A majority opinion last week made it clear, as the court's liberals urgently sounded the alarm. The only way we can save equality--and democracy-- is by re-electing Joe Biden.
yep, I mean Peter Thiel is a prick and most likely suffers from internalized homophobia!! sure its nice to have money and yes money gives you privilege, but no matter much you want it, you aren't welcome into the club, you are just tolerated.
You are so right and I am so terrified. I have said the same thing to anyone who will listen. Many people I know are naive and believe that these issues are settled and marriage equality has been decided. But look at abortion rights ! It makes me so angry and so afraid. Biden has to be reflected. Human rights have never been more at risk.
No comments, we are living in uncertain times. We can't tell people just go out and vote, because it really does just come down to the 5 swing states. The biggest problem we have other than misinformation and disinformation is complacency and lack of initiative and lack of inspiration ... Not because Joe Biden isn't out there doing what he can for the American people, but people haven't suffered any real losses so they just don't see any difference between the two candidates. People can complain all day about inflation, but they are ordering Grub hub and going out to eat, and traveling. People are still buying groceries and complaining about the cost of things. They will tell you that liberals are crazy and pushing too many liberal ideas on us, like gender neutral bathroom, or pride flags, or pronouns, and drag queen story and brunches, but how does that really impact them, not even .0001% They claim immigrants are taking over, I have yet to see an immigrant come and take my job, but automation most likely will. They claim crime is a problem, but they have no problem that there are more guns than people in the states. They claim marriage is under assault because gay people can get married legally, and yet the world didn't come crashing to an end. They claim that they are protecting the unborn yet they haven't stopped people from getting an abortion, just made it more difficult and put women at risk. And it is all old white men pulling the strings. What we have is a lack of critical thinking and instead of reporting the facts we have clickbait. I have no idea where this is going, but I for one am frightened, mostly because people are not paying attention or realizing that you need to be be careful what you wish for!!
The MAGA Supreme Court will surely eliminate same-sex marriage. In addition, they'll go after every human right possible....birth control, a national abortion ban, etc. Perhaps they'll take us back to the past when only property owners could vote? They will deplete human rights for all of us. The only people exempt from the law will be/are the elite.
If the court follows through with stripping marriage rights for the LGBTQ community, then there damn well better be someone who will go after Loving vs. Virginia. Thomas should suffer the fucking consequences. He should be forced to “practice what he preaches”, the damn prick!!!
Next up? No fault divorce because, you know, women should be compelled to stay married to someone who has major faults…and beats her.🤮 19th century here we come.
Not only is it too late to change, but I’d argue we already have picked an excellent man to be POTUS for four more years: Joe Biden. Joe Biden inherited a mess. He’s made a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.
There was no Trump administration plan to distribute the covid vaccine. Biden got it done. Trump had infrastructure week about every other week and built nothing. Biden was elected and got a bi-partisan infrastructure bill passed. Inflation is a problem, yes. But its come down and compared to the rest of the world, the U.S. inflation is much lower. (It’s attributable to corporate greed, earning record profits.) When Trump left office he had a net job loss — something no president before him had done since Hoover. Biden has low unemployment and a terrific jobs added record.
There’s more pluses on Biden’s side. But I think I’ve made my point: Biden gets the job done.
Do I wish Biden is a younger man? Sure. (I bet he does, too.) I don’t care if Biden takes a nap or needs to sits down or walks slower. Biden has good judgment. He has qualified people who know how to govern. He’s working for the American people, not himself. Biden is a decent human being. Could another Democrat do these things, sure. Biden is the incumbent and he deserves our support. He’s shown he can do the job. He’s earned it.
Is Biden boring? Sure, he is. You know what he isn’t? A felon with 34 convictions and three pending trials and a conviction for sexual assault (which the judge in that case described as “rape”). Biden supports the judicial system and democracy and women’s reproductive rights.
I should also add that Biden has managed to achieve what he’s done while Republicans in the House and the Senate have been fighting against him and trashing talking him as well. We’d even have an immigration bill — full of things the Republicans have been screaming for — if Trump hadn’t killed it.
Rick Wilson is right: Everything Trump Touches Dies.
That nonsense about it being too late is just that. Nonsense. What if he died tomorrow? Would we just not have an election? Well, whether you are willing to accept it or not his campaign is dead. He has lost large voting blocks. He lost them because he is a full partner in genocide. He could not be more guilty if he were dropping those 2000lb bombs on children himself. Trump is garbage, but that does NOT mean that Biden is good. HE IS NOT!
