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Thank god she didn’t take a knee during the anthem. That would’ve been disrespectful...

 
we have a long struggle ahead, as reactionary forces are in the ascendency while cultural and demographic trends are going in the other direction. A solid conservative majority on the Supreme Court is not a good development

This CNN article published today echos my concerns regarding reactionary forces colliding with changing demographics and cultural trends in the decades ahead:

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/11/politics/brett-kavanaugh-changing-america-supreme-court/index.html

"(CNN)Last week's combative Senate Judiciary Committee hearings over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh looked at times like a flash-forward to the racially infused politics that may increasingly consume the court, and the nation, through the 2020s.

If the Senate confirms Kavanaugh, which still appears likely despite sharpening Democratic questions about his honesty, he will cement a five-member majority of Republican-appointed justices. Given their ages, those five justices could control the Supreme Court for the next 15 years or more. Over that period, demographers project, the nation inexorably will grow more diverse in virtually every measurable way, from religious preference to sexual orientation and racial and ethnic composition.

That looks like a surefire formula for heightening conflict. Each of the Republican-appointed justices has demonstrated resistance to measures designed to protect or promote the interests of groups that often have been marginalized in American history, from racial minorities to gays and lesbians. And like a tightening tourniquet, the tension is likely to grow between the opposition of the Republican-appointed justices to laws that they feel unduly disadvantage whites and religiously devout Christians, and the calls from those growing minority groups for greater opportunity and inclusion."
 
I'd like to share a response to this that's made it to reddit's best of section.



First 16 time gold post I remember having witnessed. It was only 15 on the train ride in, so it's possible there could be more.

I feel like it's a great post. But I don't think it underscores enough the idea that this "resistance" is likely just a shunt that allows disenfranchised republicans to keep their 'ideals' while jumping on that life raft. True "resistance" or not, they're still complicit. And I'd like to see them taking ownership.

As for the part about that staffer not being the “resistance” he is absolutely correct. They are in it for themselves. Not America.
 
Mueller is a badass.

Trump supporters have been trying to discredit him and write him off. At some point they are going to realize who this guy is. He has absolutely dedicated his life to the service of the United States.

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Mueller is a badass.

Trump supporters have been trying to discredit him and write him off. At some point they are going to realize who this guy is. He has absolutely dedicated his life to the service of the United States.

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Mmmmmmmm
 
Odds are Manafort is providing blockbuster information to Mueller. And odds are, when all is said and done, the Trump supporters and apologists, so convinced that this has just been all about hate, will instead find out it's been about finding out the truth.
 
Odds are Manafort is providing blockbuster information to Mueller. And odds are, when all is said and done, the Trump supporters and apologists, so convinced that this has just been all about hate, will instead find out it's been about finding out the truth.

Two things.

1. **** Trump

2. I have doubts on any charges against Trump. It’s been 19 months now... not saying he’s innocent or guilt. Just have some doubts we see anything
 
Two things.

1. **** Trump

2. I have doubts on any charges against Trump. It’s been 19 months now... not saying he’s innocent or guilt. Just have some doubts we see anything
The amount of time has nothing to do with anything.

There is debate as to whether or not a President can be indicted, so there may be no charges against Trump even if he has committed crimes.

Trump has almost certainly obstructed justice. In the legal sense. It's almost a no-brainer. The question is whether or not as a society we consider this thing that has been a crime to still be a crime when it comes to one man who goes by the name Trump. And if we think it's worth holding him accountable for it.
 
The amount of time has nothing to do with anything.

There is debate as to whether or not a President can be indicted, so there may be no charges against Trump even if he has committed crimes.

Trump has almost certainly obstructed justice. In the legal sense. It's almost a no-brainer. The question is whether or not as a society we consider this thing that has been a crime to still be a crime when it comes to one man who goes by the name Trump. And if we think it's worth holding him accountable for it.

If it’s a “no brained” why not charge him? Make it an issue. Put those with the absurd notion that a president cannot be indicted on the spot. Elements of the media are begging for a smoking gun.

I have doubts. Doubts of proof.
 
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