ActorTim

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Free thinker, mostly rational. Almost-but-not-quite-Renaissance Man. I like nice people. But I’m not above being a jerk to asshats. #nobots
ActorTimDec 20, 2018
Well look at that! Working together toward a common goal DOES work. Never mind that a certain Majority leader held out so the infighting in his precious party wouldn’t be seen by the masses. Nice work Senators. Finally.
https://apple.news/Aabz1idwbRtmLQj6D98kMAQ
‘It got a little heated’: GOP infighting almost killed criminal justice reform — POLITICO

Even with Trump’s support, a split among Senate Republicans nearly tanked the bipartisan bill.

ActorTimDec 14, 2018
DaFuryDec 13, 2018

"It is perhaps because of this history that many people in the U.K. are so awfully uninformed about the EU. Its political and journalistic classes are simply unused to having to consider the opinions of others."

Brexit Britain: Small, boring and stupid -- Politico

https://www.politico.eu/article/brexit-britain-small-boring-and-stupid-theresa-may-eu-withdrawal-deal/

Brexit Britain: Small, boring and stupid

The UK better get used to being a middling power.

ActorTimNov 9, 2018
Well look at that—really connecting with voters on the local level CAN yield results. Who knew? 🙄
ActorTimNov 5, 2018
I’m concerned at how over-the-top the msnbc anchors are with their excitement—I wouldn’t want any of them to burst a blood vessel while entreating their viewers to vote vote vote vote. 😂🤪
ActorTimOct 19, 2018
I’m pleasantly surprised that the decimation and destruction from the recent Tax “reform” legislation is happening much sooner than expected. I thought we’d have to wait at least 12-18 months to credibly say “told ya so.”
ActorTimOct 15, 2018
“A judge must expect to be the subject of constant public scrutiny and accept freely and willingly restrictions that might be viewed as burdensome by the ordinary citizen.”
https://apple.news/AkPbyQonFQVKoosrEiX3j-g
What We Know -- And Don't Know -- About The Kavanaugh Ethics Investigation — Forbes Magazine

The judiciary continues to suffer reputational damage as a result of Judge Kavanaugh's partisan remarks to the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 27.

ActorTimOct 12, 2018
If only we could get back to being a civilized society, this article would be spot-on. Alas...
https://apple.news/AQ3Ciz2bIQnKiAgbLs_5I2A
Superior ruthlessness isn’t why Republicans control the Supreme Court — Vox

They had some good luck — and, most importantly, they had the votes.

ActorTimOct 9, 2018

The only issue I have with Begala’s take is when he says McConnell has been at this for several years. Wrong. It’s been much, much longer. He even wrote a book about it. But it’s nice that someone in mainstream media has decided to say something definitive. Finally.

https://apple.news/AaX-g5wVTR8KnQ9LdZsbvuQ

Mitch McConnell has done grave damage to all three branches of government — CNN

The Senate majority leader has delegitimized the presidency, the Senate and the Supreme Court with a vitriolic virus of hyperpartisanship, Paul Begala says. One wonders how they will ever recover.

ActorTimOct 7, 2018
“Opinion-writer politesse would require me to say or imply that the decay in the courts standing was the fault of “both sides,” or of both “right and left.”
But I cannot. It simply is not true.
One party made the Supreme Court a partisan issue. First Richard Nixon then Ronald Reagan made attacks the Court part of Republican Party dogma.”
And one man in particular saw to it to seal the partisan divide for a long time. You can die proud Mitch. So go ahead
https://apple.news/APVoRJc85QgmZTvkhSUWT2A
Requiem for the Supreme Court — The Atlantic

Through the 20th century, the court stood as an independent arbiter of the rule of law. It is a unifying, national institution no longer.

ActorTimOct 5, 2018
“Sometimes, when democracies die, they do so in grand gestures. But often, there is no single event that heralds the end of the rule of law, but a slow, imperceptible erosion of the safeguards against political abuse of state power.” Yup.
https://apple.news/AAjbn5O_3Scyt-qlSOaf05g
The Guardrails Have Failed — The Atlantic

The conflict over Trump’s Supreme Court nominee exposed the fast-eroding institutional barriers to the president’s authoritarian instincts.