Joe Biden beat Donald Trump before. He can do it again.
What if a meteor hit the earth and destroyed all life? There would be no election. Geez. Any of us could be struck down at any time. My husband took a walk and a driver fell asleep at the wheel; the car crossed road, ran up on the sidewalk, whooshed past him from behind, and embedded in a chain link fence — narrowly missing hitting my husband. He was 20 years younger than Joe Biden. Age doesn’t matter. Death can happen to anyone, at any age.
Genocide? The Middle East, Israel and the like have been a hot mess for a thousand years. Trump’s son-in-law was tasked with fixing the problem. (How’d that work out, appointing incompetents to important issues?) Joe Biden inherited that mess too. He’s not a miracle worker. I doubt ANY one has an immediate fix for Israel and Hamas. At least Joe Biden has competent people on the job TRYING to make it better.
Let’s talk about the genicide Trump is guilty of, personally. Trump had one major catastrophe to deal with: covid. He failed. Miserably. Trump let Americans die by the hundreds of thousands by dissing protocols to keep people safe. His followers listen to him, he could have helped them stay alive. He didn’t. More Republicans died (by listening to their cult leader, Trump) because they didn’t vaccinate or wear masks to stay safe. Governors of red states took their lead from Trump. Red states have a higher mortality rate from covid. Hermain Caine attended a Trump rally (where the safety protocols were ignored) and Caine was dead of covid 2 weeks later. Chris Christie was infected by Trump during the debate prep he did with Trump and Christie wound up in ICU. Trump cannot be trusted. He tested positive for covid (a negative test result was a condition of the 2016 presidential debate) and Trump hid his results. Trump lies about everything, including the weather. Trump said covid would go away, like the flu. Didn’t happen. He lied. Medical experts told him covid wouldn’t go away. He knew. He lied because he thought no one would notice and he’d benefit in the short term. He was wrong. Some of his voters can’t vote for him this time because they are dead. Trump’s lies killed them!
Joe Biden is a decent man. He has empathy. He is a leader. He supports democracy and works for the American people, not himself. I didn’t say he’s perfect.
I'm not selling anything. It is you who are trying to sell a load of crap. "Joe Biden is a decent man. He has empathy. He is a leader. He supports democracy and works for the American people, not himself." I despise Trump, but I also despise Biden, and he is going to lose.
Wow. You hate both candidates. Even if you hate both men, if you don’t vote for Biden you are helping to elect Donald Trump, a man you admit is worse than Joe Biden.
With Biden we get a man who respects others, loves his family, and works hard to make the world a better place — that’s my definition of a decent man. He’s not perfect and doesn’t claim to be.
Trump wants to destroy democracy. Burn it all down. He said he wants to rip up the U.S. Constitution. He said he wants to be a dictator on day one. (Does any dictator stop after one day?) Forget about what Trump did in his first administration. Have you read what he plans to do in the next? It’s laid out in Project 2025. Google it. You can also find some Substacks which discuss it.
In contrast, Biden wants to protect democracy and the rights of individuals. You may disagree on the details. I get that. Biden wants people to vote, marry the people they love, chose when and if to have children (this includes access to IVF, birth control, and abortion), allow parents to decide what’s best for their children, recognizes the contributions immigrants have made — and continue to make — to our country and wants to allow certain undocumented individuals (so called “dreamers” who came to this country as children and have lived in the USA their whole lives) to become citizens, supports Ukraine to uphold democracy, and so much more that makes life worthwhile and the world safer.
You go right ahead and pacify your conscience with that bullshit. I cannot. Biden has always been a war monger, and now he has the blood of upwards of 200,000 innocent people on his hands.
I hate agreeing with you on this, but I still can’t believe we Democrats don’t have a more appealing candidate than Biden. And Harris is not well liked, whether deserved or not. If Joe comes off badly in the debate on Thursday, it could be very difficult to keep the White House. And if we lose the Senate too, the next four years will be very bleak.
Snappy come back, ArnieB! Didn’t say Biden hasn’t done a damned good job. Just saying that I think he should have stepped aside this go around. My opinion. The number one thing in everyone’s mind on Thursday night will not be the economy or immigration or even the destruction of democracy. Everyone will be looking at the two old guys to see which one makes the most stumbles. And that’s sad.
Our community needs to acknowledge, as you have Michael, that marriage equality will be no more if Trump gets back in. The parents and grandparents of millions of LGBT kids in America must be made to understand that their vote in November will determine whether gay youth today will have the legal right to marry, or whether they will be condemning these kids to an America where once again, our relationships are considered counterfeit, and we are legal strangers to our spouses.
one more thing, I don't know how true this is but the right-wing wants more white babies born and they want to take a way abortion and birth control because they are afraid of "the great replacement theory". why else would you want more babies born??
