Lindsay Graham meant every word of what he said. He honestly gave us permission to use his words against him. He did this because his word never has and never will matter. He knew we could hold it against him and it wouldn't make a difference.
That's some pretty ballsy move: knowing that your words not matter and yet there will still be a sub segment of the public angry and racist enough to still vote you into office.
“It has been 80 years, 80 years, since a Supreme Court vacancy was nominated and confirmed in an election year. There is a long tradition that you don’t do this in an election year. This should be a decision for the American people. Let the election decide.” -Ted Cruz and every other republican in 2016.
I am a American, and this really pisses me off. the thing that makes me the most angry is Republican members rank and file follow this pos. the government is supposed to be for the people. they are not. Please don't get me wrong, I love my country "land of the free and home of the brave" but my country has changed so much (under trump) its hard for me to even see this country as it once was. Please vote this POS out of the office of the most revered office in my country.
@@lovechild60 that is what I don't understand, how are the republicans not demanding better? If I saw my team leader was an imbecilic moron I whos actions were actively hurting the company I would think; "We need to get rid of this guy and replace him with someone competent", but for some unknown reason republicans see that and think; "well he's my team leader, so, no matter the evidence I must always say he is amazing and accuse anyone who says otherwise of lying"
@Bmw EM you mean vote red for a hypocritical America... back in 2016 the Republicans said the same to the Democrats... when they wanted to replace a vacant Justice... and back then it was 8 Month until the election... this time its not even 3 Months... the Reps said because its an election Year... the "new" President should nominate the new Justice... so the People the Citizen, have something to say about it... and there were right... this time its the same Situation... only with swapped Positions... i don't care about Biden and Trump they both have no credibility... but this Woman Justice Ginsburg deserve to succeded by someone voted by the People... she deserve this Honor...
The US could do with a proportional-voting system. That way, every vote counts equally. Here in NZ we used to have the UK-style first-past-the-post voting for electorate MPs, and there were a couple of times where the party that got the most seats in Parliament actually had fewer votes than the opposition. Since we adopted the German style of proportional voting, that can’t happen any more. The German system was also designed to ensure that a dictator could never get power in that country again. That’s one reason we liked it in NZ. Maybe the US should try it?
USA has 617 Covid deaths per million. Canada has 244. So the US death rate is about two and one half times worse than Canada's. If America had better leadership and public health (like Canada and most developed nations) resulting in a lower death rate, 120,000 more Americans could be alive today, a120,000 fewer families would be mourning their loss. Germany and Denmark have death rates as low as 110 per million. The rest of the world is baffled that the USA, once a beacon of scientific excellence now chooses to believe political rhetoric over science. It's sad to witness the decline of a once great nation. Who you vote for is literally a matter of life and death. So please think, respect science, then vote. Then get everyone you know to vote.
This makes my blood boil. The hypocrisy, lies and double standard of this morally bankrupt party is without equal. As an immigrant, I am profoundly worried about my future and that of my children.
I'm worried as a female. I'm also furious as a female at how bloodsuckingly ghoulish it is to announce a replacement justice before RBG's body got cold. That's how evil and ghoulish they are. They're not just terrified of her (they are they just won't admit it because they're a bunch of tiny-dicked cowards) they're glad she's dead. They're elated. They're on cloud nine over her death.
@@WildFyreful Lol -Men wearing dress -Drag queens reading to kindergarten kids -Hormone replacement therapy for toddlers. - third Trimester abortions - open lawless borders Ghoulish? That would the democrats
I'm 5th gen Californian, and one of my Billingsy ancestors hit the East Coast back when the US was called The American Territories. I'm worried as well... for myself and my husband, for my nieces, nephews, and their children. If you aren't an indigenous native to this land, you are an immigrant, or you are the child of immigrants...welcome cousin.
Barbara Lagoa. Look her up. I'm against filling the seat before the next election, but she's not a bad pick. She seems more for reproductive rights than most conservatives, and she believes felons have the right to vote, albeit after paying court and legal fees.
There are 19 times that a SCOTUS was Nominated during presidential election year 17 was confirmed, just 2 was not confirmed including OBAMAS. You should always fact check, Don't listen to Fake News.
Omg, the russians are back at it. I see them commenting on every comment with 2 day old fake names. We will elect Biden as our new president and he will nominate the most liberal young justices this nation has ever seen, mark my words! Look out for the blue wave aholes!
What an amazing legacy RBG has left. She never veered from her beliefs, even when faced with overwhelming discrimination for being a woman, being Jewish and being a mother. She truly changed America for the better, and set an aspirational example for us all. 💙❤️ Shame on Mcconnell for his extreme hypocrisy, and shame on Trump for doubting the word of RBG's granddaughter about her dying wishes. 😔
I think you are right, this is all so very depressing, but they, whoever they are, are not taking anything away from us unless we let them. Nothing that DJT and his enablers can say or do can invalidate what I feel. To me, it's obvious that all DJT does is to destabilize and divide. This is where he finds his pseudo-strength. Remember what he said in the interview with Chris Wallace: "I don't like to lose." In his mind, there are only winners and losers, whatever the cost. It's part of his game amplified by all the medias, all of them, who are also getting distracting by all that, seem to forget that that's all for show. Behind all DJT's megalomaniac illusions of grandeur, he's just a very scared little boy who would attach himself to the resolute desk to stay in power, and he thinks he can do it by naming a very conservative judge on the Supreme Court. It just not only shows his desperation fueled by his conviction that he will lose. But a lot of us know the "reality" DJT is trying to shovel down our throats is very much disconnected from what is happening. He's just trying to get people all riled up with his lies and hypocrisy. These are all distractions. No compassion for the 200,000 and counting souls that have been lost to a disease, he knew it was very contagious but chose to ignore it to protect his chances at getting "reelected." Introspection and self-discipline are not his forte. Politics aside, DJT does not care about truth. From my part, since a lot of what's happening is mainly circumstances out of my immediate control, I meditate every day to feel the flow of universal love pass through me to be able to pass it forward. It's my very small contribution to this atmosphere of hate and fear, all basic instincts, that threatening to engulf us if we let it. I belief the kind of behaviors bear in themselves their own hell. There is also hope everywhere, for example, there are a lot of people taking to the streets to protest against all that hate. Maybe I am naive in my belief that there are forces in motion that we need to feed to turn the tide. Please stay safe. God bless you and your loved ones.
A BIG part of being Republican is the celebration of your foe's losses. it is NEVER enough for YOU to WIN. THEY must LOSE, and the greater the loss, the sweeter the victory. The GOP has NEVER been willing to play the game fairly, and I cannot for the life of me understand why we haven't admitted this and just taken them all out to be shot as traitors. In SIXTY YEARS, they have NOT ONCE passed a bill that helped the poor more than the rich. Never. not one tiny appropriation without a windfall tax cut for the rich.
Tyler B #2 What about 2016 when there was a death and no one let someone new be appointed before a new presidency? (Ps I’m not hunting your comments, you just happened to be in 2 different threads)
Rest in Power, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a.k.a. the Notorious RBG, a.k.a. Ruthie Smalls (1933-2020). May her memory be a blessing. “Woman belong in all places that important decisions are being made”.
@@Iamheretolearn You're an idiot. Wherever a decision effects us, we should be there to decide as well. Keep the same energy for men, when there is more women in political power making decisions for your dumbass.
Wu Beach Boy you think you are clever but the US has 3rd World pregnant mortality rates in half the States and women’s health is constantly under threat.
C'mon you made it on your printer. Just admit it. And admit you're secretly a COMMUNIST. (I'm kidding, I wouldn't vote Trump even if my testicles were in a vice) BIDEN/HARRIS 2020
RBG just died and he's talking about winning?! Against the people, or who does Trump play against? All for himself, leaves rest of the world as playing ground..
Trevor Kopf-Johnson I think what bothered me the most, was the clip of Trump when he “hears the news” about Justice Ginsburg, there was a very slight smirk which flashes across his face like a cat who just ate a canary. He suddenly realized he is on film and snaps back to proclaim his love and respect for Justice Ginsburg. 🤢🤮
@@strawbrryfld1 The scale of the actions and the list of those atrocities is just so damn huge to even understand that "bother" or any other word is close to meaningless. We don't even have a word for these American horrors, like when Nukes came describing them as "bombs" doesn't quite cut the horror of it..
This is the guy that who offended McCain even after he had passed away. McCain is the former Republican candidate who would defend his contender, Sen. Obama, during his (McCain's) speeches.
Yeah. Trmupf seems to have special hatred and disdain against the US forces, McCain, the "loser who got caught and survived those camps", or the latest veteran dissing Rtump served... He remembered the dog on the killing of Bagdavi, but named no squads let alone the fact that the Kurds Prumt bailed and left to die, were essential in catching the man... Likely reminds hims of his own dis-servitude, cowardice. "Daddy, no, I am not sissy boy, I just want to be like you and do business crimes! But I don't wanna go to the army! Scaaryy!"... ;-)
Sadly, the people voting for these morons are just as immoral and stupid. Kentucky is one of the worst states in this country and it's going to continue sucking as long as they vote Mitch McConnell in again. This year, we have a triangle. We need 3 things, Biden to win, McConnell to lose, and to gain a Senate Majority. The problem, we can only have one side of the triangle. If Trump wins, we need McConnell out and the Senate to turn blue. They're working as hard as they can to avoid people voting in general...I just hope it has a backfire and causes their voters to not vote instead. Obama had a lot of issues when he started. He got into office and we were having economic issues, we had the swine flu, and every single racist in the US was trashing him. He stayed professional and did his job. Trump whines everytime anyone high profile calls him out on his lies. We went from a professional to this horrible man (using the word loosely considering I've seen no proof that he is anything more than a toddler) and it is affecting our everyday life now due to his negligence and inability to take any kind of responsibility.
Like we even have a say in this any more. Have you seen all the election interference going on? The post office slowing down? Polling places being blocked by Trumproaches? Armed civilian checkpoints running anyone left of alt-right out of town? Trump declaring places he'll definitely lose "anarchist jurisdictions?" Cutting the census short? I could go on. And on. And on.
"Celebrating violence against respected journalist peacefully protesting", and "Good Genes" crap?! this is getting legit scary; that Hitler stretch keeps getting closer.
We all need to get ready. As much as I oppose an armed citizenry, this is why the 2nd exists. Get some guns and learn how to use them, because we are walking right over the precipice from which there is no return.
I agree. But I think Trump is more dangerous that Hitler. Hitler did not face a mass extinction event like the climate crisis... but then again neither is Trump with his "it's all a hoax", "you have to rake your forests" or "it'll get cooler." Forget about democracy, the last three or four years, we've being living in an Idiocracy.
@@eschwarz1003 Thank you for reply. I concur. We, as human beings have forgotten how connected and dependent we are on our planet. We just took it for granted and our mother nature is just reminding us that she is not to be taken for granted. I think that our very myopic thinking led us to a event of mass destruction. I also believe that this must not extinguish the light of hope and the mobilization that must ensue to keep this hope alive. I read somewhere these lines and it struck me to the core: "We will not go back to normal. Normal never was. Our pre-corona existence was not normal other than we normalized greed, inequity, exhaustion, depletion, extraction, disconnection, confusion, rage, hoarding, hate and lack. We are given the opportunity to stitch a new garment. One that fits all humanity and nature." This is where my hope burns. Please stay safe. God bless you and your loved ones.
All of this would be much less serious if the US acted like virtually every other country in the world and didn't have life appointments for judges (unbound by age, no less) in its highest court. Yet again, America is running obstacle courses of its own construction.
JB - And they’re not part of the political process, right? Here in the UK judges have to retire at 70 (though they’re considering raising it to 75) and judges are appointed by an independent commission. Nothing to do with partisan politics.
@Eleni 1979 I dunno about that. The age thing doesn't matter so much as ensuring that there is sufficient turnover. Doesn't hurt that it means a health situation like RBG's wouldn't be as likely.
