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GOP Congresswoman Thanks Trump For SCOTUS Ruling: ‘Historic Victory For White Life’

During a “Save America Rally” in Mendon, Illinois on Saturday, Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL) said the quiet part out loud as she praised failed, one-term former president Donald Trump for appointing three right-wing activist justices to the U.S. Supreme Court who voted Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade, making abortion illegal in eleven states, with more expected to follow suit.

According to Mediaite, Miller was introduced by Trump, who declared the ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization to be a “victory for the constitution,” “victory for the rule of law,” and “victory for life.”

When Miller stepped to the microphone, that’s when the controversy began:

“Thank you so much President Trump,” began Miller. “I am so honored to have your endorsement.”

The Congresswoman proceeded to thank Trump specifically on “behalf of all the MAGA patriots in America” for the Supreme Court decision, but then she said something that has the whole internet and political world in shock.

It sounds like she thanks him for the “historic victory for white life,” and that’s how people are sharing the quote.

That was all it took for video of Miller’s comments to go full viral on social media, where many commenters noted that the congresswoman had revealed the real agenda of the so-called “pro-life” crowd: To have more white babies born so that Caucasians don’t become a minority in the United States.

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AOC Slaps Down Marjorie Greene For Accusing Her Of An ‘Insurrection’ At The Supreme Court

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was accused by Georgia Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of being part of an “insurrection” at the Supreme Court simply because Ocasio-Cortez (who is also known as AOC) dared to show up for a peaceful protest outside the court after the six conservative justices overturned 50 years of precedent by striking down Roe v. Wade, which gave women the right to make their own reproductive choices.

Greene posted a video of AOC protesting, along with this asinine message:

“AOC just launched an insurrection. Any violence and rioting is a direct result of Democrat marching orders.”

That was all Ocasio-Cortez needed to lay a brutal slap down on Greene by reminding her of what a real insurrection looks like and the fact that the Georgia Republican asked Donald Trump to pardon her for her role in the violence that took place on January 6, 2021 at the Capitol.

“I will explain this to you slowly: exercising our right to protest is not obstruction of Congress nor an attempt to overturn democracy. If one were a heinous enough person to do that, they’d likely seek a pardon for it too. But only one of us here has done that. And it ain’t me.”

Others also reminded Greene that she’s in no position to accuse anyone of insurrection.

Yet again Marjorie has proven that she’s an idiot, a waste of flesh, and in need of being voted out of office ASAP.

 

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Clarence Thomas Urges SCOTUS To Overturn Same-Sex Marriage And Contraception Rights Next

With the 6-3 ruling in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the conservative majority on the Supreme Court has completely eliminated a right that women have had for five decades: The right to make her own reproductive and family planning decisions.

But in his concurring opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas made it clear that this is only the beginning of what the right-wingers on the high court have planned for the United States in the future.

Specifically, Thomas wrote:

“In future cases, we should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell. Because any substantive due process decision is ‘demonstrably erroneous’ … we have a duty to ‘correct the error’ established in those precedents … After overruling these demonstrably erroneous decisions, the question would remain whether other constitutional provisions guarantee the myriad rights that our substantive due process cases have generated.”

Yes, the Supreme Court is now coming for other rights, meaning that millions of same-sex couples will suddenly find that their marriages declared null and void.

Also, the right to contraception will be curtailed, especially in states ruled by Republicans. Both men and women will no longer able to purchase birth control pills or condoms. There will be an explosion of unwanted pregnancies and births in the United States, driving us ever closer to Third World status.

There is, however, a way to counter what the court has done today: Democrats, Independents, and Republicans who value the Constitution must vote in November so that legislation can be passed that will guarantee all of these rights and place them beyond the control of the extremist judges on the Supreme Court.

 

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January 6 Committee Focused On Ginni Thomas’ ‘Extensive’ Role In Attempted Election Coup: Report

The January 6 House Select Committee now believes that Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, played an “extensive” role in efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and is now preparing to focus their attention on her, according to The Washington Post.

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol has obtained email correspondence between Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and lawyer John Eastman, who played a key role in efforts to pressure Vice President Mike Pence to block the certification of Joe Biden’s victory, according to three people involved in the committee’s investigation.

The emails show that Thomas’s efforts to overturn the election were more extensive than previously known, two of the people said. The three declined to provide details and spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.

The committee’s members and staffers are now discussing whether to spend time during their public hearings exploring Ginni Thomas’s role in the attempt to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election, the three people said. The Washington Post previously reported that the committee had not sought an interview with Thomas and was leaning against pursuing her cooperation with its investigation.

Justice Thomas, it should be noted, was the only member of the high court who voted to block the release of White House records to the House Select Committee, writing a dissent in which he sided with the Trump administration. Since then, there have been calls for him to recuse himself from any decisions regarding the election that come before the court. So far, he has refused to do so and Chief Justice John Roberts has not insisted on such a move.

The Jan. 6 panel will meet in public session again this afternoon at 1:00 p.m. ET and is expected to focus on the pressure applied to former Vice President Mike Pence by failed, one-term former President Donald Trump and other White House officials to delay certification of the 2020 electoral votes.

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WATCH Ted Lieu Destroy Jim Jordan For Lying About Democrats Intimidating SCOTUS Justices

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) did something today that more Democrats need to do when they catch a Republican telling a blatant lie: Call them out and let the world know.

During debate on legislation to protect Supreme Court justices and their staff, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) began hollering loudly, suggesting that Democrats said “not to worry” when some justices were protested at their homes shortly after a draft abortion opinion leaked out and seemed to indicate that the high court’s six conservative justices are ready to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade opinion that legalized a woman’s right to make her own reproductive choices:

“That’s the position of Democrats in this body! And that’s why we’re saying why did it take so long? Six weeks ago was when the draft leak happened and the protests started at justices’ homes almost immediately after the leak of that draft!”

When it was time for Democrats to speak, Lieu destroyed Jordan by using facts to counter what the Ohio Republican had just said:

“I’m going to respond to that because what he just said was a lie. The fact that he’s saying that Democrats think there’s nothing wrong, there’s no danger to Supreme Court justices is a lie. Why? Because we’re the majority party and, look, we just put this bill up and we’re about to vote on it.”

But Lieu was just getting warmed up, and he added:

“We clearly care about Supreme Court justices, but we also care about the families and employees of the Supreme Court and that is what we’re talking about today. Republicans are misleading you. Supreme Court justices, right now, have law enforcement protection details. They are protected by law enforcement.”

Before he finished, Lieu also managed to get in a reminder that Republicans are the ones who seem to be in favor of terrorizing people:

“You want to talk about intimidation?. I’ll tell you what intimidation is. It is Trump supporters assaulting the Capitol on Jan. 6, brutalizing 140 police officers. That is intimidation!”