I am sure they will and yet, Biden refuses to get the hell out of the way. If we are going to have ANY chance to survive any of this he needa to step down now. It is delusional to think he can win independents et al in the swing states that will decide the election. I am FURIOUS about this gaslighting from the white house, Bidens and his handlers.
Honestly folks the idea that conservatives are playing chess while we're playing checkers is getting on my nerves. Just as I was forgetting my emnity towards Biden, the reminder of him putting the kibosh on expanding the court towards the end of '21 brought it back. Let's just ditch the kid gloves and hop into the mud. As I watch the campaign ads, I'm reminded of Rip Torn in Dodgeball: You gotta get angry, you gotta get mean! The debate really won't tell us anything but will cement the contrasts (should trumpanzee show up). 9 years of marriage equality and reality is back and we must fight again to keep the wolves at bay. This renegade court should be dealt with the day after Biden's inauguration in '25.
Because he’s a fucking hypocritical prick. But someone needs to sue to look at it again. Someone who doesn’t want to make a cake for or take pictures of an interracial couple. Thomas needs to be hit where it will fucking hurt him. Although, I’m not sure anything can hurt him — for that to happen he’d need to a have a heart, a brain, a soul and some fucking compassion for others. There are only three justices on that court I don’t hate. But Thomas, oh how I loathe that despicable prick!!!😡
I think if we could find someone to actually sue based on Loving, it would hurt him. To tell him that he couldn't do something that he wanted would really piss him off.
The only problem is that we would need someone who didn't care what they looked like in the eyes of the public
And yet there still are gay republicans. Despicable.
They think they’ll be spared for being “the good ones.” Damn fools.
yep, I mean Peter Thiel is a prick and most likely suffers from internalized homophobia!! sure its nice to have money and yes money gives you privilege, but no matter much you want it, you aren't welcome into the club, you are just tolerated.
Not really. They self-identify as Wealthywhite-Americans.
You are so right and I am so terrified. I have said the same thing to anyone who will listen. Many people I know are naive and believe that these issues are settled and marriage equality has been decided. But look at abortion rights ! It makes me so angry and so afraid. Biden has to be reflected. Human rights have never been more at risk.
Absolutely. The November election will dictate the future of the USA.
1000%!
No comments, we are living in uncertain times. We can't tell people just go out and vote, because it really does just come down to the 5 swing states. The biggest problem we have other than misinformation and disinformation is complacency and lack of initiative and lack of inspiration ... Not because Joe Biden isn't out there doing what he can for the American people, but people haven't suffered any real losses so they just don't see any difference between the two candidates. People can complain all day about inflation, but they are ordering Grub hub and going out to eat, and traveling. People are still buying groceries and complaining about the cost of things. They will tell you that liberals are crazy and pushing too many liberal ideas on us, like gender neutral bathroom, or pride flags, or pronouns, and drag queen story and brunches, but how does that really impact them, not even .0001% They claim immigrants are taking over, I have yet to see an immigrant come and take my job, but automation most likely will. They claim crime is a problem, but they have no problem that there are more guns than people in the states. They claim marriage is under assault because gay people can get married legally, and yet the world didn't come crashing to an end. They claim that they are protecting the unborn yet they haven't stopped people from getting an abortion, just made it more difficult and put women at risk. And it is all old white men pulling the strings. What we have is a lack of critical thinking and instead of reporting the facts we have clickbait. I have no idea where this is going, but I for one am frightened, mostly because people are not paying attention or realizing that you need to be be careful what you wish for!!
All we could do is our “bit” and not have any regrets about it after this election. Get involved, in SOME way, to get Joe Biden elected.
The MAGA Supreme Court will surely eliminate same-sex marriage. In addition, they'll go after every human right possible....birth control, a national abortion ban, etc. Perhaps they'll take us back to the past when only property owners could vote? They will deplete human rights for all of us. The only people exempt from the law will be/are the elite.
It will make The Handmaid’s Tale look like an Atlantis cruise.
Ruth Marcus is almost always wrong.
If the court follows through with stripping marriage rights for the LGBTQ community, then there damn well better be someone who will go after Loving vs. Virginia. Thomas should suffer the fucking consequences. He should be forced to “practice what he preaches”, the damn prick!!!
Next up? No fault divorce because, you know, women should be compelled to stay married to someone who has major faults…and beats her.🤮 19th century here we come.