@@saltyandthebeefcracker4863 no they're right Trump was impeached just not removed from office. Impeachment has nothing to do with removal, no president has been removed from office but some have been impeached.
There are 19 times that a SCOTUS was Nominated during presidential election year 17 was confirmed, just 2 was not confirmed including OBAMAS. You should always fact check, Don't listen to Fake News.
You cannot shame someone who has the constitutional right to do what they are doing. And if you mean what happened with garrland then it still holds true. The Senate has the right to block a nomination if they disagree with it. Those are the rules and it's only fair if we all play by them even if we are on the losing side
Just another reminder that here in Britain, "to trump" is a polite word used with children for farting, and has been since long before this one came along.
Let's praise her for her accomplishments but pls don't be so effusive. This is a woman that criticized BLM and Kaepernick for kneeling. No, she's not a beautiful woman in and out.
@@Energyhedgehog Ofcourse - even though some of earlier feminist accomplishments came as a result of the groundwork of a black trans activist called Pauli Murray. She had great accomplishments but as a black dude, there are too many aspects of her "not perfect" personality that is simply not excusable. But I'm sure, as usual, many white moderate feel different than I do. Let's heap praise on the white liberal lady. Yay 🎉🙄
Seth's kid shining the apple on his shirt after every bite is EVERYTHING! And Seth is in top form tonight. Thank you for an excellent Closer Look! RIP RBG. xoxo
@@Ed-ty1kr Yes, so silenced. You are so oppressed. The GOP blocked the president of the united states from nominating a new supreme court justice in 2016 because election day was "too close" (it was 8 months away) but then McConnell, who heavily pushed for that process to be halted, switches his tune when Ginsberg dies. When the election was 6 weeks away and people had already started to receive their mail in ballots. Trump nominated his justice without an issue. But please continue to tell me how silenced conservative voices are.
@@fibonaccisequins4637 yeah because censorship of conservatives is just a myth... right? Its a "conspiracy theory". I may be a conservative, since I do prefer to maintain my liberty, and prevent this government from progressing into tyranny, like all governments tend to do eventually... but I do not support the GOP. You see I see it like this. -> Right wing or left, its the same bird of pray, circling our God given Bill of Rights. So you see, I don't think in the way of the classic dicotamy, because thinking that way will blind you into taking sides, ajd then inevitably having to accept someone like O'Bama or Trumps narrarives. Since I prefer not to follow their project mockingbird propaganda. Now go back to counting that fibonacci sequence, like an eternal six score six downward spiral, and try not to say anything that they may label as misinformation... like a good girl or whatever your preferred pronoun may be.
I still can't get over the fact that I feel like I'm watching a TV drama on it's 6th season. Ruth dying before election, trump's presidency, the Republican hypocrisy, the pandemic, the idiocy of people, and so on. It's seems so unrealistic and crazy but here we are.
I wish it was a tv show president bartlet was way better than trump it’s sad when a tv president from the show Westwing is more presidential than the actual president
@@nartouzumaki8232 You won't believe it but a large number of Jews support Trump. They cheered him on in one of his therapy sessions as he talked about the border wall and concentration camps. You'd think they'd know better.
@@petethundabox5067 you'd think they would both lose their confidence in eugenics when they see what it got them. I can't imagine either Fred or Donald being happy with the results. Though apparently donny at least believe the problem was with the other half of the breeding pair, not the theory itself...
Of course it's fascism. Why do you think Trump had an ideal (anti-fascism) classified as a "terrorist group" Every single patriotic American is "antifa" The only people who are not antifa are those who hate democracy, hate freedom, and would rather have a racist fascist authoritarian regime enslaving the American people (through a corrupt for profit prison system)
brandon a No. when the House put forth a bill in MAY and GOP delayed it and wouldn’t even allow a vote on the floor. And the GOP only worries about protecting businesses from getting sued by forcing workers to work in unsafe environments. They don’t really care about small businesses.....unless they are big money donors.
@Michael Gman another fascinating theory, it wouldnt be the nature of politics accelerated by social media algorithms which seek to increase outrage to generate activity and clicks. Imagine if deranged americans had to take responsibility for themselves. Google head reported to congress 5 grand across all google platforms, facebook a couple of hundred grand, twitter russian bots later transitioned to venezuelan bots when the needs must. Many of the adds ran in states that werw solid red/blue, many adds ran after the election day. Yet we must accept that memes a 6 year old could produce, not even costing one million dollars swung the election against the spending of social media and the massive gap in net spending between hillary and trump. Definitely wasnt bernie bros pissed that the dnc screwed bernie. 🤣🤣
When I found out RBG passed on Friday, I literally cried, not just because we lost one of the best women in history who has fought for us her whole life. I cried because I also was so terrified of what crazy bullshit POTUS and the Republican Party was going to do to the country. Looks like my fears are coming true...
Rachel Monk Yeah, I’m done. If they are going to lawless and have no principles we need to pack the court if we get the senate majority. The minority shouldn’t get to dictate to the majority and we just need to stream roll over them. I’m completely done.
@rich patriotman if you have a mom, wife her daughter she fought for their right to equal pay, retain employment while pregnant, right to get credit card and mortgage without male co-signer, the list is long! This is a great time for you to learn about her so we can all work together to protect the equal rights she fought for.
yep, trump isn't even the legal president. the elite couldn't care less about the will of the people or the rule of law. all they care about is exploiting the divisions they, themselves create, so they maintain power.
........maintain power & manipulate the Stock Market. That's not a Strong economy...... it's rigged on ups 'n downs..... buy low...jack it up sell off....that crashes the prices.....and repeat.
@@markfoster1520 ... YES... that's an excellent overview of how capitalism works. to summarize even further - in a booming economy the elite profit and prosper. in a collapsing economy the elite profit and prosper! the entire system is rigged so, no matter what, the elite profit and prosper. meanwhile, the rest of fight each other over the scraps the elite throw our way. isn't capitalism wonderful?
WOW... everyone... you know what's REALLY disturbing? a video was just put up on youtube by some corporate crap group called "blackpink. it has 12 MILLION VIEWS IN AN HOUR! now that's both very scary and very sad!
“I want you to use my words against me. If there’s a Republican president in 2016 and a vacancy occurs in the last year of the first term, you can say Lindsey Graham said let’s let the next president, whoever it might be, make that nomination."
@@jimorzel2130 I'm not sure what you're asking, are you asking which part of Graham's lie was the lie? I'd say when Graham lied about installing a supreme court nominee in the year of an election (for example: 2020), that was the lie. I mean whatever, Graham lies all over the place about everything. Luckily I live in Canada and none of this is my problem whatsoever!
I'm a registered Republican. If a Supreme Court nomination is rushed through the Senate before election day, I will vote against every Republican on my ballot. It was right to let the people decide in 2016 and its right now.
And what will you do when Republicans don't hold a vote before the election, lose the election, and then force through a SCOTUS vote during the lame duck period after losing the Senate? That's pretty obviously their plan at the moment - the few who spoke against placing a new judge were all careful to specify "before the election" and they have not a single scruple to share between the 53 of them. If you think they wouldn't do something like that, then I've got a beautiful oceanfront property in Nebraska to sell you. Also I do disagree that the situations are the same - Obama nominated Garland, a moderate who Republicans had specifically name-dropped as an "acceptable compromise" that Obama would "totally never nominate", in March. Half of the clips in these videos were from February. Obama literally had an entire quarter of his second term left at that time and the party conventions hadn't picked a nominee for president yet. This time, Trump has three months left (or 1/16 of a term) and the party conventions are over with debates coming up fast. Hell, if the seat somehow isn't filled before Biden is inaugurated, Republicans will change their tune to something even more stupid, like, "you can't appoint a judge in your first year before you've gained experience!" or "you can't appoint a judge in an election term!" The logic doesn't matter, the ends justify the means entirely for the GOP.
As a Canadian, American politics are the most frustrating thing to watch. We're joined at the hip to you guys and are intimately affected by what goes down. Yet we have no input.
Deborah Freedman wish that were true. The US historically has influenced much in our nation as our economies and countries are in partnership in many areas. However, recent years and US actions have made it obvious that Canada needs to do a much better job at distancing ourselves from the US, for our own safety, reputation and morality.
@@deborahfreedman333 You kindda do thou... and even so, Canada is not constantly bragging miltaristic power, weapons of Mass Destruction and a population half-armed with sem-automatic rifles. No one would be scared of having Canada as a neighbour, yet many people are scared and cautious of the USA even from the other side of the world. That should tell you something...
As an American, our politics are frustrating to watch & I feel like I have no input. I vote, advocate, try to stay open minded & educated on all sides. It’s still so defeating to even care anymore.
Do you believe in the constitution? I'm not arguing or disagreeing with you. I wish to know what someone with your point of view believes. I'm finding it hard to choose a candidate (on the fence).
@@BIGHEAD432 I'm sorry but I can't understand how anyone can be "on the fence". Putting aside the fact that most Republican policies are harmful to people directly or indirectly, the Donald has lied more than 20,000 times, spent more time golfing in his first term than Obama whom he railed against for golfing and swore he wouldn't be golfing at all, takes no responsibility for anything he says or does, ignored in public the enormity of the pandemic while admitting in private that it's a problem. Biden may not be perfect, but the Donald is threatening to not leave office if he doesn't like the results of the election. That's a good indication of how bad he is. So my advice is to vote blue....all of the ticket... top to bottom
To be fair, they kind of had a point back then; no supreme court justice has been nominated in the last year of a president's term since something like the 1880s. Of course this just makes the hypocrisy now that much more aggravating. And it wasn't acceptable back then, there was just some flimsy justification
@@rubykelly2305 - The sad part is they didn't even have to offer up that flimsy excuse. After all, to be successfully nominated to the court you need to be approved by a majority of the Senate. And Mitch and his fellow Republicans held the majority back then too. So they could have just openly admitted that as long as they held the majority that they would never approve of anyone put forth by the Democratic party. It would have been frustrating, but at least the blatant honesty would have been refreshing.
And yet even more decent republicans (yes there are some still out there) who don't want to Vote for Trump claim they can't vote for Biden because he's clearly senile. People say this to me and I'm just plain shocked. I mean have you seen Trump actually attempt to speak?!
@@johnbrowne3950 uh. He did play that clip on his show. He makes fun of Biden gaffs all the time. The difference is that Prump does it every time he opens his mouth.
@@JohnVanderbeck Trumpists say Biden is senile, but it's Trump himself who's sundowning. Symptoms of sundowning include: restlessness; agitation; irritability; confusion; being demanding; being disoriented; being suspicious. Trump ticks every box.
@Zorak0515 That's okay, Joe Biden likes Cholinesterase inhibitors Donepezil Aricept Rivastigmine Razadyne Exelon Memantine Or anything that can get his lame head firing a synapse or two.
@@rogerc23 The problem with you is you have to rely on conspiracy theories to attack Joe biden mental status. We go off of what we see. I dare you to read a transcript of a Donald trump interview and tell me it makes sense or in the least coherent. If it does you might want to take one of those test trump brags about acing.
@@Mr_Elusive763 you going to get a big surprise next week at the debates if Joe shows. Your bubble is going to EXPLODE dude. I’m saving this page and will come to hear your response. Conspiracy theory my ass
@@rogerc23 Please do and do me a favor. keep track of all the times trump lies.For example, I will be unveiling a healthcare plan in 2 weeks or the classic, my personal favorite, "many people are saying"
Thought trump lost the popular vote but got the seat by electoral college. He had less votes from the people but still won so I can see why people just don't bother voting if it does not really count in the end.
