Kelley Rinehart

Happily retired lawyer on Social Security and Medicare. I'm here for politics and entertainment - the sillier the better. End the filibuster and grow the court.

[David Cay Johnston @DavidCayJ]

Sadly, the points below are spot on about my peers in national journalism.

[Norman Ornstein @NormOrnstein]

Time perhaps for someone to take action against both Barr and Sherwin? Bar Association, anyone? Garland DOJ?

[Kelley Rinehart @LeftyGeezer]

@lindyli It makes perfect sense. Their entire world is transactional - all that matters is what they can do for each other. I don't think they get much beyond money and sex.

[Kelley Rinehart @LeftyGeezer]

@DevinCow They're always so shocked when people entirely devoted to screwing over others decide to screw over them. Kind of sad to watch.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

Per @JakeSherman — McConnell just told Senate Republicans Trump won’t let them help fix the border because he wants to run on it.

[David Sirota @davidsirota]

🚨INVESTIGATION: In the last 3 years, airlines filed more than 1,800 safety reports - or more than 1 per day - warning regulators about Boeing's 737 Max, according to documents reviewed by @LeverNews.

Regulators let Boeing continue self-inspections. https://t.co/9RcsjcMIMb

[Jennifer Bendery @jbendery]

NEW: Today, Trump privately pressured Senate Republicans to “kill” a bipartisan deal to secure the U.S. border because he doesn’t want Biden to chalk up a win ahead of the 2024 presidential election, per a source familiar with negotiations. https://t.co/BzSzqS0WuA

[Kelley Rinehart @LeftyGeezer]

@MayoIsSpicyy New Hampshire may be the last thoughtful Republican state in the country. 75% of Republicans voting in the primary voted Trump. Nope, he's not done. He's not done because he accurately reflects the GOP base.

[Kelley Rinehart @LeftyGeezer]

@AP We are all shocked and surprised, we never saw that coming.

[SEIU @SEIU]

Wherever violence, fear & hatred thrive, working people cannot.

We call for an immediate ceasefire, the release of all hostages & delivery of life-saving supplies to the people of Gaza.

This call for peace is rooted in the pain that SEIU members are feeling, from the Jewish member concerned for her son’s safety in Tel Aviv, to the Muslim member who immigrated to this country from the Middle East to escape war, to SEIU healthcare workers who see themselves in the healthcare workers in Gaza who have been killed trying to save lives. Read our statement: https://t.co/QJmHBtQ7WI

[Kelley Rinehart @LeftyGeezer]

@jenmercieca The only way out of this mess, for both legislation and jurisprudence, is to end the filibuster and grow the court. Relying on getting +/- 10 GOP votes is no way to legislate, and this SCOTUS will invalidate any good policy we manage to enact. Make the US majoritarian again.

[Steven Mazie @stevenmazie]

Trying to wrap my mind around the fact that four justices think Texas can subvert federal government enforcement of United States immigration policy

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

Most of the aid requested for Ukraine will be for American weapons produced in America.

Great for the economy. But many in the GOP want the economy to tank before the election

[Kelley Rinehart @LeftyGeezer]

@brianwilson22 @TheRickyDavila Perfectly fair question - maybe ask those officers if they were afraid too. Cops know what all rational humans know - assault weapons in civilian hands are terrifying.

[Kelley Rinehart @LeftyGeezer]

@alifeofinsanity @UncleLonny63 It's been dead since 1994. They announced it publicly. It was called the Contract with America, and that is one thing Republicans have kept their word on. Democrats are enemies, not opponents. Newt Gingrich.

[Sen. Elissa Slotkin @SenatorSlotkin]

Want to see just how politicized the issues of immigration & the border are? Look no further than the Speaker. It’s pretty stunning to watch someone say for months that an issue is a crisis, & then in the same breath refuse to engage in negotiations until their party is in power.

[Kelley Rinehart @LeftyGeezer]

@OsitaNwanevu Even so, it's always been a weak argument. If Nixon had been prosecuted instead of pardoned we might not be where we are today.

[Kelley Rinehart @LeftyGeezer]

@JudiciaryDems You need to end the filibuster and grow the court. You can't get 10 GOP votes for good public policy, and even if you could this SCOTUS will scrap any good public policy that comes before it. Focus!

[Kelley Rinehart @LeftyGeezer]

@jenmercieca Does it help that I periodically go on news strike?