Grumps

This one is dead. They're making another one.

Conservatives never read the whole thing. They just repeat the bits they like -- like a bible.

FWIW, it also says, "the people" not "a person." When the constitution is enumerating an individual right, it typically does so with different language.

I'm not sure if Roberts is trying to preserve or can preserve anything. At some point legacy means nothing. Just ask Bill Barr.

That said, I agree with you. Thomas and Alito are not arguing from any defensible position. They hate precedent -- which is the entire basis of common law jurisprudence -- yet continually reach back to witch trials and love letters between slave owners to defend their positions. They are, in my opinion, literally insane.

Newzasa is not a news site. It is (probably illegally) reposting content from a two-bit conservative blog called Conservative Brief. Nothing it publishes should be viewed by anyone.

Since the author is asking a question, I'll answer it: it's called soft power. And, the US does it, not "Democrats." It's the same reason we play nice with people like Erdogan, MBS, and Orban.

That said, it would be nice if we had better options but at least we're not praising Kim and Putin anymore.

Newzasa is not a legitimate source of news. It's just copying conservative punditry from other sources for ad revenue.

Whatever this newzasa site is, it's just copying content from other (crappy) sources without attribution and slapping some ads on. It should not be used as a legitimate news source of any sort.

Shapely has been peddling his conspiracy theories to any MAGA sympathizer who will listen to him, but turns down the opportunity to speak to anyone else.

This is literally the same discredited "whistleblower" being rehashed by NYT a month after the guy did a whirlwind tour with no evidence and no official whistleblower status. This is irresponsible journalism at this point.

All to attack a person who does not matter one iota.

To be honest, I feel like it depends on which values you're going for. If you're thinking of the liberalism of the early 21st century, then no, they don't.

If you're thinking of the values of puritanical bigotry and genocide from the twentieth and earlier centuries... Then yes, yes, they do.

Unlike Mikey, I choose to live in this century.

if i were feeling pursued by basically everyone, I would try to keep my fam out of it.

That's my read. And, why I'm not really keen on personally going down the path of, "but where did they get the money!?!". Considering it's Santos, it's probably all sketchy, but dragging arbitrary family members of shitty people through the mud just 'cause doesn't sound like who I want to be.