None of their (contradicting) arguments make any sense. "Can't install justices during an election year!" There's absolutely nothing in the constitution saying this. There's not even any real unofficial precedent for it. "What we MEANT to say was that totally made up rule only applies when the senate majority and president are different parties!" Does anyone honestly believe this was their belief in 2016? And that it's totally not a flimsy after the fact justification they just now made up? Even taken as genuine, it doesn't make the slightest bit of sense. You have to hold off justice hearings in order to wait and to see if the "will of the people" calls for a different president, but not if the senate is the same party? Doesn't the same "will of the people" also decide the senate? Why aren't you waiting to see if the people want a different senate? "The American people gave us a MANDATE to fill this seat!" Amazing how election outcomes are only a MANDATE when it's Republicans winning. They used every dirty obstruction trick they could even when they didn't control the executive branch or either house of the legislative. And how can you really call it a mandate when their president lost by nearly 3 million votes and only squeaked in on an outdated technicality? Their senate "majority" also only represents 48% of the country's population. But the more insane part is that only 40% of 2018 midterms voters voted for Republican senators compared to 60% for Democrats (34.7 million to 52.2 million). You're calling THAT a mandate, you disingenuous turd McConnell? The Affordable Care Act was a mandate to a president who actually won the popular vote, and a senate that actually reflected the majority will, and you uncaring assholes made it your top #1 priority to do away with it. There doesn't seem to be any long term hope for saving this country from billionaire lapdog Republicans without completely abolishing the senate (or at least reducing it to a powerless vestige like the British were smart enough to do with the House of Lords). It's an undemocratic holdover from a time when states weren't sure that forming a new country was a good idea, so they had to throw a bone to smaller states. It's way worse now though, because in 1790 the difference in population between the largest and smallest states was 12:1. Today it's 70:1. It's insane that Vermont and New Hampshire get twice the voting power of California just because of an arbitrary line on the map. But it will never happen because you'd need approval of 2/3rds of the states, and the smaller states would never give up their disproportionate power. And now with their control of the supreme court for the next 30 years, NOTHING is going to get fixed. The court is going to rubberstamp everything a Republican administration does no matter how blatantly unlawful, and strike down anything a Democratic administration does no matter how overwhelmingly supported. And the only check against supreme court abuse of power is impeachment which again comes back to the damn senate instead of the House which better represents the majority will of the people. We're fucked. We're really, really fucked. Look forward to mass "sedition" arrests anytime a window gets broken within a mile of any protest which will be used as justification to declare it "violent anarchists" (even if it's caused by a cop or white supremacist instigator). They're probably also going to finally make good on their threats to start arresting any blue state governor/mayor for "allowing" those protests to take place. How is the voting public so fucking dumb that they can't see calls for "law & order" by violently putting down protestors as the usual hallmark of fascism?
@Robert McConnell I am already destitute from my genetic illness and I was making 6 figures with great insurance when I started down this path. Best of luck to you guys.....
its far worse than that, its not only lying about your position, its lying about a position you posited before as if we dont have evidence of such, its implying the united states public are too stupid to research it, and you know what? for the most part they are right to think that, tons of people refuse to get current or accurate information and we should be ashamed of ourselves as well as them for allowing the political climate to become as caustic and combative as our actual climate.
You should know, you believe the main stream mockinbird media lies. But you don't, because you lack the intellect. And that is percisely what the democrats are counting on.
@@Ed-ty1kr Specifics. If you are going to claim the media are being dishonest, which they all do since they are all corporate-owned and pushing their own agenda, then be specific. You also seem to think that Democrats are the party of the unintelligent, yet it's Republicans who have a war on education, a party full of uneducated simpletons, and a leader who can't even spell 'hamburger' and had to get someone else to write his SATs. So do please go on with specifics on why I lack intellect.
Back when i was in high school i was dreaming of moving to the united states, everything seemed great there. Now i'll be graduating uni in a few years and i've learned so much stuff about the USA, some things i can't believe how bad they are from no public healthcare insurance to the gun laws and from the electoral system to policy making in general. These 4 years of trump have been a disaster in my eyes, i'm calling right now that if trump gets another 4 years, man u.s. citizens you..are..screwed. Trump will make america "great" again, but all great things come to an end, be it the great roman empire or the great third reich. USA will fall apart at the seams and it will take decades to recover
Sorry to tell you but all of those things you just listed about America like no healthcare, gun laws, and the electoral system have been pretty much exactly the way they are for hundreds of years lol. This is nothing new. If Trump loses and Joe Biden gets elected do you honestly believe that will make some huge difference? I have news for you, the Democrats are about 90% as corrupt and willing to lie and bend the knee to corporate interests as the Republicans. Almost every American politician is bought and paid for by one corporate interest or another. The only real difference between Republicans and Democrats is on a few social issues. Biden has already said in no uncertain terms that even if a Medicare For All bill was somehow miraculously passed that he would veto it. Democrats and Republicans are BOTH lying corrupt scumbags who could care less about anyone who isnt wealthy or a corporation. Do you even understand how Trump came into power in the US? Idiots voted for him because they were so fed up and angry at the political system that anyone who promised to change things and who appeared like a Washington outsider was a refreshing thought to them. Dont get me wrong Trump lied to them all and played them for fools, but Trump is a symptom of the disease, not the cause of it. Voting Trump out in November (if that happens) is not going to change much for the country. Until the Supreme Court changes their decision on Citizens United our political system will remain broken and government will never represent the interests of the people, only corporations and big money. Citizens United was the nail in the coffin for the US political system. The only hope we have is that at some point the corrupt government and politicians will take so much away from the people, remove so many social programs, raise taxes so high, and give so much power to corporations that the people will literally revolt and start burning stuff to the ground. You think the protests this year were big? Imagine 50 million or 75 million people protesting like that. Eventually it will come to that. There is no other way I see things improving in our country. The government is completely and utterly unsalvagable in its current form.
@@tgreaux5027 Yeah my comment was unclear, i meant that as a kid i only saw the good sides of the usa but as I started learning about the country i saw its faults. At this point i wouldn't want to live in the usa whether they have a democrat or a republican president. I just think having trump for another 4 years will actually mean the end of democracy for the usa and its effect will ripple throughout the world, because the usa is still a world leader and example for the world you see more and more leaders with extreme populist and somewhat racist and slight fascistic tendencies rise up
Let's hope it never recovers! The US are the greatest threat to the world. A country that is so fundamentally flawed and malicious should never ever hold any form of meaningful power.
a while back I gave it some serious consideration, moving to US for a job and bringing the family over permanently, that was back in the Obama years and I decided against it purely because of the school shootings. These days I dont even consider a 1 week vacation in the US, kids keep asking why dont we go to DisneyLand, etc.. my standard reply is no and hell no!
As an American I can honestly say that if Trump wins in 2020 I will have officially lost ALL faith in Humanity. Tbh I already have lost that faith because of the hypocrisy of the Republicans back stepping with the Supreme Court nomination. Moscow Mitch IS the Grim Reaper as he openly claimed to be. I weep for Humanity.
Don't lose faith in humanity. Humanity didn't vote for the GOP ghouls. Instead of losing faith, DO SOMETHING about your broken political system. Protest. Organize. Do 1000 auto-calls to your senator every day. Play their 2016 quotes at them through the window 24/7 at full blast. Make a poster campaign. Volunteer. Do anything, just don't give up. Sorry, as a European, all I can do is encourage you to take action. I can't do it for you.
Please, just loose faith in the American political system. The rest of world and humanity has nothing to do with it... But I hope you and the American people can resolve your issues.
@@PawsOnTheBalcony Did you miss the current narrative? everything you described is "unamerican" at best and terrorism at worst, and deserves summary executions, at lest according to the GOP
Trump and Biden were both teens in the 60's. Biden saw the riots and thought "those poor people". Trump saw it and thought "those poor landlords". It took 50 years but it looks we're finally going to settle this. I for one am nervous.
He's a poor excuse for a president and his party has completely lost any sense of decency. Over $500 billion to the rich in tax breaks. Who do his supporters think will pay for that?
I love America. I hate what it became. We have to undo 40 years worth of Republican damage in less than 20 years. And that's only if we make it out of 2020
@@fourthgirl half the problem is the youth doesn't vote. 2018 changed that no matter what narrative you heard, the blue wave was real. We took the house back. We just need 4-5 seats in the senate. The battle will be rough, but we have to to hit the ground running in 2021. If we win congress they will need to do a few key things to prevent Republicans from cheating ever again. And that starts with redrawing the maps and securing the polls.
@@9nxt Republicans have been cheating for so long, it is now just their standard. Bush II and Florida? Come on. As the daughter of tradition parents, I've voted since I was 18 years old. It was a family event and people literally put their lives on the line for us to have the right to vote. But only one of my three sons ever voted. They are disappointed and turned off by the political thuggery that has been politics of the last 30 years, especially dealt out by the republican party. It is also a generation of "what will you do for me right now". That is why the Bernie Sanders pledges resonated with alphabet generations.
As a cynic and a pessimist, I actually expect him to win. I really think America is that blind and that dumb. I would like to be wrong. By all means, people, prove me wrong...
He can if we do nothing and let his Russian bots drown us out with all their noise. Americans have one job this fall vote the republicans back into the wilderness for another 50 years. See you at the front line. :)
My heart goes out to the family of Ruth Bader Ginsberg. She will forever be missed and remembered as an amazing women that fought every day for the rights and lives of every person in this country. Good luck finding someone to open a door for you much less half the stuff she's done for us.
There are 19 times that a SCOTUS was Nominated during presidential election year 17 was confirmed, just 2 was not confirmed including OBAMAS. You should always fact check, Don't listen to Fake News.
hahahaha. Yeah, I don't think it's so much "good luck finding someone to open a door for you" as much as it is "good luck finding someone who isn't going to slam that fucker shut in your face every opportunity they're given." Seriously, RIP Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Her death would be a tragedy even at the best of times, and I don't have the words to describe it now.
She was told to get off the bench so Obama could replace her. This tiny little detail seems to be forgotten, we knew this could happen and it was going to happen but she did not get off the bench... This notion that she could have retired and go to give speeches or just enjoy her time with her family seems very fair to me, it seems like a happy ending... The reality is that we will get 40+ years of someone who is all opposite of her now... makes me very very angry... By all means, no disrespect but 40+ years of someone who trump thinks is just for her job. There is no end in sight for the pain we will live now... just a simple request from obama, who is totally a bozo for me...
@@a.v.7199 she said something along the lines of no one would be good enough to replace her. her legacy could now be single-handedly taking out millions of people's rights cuz she was a narcissistic sociopath like MOST people in power.
Right...like Pelosi doesn't do the same damn thing in the House. Are you blind? McConnell had the power to stop a vote in 2016 and now has the power to have a vote. You are correct though, if you don't like it vote your side in. However, the blue plays the same political games.
@@StonegaardForge oh I know cause fascism is waaay better. So your typical Trump can do no wrong. Your side are socialists argument. It’s getting tired 😴
@Tasunke He literally praises his Marxist professors in college. If this is as good an argmument as you can muster, you are painfully ins for some bad times the next four Trump years. Socialized medicine is what Obamacare was all about. Most of his plans were socialist.
@@angiebear8727 Your side says Trump is destroying America, while your side is literally the only side presently actually destroying America. What BLM and Antifuqs are out there doing is the quite literal definition of fascist behavior. Our side has rallies and we pick up after ourselves. Not try to take control of cities by brute force. Please stay on your side of the ghetto.
I will never for the life of me understand how we have had to endure this nightmare and there is absolutely no remedy. How can things have gotten so horrific for the citizens of our country
"When enough people make false promises, words stop meaning anything. Then there are no more answers - only better and better lies." - Jon Snow. Winter is coming.
It's why they were pushing the narrative after the RNC that "Biden needs to be tested for drugs". It's always projection, they know Trump's tripping half the time.
sure, it's for the people that he must appoint a Justice "without delay". Just like he introduced his healthcare plan, his tax returns, his wall, his covid response..... without delay too.
Yeah, lets just believe all the twisted changes the democrats keep pushing to fit their narrative. Like mail in voting is the same as absentee ballots and had been done before, Trump will contest the election results and not Bidon when its the other way around. Ect. Ect. Ect.
