Senator Whitehouse

[Mossfern]

"Puppet theater" and people pulling strings and pushing sticks.
He's so good.

[spanone]

1. He's calling out the hypocrisy from the rethugs..GO SHELDON

[Mossfern]

2. He's not pulling any punches....finally.

[nolabear]

3. They should run this as an ad. This is what the GOP has said.

In their own words.

[Mossfern]

4. He's laying out their strategy

and the scheming and money.
Very coherent argument about money and bias.

[spanone]

5. showing all the money behind these briefs

[underpants]

7. He hinted at this last week "The powers that be...."

He said on Morning Joe I think. Donors Trust -Bradley foundation.

Barrett looks like she’s never heard this before or he’s calling her a useful puppet. A placeholder.

[dchill]

6. This is getting good.

[VivaResitance]

8. her answer is already there

"I dont know anything about that!"

[Mossfern]

11. Well then, she's clueless

and not competent to hold the seat.

[Ninga]

9. Holding a clinic. Showing how to dismantle.

[sheshe2]

10. Watching!

He is killing it.

[Chiyo-chichi]

12. That was a GREAT presentation.

Sheldon Whitehouse telling it like it is!!

[Mersky]

13. C-Span link

Whitehouse is bringing it with his orchestrated amicus flotillas!

https://www.c-span.org/video/?476316-3/supreme-court-nominee-amy-coney-barrett-confirmation-hearing-day-2-part-3&playEvent&live

I’ll post the clip when it becomes available. He’s got a stack of these cards laying out the common funding that ties anti-abortion court efforts to repealing the ACA and others.

[liberalla]

35. Bookmarking to watch later!

I love him!

[Mersky]

39. Cool! He artfully brought in the agenda surrounding her nomination.

See the reply after yours for the video clip of Whitehouse’s section.

[scarletwoman]

36. Here is the clip of just Senator Whitehouse's presentation:

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4914692/user-clip-senator-whitehouse

[Mersky]

38. Thanks! I saw you had it clipped in the other thread

Will watch it again later.

[malaise]

41. Thank you

[Mossfern]

14. Citizen's United!

The fall of out democracy.
We knew it then, we know it now!

[dem4decades]

15. I think he just proved she's a puppet.

[VivaResitance]

16. Dear God

She looks like a truck just ran her over.

[bdamomma]

25. yea,

she looked like a deer in the headlights.

[AngryOldDem]

17. This is how you make and prove a case.

It’s been awhile since I’ve seen such a brilliant presentation.

Tying all these groups together from the Federalist Society to the Kochs. Well done, sir.

ON EDIT — Looking forward to his questions tomorrow. Study up, Amy! Sleep well.

[Mossfern]

18. This was the best

He spoke for me.

[Mersky]

19. "A lot of this is polluter money."

He laid out their three main goals: unlimited dark money, debase the civil judiciary, and then, start pulling down regulations.

That these goals can be tried, appealed, retried and appealed over and over until the Supreme Court can then weigh 5-4 in favor of the polluters and special interests.

Especially focused on Donors Trust and the Bradley Foundation as driving the funding for these goals.

[Mossfern]

20. Ugh - Cruz up.

It's raining and I can get my steps in by walking around the house during Republican questioning.

[AngryOldDem]

23. Back to God and gunz...

Lather, rinse, repeat.

[bdamomma]

21. that's my

Senator.

Randi Rhodes said Coney-Barrett is all for corporations, and after hearing Senator Whitehouse FOLLOW THE MONEY. He is spot on.

[Karma13612]

22. Holy mother of dog

That guy needs to watch his back!

What a presentation!!!!!!!!!!

I got chills and angry simultaneously.

💙

[bdamomma]

26. I know

he is maskless too. Be careful Senator Whitehouse. He is my Senator.

[world wide wally]

24. I was totally impressed with Whitehouse

He made his case and now the Repuppets will completely ignore it.
I wish we still had a good country where facts meant something.

[Mersky]

27. A conservative activist's behind-the-scenes campaign to remake the nation's courts - WaPo

Sen. Whitehouse referred to this piece:

A conservative activist’s behind-the-scenes campaign to remake the nation’s courts

Leonard Leo helped conservative nonprofits raise $250 million from mostly undisclosed donors in recent years to promote conservative judges and causes

By Robert O'Harrow Jr. and Shawn Boburg May 21, 2019

Leonard Leo stepped onto the stage in a darkened Florida ballroom, looked out at a gathering of some of the nation's most powerful conservative activists and told them they were on the cusp of fulfilling a long-sought dream.

For two decades, Leo has been on a mission to turn back the clock to a time before the U.S. Supreme Court routinely expanded the government’s authority and endorsed new rights such as abortion and same-sex marriage. Now, as President Trump’s unofficial judicial adviser, he told the audience at the closed-door event in February that they had to mobilize in “very unprecedented ways” to help finish the job.

-snip-

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/leonard-leo-federalists-society-courts/

[Rice4VP]

28. He was on fire!

He’s the one who dragged Kavanaugh about his calendar

[VivaResitance]

29. Cruz is an idiot

None if those groups are propping up supreme court justices with all this money.

The entire time with the sole purpose of buying justices.

[Mersky]

30. Currently, cruz is arguing that Citizen's United was a good decision by the conservative justices

Instead of the monkey-wrenched ruling that plagues us to this day.

[Mersky]

31. For the record, hobby lobby asked me in a job interview if I went to church

They violated my religious freedom for a minimum wage position, so cruz and hoblob inc can fuck off.

[ancianita]

32. They can because there's a "christian" clause in their corporate charter.

[LuckyLib]

33. This is well-worth paying attention to. He and staff have done their homework.

[calimary]

34. He was terrific. Taught a master class this morning.

WITH excellent visual aids.

Frankly, as I watched his presentation, the descriptions of “Donors Trust” and “the Bradley Foundation”, the “Federalist Society” and “Judicial Crisis Network” were MOST informative and eye-opening.

And I kept wondering -

DO WE have that kind of activist infrastructure in operation to influence and manipulate opinions? And if not, WHY DON’T WE???

[RANDYWILDMAN]

42. Because you have to sell your soul to have one

The whole set up is about money.

Repubs care about Donors with a big D Period.

The judge sham is a way for the Donors to keep control.

[mountain grammy]

37. He's excellent!

what all Dems should do..expose the truth about republicans..

[mahina]

40. Everybody should hear that. It should be on tv every day

And in all the papers for weeks.

People!

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4914652/user-clip-sen-whitehouse-supreme-court-confirmation