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Can leeches be far behind?
Biden needs to be replaced if people do not want Trump
Not only is it too late to change, but I’d argue we already have picked an excellent man to be POTUS for four more years: Joe Biden. Joe Biden inherited a mess. He’s made a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.
There was no Trump administration plan to distribute the covid vaccine. Biden got it done. Trump had infrastructure week about every other week and built nothing. Biden was elected and got a bi-partisan infrastructure bill passed. Inflation is a problem, yes. But its come down and compared to the rest of the world, the U.S. inflation is much lower. (It’s attributable to corporate greed, earning record profits.) When Trump left office he had a net job loss — something no president before him had done since Hoover. Biden has low unemployment and a terrific jobs added record.
There’s more pluses on Biden’s side. But I think I’ve made my point: Biden gets the job done.
Do I wish Biden is a younger man? Sure. (I bet he does, too.) I don’t care if Biden takes a nap or needs to sits down or walks slower. Biden has good judgment. He has qualified people who know how to govern. He’s working for the American people, not himself. Biden is a decent human being. Could another Democrat do these things, sure. Biden is the incumbent and he deserves our support. He’s shown he can do the job. He’s earned it.
Is Biden boring? Sure, he is. You know what he isn’t? A felon with 34 convictions and three pending trials and a conviction for sexual assault (which the judge in that case described as “rape”). Biden supports the judicial system and democracy and women’s reproductive rights.
I should also add that Biden has managed to achieve what he’s done while Republicans in the House and the Senate have been fighting against him and trashing talking him as well. We’d even have an immigration bill — full of things the Republicans have been screaming for — if Trump hadn’t killed it.
Rick Wilson is right: Everything Trump Touches Dies.
I will proudly vote for Joe Biden.
That nonsense about it being too late is just that. Nonsense. What if he died tomorrow? Would we just not have an election? Well, whether you are willing to accept it or not his campaign is dead. He has lost large voting blocks. He lost them because he is a full partner in genocide. He could not be more guilty if he were dropping those 2000lb bombs on children himself. Trump is garbage, but that does NOT mean that Biden is good. HE IS NOT!
Joe Biden beat Donald Trump before. He can do it again.
What if a meteor hit the earth and destroyed all life? There would be no election. Geez. Any of us could be struck down at any time. My husband took a walk and a driver fell asleep at the wheel; the car crossed road, ran up on the sidewalk, whooshed past him from behind, and embedded in a chain link fence — narrowly missing hitting my husband. He was 20 years younger than Joe Biden. Age doesn’t matter. Death can happen to anyone, at any age.
Genocide? The Middle East, Israel and the like have been a hot mess for a thousand years. Trump’s son-in-law was tasked with fixing the problem. (How’d that work out, appointing incompetents to important issues?) Joe Biden inherited that mess too. He’s not a miracle worker. I doubt ANY one has an immediate fix for Israel and Hamas. At least Joe Biden has competent people on the job TRYING to make it better.
Let’s talk about the genicide Trump is guilty of, personally. Trump had one major catastrophe to deal with: covid. He failed. Miserably. Trump let Americans die by the hundreds of thousands by dissing protocols to keep people safe. His followers listen to him, he could have helped them stay alive. He didn’t. More Republicans died (by listening to their cult leader, Trump) because they didn’t vaccinate or wear masks to stay safe. Governors of red states took their lead from Trump. Red states have a higher mortality rate from covid. Hermain Caine attended a Trump rally (where the safety protocols were ignored) and Caine was dead of covid 2 weeks later. Chris Christie was infected by Trump during the debate prep he did with Trump and Christie wound up in ICU. Trump cannot be trusted. He tested positive for covid (a negative test result was a condition of the 2016 presidential debate) and Trump hid his results. Trump lies about everything, including the weather. Trump said covid would go away, like the flu. Didn’t happen. He lied. Medical experts told him covid wouldn’t go away. He knew. He lied because he thought no one would notice and he’d benefit in the short term. He was wrong. Some of his voters can’t vote for him this time because they are dead. Trump’s lies killed them!
Joe Biden is a decent man. He has empathy. He is a leader. He supports democracy and works for the American people, not himself. I didn’t say he’s perfect.
I’m not buying what you’re selling.
I'm not selling anything. It is you who are trying to sell a load of crap. "Joe Biden is a decent man. He has empathy. He is a leader. He supports democracy and works for the American people, not himself." I despise Trump, but I also despise Biden, and he is going to lose.