And never had. But does it matter? As long as people believe in the moment, it doesn't matter. 200,000 americans dead and Trump support is as strong as it was when he was first elected. Trump will be the next president, if he can't win by the vote, he will win by electoral college and if that proves a bit difficult he was litigate his way to victory. 6 of 3 supreme court judges are going to be republican and 3 will owe personal loyalty to Trump. By the time Trump ends his 2nd term, he will have have 7 supreme court judges with 4 who are personally loyal to him, thus allowing Trump to remove presidential term limits... that are actually a recent addition added only in 1947.
@Joe Schmoe LOL. The only reason democrats didn't fill the seat was because they didn't have a senate majority. As if they would have waited. They're just as much hypocrites now, because back then they were saying, "hurry up fill the seat!" If you want to see Nazis look no further than the tyrants at the helm of places like California and New York. Capitalism is just a way to live with your neighbors.
I don't understand how they can look in the mirror OR sleep at night. I know my conscience would not let me. I would have to realign my moral compass or I would not live long due to the stress of knowing what I was doing to my country, me fellow Americans and the environment.
I feel like there's a missed opportunity here to not nominate a Justice, just appoint one as an Acting Justice, like almost every other position in Trump's administration.
“Let’s let the American people decide”. Damn right, Mitch! “Use my words against me”. Oh, we will Lindsey! November 3rd there’s a tsunami coming your way!!!
@@cctv5348 after the hypocritical, lying republicans stopped Obama's pick for ALMOST A YEAR! Because they said "let the people choose". But now, less than 2 months before the election they change their minds. They have NO ethics.
@@kathyparrish844 This is why I can never go along with people who say things like, "we just need to talk things out, violence is never the answer." I wish it were true, but my experience has been that some people only respond to violence, and others, not even then. I'm afraid we're going to see a lot more people killed before this is over. As you say, it is a lack of ethics, and a lack of morals
There are 19 times that a SCOTUS was Nominated during presidential election year 17 was confirmed, just 2 was not confirmed including OBAMAS. You should always fact check, Don't listen to Fake News.
You ever wonder why the Republicans won the Senate majority when Obama was President maybe it was a referendum on Obama and que someone saying white supremacy or so other buzz words
@@druxusthemage9806 the Republicrats "Lost" 1000 seats across the political spectrum during the Obama presidency but polite folk don't talk about that.
I have a hard time even watching this, I’m so ashamed of our country
I am right there with you. It’s so goddamn embarrassing
Lindsay Graham meant every word of what he said. He honestly gave us permission to use his words against him. He did this because his word never has and never will matter. He knew we could hold it against him and it wouldn't make a difference.
That's some pretty ballsy move: knowing that your words not matter and yet there will still be a sub segment of the public angry and racist enough to still vote you into office.
You will be excited to see Lindsey's October surprise when all those rent boys in Washington out him. I will want to hear his words when this happens.
“It has been 80 years, 80 years, since a Supreme Court vacancy was nominated and confirmed in an election year. There is a long tradition that you don’t do this in an election year. This should be a decision for the American people. Let the election decide.” -Ted Cruz and every other republican in 2016.
Miss Lindsey needs to come out of the closet.
orecoast 1961 Means she doesn’t want to answer the question and hopes you won’t notice.
RIP Notorious RBG
Its strange, Im not even American and I still feel a sadness for someone I never met. Thats how legendary this woman is.
Same. Respects from France.
Thank you so much
Same. Canadian here. This great lady will be missed.
Yup!
She was generous with her contributions.
"Hypocrisy only matters if you have shame."
They have no morals, just look at what they've done to the country
Judges who support abortion have no morals.
It’s the left side that’s doing all the burning
@@johnbrowne3950 Judges that support a woman's right to choose have morals John!
Funny, donald prump supported pro-choice until he was elected and pandering to the evangelicals was a must.
@@sideboob4276 Nope. They are accessories to murder.
This crap makes my blood boil and I'm not even American.
Vote Blue for healthcare
@Bmw EM lmao, good one
I am a American, and this really pisses me off. the thing that makes me the most angry is Republican members rank and file follow this pos. the government is supposed to be for the people. they are not. Please don't get me wrong, I love my country "land of the free and home of the brave" but my country has changed so much (under trump) its hard for me to even see this country as it once was. Please vote this POS out of the office of the most revered office in my country.
@@lovechild60 that is what I don't understand, how are the republicans not demanding better?
If I saw my team leader was an imbecilic moron I whos actions were actively hurting the company I would think;
"We need to get rid of this guy and replace him with someone competent",
but for some unknown reason republicans see that and think;
"well he's my team leader, so, no matter the evidence I must always say he is amazing and accuse anyone who says otherwise of lying"
@Bmw EM you mean vote red for a hypocritical America... back in 2016 the Republicans said the same to the Democrats... when they wanted to replace a vacant Justice... and back then it was 8 Month until the election... this time its not even 3 Months... the Reps said because its an election Year... the "new" President should nominate the new Justice... so the People the Citizen, have something to say about it... and there were right... this time its the same Situation... only with swapped Positions... i don't care about Biden and Trump they both have no credibility... but this Woman Justice Ginsburg deserve to succeded by someone voted by the People... she deserve this Honor...
I am from Canada & it blows my mind that Prump has any support at all. Honestly, I am embarrassed for America. Sorry, eh.
You live in a Parliamentary democracy, so do I. Pity the US isn’t one.
You should try living here and seeing these Prump humpers in person. It’s like an alternate reality or living with crazed robots. They’re nuts!
The US could do with a proportional-voting system. That way, every vote counts equally. Here in NZ we used to have the UK-style first-past-the-post voting for electorate MPs, and there were a couple of times where the party that got the most seats in Parliament actually had fewer votes than the opposition.
Since we adopted the German style of proportional voting, that can’t happen any more. The German system was also designed to ensure that a dictator could never get power in that country again. That’s one reason we liked it in NZ. Maybe the US should try it?
USA has 617 Covid deaths per million. Canada has 244. So the US death rate is about two and one half times worse than Canada's. If America had better leadership and public health (like Canada and most developed nations) resulting in a lower death rate, 120,000 more Americans could be alive today, a120,000 fewer families would be mourning their loss. Germany and Denmark have death rates as low as 110 per million. The rest of the world is baffled that the USA, once a beacon of scientific excellence now chooses to believe political rhetoric over science. It's sad to witness the decline of a once great nation.
Who you vote for is literally a matter of life and death. So please think, respect science, then vote. Then get everyone you know to vote.
Only if you send us your best people.
This makes my blood boil. The hypocrisy, lies and double standard of this morally bankrupt party is without equal. As an immigrant, I am profoundly worried about my future and that of my children.
I couldn't have said it better myself, thank you for speaking up.
I'm worried as a female. I'm also furious as a female at how bloodsuckingly ghoulish it is to announce a replacement justice before RBG's body got cold. That's how evil and ghoulish they are. They're not just terrified of her (they are they just won't admit it because they're a bunch of tiny-dicked cowards) they're glad she's dead. They're elated. They're on cloud nine over her death.
Trump 2020
@@WildFyreful
Lol
-Men wearing dress
-Drag queens reading to kindergarten kids
-Hormone replacement therapy for toddlers.
- third Trimester abortions
- open lawless borders
Ghoulish?
That would the democrats
I'm 5th gen Californian, and one of my Billingsy ancestors hit the East Coast back when the US was called The American Territories. I'm worried as well... for myself and my husband, for my nieces, nephews, and their children. If you aren't an indigenous native to this land, you are an immigrant, or you are the child of immigrants...welcome cousin.
The lack of honor and self-respect reflects just as much on the people who voted these... so-called "men" into office.
@democrats are anti American democrats hate America Uh, yah...crawl back into your trailer in Kentucky...
Barbara Lagoa. Look her up. I'm against filling the seat before the next election, but she's not a bad pick. She seems more for reproductive rights than most conservatives, and she believes felons have the right to vote, albeit after paying court and legal fees.
Democrat party is so insane at this point, trump needs to fill this seat quick
There are 19 times that a SCOTUS was Nominated during presidential election year 17 was confirmed, just 2 was not confirmed including OBAMAS. You should always fact check, Don't listen to Fake News.
Omg, the russians are back at it. I see them commenting on every comment with 2 day old fake names. We will elect Biden as our new president and he will nominate the most liberal young justices this nation has ever seen, mark my words! Look out for the blue wave aholes!
What an amazing legacy RBG has left. She never veered from her beliefs, even when faced with overwhelming discrimination for being a woman, being Jewish and being a mother. She truly changed America for the better, and set an aspirational example for us all. 💙❤️ Shame on Mcconnell for his extreme hypocrisy, and shame on Trump for doubting the word of RBG's granddaughter about her dying wishes. 😔
"Hypocrisy isn't their weakness, it's their platform." -Seth Meyers
Hypocrites; many in the media, Harry and Meghan come to mind 🤔
This is all so depressing. We should be celebrating RBG's life and all her achievements, it feels like they are taking that away too.
I think you are right, this is all so very depressing, but they, whoever they are, are not taking anything away from us unless we let them. Nothing that DJT and his enablers can say or do can invalidate what I feel. To me, it's obvious that all DJT does is to destabilize and divide. This is where he finds his pseudo-strength. Remember what he said in the interview with Chris Wallace: "I don't like to lose." In his mind, there are only winners and losers, whatever the cost.
It's part of his game amplified by all the medias, all of them, who are also getting distracting by all that, seem to forget that that's all for show. Behind all DJT's megalomaniac illusions of grandeur, he's just a very scared little boy who would attach himself to the resolute desk to stay in power, and he thinks he can do it by naming a very conservative judge on the Supreme Court. It just not only shows his desperation fueled by his conviction that he will lose.
But a lot of us know the "reality" DJT is trying to shovel down our throats is very much disconnected from what is happening. He's just trying to get people all riled up with his lies and hypocrisy. These are all distractions. No compassion for the 200,000 and counting souls that have been lost to a disease, he knew it was very contagious but chose to ignore it to protect his chances at getting "reelected." Introspection and self-discipline are not his forte. Politics aside, DJT does not care about truth.
From my part, since a lot of what's happening is mainly circumstances out of my immediate control, I meditate every day to feel the flow of universal love pass through me to be able to pass it forward. It's my very small contribution to this atmosphere of hate and fear, all basic instincts, that threatening to engulf us if we let it. I belief the kind of behaviors bear in themselves their own hell.
There is also hope everywhere, for example, there are a lot of people taking to the streets to protest against all that hate. Maybe I am naive in my belief that there are forces in motion that we need to feed to turn the tide.
Please stay safe. God bless you and your loved ones.
Stop it! It’s called delay delay delay! Prump and his minions like McConnell are Shameless hypocrites
A BIG part of being Republican is the celebration of your foe's losses. it is NEVER enough for YOU to WIN. THEY must LOSE, and the greater the loss, the sweeter the victory. The GOP has NEVER been willing to play the game fairly, and I cannot for the life of me understand why we haven't admitted this and just taken them all out to be shot as traitors. In SIXTY YEARS, they have NOT ONCE passed a bill that helped the poor more than the rich. Never. not one tiny appropriation without a windfall tax cut for the rich.
We are celebrating it but the president is also required by constitutional law to fill the position she left. No one is taking that away.
Tyler B #2 What about 2016 when there was a death and no one let someone new be appointed before a new presidency?
(Ps I’m not hunting your comments, you just happened to be in 2 different threads)
Rest in Power, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a.k.a. the Notorious RBG, a.k.a. Ruthie Smalls (1933-2020). May her memory be a blessing.
“Woman belong in all places that important decisions are being made”.
No they don’t. They deserve to have what they work for, nothing more
ruclips.net/video/8gcB5Nj8fvI/видео.html this is so funny. House Drinker Nancy Pelosi
@@Iamheretolearn You're an idiot. Wherever a decision effects us, we should be there to decide as well. Keep the same energy for men, when there is more women in political power making decisions for your dumbass.
