cold War days. >

Honestly, I am firmly in the camp that the only way to defeat Republicans is to play by the rules they follow themselves.  That is, none. Arrest the compromised SCOTUS occupiers. Open investigations into who paid more than $300k to settle all of Kavanaugh's debt problems overnight. Dig into Thomas and his wife's sedition, and his complicity in refusing to recuse. Dig Kennedy up from whatever hole he buried himself in, and get his corrupt banker kid while we're at it.
Drain the swamp, essentially.  And take down any liberal in the way and who is also dirty while we are at it.  Entering political life as a servant should be "dangerous" in this country such that all their shit gets exposed no matter who they are.  Everyone is so shocked about George Santos but he really isn't any different than these people. He's just worse at covering his tracks.