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Baked Potato

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16. Trump gave them a taste of government run by CEOs

Reply to Lasher (Original post)

Wed Dec 2, 2020, 01:22 PM

Dec 2020

Republicans are elected to control money and only trust others like themselves who make every decision on how the bottom line is affected. Everything else that happens is collateral happenstance to the action of generating profit.

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The Supreme Court Wants to Revive a Doctrine That Would Paralyze Biden's Administration [View all] Lasher Dec 2020 OP

K&R Solly Mack Dec 2020 #1

defund the presidency? samnsara Dec 2020 #2

The GOP has finally gotten the activist judges they pretended to abhor. Lasher Dec 2020 #4

The US faces enormous challenges, this issue is way beyond appalachiablue Dec 2020 #3

Scotus rso Dec 2020 #5

Manchin is one of my 2 senators. Lasher Dec 2020 #25

Manchin rso Dec 2020 #27

K&R, and thank you. But please, please, people: stop saying Biden needs to "pack the courts"! Mister Ed Dec 2020 #6

I would like to know if you have a better way to describe this critical need. Lasher Dec 2020 #9

"Balance the courts"? "Court reform?" Almost any label for this critical need would be better. Mister Ed Dec 2020 #12

That's a sound reply. Harker Dec 2020 #15

You are right, we've got to do better with our messaging. Lasher Dec 2020 #23

You're so right. A counterattack is absolutely essential. Mister Ed Dec 2020 #24

Unpack the courts. mjvpi Dec 2020 #19

Yes, yes! This is what the GOP really want... malthaussen Dec 2020 #7

Time to grow the Supreme Court. Baitball Blogger Dec 2020 #8

Per Trump/McConnell rules, time to ignore the Supreme Court. lagomorph777 Dec 2020 #26

Wi Scotus Universal Karma Dec 2020 #10

This reminded me of Wisconsin as well. If you lose the election you restrict the powers of the jalan48 Dec 2020 #13

Simple expand the court post haste. But win those 2 seats in Georgia first. KPN Dec 2020 #11

They seem to have forgotten their beloved "unitary executive" theory. ET Awful Dec 2020 #14

They didn't forget jmowreader Dec 2020 #20

Hell, we were at that point about 200 years ago (give or take a score or two) ET Awful Dec 2020 #22

Trump gave them a taste of government run by CEOs Baked Potato Dec 2020 #16

Leave it to Republicans. Every single time a Democrat wants PatrickforO Dec 2020 #17

An even better solution to the court problem: lastlib Dec 2020 #18

INstead of "packing the court", how about evening it out? 3825-87867 Dec 2020 #21

Of course, as soon as an R is POTUS again, Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2020 #28

Yes. This can not be said enough: there is so much riding on the GA Senate runoffs. FM123 Dec 2020 #29