Bethany Chatman Strongly disagree. You are welcome to run for office for example but no one is obligated to vote you. Vagina or no vagina
BALLOON!!! As do men, but that never seems to be a point for discussion does it.
Suburban Women Unite!
Protect RBG legacy for your daughters. She carried us on her shoulders now we must vote to protect her legacy.
So right DeeDee!!! Greetz from overseas ✊🏾
Agree.
Wu Beach Boy you think you are clever but the US has 3rd World pregnant mortality rates in half the States and women’s health is constantly under threat.
yeah that ship has sailed honey, even if Trump losses he's still going to get to replace her
We may not get the chance to, her seat may be filled before the election.
I received my ballot in the mail today. I can’t wait to drop it in the ballot box.
Please vote!
C'mon you made it on your printer. Just admit it. And admit you're secretly a COMMUNIST. (I'm kidding, I wouldn't vote Trump even if my testicles were in a vice) BIDEN/HARRIS 2020
How many did you get?? It doesn't matter. This President gets (3)Supreme Court justices. That will change this country for your whole life
Did it look like a normal ballot or did it look like a Prump advertisement?
haha🤣🤣aahh libtards are funny
Follow all instructions, and sign just like when you registered..!
RBG just died and he's talking about winning?! Against the people, or who does Trump play against? All for himself, leaves rest of the world as playing ground..
They announced plans to replace RBG 2-hrs after they announced her death.
Trevor Kopf-Johnson I think what bothered me the most, was the clip of Trump when he “hears the news” about Justice Ginsburg, there was a very slight smirk which flashes across his face like a cat who just ate a canary. He suddenly realized he is on film and snaps back to proclaim his love and respect for Justice Ginsburg. 🤢🤮
@@strawbrryfld1 The scale of the actions and the list of those atrocities is just so damn huge to even understand that "bother" or any other word is close to meaningless. We don't even have a word for these American horrors, like when Nukes came describing them as "bombs" doesn't quite cut the horror of it..
This is the guy that who offended McCain even after he had passed away. McCain is the former Republican candidate who would defend his contender, Sen. Obama, during his (McCain's) speeches.
Yeah. Trmupf seems to have special hatred and disdain against the US forces, McCain, the "loser who got caught and survived those camps", or the latest veteran dissing Rtump served...
He remembered the dog on the killing of Bagdavi, but named no squads let alone the fact that the Kurds Prumt bailed and left to die, were essential in catching the man...
Likely reminds hims of his own dis-servitude, cowardice.
"Daddy, no, I am not sissy boy, I just want to be like you and do business crimes! But I don't wanna go to the army! Scaaryy!"... ;-)
Best Closer Look ever.....America.....the world is watching you.....do the right thing, vote out people like Lydsay Graham and Mitch Mconnal.
Sadly, the people voting for these morons are just as immoral and stupid. Kentucky is one of the worst states in this country and it's going to continue sucking as long as they vote Mitch McConnell in again.
This year, we have a triangle. We need 3 things, Biden to win, McConnell to lose, and to gain a Senate Majority. The problem, we can only have one side of the triangle. If Trump wins, we need McConnell out and the Senate to turn blue. They're working as hard as they can to avoid people voting in general...I just hope it has a backfire and causes their voters to not vote instead. Obama had a lot of issues when he started. He got into office and we were having economic issues, we had the swine flu, and every single racist in the US was trashing him. He stayed professional and did his job. Trump whines everytime anyone high profile calls him out on his lies. We went from a professional to this horrible man (using the word loosely considering I've seen no proof that he is anything more than a toddler) and it is affecting our everyday life now due to his negligence and inability to take any kind of responsibility.
Like we even have a say in this any more. Have you seen all the election interference going on? The post office slowing down? Polling places being blocked by Trumproaches? Armed civilian checkpoints running anyone left of alt-right out of town? Trump declaring places he'll definitely lose "anarchist jurisdictions?" Cutting the census short? I could go on. And on. And on.
Send help. We're going to need it.
Vote Blue for healthcare
"The right thing" is tearing down the system. I assumed at this point that'd be clear...
"Celebrating violence against respected journalist peacefully protesting", and "Good Genes" crap?! this is getting legit scary; that Hitler stretch keeps getting closer.
dude an alt right group helped get him elected how were you not scared with the rest of us 4 years ago??
We all need to get ready. As much as I oppose an armed citizenry, this is why the 2nd exists. Get some guns and learn how to use them, because we are walking right over the precipice from which there is no return.
I agree. But I think Trump is more dangerous that Hitler. Hitler did not face a mass extinction event like the climate crisis... but then again neither is Trump with his "it's all a hoax", "you have to rake your forests" or "it'll get cooler." Forget about democracy, the last three or four years, we've being living in an Idiocracy.
@@sheitanecalmas I think all of this division all over the world, has environmental crisis at it's core.
@@eschwarz1003 Thank you for reply.
I concur. We, as human beings have forgotten how connected and dependent we are on our planet. We just took it for granted and our mother nature is just reminding us that she is not to be taken for granted.
I think that our very myopic thinking led us to a event of mass destruction. I also believe that this must not extinguish the light of hope and the mobilization that must ensue to keep this hope alive. I read somewhere these lines and it struck me to the core:
"We will not go back to normal.
Normal never was.
Our pre-corona existence was not normal other than we normalized greed, inequity, exhaustion, depletion, extraction, disconnection, confusion, rage, hoarding, hate and lack.
We are given the opportunity to stitch a new garment.
One that fits all humanity and nature."
This is where my hope burns.
Please stay safe. God bless you and your loved ones.
All of this would be much less serious if the US acted like virtually every other country in the world and didn't have life appointments for judges (unbound by age, no less) in its highest court. Yet again, America is running obstacle courses of its own construction.
Not sure what it is in other countries, but in Australia the age of 70 is given as the maximum age for High Court Justices in our Constitution.
JB - And they’re not part of the political process, right? Here in the UK judges have to retire at 70 (though they’re considering raising it to 75) and judges are appointed by an independent commission. Nothing to do with partisan politics.
Maybe don’t vote for moron senators might help too.
@Eleni 1979 I dunno about that. The age thing doesn't matter so much as ensuring that there is sufficient turnover. Doesn't hurt that it means a health situation like RBG's wouldn't be as likely.
lol right? Here in Canada, the max age is 75. Our only justice who has been on the court for more than a decade is retiring next year.
R.B.G was a magnificent icon! I will miss you!
this is so sad i want to cry... if they get away with it what's even the point of anything anymore
How the hell can an impeached president still be allowed to make decisions like this?!
Because there is nothing in the constitution that says he can't.
Ohh... You don't understand what impeachment means.
It's okay.
@@saltyandthebeefcracker4863 You don't understand that impeachment can't stop Trump from doing his job.
@@saltyandthebeefcracker4863 no they're right Trump was impeached just not removed from office. Impeachment has nothing to do with removal, no president has been removed from office but some have been impeached.
There are 19 times that a SCOTUS was Nominated during presidential election year 17 was confirmed, just 2 was not confirmed including OBAMAS. You should always fact check, Don't listen to Fake News.
Like the old saying: You can't shame someone who has no shame.
Or reason with someone who has no logic
You cannot shame someone who has the constitutional right to do what they are doing. And if you mean what happened with garrland then it still holds true. The Senate has the right to block a nomination if they disagree with it. Those are the rules and it's only fair if we all play by them even if we are on the losing side
Priscilla Jimenez so damn true
@Supergirl WinnerFG It goes away in April, with the heat.
Kim Jong Fun exactly ! I’ll also add “ and you can’t fix stupid” too
Just another reminder that here in Britain, "to trump" is a polite word used with children for farting, and has been since long before this one came along.
😹😹😹 I love this!
It's true
It certainly is!!!...and appropriately Donald is a massive windbag that talks out of his ass while Republicans hold their noses!!!
Here in my household, we've actually moved on to saying, "did a donald"
In Britain, his name means “to fart”? That’s funny.
I too crochet blankets when I feel the cold grip of anxiety-ridden despair and rage.
I've just started my third king-size this year.
Jean Varsava, it certainly has been a giant dumpster-fire of a year. I am going to start on a stress-sweater.
I am stress knitting socks...
I knit. So far this year I've done seven pairs of socks and I'm working on a sweater, and I have three hat patterns picked out.
Not just women’s right’s: she fought for widowers to receive a pension.
She was a beautiful person inside and out.
A 5’1” GIANT.
She was taller than me🥴🤦😔
Let's praise her for her accomplishments but pls don't be so effusive.
This is a woman that criticized BLM and Kaepernick for kneeling.
No, she's not a beautiful woman in and out.
@@TCt83067695 she's not perfect, no person is, but she's still worthy of praise for her accomplishments.
Too often, she ignored the plain text of the law and found a way to support the position she wanted to reach.
@@Energyhedgehog Ofcourse - even though some of earlier feminist accomplishments came as a result of the groundwork of a black trans activist called Pauli Murray.
She had great accomplishments but as a black dude, there are too many aspects of her "not perfect" personality that is simply not excusable.
But I'm sure, as usual, many white moderate feel different than I do.
Let's heap praise on the white liberal lady. Yay 🎉🙄
Seth's kid shining the apple on his shirt after every bite is EVERYTHING!
And Seth is in top form tonight. Thank you for an excellent Closer Look!
RIP RBG. xoxo
I'm surprised he can say the word "Justice" without bursting into flames at this point.
Now that would be a sight to see. Marshmallows anyone?
@A Nic doesn't matter the fires everywhere in California will probably kills us all.
Well at least his speech is not silenced, like a conservative voice would be.
@@Ed-ty1kr Yes, so silenced. You are so oppressed. The GOP blocked the president of the united states from nominating a new supreme court justice in 2016 because election day was "too close" (it was 8 months away) but then McConnell, who heavily pushed for that process to be halted, switches his tune when Ginsberg dies. When the election was 6 weeks away and people had already started to receive their mail in ballots. Trump nominated his justice without an issue. But please continue to tell me how silenced conservative voices are.
@@fibonaccisequins4637 yeah because censorship of conservatives is just a myth... right? Its a "conspiracy theory". I may be a conservative, since I do prefer to maintain my liberty, and prevent this government from progressing into tyranny, like all governments tend to do eventually... but I do not support the GOP. You see I see it like this. -> Right wing or left, its the same bird of pray, circling our God given Bill of Rights. So you see, I don't think in the way of the classic dicotamy, because thinking that way will blind you into taking sides, ajd then inevitably having to accept someone like O'Bama or Trumps narrarives. Since I prefer not to follow their project mockingbird propaganda. Now go back to counting that fibonacci sequence, like an eternal six score six downward spiral, and try not to say anything that they may label as misinformation... like a good girl or whatever your preferred pronoun may be.
I still can't get over the fact that I feel like I'm watching a TV drama on it's 6th season. Ruth dying before election, trump's presidency, the Republican hypocrisy, the pandemic, the idiocy of people, and so on. It's seems so unrealistic and crazy but here we are.
House of Cards didn’t even go this hard!
We ARE REALITY TV
I wish it was a tv show president bartlet was way better than trump it’s sad when a tv president from the show Westwing is more presidential than the actual president
It seems so surreal, what's worse is that it's not🤬🤬🤬🤬
Did he really claim that Ginsberg's dying words were a Democrat hoax? You think it can't get stranger, then it does.
THE RACE HORSE THEORY IS LITERALLY EUGENICS. That's literally the other name for eugenics! America... this is literally fascism
i hope jews still feel safe over there
@@nartouzumaki8232 You won't believe it but a large number of Jews support Trump. They cheered him on in one of his therapy sessions as he talked about the border wall and concentration camps.
You'd think they'd know better.
@@SGGCREATIVES .. right .. you mean the same way a lot of Jews supported Hitler before he went after them ..
@@petethundabox5067 you'd think they would both lose their confidence in eugenics when they see what it got them. I can't imagine either Fred or Donald being happy with the results. Though apparently donny at least believe the problem was with the other half of the breeding pair, not the theory itself...
