Clarence Thomas unquestionably committed tax fraud on his motorcoach deal and the president has the power to put him in handcuffs this afternoon, in his official capacity in charge of the IRS and federal law enforcement
I think the IRS needs to be ordered to release the tax returns for various Trump and Kushners, as well as various Supreme Court justices and Trump advisors. Not illegal anymore!
This is a good one. Especially after the Chevron ruling to. I really think Biden needs to do something like this. And then turn and say, "See? Do you understand what's on the ballot now? If I can do this harmless thing, Trump can do the infinitely more malicious things he has promised."
Everyone knows that no Democrat is ever going to do this. Democratic Party partisans prefer explanations like "party leaders are inept or too polite" but the real answer is class interest: the Democratic Party does not work for its base but for its wealthy donors and this is against their interest
The thing that is specifically galling, were this to be the most accurate take, is that it’s not even a smart read on their self-interest. Even at the top 1%, a descent into Russia-style kleptocracy would create more losers than winners. So ineptitude is part of the conversation, in some form.
It's not a form of society where the politicians are actually the top .00001%, although they are often moderately wealthy. It's a form where the politicians feel like they can reliably serve the .00001% no matter who they are. They aren't in direct competition for oligarchy slots.
Believing that the guy who smeared Anita Hill to install Clarence Thomas on the court in the first place is going to go out of his way to arrest him is the definition of magical thinking. You liberals need to realize that the call is coming from inside the house.
We back any Dem candidate that will assure a Win against the Destruction of Republicans, especially the ones Bought in the Supreme Court by Partisans seeking Tax benefits guaranteed by Congressional control if the win the WH too.
Wow. You think this is the President’s job and not the independent IRS Criminal Investigations Division, which can opt to send recommendations to DOJ.
It’s almost like people want Biden to take advantage of the Supreme Court immunity ruling and start breaking laws today.
Thus far since writing this, I've done three blocks in two hours of fellow progressives who don't believe either in majority rule or rule of law ... and probably never did. Biden acting as an autocrat, dictator, or king as Justice Sotomayor put it isn't a solution to the Trump problem.
We all process shit in different ways. Today I learned my first reaction is to be ok with short-term authoritarianism to prevent authoritarian take-over. My second reaction has been to say, “Self, that is FUCKED UP. Authoritarianism is authoritarianism is authoritarianism.” My third reaction is…
apparently to remind folks that we are all still processing and venting and, most of all, posting through it, which is probably a bad idea, but also, how we do things now.
If you feel you can get further with people proposing to imprison or kill off political opponents because they object to today's ruling because they feel it allows for that (I think the latter reasonably), then more power to you. I am just blocking and noting what people are actually saying.
Processing by posting for the arrest and summary execution of Supreme Court justices, for example, is pretty effed up. If you’re asking me to hold off on pushback of that, you’ve come to the wrong person. Lefties can be like Trumpies. Today is proof.
Yes. It is. Humans do fucked-up things. Sometimes we manage to pull ourselves back from that ledge before we act by saying it out loud and hearing its wrongness. Sometimes we need to make it into a joke in order to not take that impulse seriously. Sometimes we need other folks to call it out.
It’s satisfying to fantasize Biden doing so, but he won’t. He’s an institutional man. Like Merrick Garland, he will give lip service to justice. Not much more
In his official capacity as commander in chief of the US military, I imagine he has the power to simply order a drone strike on the homes of the justices.
One might come to that conclusion so, yes, a drone strike could be effective. I’d rather wait for AOC to return from vacation to see if impeachment goes anywhere. /s
Per recent developments, I think the President has the power to use a SWAT team to do this with a hair trigger and instructions to fire at the first sign of resistance for their personal safety.
