Palpatine thinks he is relevant to this.

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As much of a soulless ghoul he is, he opposes trump. I hope he keeps his position in the Senate until the 2024 election then promptly drops dead.

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He may not like Trump, but he voted twice to protect Trump from the consequences of abusing his executive power while in office. That’s not exactly what I would call “opposition.”

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He doesn’t oppose Trump. Not in any meaningful way, anyway. McConnell was the reason Trump got to replace 3 Supreme Court justices. He knows exactly how awful Trump is, but does not care if it means Republicans wield power.

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And the Democrats will fold. That’s what they do.

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God damn, can you even imagine what Congress would look like if senior officials were getting pestered with subpoenas by gloryhound committee chairs straight into a big election cycle?

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I get that he has to fight this, for political reasons, but this is the dumbest fucking rebuttal ever

What he’s targeting here is private citizens with no legislative purpose. I think it’s completely and totally inappropriate,” McConnell said at a press conference Tuesday

The Supreme Court is hardly your average citizen and Congress absolutely has reasons to investigate potential corrupt in the Supreme Court.

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also weird since he definitely thought it was worth it to probe hunter biden despite being a private citizen

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Have you seen the size of Hunter’s hammer?

I’d probe him too.

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If like to be probed by Hunter.

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Congress is literally tasked with setting up the court system in the constitution. Through, you know, legislation. He’s talking out of his ass.

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It’s the billionaires he is saying are private citizens, he’s trying to protect his doners from humiliation

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Targeting a private citizen who was involved in bribing members of the Supreme Court of the United States. Somehow I think that second part might be relevant to Congress subpoenaing that “poor wittle pwivate citizen”

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Also, calling billionaires “private citizens” seems wrong to me. If you’ve managed to hoard enough wealth to make a Tolkien dragon envious, you’re no longer a “private citizen” in my book. If I became an immortal being when Christ was born, started saving $10,000 a day every day, didn’t spend a single dime, and STILL don’t have your net worth today, over 2,000 years later - then fuck you - you’re not a “private citizen” you’re a god damn plague upon society that should be counting your blessings that guillotines went out of style a few centuries ago. As far as I’m concerned, billionaires should be in front of Congress every day explaining why they should be allowed to exist.

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should be in front of Congress every day explaining why they should be allowed to exist.

…once, until they’re entirely abolished. Billionaires are a policy failure.

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He’s afraid that we’ll find out he was involved in blackmailing Anthony Kennedy.

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Low effort but accurate.

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