Of course it's fascism. Why do you think Trump had an ideal (anti-fascism) classified as a "terrorist group"
Every single patriotic American is "antifa"
The only people who are not antifa are those who hate democracy, hate freedom, and would rather have a racist fascist authoritarian regime enslaving the American people (through a corrupt for profit prison system)
Seth deserves to be nominated for an Emmy. He, Stephen, Trevor, Sam B and John Oliver get us through the week.
@Harold OfTheRocks shut up
@Harold OfTheRocks - Loser.
Agree Seth Stephen Trevor and Sam are way better than Fallon kimmile and james C
@Harold OfTheRocks Dude you must be a really miserable person, SAD.
There will be another Women's March on October 17th. Make your voice heard. Drown out these hypocrites.
Drown out hippocrates with hipocracy... sounds like a democrat thing to do.
Lets just hope the hippos dont stampede, like the BLM crowd tends to do.
@@Ed-ty1kr I'm guessing your name Ed stands for erectile disfunction
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Amazing that they can rush to do this, but not anything to help people or small business.
Of course. They only care about themselves
Ladies and Gentlemen, the modern Republican Party
Republicans should be called the, pick yourself up by the bootstraps while the wealthy steal your hard earned money, party.
You mean how the senate(Republican majority) brought the Heros act? But Nancy Pelosi and congress(Democrat majority) went home
brandon a No. when the House put forth a bill in MAY and GOP delayed it and wouldn’t even allow a vote on the floor.
And the GOP only worries about protecting businesses from getting sued by forcing workers to work in unsafe environments. They don’t really care about small businesses.....unless they are big money donors.
Just when you thought American politics couldn’t get any closer to total meltdown.
Just the left side really
It's all because an evil man swindled his way into office, now he's turned everyone in the country against each other
@@jackday2966 partis.ans.hip arose in 2015-2016, interesting theory.
@Michael Gman another fascinating theory, it wouldnt be the nature of politics accelerated by social media algorithms which seek to increase outrage to generate activity and clicks.
Imagine if deranged americans had to take responsibility for themselves.
Google head reported to congress 5 grand across all google platforms, facebook a couple of hundred grand, twitter russian bots later transitioned to venezuelan bots when the needs must.
Many of the adds ran in states that werw solid red/blue, many adds ran after the election day.
Yet we must accept that memes a 6 year old could produce, not even costing one million dollars swung the election against the spending of social media and the massive gap in net spending between hillary and trump. Definitely wasnt bernie bros pissed that the dnc screwed bernie.
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It just reveals their true priorities. Certainly not to hammer out a relief package for Americans in need.
The USA today is like a bad soap opera that most of the world wants nothing to do with but is forced to watch because of it's impact.
America is a basket case and yet they all act so arrogant!
I know... how sad.
No! It’s not the America. It’s the Republican Party. It is the most evil political party since Hitler’s Nazis.
@@henrycrum3018 Democrats are corporate tools. The only ones actually trying to do anything get thrown under the bus like Sanders..
@Ahmad Shehab evidently based off the likes there's a number of people out there that agree with me..
"Mitch McConnell looks like a haunted wooden doll you'd find in an estate sale" 😂😂😂😂😂
I was already terrified, but now I'm terrified in a completely new way.
Daniel B VOTE!
Then Trump and the liberal media have you right where they want you.
When I found out RBG passed on Friday, I literally cried, not just because we lost one of the best women in history who has fought for us her whole life. I cried because I also was so terrified of what crazy bullshit POTUS and the Republican Party was going to do to the country. Looks like my fears are coming true...
Be afraid be very afraid.See you in November.
Same here, my friend. Let’s vote out the bullshit!
What would you be so afraid of to cry like a baby? Please educate those of us that do not understand. What did RBG do for me, when fighting?
Rachel Monk Yeah, I’m done. If they are going to lawless and have no principles we need to pack the court if we get the senate majority. The minority shouldn’t get to dictate to the majority and we just need to stream roll over them. I’m completely done.
@rich patriotman if you have a mom, wife her daughter she fought for their right to equal pay, retain employment while pregnant, right to get credit card and mortgage without male co-signer, the list is long! This is a great time for you to learn about her so we can all work together to protect the equal rights she fought for.
At this point I want to move to Nars.
John Chessant Elon Nusk is going to make that possible soon...
The first of your snayshun to do so!
Jacob Boersma no the government stole Tesla’s technology and gave it to him
I dont even know what Nars is but I'm in 😆
"Let the American people decide" biggest joke is that we did decide and still got the other person
yep, trump isn't even the legal president. the elite couldn't care less about the will of the people or the rule of law. all they care about is exploiting the divisions they, themselves create, so they maintain power.
........maintain power & manipulate the Stock Market. That's not a Strong economy...... it's rigged on ups 'n downs..... buy low...jack it up sell off....that crashes the prices.....and repeat.
@@markfoster1520 ... YES... that's an excellent overview of how capitalism works. to summarize even further - in a booming economy the elite profit and prosper. in a collapsing economy the elite profit and prosper! the entire system is rigged so, no matter what, the elite profit and prosper. meanwhile, the rest of fight each other over the scraps the elite throw our way. isn't capitalism wonderful?
WOW... everyone... you know what's REALLY disturbing? a video was just put up on youtube by some corporate crap group called "blackpink. it has 12 MILLION VIEWS IN AN HOUR! now that's both very scary and very sad!
"biggest joke" ... not funny.
Hearing Seth continue to end these segments with “we love you” is unbelievably comforting during these times.
Yeah & a lot of people mentioned how much they have missed it 🤗💗.
Without trump Seth is nothing
“I want you to use my words against me. If there’s a Republican president in 2016 and a vacancy occurs in the last year of the first term, you can say Lindsey Graham said let’s let the next president, whoever it might be, make that nomination."
A complete lie. 😤
Well, he's also said he's not gay, so... How much credibility could he have?
i saw the tape just tonight.
hes a real turd.
which part of the tape of Graham actually saying it is the lie?
@@jimorzel2130 I'm not sure what you're asking, are you asking which part of Graham's lie was the lie?
I'd say when Graham lied about installing a supreme court nominee in the year of an election (for example: 2020), that was the lie.
I mean whatever, Graham lies all over the place about everything. Luckily I live in Canada and none of this is my problem whatsoever!
Wow he went FULL racist talking about Genes.
That eagle did exactly what the majority of people in the u.s. feel: "don't touch me, get away now. LEAVE or lose a finger."
I'm a registered Republican. If a Supreme Court nomination is rushed through the Senate before election day, I will vote against every Republican on my ballot. It was right to let the people decide in 2016 and its right now.
And what will you do when Republicans don't hold a vote before the election, lose the election, and then force through a SCOTUS vote during the lame duck period after losing the Senate? That's pretty obviously their plan at the moment - the few who spoke against placing a new judge were all careful to specify "before the election" and they have not a single scruple to share between the 53 of them. If you think they wouldn't do something like that, then I've got a beautiful oceanfront property in Nebraska to sell you.
Also I do disagree that the situations are the same - Obama nominated Garland, a moderate who Republicans had specifically name-dropped as an "acceptable compromise" that Obama would "totally never nominate", in March. Half of the clips in these videos were from February. Obama literally had an entire quarter of his second term left at that time and the party conventions hadn't picked a nominee for president yet. This time, Trump has three months left (or 1/16 of a term) and the party conventions are over with debates coming up fast. Hell, if the seat somehow isn't filled before Biden is inaugurated, Republicans will change their tune to something even more stupid, like, "you can't appoint a judge in your first year before you've gained experience!" or "you can't appoint a judge in an election term!" The logic doesn't matter, the ends justify the means entirely for the GOP.
You are a rare breed you know that, friend?
Good for you. Change your party to Democrat. Registered or not - it is your own "democrat" opinion.
No you are not... quit lying you spineless demonrat
The people did not elect Trump...the Electoral College elected Trump.
Gerald Miller Don’t the electors represent their electorate?
Another clown who lost, and now wants to change the rules.
The people did elect Trump because the electors represent the people. This isn’t a partisan issue this is simply the fact.
Too bad Fox News people don’t know that.
Salty and the Beef Cracker no
As a Canadian, American politics are the most frustrating thing to watch. We're joined at the hip to you guys and are intimately affected by what goes down. Yet we have no input.
Seriously, How hard is it to move to Canada from Michigan?
We have no input in what you do either. That's the way citizenship works.
Deborah Freedman wish that were true. The US historically has influenced much in our nation as our economies and countries are in partnership in many areas. However, recent years and US actions have made it obvious that Canada needs to do a much better job at distancing ourselves from the US, for our own safety, reputation and morality.
@@deborahfreedman333 You kindda do thou... and even so, Canada is not constantly bragging miltaristic power, weapons of Mass Destruction and a population half-armed with sem-automatic rifles. No one would be scared of having Canada as a neighbour, yet many people are scared and cautious of the USA even from the other side of the world. That should tell you something...
As an American, our politics are frustrating to watch & I feel like I have no input. I vote, advocate, try to stay open minded & educated on all sides. It’s still so defeating to even care anymore.
It's not hypocrisy, it's a power grab. This is what these people do.
Do you believe in the constitution? I'm not arguing or disagreeing with you. I wish to know what someone with your point of view believes. I'm finding it hard to choose a candidate (on the fence).
@@BIGHEAD432 I'm sorry but I can't understand how anyone can be "on the fence". Putting aside the fact that most Republican policies are harmful to people directly or indirectly, the Donald has lied more than 20,000 times, spent more time golfing in his first term than Obama whom he railed against for golfing and swore he wouldn't be golfing at all, takes no responsibility for anything he says or does, ignored in public the enormity of the pandemic while admitting in private that it's a problem. Biden may not be perfect, but the Donald is threatening to not leave office if he doesn't like the results of the election. That's a good indication of how bad he is. So my advice is to vote blue....all of the ticket... top to bottom
@@beverly719 PREACH!! YES, VOTE BLUE ALL THE WAY THROUGH!!
@@beverly719: trump 2020 cheers from eu
@@ilmarsbelevics cheers to you too. Literally ANYONE other than the Donald in 2020
Someone needs to get a gigantic speaker outside Lindsey Graham's house and blast his "Use my words against me" line on a continuous loop.
My god that's a fabulous idea!! Unfortunately, he has his head so far up Trump's ass, he probably won't be able to hear it.
To be fair, no one believed them when they said that four years ago. Everyone, literally everyone, knew they were lying.
To be fair, they kind of had a point back then; no supreme court justice has been nominated in the last year of a president's term since something like the 1880s. Of course this just makes the hypocrisy now that much more aggravating. And it wasn't acceptable back then, there was just some flimsy justification
@@rubykelly2305 - The sad part is they didn't even have to offer up that flimsy excuse. After all, to be successfully nominated to the court you need to be approved by a majority of the Senate. And Mitch and his fellow Republicans held the majority back then too.
So they could have just openly admitted that as long as they held the majority that they would never approve of anyone put forth by the Democratic party. It would have been frustrating, but at least the blatant honesty would have been refreshing.
Integrity means doing the right thing even when you don't have to.
These senators don't have a lick of integrity.
The Nazis were obsessed with "good genes," too.
He's clearly in cognitive decline...how the hell is he still on the ticket?
Biden said recently 200 million have died of Covid. You probably didn't hear that on the MSM. Check it out. You won't see it mentioned by Meyers.
@@johnbrowne3950 i don't know how that refutes the original comment. Try again.
And yet even more decent republicans (yes there are some still out there) who don't want to Vote for Trump claim they can't vote for Biden because he's clearly senile. People say this to me and I'm just plain shocked. I mean have you seen Trump actually attempt to speak?!
@@johnbrowne3950 uh. He did play that clip on his show. He makes fun of Biden gaffs all the time. The difference is that Prump does it every time he opens his mouth.
@@JohnVanderbeck Trumpists say Biden is senile, but it's Trump himself who's sundowning.
