Ketanji Brown Jackson just confirmed

[SuperMatt]

Not just during the vote. Afterwards as well, cued by the disgraceful McConnell.

Jackson Confirmed as First Black Woman to Sit on Supreme Court (Published 2022)

The vote was a bipartisan rejection of Republican attempts to paint her as a liberal extremist who had coddled criminals.

www.nytimes.com

They have to remind the white supremacist voting block that they’re on their side.

 

[Roller]

They have to remind the white supremacist voting block that they’re on their side.

It's sad that getting one R vote now counts as bipartisan. Or even three, as in this case.

 

[Renzatic]

They have to remind the white supremacist voting block that they’re on their side.

Every hardline Trumpublican I see on social media seems to be laboring under the impression that THEY'RE the ones fighting against racism. You know, because the Democrats back in the day were blah blah blah, and so and so, and Biden did block that one black lady's nomination to SCOTUS that one time, which makes him ultra racist.

 

[lizkat]

Every hardline Trumpublican I see on social media seems to be laboring under the impression that THEY'RE the ones fighting against racism. You know, because the Democrats back in the day were blah blah blah, and so and so, and Biden did block that one black lady's nomination to SCOTUS that one time, which makes him ultra racist.

Yeah, I've noticed Twitter is especially adaptable to cherry-picked anecdotes.

In the wake of the atrocious display of Twitter abuse during the Jackson hearings, I'm lately paring my follows down again from a couple hundred to a couple dozen, in the usual vain attempt to get the platform to stop throwing extraneous crap into my timeline based on algorithms such as "someone you follow liked this tweet"

That particular tactic even more than the stupid ads is what causes me to bail out before getting through what I went onto Twitter to look at. Pretty sure that is not their goal, but that's the effect on me. Why should I care about a tweet from some other party that was liked by a reporter I follow but that was not about the news beat for which I follow that reporter. Eventually I go back to just following the media outlet itself, which only tweets about its feature articles.

 

[Eric]

Every hardline Trumpublican I see on social media seems to be laboring under the impression that THEY'RE the ones fighting against racism. You know, because the Democrats back in the day were blah blah blah, and so and so, and Biden did block that one black lady's nomination to SCOTUS that one time, which makes him ultra racist.

If they think Democrats were bad with civil rights wait until they hear about what Christians have done.

 

[Cmaier]

If they think Democrats were bad with civil rights wait until they hear about what Christians have done.

Those are the worst

 

[lizkat]

If they think Democrats were bad with civil rights wait until they hear about what Christians have done.

Those are the worst

The problem in hoping that there will eventually be a "Christian backlash" against this stuff is that there already is a backlash, but Christians who work to combat racism in themselves and others are not really likely to go out to social media and lambaste overtly white supremacist co-religionists in anything like the same tone or "decibel level" that one can encounter in that venue.

So the backlash stays in less public circles, from kitchen tables to post-church conversations with pastors and priests.

It's a murky polling area too, because it's difficult to formulate sets of questions on this topic that will actually produce usable results.

Do Christians concerned about the cruelty and divisiveness of pro-active white supremacy care enough to vote against candidates of a Republican Party that will not renounce that level of American racism?

We don't really know if and when that option becomes a Christian voter's priority over other issues on which they might lean Republican.

 

[SuperMatt]

Ben Shapiro is mad that Mitt Romney isn’t a racist too.

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1512479582129119233/

 

[Cmaier]

Ben Shapiro is mad that Mitt Romney isn’t a racist too.

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1512479582129119233/

So many racists, so few fists punching them in the face.

 

[Eric]

Ben Shapiro is mad that Mitt Romney isn’t a racist too.

https://www.twitter.com/i/web/status/1512479582129119233/

Won't anyone think of white people for a change? You've never seen such oppression.

 

[GermanSuplex]

I’m just sick of seeing the GOP turning down easy moments of bipartisanship. They seem to cater entirely to Trump, and the only exception they’ll make is with white supremacists. So it’s either Trump or racists they sing and dance for, and the crossover is virtually the same in either direction.

 

[Citysnaps]

I’m just sick of seeing the GOP turning down easy moments of bipartisanship. They seem to cater entirely to Trump, and the only exception they’ll make is with white supremacists. So it’s either Trump or racists they sing and dance for, and the crossover is virtually the same in either direction.

They're all spineless and unprincipled. Disgusts me no end that during some moments it's really OK to be a decent human being, but they can never rise to the occasion.

 

[DT]

I’m just sick of seeing the GOP turning down easy moments of bipartisanship.

Quoting this [again] for emphasis. This required such minimal effort, and it was something that likely was going to happen. That means - even from a strategic standpoint - they think that there's zero value in not being seen as racist and completely bipartisan.

So to your point, we know who, and to what idealogises, they're 100% committed to ...

 

[lizkat]

So today was the formal investiture ceremony for Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who took her seat on the Supreme Court before next week's opening of the court's fall term. She was officially sworn in last June. Today's event was invitation only with all other members of the court present as well as two former justices (Kennedy and Breyer), senior members of the Biden administration, a number of other "legal lights" and politicians.

With major cases looming, Justice Jackson formally sworn in

Jackson’s installation is not expected to change the decidedly conservative bent of the court.

news.yahoo.com

Piece includes mention of some of the first cases the court will hear.

 

[Citysnaps]

Not just during the vote. Afterwards as well, cued by the disgraceful McConnell.

Jackson Confirmed as First Black Woman to Sit on Supreme Court (Published 2022)

The vote was a bipartisan rejection of Republican attempts to paint her as a liberal extremist who had coddled criminals.

www.nytimes.com

Sadly, McConnell's disgraceful behavior only confirmed what I already knew about him. He had an opportunity and moment to stand up, act like a leader, and show even a wee bit of respect for Justice Brown, but instead chose to slither away out the door like a tiny coward. Disgusting.