@whignewtons Some good points. But I don't think you grapple with the fact that there is probably no one that romanticizes the court as much as you. Your love of it blinds you on certain things so you find bright spots and highlight.
@neeratanden True. You have to look at each of these situations individually though. El Sayed is an above average talent. He is just too far left for. Stevens isnt a good candidate though.
here's Barack Obama's entire speech commemorating the Obama Presidential Center. He reflected on his administration's successes and failures, critiqued the moral rot of contemporary America, and outlined a positive vision of the future -- all without ever mentioning Trump
Obama: "The Founders fell terribly short of the declaration's promise, leaving slavery in tact, allowing states to restrict the franchise to white men who owned property. But in drafting a constitution and bill or rights, they did have the foresight -- the genius -- to provide us with a framework that allows each generation to make our union more perfect."
Michelle Obama: Not once did you melt from the heat. Not once did you let it harden you… the claims that a U.S. Senator and constitutional law expert wasn't qualified for the job. The lies about your birthright, your faith, your patriotism, the outrage when you stated the biological fact that if you'd had a son that he too would be black, yet you were unflappable at every turn, always focused.
“Michelle Obama is a man” shouted on the White House lawn in a ring sponsored by Bud Light only available on Larry Ellison’s Paramount Plus. What a way to celebrate America 250 and the twilight of liberal democracy.
Ok this is actually pretty good - not just because he is pushing back against the rightwing mockery of Islam but, for the first time, Tucker is breaking with Trump, directly criticizing him. That’s bold, given his base.
“We do not seek regime change” Trump declares as he escalates his regime change war against Iran. Neocons like Graham/Bolton are cheering. To all who voted for Trump bc of his antiwar rhetoric, it’s time to realize he lied to u. Stand with me against Trump’s Iran War! #TrumpsWar
@neeratanden He was kind of right in all of those cases. I appreciate his honest analysis even when its hard. Newsom IS extremely talented, as he said. But its not any secret that people call him slick, think he's an opportunist ect.
And what happened is he got pepper sprayed in the face, tackled to the ground by 6 masked men, disarmed, and shot 10 times at point blank range. For the crime of exercising his constitutional rights.
The only question left is why nobody has been arrested for his murder yet.
To be clear about what this depicts: An immigration officer threw a woman onto the ground. Alex Pretti, a registered nurse on scene as a legal observer, is filming and goes to help the woman up. He is then pepper sprayed and thrown to the ground for no discernible reason. Many officer surround and assault him; one removes his firearm, which police say appears to have been legally registered. They then execute him with a hail of bullets.
They are, objectively speaking, both cowards and criminals, while Pretti is what we teach people an American ought to be.
Rogan: "Its very ugly to watch someone shoot a U.S. citizen, especially a woman, in the face…It just looked horrific to me. When people say it's justifiable because the car hit it, it seemed like she was turning the car away."