Symptoms of sundowning include: restlessness; agitation; irritability; confusion; being demanding; being disoriented; being suspicious. Trump ticks every box.
It's not hypocrisy when you dont plan on keeping your word. It's called lying.
Breaking news: "Christine Blasey Ford has just announced that she will be accusing the new Supreme Court nominee of rape, no matter the gender".
@Zorak0515 That's okay, Joe Biden likes
Cholinesterase inhibitors
Donepezil
Aricept
Rivastigmine
Razadyne
Exelon
Memantine
Or anything that can get his lame head firing a synapse or two.
@@rogerc23 The problem with you is you have to rely on conspiracy theories to attack Joe biden mental status. We go off of what we see. I dare you to read a transcript of a Donald trump interview and tell me it makes sense or in the least coherent. If it does you might want to take one of those test trump brags about acing.
@@Mr_Elusive763 you going to get a big surprise next week at the debates if Joe shows. Your bubble is going to EXPLODE dude. I’m saving this page and will come to hear your response. Conspiracy theory my ass
@@rogerc23 Please do and do me a favor. keep track of all the times trump lies.For example, I will be unveiling a healthcare plan in 2 weeks or the classic, my personal favorite, "many people are saying"
Isn’t it funny how trump was put in position to fill the seat “by the people” but Obama wasn’t?
Hes The Phantom ...AND AFTER NOTHING BUT CRIMINAL OBSTRUCTION AND COOPERATION WITH PUTIN!!!
Thought trump lost the popular vote but got the seat by electoral college. He had less votes from the people but still won so I can see why people just don't bother voting if it does not really count in the end.
Obama picked garland, but senate shot it down. Rightly so
but you see that is because Obama took office by winning the popular vote while Trump didn't ...see it makes sense-_-
You know we have the Electoral College so three states don't judge what the entire country does
It's moments like these where I'm incredibly proud of being a Democrat.
A low intellect moron that parrots whatever the main stream propaghanda tells them to? LMAO..
Just vote for Joe Bidon, that idiot is right up your ally.
Listening to Seth Meyer’s daily “A Closer Look” helps me stay a bit more sane and hopeful during these insane trumped up times! Thank you
Agreed. I genuinely lowered down my intake in news because I was getting overwhelmed, but this segments are a refreshing hilarious bite of news.
None of their (contradicting) arguments make any sense.
"Can't install justices during an election year!"
There's absolutely nothing in the constitution saying this. There's not even any real unofficial precedent for it.
"What we MEANT to say was that totally made up rule only applies when the senate majority and president are different parties!"
Does anyone honestly believe this was their belief in 2016? And that it's totally not a flimsy after the fact justification they just now made up? Even taken as genuine, it doesn't make the slightest bit of sense. You have to hold off justice hearings in order to wait and to see if the "will of the people" calls for a different president, but not if the senate is the same party? Doesn't the same "will of the people" also decide the senate? Why aren't you waiting to see if the people want a different senate?
"The American people gave us a MANDATE to fill this seat!"
Amazing how election outcomes are only a MANDATE when it's Republicans winning. They used every dirty obstruction trick they could even when they didn't control the executive branch or either house of the legislative. And how can you really call it a mandate when their president lost by nearly 3 million votes and only squeaked in on an outdated technicality? Their senate "majority" also only represents 48% of the country's population. But the more insane part is that only 40% of 2018 midterms voters voted for Republican senators compared to 60% for Democrats (34.7 million to 52.2 million). You're calling THAT a mandate, you disingenuous turd McConnell? The Affordable Care Act was a mandate to a president who actually won the popular vote, and a senate that actually reflected the majority will, and you uncaring assholes made it your top #1 priority to do away with it.
There doesn't seem to be any long term hope for saving this country from billionaire lapdog Republicans without completely abolishing the senate (or at least reducing it to a powerless vestige like the British were smart enough to do with the House of Lords). It's an undemocratic holdover from a time when states weren't sure that forming a new country was a good idea, so they had to throw a bone to smaller states. It's way worse now though, because in 1790 the difference in population between the largest and smallest states was 12:1. Today it's 70:1. It's insane that Vermont and New Hampshire get twice the voting power of California just because of an arbitrary line on the map.
But it will never happen because you'd need approval of 2/3rds of the states, and the smaller states would never give up their disproportionate power.
And now with their control of the supreme court for the next 30 years, NOTHING is going to get fixed. The court is going to rubberstamp everything a Republican administration does no matter how blatantly unlawful, and strike down anything a Democratic administration does no matter how overwhelmingly supported. And the only check against supreme court abuse of power is impeachment which again comes back to the damn senate instead of the House which better represents the majority will of the people.
We're fucked. We're really, really fucked. Look forward to mass "sedition" arrests anytime a window gets broken within a mile of any protest which will be used as justification to declare it "violent anarchists" (even if it's caused by a cop or white supremacist instigator). They're probably also going to finally make good on their threats to start arresting any blue state governor/mayor for "allowing" those protests to take place.
How is the voting public so fucking dumb that they can't see calls for "law & order" by violently putting down protestors as the usual hallmark of fascism?
@Robert McConnell Well, unfortunately it will happen long after you and I die in the "forced arbitration" corporate labor camp.
@Robert McConnell Depends which pre-existing condition I die of first once my health claims are denied.
@Robert McConnell I am already destitute from my genetic illness and I was making 6 figures with great insurance when I started down this path. Best of luck to you guys.....
Dorpth, God bless you for every word you wrote! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 Amen and amen again!!!!! 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
@Manny Bruce "Arbeit Macht Frei"--Where else have we seen malignant irony? Oh yeah--Goebbels.
Pocket constitution?! Can I love her anymore?!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
“Nobel Priest Prize” sounds like the basis of a Father Ted episode 😆
tom quigley DRINK
YES Father Ted!
@@WineScrounger ARSE!
Cue "My Lovely Horse" ❤️🐴
I'm worried about democracy in the USA. I'm worried about the whole world.
Don't be, afterall, this is what America chose 4 years ago. Don't blame Donald, he is also a victim of America's choice
Of course you are. Your periscope to the world is a mediocre (at best) comedy show
Nah. We're fine thanks. Love from Australia.
@@WhoAmi2357 interesting; Donald as a victim. Never thought of it like that.
@@triarb5790 so you don't think USAs choices will effect you in any way?
Another name for hypocrisy is LYING.
its far worse than that, its not only lying about your position, its lying about a position you posited before as if we dont have evidence of such, its implying the united states public are too stupid to research it, and you know what? for the most part they are right to think that, tons of people refuse to get current or accurate information and we should be ashamed of ourselves as well as them for allowing the political climate to become as caustic and combative as our actual climate.
Republicans said they were going to nominate Trumps pick and they said they would not nominate Obama pick so how is that lying.
You should know, you believe the main stream mockinbird media lies. But you don't, because you lack the intellect. And that is percisely what the democrats are counting on.
@@Ed-ty1kr Specifics. If you are going to claim the media are being dishonest, which they all do since they are all corporate-owned and pushing their own agenda, then be specific.
You also seem to think that Democrats are the party of the unintelligent, yet it's Republicans who have a war on education, a party full of uneducated simpletons, and a leader who can't even spell 'hamburger' and had to get someone else to write his SATs.
So do please go on with specifics on why I lack intellect.
Back when i was in high school i was dreaming of moving to the united states, everything seemed great there. Now i'll be graduating uni in a few years and i've learned so much stuff about the USA, some things i can't believe how bad they are from no public healthcare insurance to the gun laws and from the electoral system to policy making in general. These 4 years of trump have been a disaster in my eyes, i'm calling right now that if trump gets another 4 years, man u.s. citizens you..are..screwed. Trump will make america "great" again, but all great things come to an end, be it the great roman empire or the great third reich. USA will fall apart at the seams and it will take decades to recover
Sorry to tell you but all of those things you just listed about America like no healthcare, gun laws, and the electoral system have been pretty much exactly the way they are for hundreds of years lol. This is nothing new. If Trump loses and Joe Biden gets elected do you honestly believe that will make some huge difference? I have news for you, the Democrats are about 90% as corrupt and willing to lie and bend the knee to corporate interests as the Republicans. Almost every American politician is bought and paid for by one corporate interest or another. The only real difference between Republicans and Democrats is on a few social issues. Biden has already said in no uncertain terms that even if a Medicare For All bill was somehow miraculously passed that he would veto it. Democrats and Republicans are BOTH lying corrupt scumbags who could care less about anyone who isnt wealthy or a corporation. Do you even understand how Trump came into power in the US? Idiots voted for him because they were so fed up and angry at the political system that anyone who promised to change things and who appeared like a Washington outsider was a refreshing thought to them. Dont get me wrong Trump lied to them all and played them for fools, but Trump is a symptom of the disease, not the cause of it. Voting Trump out in November (if that happens) is not going to change much for the country. Until the Supreme Court changes their decision on Citizens United our political system will remain broken and government will never represent the interests of the people, only corporations and big money. Citizens United was the nail in the coffin for the US political system. The only hope we have is that at some point the corrupt government and politicians will take so much away from the people, remove so many social programs, raise taxes so high, and give so much power to corporations that the people will literally revolt and start burning stuff to the ground. You think the protests this year were big? Imagine 50 million or 75 million people protesting like that. Eventually it will come to that. There is no other way I see things improving in our country. The government is completely and utterly unsalvagable in its current form.
@@tgreaux5027 Yeah my comment was unclear, i meant that as a kid i only saw the good sides of the usa but as I started learning about the country i saw its faults. At this point i wouldn't want to live in the usa whether they have a democrat or a republican president. I just think having trump for another 4 years will actually mean the end of democracy for the usa and its effect will ripple throughout the world, because the usa is still a world leader and example for the world you see more and more leaders with extreme populist and somewhat racist and slight fascistic tendencies rise up
Let's hope it never recovers! The US are the greatest threat to the world. A country that is so fundamentally flawed and malicious should never ever hold any form of meaningful power.
T Greaux k
a while back I gave it some serious consideration, moving to US for a job and bringing the family over permanently, that was back in the Obama years and I decided against it purely because of the school shootings.
These days I dont even consider a 1 week vacation in the US, kids keep asking why dont we go to DisneyLand, etc.. my standard reply is no and hell no!
Hearing anecdotes about your family brings me so much joy. Thank you for sharing these moments, and please enjoy every second with them.
As an American I can honestly say that if Trump wins in 2020 I will have officially lost ALL faith in Humanity. Tbh I already have lost that faith because of the hypocrisy of the Republicans back stepping with the Supreme Court nomination. Moscow Mitch IS the Grim Reaper as he openly claimed to be. I weep for Humanity.
Don't lose faith in humanity. Humanity didn't vote for the GOP ghouls.
Instead of losing faith, DO SOMETHING about your broken political system. Protest. Organize. Do 1000 auto-calls to your senator every day. Play their 2016 quotes at them through the window 24/7 at full blast. Make a poster campaign. Volunteer. Do anything, just don't give up.
Sorry, as a European, all I can do is encourage you to take action. I can't do it for you.
@@PawsOnTheBalcony thank you! ❤💪
Please, just loose faith in the American political system. The rest of world and humanity has nothing to do with it... But I hope you and the American people can resolve your issues.
@@PawsOnTheBalcony Did you miss the current narrative? everything you described is "unamerican" at best and terrorism at worst, and deserves summary executions, at lest according to the GOP
@@TheNzFox oh yes. They'd wave off lindsey shooting a reporter playing that clip at him as "justifiable self defense".
Trump and Biden were both teens in the 60's. Biden saw the riots and thought "those poor people". Trump saw it and thought "those poor landlords". It took 50 years but it looks we're finally going to settle this. I for one am nervous.
"This is about principles. We don't have any. Let's vote!"
He's a poor excuse for a president and his party has completely lost any sense of decency. Over $500 billion to the rich in tax breaks. Who do his supporters think will pay for that?