Wow. You hate both candidates. Even if you hate both men, if you don’t vote for Biden you are helping to elect Donald Trump, a man you admit is worse than Joe Biden.
With Biden we get a man who respects others, loves his family, and works hard to make the world a better place — that’s my definition of a decent man. He’s not perfect and doesn’t claim to be.
Trump wants to destroy democracy. Burn it all down. He said he wants to rip up the U.S. Constitution. He said he wants to be a dictator on day one. (Does any dictator stop after one day?) Forget about what Trump did in his first administration. Have you read what he plans to do in the next? It’s laid out in Project 2025. Google it. You can also find some Substacks which discuss it.
In contrast, Biden wants to protect democracy and the rights of individuals. You may disagree on the details. I get that. Biden wants people to vote, marry the people they love, chose when and if to have children (this includes access to IVF, birth control, and abortion), allow parents to decide what’s best for their children, recognizes the contributions immigrants have made — and continue to make — to our country and wants to allow certain undocumented individuals (so called “dreamers” who came to this country as children and have lived in the USA their whole lives) to become citizens, supports Ukraine to uphold democracy, and so much more that makes life worthwhile and the world safer.
You go right ahead and pacify your conscience with that bullshit. I cannot. Biden has always been a war monger, and now he has the blood of upwards of 200,000 innocent people on his hands.
I hate agreeing with you on this, but I still can’t believe we Democrats don’t have a more appealing candidate than Biden. And Harris is not well liked, whether deserved or not. If Joe comes off badly in the debate on Thursday, it could be very difficult to keep the White House. And if we lose the Senate too, the next four years will be very bleak.
Oh, grow a pair will ya? We got Uncle Joe and he's done a damn good job considering the lack of faith thrown at him and Kamala.
Snappy come back, ArnieB! Didn’t say Biden hasn’t done a damned good job. Just saying that I think he should have stepped aside this go around. My opinion. The number one thing in everyone’s mind on Thursday night will not be the economy or immigration or even the destruction of democracy. Everyone will be looking at the two old guys to see which one makes the most stumbles. And that’s sad.
The years of bleakness following Republican victory in November will be way more than “the next four.”
Agree and I am FURIOUS right now.
I believe Melania became a citizen AFTER she married Fuckface. And then her parents somehow became citizens in record time.
Our community needs to acknowledge, as you have Michael, that marriage equality will be no more if Trump gets back in. The parents and grandparents of millions of LGBT kids in America must be made to understand that their vote in November will determine whether gay youth today will have the legal right to marry, or whether they will be condemning these kids to an America where once again, our relationships are considered counterfeit, and we are legal strangers to our spouses.
one more thing, I don't know how true this is but the right-wing wants more white babies born and they want to take a way abortion and birth control because they are afraid of "the great replacement theory". why else would you want more babies born??
Checkout Texas, infant morality rate on the upswing. Those aren't white babies among the numbers...
I am sure they will and yet, Biden refuses to get the hell out of the way. If we are going to have ANY chance to survive any of this he needa to step down now. It is delusional to think he can win independents et al in the swing states that will decide the election. I am FURIOUS about this gaslighting from the white house, Bidens and his handlers.
Expand the court.
Honestly folks the idea that conservatives are playing chess while we're playing checkers is getting on my nerves. Just as I was forgetting my emnity towards Biden, the reminder of him putting the kibosh on expanding the court towards the end of '21 brought it back. Let's just ditch the kid gloves and hop into the mud. As I watch the campaign ads, I'm reminded of Rip Torn in Dodgeball: You gotta get angry, you gotta get mean! The debate really won't tell us anything but will cement the contrasts (should trumpanzee show up). 9 years of marriage equality and reality is back and we must fight again to keep the wolves at bay. This renegade court should be dealt with the day after Biden's inauguration in '25.
I don't think that SCOTUS will revisit Loving v Virginia. Clarence Thomas would never allow it to happen.
Because he’s a fucking hypocritical prick. But someone needs to sue to look at it again. Someone who doesn’t want to make a cake for or take pictures of an interracial couple. Thomas needs to be hit where it will fucking hurt him. Although, I’m not sure anything can hurt him — for that to happen he’d need to a have a heart, a brain, a soul and some fucking compassion for others. There are only three justices on that court I don’t hate. But Thomas, oh how I loathe that despicable prick!!!😡
I think if we could find someone to actually sue based on Loving, it would hurt him. To tell him that he couldn't do something that he wanted would really piss him off.
The only problem is that we would need someone who didn't care what they looked like in the eyes of the public
True.