READ: Justice Sotomayor's warning in her dissent:
"When [the president] uses his official powers in any way, under the majority's reasoning, he now will be insulated from criminal prosecution. Orders the Navy's Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune. Let the President violate the law, let him exploit the trappings of his office for personal gain, let him use his official power for evil ends. Because if he knew that he may one day face liability for breaking the law, he might not be as bold and fearless as we would like him to be. That is the majority's message today. Even if these nightmare scenarios never play out, and I pray they never do, the damage has been done. The relationship between the President and the people he serves has shifted irrevocably. In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law."
BREAKING: CNN just released their fact check of Donald Trump throughout the debate. It turns out Donald Trump lied on just about every answer. Retweet so all Americans see this vital fact check on Trump’s BS.
Honest thoughts about the debate:
Losers:
The American people
CNN
Fact checking
Winners:
Right wing media gets to show video of Biden looking old
Normal media gets to show Trump lying 500 times/ready to coup again
Performance:
Biden: low energy honest straight forward answers
Trump: high energy insane nonstop lies for 90 minutes
Check back again in 2 weeks when Trump is sentenced to prison
That’s literally not how abortion works. This disinformation about abortion is meant to confuse people and distract from what Trump and his allies really want to do → ban all abortions.
Whatever the agreement to not push back or fact-check in real time-- this is disturbing to me.
This is how democracy and norms get eroded. Fact-checking and preparedness are part of the safeguards to keep people in power accountable.
This nation is in trouble.
What’s Joe Biden’s superpower? That he’s a good guy who will do the right thing for the country. In this case, that’s stepping aside and letting the DNC choose another nominee. #swapJoeout