The nature of my job requires me to pay attention to tonight’s reality show of a nomination process. And I’ll fake it good for the cameras. But, between you and me, I honestly couldn’t give a wet crap about which version of fascist the Russian president nominates tonight. I’ll report on who and cover the confirmation hearings and mock the Democrats’ ineffectual attempts to hold up the confirmation process. But care? No. You can’t make me. They all look the same to me.
I’m not the kind of field Negro to obsess about the marriage courtships going on inside the big house.
Giddy and breathless coverage of the subtle differences between Raymond Kethledge (a banal fascist), Amy Coney Barrett (an equal-opportunity fascist), Brett M. Kavanaugh (a Bush fascist), and Thomas Hardiman (a gun fascist) bore me.
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Why are we playing this game? Trump is going to appoint a fascist. Trump will nominate a fascist. The Republican Senate will confirm a fascist. That fascist will be a vote against women’s rights, minority rights, and non-white voting rights for 30 years. It will be a vote for mass shootings and police brutality and bigotry for 30 years.
IS ANYBODY PREPARED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT?
No?
Then miss me with SCOTUS infused reality show. There’s no drama here. Which particular person gets to stuff themselves in the robe is inconsequential to me when the robe-bearer is standing on my neck.
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The Anschluss of the Supreme Court and Trump’s brand of white supremacy is upon us. I don’t give a damn which puppet functionary is installed to do Trump’s bidding.
Elie Mystal is the Executive Editor of Above the Law and the Legal Editor for More Perfect. He can be reached @ElieNYC on Twitter, or at [email protected]. He will resist.