(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Biden says the quiet part out loud. It's SCOTUS. They won't have to fire a shot. GOTV. [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-06-18 “The Supreme Court has never been as out of kilter as it is today, I mean never,” the president said, discussing the ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade and how Justice Clarence Thomas said other rulings could be reconsidered, including on contraception. I’m sure you’ve heard by now about President Biden’s grave warnings regarding a second Donald Trump term, held at a fancy LA fundraiser this past Saturday, June 15. He and his close friend, former President Barack Obama, were talking with Jimmy Kimmel at the live event (which raised more than $30 million for Biden’s reelection campaign that was moderated by Kimmel.) Biden emphasized the importance of institutions in his conversation. “Institutions matter,” the president said. “What (Trump) did on January 6, and now he’s literally saying if he doesn’t win there’ll be a bloodbath — it’s outrageous. What he’s talking about is outrageous.” It certainly is! The very idea — that a candidate for any office including a candidate for STUDENT COUNCIL (believe me — I know!) could get away with saying what he said and remain in the race school is so ludicrous — it would get any student suspended if not expelled from any school, public or private, preschool or college, in this country! 100%! We expect more from a 5 year-old! We demand more from a 5 year-old! As awful as that is, there is another, deeper, more sinister aspect to what is, and what is not, happening in the wake of the Trump Administration. President Biden went there. Justice, and SCOTUS. SCOTUS. The Supreme Deceivers of the United States of America. And, my gosh, did he nail it, in no uncertain terms. Biden specifically argued on Saturday evening that the next four years could see openings on the Supreme Court, potentially leading to the appointment of more conservative justices if Trump is reelected. “The idea that if he’s reelected he’s going to appoint two more flying flags upside down,” Biden said in an apparent reference to a flag that once flew outside the home of Justice Samuel Alito. Asked by Kimmel whether he considered this the scariest part of a second Trump term, Biden responded, “It is one of the scariest parts.” cnn… I just happened to catch a few minutes of Joy Reed on MSNBC yesterday afternoon, this was the topic and she was making it so clear suddenly — 4 more years and he will lock in two or three more! For life! “A generation.” (He would replace Alito and Thomas?) They’ve got 6/9 now. But for life? I knew djrump was horrible when he won in 2016. I was stunned and grossed out and resistant! Then there was Covid, and a lot of people got sick, a lot of people died, and, holy crap, a lot of folks lost their damn minds! The incompetent, lying, cheating president refused to lead, but he never stopped grifting or lying. I was dismayed, scared, sad, but not borderline/suicidal. (I’m okay, but I know people...) I thought we’d survive. I thought we’d learn and beat him easily in 2020 and recover. And it would be over. But the crazy wasn’t over. It had just begun. I was so naive. Unbelievable stuff has already happened, January 6, — he will not be held to account and he is able to run for president!!! Roe — struck down and women and girls and those that love them paying dearly, every day! Anti-Black legislation — my God — anti-TRUTH??? Anti-LGBTQ+ — what? Love is not Love anymore? Fuck the environment — Who needs water, who needs air? SoMuchMore that Hate can do. We all know it. But… Who?? How?? It’s SCOTUS. And it’s clear... this time, it’s NOT just the economy, stupid. They are coming for contraception, public education, health care, divorce, whatever phrase upsets them, (and some of them are some of us!) It’s SCOTUS. We have watched them rolling ever more confidently over established rights and “guarantees” while refusing to hold obviously chargeable parties accountable…while some participate openly in behaviors that they themselves are to judge others regarding… are they holding themselves above the code they themselves sneer at, or below it? Holy fuck. I did not see that coming. I should have. And I suddenly realize the danger of it happening again. If they aren’t stopped they will simply “rule into law” everything into exactly what he and his appointees deem. Trump/GOP must not regain control of the Oval Office. The GOP must not regain/tain control of the Senate or the House. Nothing is sacred. NONE OF OUR RIGHTS ARE SACRED. (Well, maybe one, but they’ll find a way to rig that.) Executions, I heard? We must talk and walk and knock, my friends. We must vote like our lives depend on it. This is one of the most important if not the most important election of our lives. Who can you move? One person? Even one person is worth it. Keep talking. Most young people have no memory of how things "used to be." It's only natural, they weren't there! I was born only 12 years after WWII ended, but that entire war and way of life might as well have happened in the 1800s in terms of what I could remember about them — nothing! I wasn’t there! lol. (I did learn about both later by studying history when I actually cared about it, which is not necessarily guaranteed anymore.) We need to remind young people of not so long ago history. When men could beat their wives, and crap like that. Presidents and stars could just grab women... Sixty years dead and gone, but these Civil Rights Heroes will never be forgotten Sixty years ago this coming Friday, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner went missing in Mississippi. 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