AlwaysLearning Trump 2020
The eagle that lashed out at Prump is named Uncle Sam. Symbology, much?
I love America. I hate what it became. We have to undo 40 years worth of Republican damage in less than 20 years. And that's only if we make it out of 2020
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@@9nxt Every time we do, they get in and wreck the joint.
@@fourthgirl half the problem is the youth doesn't vote. 2018 changed that no matter what narrative you heard, the blue wave was real. We took the house back. We just need 4-5 seats in the senate. The battle will be rough, but we have to to hit the ground running in 2021. If we win congress they will need to do a few key things to prevent Republicans from cheating ever again. And that starts with redrawing the maps and securing the polls.
@@9nxt Republicans have been cheating for so long, it is now just their standard. Bush II and Florida? Come on. As the daughter of tradition parents, I've voted since I was 18 years old. It was a family event and people literally put their lives on the line for us to have the right to vote. But only one of my three sons ever voted. They are disappointed and turned off by the political thuggery that has been politics of the last 30 years, especially dealt out by the republican party. It is also a generation of "what will you do for me right now". That is why the Bernie Sanders pledges resonated with alphabet generations.
Right is wrong, and wrong is right in the mind of the deceiver/deceived.
I'm just afraid that the orange baby can still win. That would be a nightmare for the US and the world.
As a cynic and a pessimist, I actually expect him to win. I really think America is that blind and that dumb. I would like to be wrong. By all means, people, prove me wrong...
He will win. I guess a great economy and world peace is a nightmare for some
@@bluelivesmatter719 Yes, great economy and world peace is a nightmare for some, thats why they keep voting for Trump
He can if we do nothing and let his Russian bots drown us out with all their noise. Americans have one job this fall vote the republicans back into the wilderness for another 50 years. See you at the front line. :)
RBG's legacy will never be tarnished, it will forever stand.
My heart goes out to the family of Ruth Bader Ginsberg. She will forever be missed and remembered as an amazing women that fought every day for the rights and lives of every person in this country. Good luck finding someone to open a door for you much less half the stuff she's done for us.
There are 19 times that a SCOTUS was Nominated during presidential election year 17 was confirmed, just 2 was not confirmed including OBAMAS. You should always fact check, Don't listen to Fake News.
Sara, and those men have the nerve to say "Let the people decide" turn around and NOW say no, Let the Big Mob Boss Decide. To hell with the people. 😮☮
hahahaha. Yeah, I don't think it's so much "good luck finding someone to open a door for you" as much as it is "good luck finding someone who isn't going to slam that fucker shut in your face every opportunity they're given."
Seriously, RIP Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Her death would be a tragedy even at the best of times, and I don't have the words to describe it now.
She was told to get off the bench so Obama could replace her. This tiny little detail seems to be forgotten, we knew this could happen and it was going to happen but she did not get off the bench...
This notion that she could have retired and go to give speeches or just enjoy her time with her family seems very fair to me, it seems like a happy ending... The reality is that we will get 40+ years of someone who is all opposite of her now... makes me very very angry... By all means, no disrespect but 40+ years of someone who trump thinks is just for her job. There is no end in sight for the pain we will live now... just a simple request from obama, who is totally a bozo for me...
@@a.v.7199 she said something along the lines of no one would be good enough to replace her. her legacy could now be single-handedly taking out millions of people's rights cuz she was a narcissistic sociopath like MOST people in power.
I am increasingly getting the feeling we are moving towards something very dark...
I think we are already there, we're just witnessing its unmasking.
You are already there. I said it the moment he was elected that it won’t end well.
Coire Jones. We are already there.
You're already there.
Moving towards?
*No government have this kind of power vote blue all the way*
Some governments do, and they're called dictatorships. That's Trump's fantasy and aspiration. He needs to get lost.
Right...like Pelosi doesn't do the same damn thing in the House. Are you blind? McConnell had the power to stop a vote in 2016 and now has the power to have a vote. You are correct though, if you don't like it vote your side in. However, the blue plays the same political games.
To moral stressed people, remember,.. There are many others in the fight for decency and balance as well.
Someone needs to play that montage on the Senate floor
My representative, Senator Mazie Hirono, did essentially that! ruclips.net/video/7_aSG5djapw/видео.html
Republicans are only copying democrats that did the exact same thing in the past.
everytime I see clips of his rallies, I think of the Star Wars Meme: "This is how Democracy dies, with thunderous applause!"
I think the exact same thing!
So your side favors socialism, but you blame Trump for democracy dying? Okay. Might want to learn some political science.
@@StonegaardForge oh I know cause fascism is waaay better. So your typical Trump can do no wrong. Your side are socialists argument. It’s getting tired 😴
@Tasunke He literally praises his Marxist professors in college. If this is as good an argmument as you can muster, you are painfully ins for some bad times the next four Trump years. Socialized medicine is what Obamacare was all about. Most of his plans were socialist.
@@angiebear8727 Your side says Trump is destroying America, while your side is literally the only side presently actually destroying America. What BLM and Antifuqs are out there doing is the quite literal definition of fascist behavior. Our side has rallies and we pick up after ourselves. Not try to take control of cities by brute force. Please stay on your side of the ghetto.
Fun fact “Prump” is Icelandic for “fart”. Very appropriate.
In english it means "asshole"
I would happily send him to "Nars". Sounds like it must be a long way away. Like his conscience.
@@Washadamoak Nice.... 😅
Hands down the best comment I've read this week. LOL LOL LOL......I can't stop laughing....
Well, "to trump" means "to fart" in English as well 😇
I will never for the life of me understand how we have had to endure this nightmare and there is absolutely no remedy. How can things have gotten so horrific for the citizens of our country
"When enough people make false promises, words stop meaning anything. Then there are no more answers - only better and better lies." - Jon Snow. Winter is coming.
That sounds like Doublespeak in Ur-Fascism.
Agreed
Words already mean nothing if you are married to a narcissistic addict
RBG was a real life superhero!
3:01
Trump sounds like he's been hitting the uppers a little too hard. He is clearly high on something. No edit, or quick cuts needed.
@Planet Earth good comments and links, thanks
It's why they were pushing the narrative after the RNC that "Biden needs to be tested for drugs". It's always projection, they know Trump's tripping half the time.
Thanks for making me smile during this horrible time Seth Meyers. I appreciate people like you.
How high is Trump at these rallies? He is slurring his words together like a drunk stumbling out of a bar at 2 a.m. .
Don't worry it's a prescription
He's shooting drugs in his butt
Judging by his sniffing, he needs a new nasal cartilage implant, his old one is obvious got worn out.
It's almost as if he had a series of mini strokes. 🤔
That’s why people like him. they feel smarter than the president for a change, and if nothing else, he’s entertaining.
As a transgender and gay man, when I got this news, I could literally feel my rights as a human being slip though my fingers.
I'm so sorry. We will fight.
Mike Collins Mean spirited, and totally wrong headed remark. You should apologize, but like trump, you never will. 🤨😠
@Mike Collins Well, you have that right, why shouldn't he also?
@Mike Collins of course you don't agree you're an idiot. It's called the Dunning-Kruger effect.
@Mike Collins You mean Christianity?
sure, it's for the people that he must appoint a Justice "without delay". Just like he introduced his healthcare plan, his tax returns, his wall, his covid response..... without delay too.
Yeah, lets just believe all the twisted changes the democrats keep pushing to fit their narrative. Like mail in voting is the same as absentee ballots and had been done before, Trump will contest the election results and not Bidon when its the other way around. Ect. Ect. Ect.
Blowing social distance kisses to whoever was involved in writing this A Closer Look segment. Flawless.
That’s why we need to vote them all out of office!
Not even funny anymore, this is how authoritarianism happens
it's "funny" like smashing the "funny bone" in your elbow is funny.
it hasn't been funny for a long ass time
Its funny like "smashing your nuts in a car door" is funny.
I think you should read about world war 2. This is how we're saved from authoritarianism. #Trump2020
oh, no you didn't
The Devil: "Welcome to Hell!"
Lost Soul: "Oh thank God!"
The Devil: "...What _exactly_ is going on up there!?"
😆😆😆
Omg, so true!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You just made me laugh so hard. Thanks.
@Dane Miller. You win the internet tonight.
Gosh darn it, Seth. I did exactly that because I just couldn't watch the news this evening! Except my blanket is round.
A coward who never receives injury will never flinch at causing harm to others.
True sir
Chaz Buchan what a strange connection
@Chaz Buchan nothing spells coward like a draft dodger. even worse, a draft dodger lets someone else take their place.
Chaz Buchan if they were a conscientious objector, I’d say by definition, no. Afraid of going to war, probably. Too rich to be bothered, definitely
Perhaps these Con-men need to have some injury inflicted on their persons...
Mr. Tillis said "this is about principles."
And he's right.
It is about principles.
Principles the GOP doesn't have.
And never had. But does it matter? As long as people believe in the moment, it doesn't matter. 200,000 americans dead and Trump support is as strong as it was when he was first elected. Trump will be the next president, if he can't win by the vote, he will win by electoral college and if that proves a bit difficult he was litigate his way to victory. 6 of 3 supreme court judges are going to be republican and 3 will owe personal loyalty to Trump. By the time Trump ends his 2nd term, he will have have 7 supreme court judges with 4 who are personally loyal to him, thus allowing Trump to remove presidential term limits... that are actually a recent addition added only in 1947.
They're the same as democrat principles. Win at all costs.
@Joe Schmoe LOL. The only reason democrats didn't fill the seat was because they didn't have a senate majority. As if they would have waited. They're just as much hypocrites now, because back then they were saying, "hurry up fill the seat!"
If you want to see Nazis look no further than the tyrants at the helm of places like California and New York.
Capitalism is just a way to live with your neighbors.
How can these politicians look in the mirror and not see a lying hypocrite?
They do. They just don't care.
I don't understand how they can look in the mirror OR sleep at night. I know my conscience would not let me. I would have to realign my moral compass or I would not live long due to the stress of knowing what I was doing to my country, me fellow Americans and the environment.
They don't own mirrors
@@randibgood This is why you'd never make it as a politician. A lack of conscience is a requirement.
Because they win
"I"stand up for women right's RIP Great Women
I feel like there's a missed opportunity here to not nominate a Justice, just appoint one as an Acting Justice, like almost every other position in Trump's administration.
“Let’s let the American people decide”. Damn right, Mitch! “Use my words against me”. Oh, we will Lindsey! November 3rd there’s a tsunami coming your way!!!
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I sure hope you're right!
What did RBG and Obama say...
Presidents nominate and the senate votes on them.
@@cctv5348 after the hypocritical, lying republicans stopped Obama's pick for ALMOST A YEAR! Because they said "let the people choose". But now, less than 2 months before the election they change their minds. They have NO ethics.
@@kathyparrish844 This is why I can never go along with people who say things like, "we just need to talk things out, violence is never the answer." I wish it were true, but my experience has been that some people only respond to violence, and others, not even then. I'm afraid we're going to see a lot more people killed before this is over. As you say, it is a lack of ethics, and a lack of morals
Block his nomination like they Blocked Obama all those years.
The problem is that the Republicans were in the majority then and now and they could not care less that they look like hypocrites.
and there will be enough republicrats to seat whoever McConnell conjures up out of his ass.
There are 19 times that a SCOTUS was Nominated during presidential election year 17 was confirmed, just 2 was not confirmed including OBAMAS. You should always fact check, Don't listen to Fake News.
You ever wonder why the Republicans won the Senate majority when Obama was President maybe it was a referendum on Obama and que someone saying white supremacy or so other buzz words
@@druxusthemage9806 the Republicrats "Lost" 1000 seats across the political spectrum during the Obama presidency but polite folk don't talk about that.
Did he say Nars instead of Mars?🤦🏽♀️
Yars...
Yes.. Prump will win the nobel preace prize when when we land on Nars.
Nars is a call center here in Panama, and there are already American women working there.
Send HIM to Nars.
And tRUMPERS have the nerve to say anything about Biden after listening to this moron