Search for “Clarence Thomas black nationalism” on Google.
I listened to a podcast a year or so back about the absolutely bonkers precepts behind his political philosophy (sadly, he’s not the empty vessel he appears to be from his statements on the Supreme Court) and they are far afield of what our highest judiciary should be influenced by.
Continue reading We need to talk about ClarenceSat down 45 minutes beforehand. The standard Tweetdeck columns opened. First column, all of those political wonks I grouped together under the custom list titled “Impeachment” and created during the first impeachment hearings. How long ago was that? Then, two columns with search results for the hashtag #January6thCommitteeHearings, one filtered for tweets with a minimum of 20 likes (trending) and one filtered for tweets with a minimum of 100 likes (more sticky). Pre-hearing commentary on MSNBC; streaming hearing on C-SPAN. Let’s go.
Continue reading January 6th Committee Hearings–Mon 9 Jun 202210:20 AM
Started late, maybe 15 minutes ago, because of work. Watching will be intermittent throughout the day.
Representatives:
First testimony from four officers:
19 days after the insurrection:
I think it has to happen … [there would be] a worse effect if it didn’t happen.
— President Biden as quoted by @kaitlancollins, 25 Jan 2021, 7:24 PM
Though Biden also says that the votes aren’t there.
If it were a secret ballot he would be convicted in a heartbeat.
— Claire McCaskill speaking with Joy Reid
There was no sea change with the Rs.
Continue reading failed state (part 4) – 11-13 Jan 2021 – impeachment and cowed Rs