David Doel tells us about the protests at the homes of SCOTUS justices “I Like Beer” Kavanaugh and Hangin’ Judge JR (and it looks like "Strip Search Sammy" is getting his "time in the barrel" also as noted here...and Biden is wrong on criticizing the protests, as is Begala and Harwood of course...what the hell do you expect when the SCOTUS puts up fencing to keep out protestors? Gee, ya’ think they expect people to be pissed about this? And of course, the lightning speed with which our elected representatives moved on this shouldn’t be surprising, and for the record, I’m saying that through clenched teeth – it sure would be nice if the same metaphorical fire were lit under these U.S. Senate cretins to ensure the safety and privacy of women’s health care...and gee, now the cops are policing people making chalk drawings in front of the home of "disappointed" Collins? Gee, what chronological age is the Maine senator? 12?).
And speaking of protests on this subject, let's not forget this...
Update: Jamelle Bouie gets it (here).
Update 5/11/22: And three guesses how #MaseratiManchin voted here, and the first two don't count.
And by the way, this is being reported as “Senate fails to vote” or “Senate fails to pass” or “U.S. Senate Democrats Fail...” This is typically disingenuous corporate media framing, but I realize that shouldn’t be a surprise.
The goddamn bill was blocked by U.S. Senate Republicans and that Democratic dirty energy criminal from West Virginia. Try reporting it straight for a change!
...and as indicated in the prior clip, the wingnuts want corporatism to run amok while any notion of government providing any service for anyone but the uber rich is thoroughly destroyed, but above and beyond that, they also want anything having to do with the right to privacy to be gutted as well, and that means they’re also coming for contraception, gay marriage, mixed marriages...you name it (with Tate Reeves of Mississippi being too dumb and/or callous enough to do anything but go along with the program like the empty-headed sycophant he truly is – John and Francesca bring us more)...
...and I thought Mehdi Hasan did a real service here drawing a line from the present thoroughly disgusting moment of screeching corporate activism all the way back to Brown v. Board and the rise of the wingnuts under The Sainted Ronnie R (Hasan covers a lot of important stuff here, but I would have also liked to see the clip of Paul Weyrich saying that he doesn’t want everyone to vote, making a snide “goo goo” remark as he did so... and yeah, good point at the end by author Randall Balmer that LBJ, rightly or wrongly, knew how to wield power, and that skill has largely escaped current Dems on Capitol Hill – Hasan also speaks with author Anthea Butler)...
...and Brian Tyler Cohen does a deep dive into Lex Luthor Scott’s 11-point plan to basically turn this country into a corpocracy and make sure government provides absolutely nothing for anybody or anyone who needs it...yes, I know this is a recording, but it bears repeating (and you'd have to be a stone cold moron to trust one word coming out of the mouth of Sen. Mr. Elaine Chao)...
...and Sam and Emma tell us about Steve Schmidt, former Repug political operative and advisor to the 2008 John McCain for President campaign, going off on McCain’s daughter Meghan recently because she liked a tweet alleging that Schmidt was a pedo, and that would be enough to make me go off too (and I have to admit that I blamed Schmidt for Sarah Palin, and apparently I was wrong...sorry about that, though I guess that also depends on who you talk to – I pretty much agree with Sam’s analysis that Schmidt has his own issues too...and yeah, it figures that Meghan McCain would pose in front of her dad’s headstone with a copy of her book, which was crass in the extreme as they discuss...apparently the book sales tanked – c’est dommage)...
...and it’s too nice of a day in these parts to have a brooding, melancholy tune – how about something a little upbeat to help us keep carrying on with the good fight, as it were?
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