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MayReasonRule

(3,746 posts)
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 08:10 PM Aug 21

May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure

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May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.

Gregg Gonsalves (@gregggonsalves.bsky.social) 2025-08-21T21:42:58.361Z


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Coventina

(28,589 posts)
2. As grim as this situation is, one tiny part of me is happy to see "Calvinball" enshrined for all time
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 08:21 PM
Aug 21

into the annals of United States law.

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ancianita

(41,514 posts)
6. This guy blames the Democratic leaders for what the courts do!
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 09:52 PM
Aug 21

Read more of his stuff on bluesky. https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bcen47iol6hccqoufvtk7wt6?ref_src=embed&ref_url=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.democraticunderground.com%252F100220577941

He's an apples/oranges poster who puts down this party as if it takes cases before the courts.

MayReasonRule

(3,746 posts)
11. Huh... I'm On Bluesky... I Did A Brief Scan Of His Work And Didn't Find What You're Referencing
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 08:59 AM
Aug 22

If you get a chance, would you post links to a few examples of the posts to which you're referencing?

Happy Friday BTW!!!

ancianita

(41,514 posts)
15. Happy Friday! ... And okay, he's not so bad, but I still take issue with a few of his posts and reposts...
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 01:26 PM
Aug 22

I realize Dems aren't perfect. It's this living WITH difference that makes the Party a big tent. Thanks for challenging my opinion.

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Posted by Gregg Gonsalves

"I really do not understand it. There are few Democratic leaders who have risen to this moment. There is no serious opposition party in the US right now. It's frigthening. "

[in response to this guy]
‪Sam Bagenstos‬
‪@sbagen.bsky.social‬
· 19h
If you had told me 30 years ago that Michael Luttig and Bill Kristol would have a clearer understanding about what's going on than a lot of Democratic leaders, I'd have wondered whether you tried the brown acid.
August 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM"
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"Reposted by
Gregg Gonsalves

‪Matthew Stiegler‬
‪@matthewstiegler.bsky.social‬
· 20h
Luttig is communicating vastly more clearly and honestly about Roberts and Scotus than most Democratic officials are. It’s absolutely flabbergasting."
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"‪Gregg Gonsalves‬
‪@gregggonsalves.bsky.social‬
· 2d
@nytimes.com
tells
@democrats.org
that they are underwater with voters. Same paper says please do 1990s Clinton-style triangulation again and again and again."
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"Reposted by
Gregg Gonsalves

‪Bill Kristol‬
‪@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social‬
· 4d
I want to congratulate leading Democrats’ for their insistence on saying the takeover of DC is a “stunt” or a “distraction.”

It’s a rare trifecta of intellectual failure, political stupidity, and moral obtuseness."
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"Reposted by
Gregg Gonsalves

‪jamelle‬
‪@jamellebouie.net‬
· 5d
it is incredible to see the extent to which the Sensible Centrists are simply incapable of grasping the very simple and obvious fact that the president's concern with crime is a pretext, and that to deny claims of a sudden epidemic in crime is not to say that crime is nonexistent.

‪Jonathan M. Katz‬
‪@katz.theracket.news‬
· 6d
Also on his feed
Thomas Chatt...
@tho... • Aug12 ...
Anand is full of it. I go to DC a lot. The last time I was there, I stepped outside my hotel in DuPont Circle and there were gunshots across the park where a jewelry store was being robbed in broad daylight. On a previous visit, the car I was in almost got hit by a speeding stolen vehicle that was abandoned in the middle of the intersection.
A group of teenagers hopped out and fled police on foot. Near 14th street, also in broad daylight."
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"Gregg Gonsalves
‪@gregggonsalves.bsky.social‬

Follow
We're re-writing history and falling into a trap the far-right has set. How COVID contrarianism is being mainstreamed to our collective peril. My latest for
@thenation.com
. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Covid Contrarianism Has Crossed the Aisle
The Great Barrington Declaration, criticized by scientists and libertarians in 2020, is now a playbook for those on the right and the left"
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Reposting those who cast shade on Democrats is what leads me to think he's not a good faith critic of the party. Doesn't mean I can't trust him to vote with the party, but he's not exactly a constructive supporter, either.




MayReasonRule

(3,746 posts)
16. Thank You For Taking The Time To Search Through And Curate These Specific Examples
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 02:42 PM
Aug 22

I honestly didn't intend my question as a 'challenge'
We agree, it is indeed the Big Tent that defines our party!

It's just all to easy for me to miss context, which may oftentimes be best represented by better understanding the intent of the speaker.
Hence, my question.

I'm currently in the midst of gardening, afternoon errands and considering dinner fare.

I want to give as much care to the reading of your efforts as you have put into them.

Thank you in the first place for responding to the post, it's the only way that I gain the vantage point of others that have noticed things that were obscured from my view!


Our Top Pick Mississippi Pink Eye Purple Hulls and Zipper Cream Peas are filling our for next round of pickin' and we're definitely a grinnin'!

Thank you again!!

Picaro

(2,170 posts)
8. OMG I love this
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 10:30 PM
Aug 21

Didn’t know SC justices were ever so directly critical of their peers.

Wish this would have an impact. But the leading papers will not report this story. The justice system is fracturing.

MayReasonRule

(3,746 posts)
13. The Brook Trout Please... Talking About 'Eat The Rich'... This Cat's Got His Own Idea About 'Calvinball'... I Like It!!
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 09:45 AM
Aug 22

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