@rbreich
Gee, what could go wrong when you have a system where politicans appoint justices? Also why were their no consequences when Merrick Garland was denied a hearing. The Senate shirked its duties.
Let's face it. Those "checks and balances" that we learned about in school don't actually exist in reality.
In the years after Trump's tax cuts, S&P 500 corporations spent $2.72 trillion on stock buybacks to enrich wealthy shareholders. That's more than what they spent on investments in plants and technology to boost production and create jobs. So much for trickling down, huh?
20 Republican attorneys general are demanding that the Supreme Court block individual states like California from suing Big Oil for their climate impacts.
Funny how conservatives only believe in "states rights" for certain issues.
34 felony convictions
54 pending criminal charges
2 impeachments
2 popular vote losses
$88M owed to E Jean Carroll
$450M owed for civil fraud
$8T added to nat'l debt
2.9M net loss of jobs
Is this what Trump meant when he promised "numbers like we've never seen"?
@rbreich
I think you meant to say white rural voters being the key to his "victory". And BTW, he lost to Hillary by 3 million votes. The racist EC gave him the "win"...
@georgetakei
Moved into a new apartment. Then saw the roaches. Worthless pest contol guy sprayed and then I started treating the place. All entry points got diatomaceous earth. Three kinds of professional strength bait. Still saw a few. Finally pulled out the fridge and oven and found all of the leftover food and pet food under there. Removed that and the problem went away.
Of course, the place should have been clean when I moved in...
Roaches love high protein, high fat pet food. A delicacy.
A "Stop the Steal" flag reportedly flew at the home of Justice Samuel Alito, just days after Jan 6.
Alito not being forced to recuse from Trump's immunity case and upcoming Jan 6 cases tells you everything you need to know about the new SCOTUS code of "ethics."
For Nat'l Police Week, Speaker Johnson is hosting a candlelight vigil tonight to honor fallen police officers.
But first he's in New York to support Trump, who has promised to pardon the violent criminals who brutally assaulted about 140 Capitol Police on Jan 6.
@rbreich
Hard to believe that this type of corruption and bribery can actually be legal. But every single day Dumpty shows us that he can take corruption to a whole new level.
@georgetakei
I really don't buy books at the bookstore. I just go on Ebay, especially if there are good used copies available. Best book I recently read was "Preparing for War" by Bradley Onishi. Great book about White Christian Nationalism and how they are perverting politics...
Last week, Team Big Picture talked the decline of democracy at the hands of Republicans with author @AriBerman. His book, Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People—and the Fight to Resist It explores how the right wields and holds power through anti-democratic means. Don't miss this enlightening conversation! https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/ari-berman-minority-rule-republicans
Trump keeps telling the lie that he's being prosecuted "by Biden."
False.
Four different grand juries, made up of ordinary citizens, voted to indict him after reviewing substantial evidence that he had committed crimes. That's how the criminal justice system works.
@georgetakei
She doesn't piss me off. She just proves that she is one more pathetic person on the far right who thinks that "pissing off people" is a badge of honor and to be celebrated. Glad that I am not like her at all...
@rbreich
I think that those in power are crossing the line when they say that standing up for the rights of Palestinians is being antisemitic. It isn't. It's called being a decent human being and recognizing that Israel has done some terrible things and gotten away with it for far too long.
@rbreich
Lots of greed in the rental market as well. When Donnie was in office real estate was being bought and sold like hotcakes. And each time a rental property gets sold, the rent goes up. And the quality of life goes down...