Justice Sotomayor called out the conservative supermajority for botching the message of "Uncle Bobby's Wedding." So did its author, in an interview with All Rise News.
Hello all. Yes the cruelty is the point… as is the tragedy of our civic discourse as we face the consequences of Trump 2.0 as a much more dangerous and cruel administration. The Supreme Court is also impacted by the current climate in America. We must all strive to strengthen our civil discourse and protect our fragile democracy. Thank you for your participation in this conversation.
I just want all of this to stop and for the cruel evil people to be removed and some form of sanity and freedom to return to our country. It is going to take years America to be respected in the free world again. SMH
It will also take years for the majority of Americans to prevail. It’s time to stop all the infighting among democrats and recognize that job 1 is to defeat the felon and removes his henchmen. Preserving our democracy is essential.
Kathie, I agree. It is the corporate Dems that help felon trump republicans. They are already attacking Mamdani who was democratically election by a popular vote.
If they can’t draw a red line in the sand from felon trump, they should plan on ending their political careers. There is way too much to do to reverse everything trump has done.
But I’m afraid our international connections are not likely to return pre-felon trump.
That is why they're so afraid of David Hogg and Leaders We Deserve. I think most Americans are sick of big business controlling our politics and would agree with a lot of his views. People want their leaders to fight for them, not sit back and enjoy a free ride. Politicians are afraid to give up their money and power.
I totally understand how you are feeling. There's days that I would love to crawl into bed, cover up my head, sleep and upon wakening discover that I had a nightmare and it wasn't real. But it is real and fight against these traitor as hard as we can we must do. They are not taking my country away from me. I love it too much.
My heart goes out to you. I wish that there was something that I could do. I will keep you in my prayers, along with so many others. Prayers, help a lot. Why don't you take a week off from all that is going on and take care of yourself. Rest up, get some sleep and find something that you really like to eat. Who knows, maybe we will make some kind of headway while you are resting. I have something for you to read that might give you some kind of hope. I know it did for me. Go to Change.orgThe People's Petition For Global Against Authoritarianism. Read the one that was dated May 5, 2025. You will like this one. Get some rest now and let the rest of us worry for the next week. We will fight for you. God Bless and remember there is always hope.
Dreading this tRumputinist horror we might not even survive to begin with, I've been shouting and screaming along with everybody else conscientious for Democrats ever since the cursed nov. 6th 2024 to have any contingency plan - except transferring the power to the convicted criminal, felon, insurrectionist tRumputin&his thugs. But, I wasn't listened to....
After retiring from working in a library for 26 1/2 years, I feel like I have a pretty good handle on what the patrons that I waited on liked to read. It was a variety of authors and subjects. Some older adults wanted to know more about LBGQ and we were able to help them with that, too. Then came the person that no longer wanted anything to do with LBGQ books any place in the library. The library board was almost fired over this because they weren't budging. There was finally a compromise and the books were in the library, but not on the shelves. Now I, understand that they are on the shelves, but are in the adult section only. It just takes one person to cause a whole lot of problems. Now that we are more than one person, how about we make a whole lot of problems for our traitors in the government? If you can would you go to Change.orgThe People's Petition For Global Against Authoritarianism. Read the article that was printed May 5, 2025. We have some former allies and US lawmen trying to help us out with this regime. This article gives me hope. Please read it.
Alito sees something that disgusts him under every rock. Or, he hates everything that doesn't correspond with his religious views. Or, he's just a jackass.
They say it goes against their Christian beliefs; but which Christian teachings say, “Love thy neighbor EXCEPT if they’re different?” Christian Nationals, maybe?
I think he’s always looking for something he can encroach on others. He loves cruelty for those who think differently to his superior self. He cannot put his beliefs aside long enough to read the laws or the constitution that would make his ruling impartial.
And nobody is forbidding them to harbor those brainwashed belief system feelings pickling inside themselves, for all they want.
But to impose that the targets of their taking out their brainwashed sick belief system feelings onto to be stopped, intimidated, negatively affected at any single way just 'cause the bigoted sadists don't want to have a self-control over their harbored brainwashed sick belief system feelings, is ludicrous. yet, that is what the bigots are perpetrating.
That self-righteous Christian type-probably sees himself as a lettered Pharisee, but I believe Jesus would leave it up to the educators! I can't imagine the permissable directions that evil trots with no accountability! Oh to be a fly on the wall!!
These Conservatives have obviously never met five year olds. They are entirely comfortable with gay marriage and literally think nothing of it UNLESS they are TAUGHT to be uncomfortable by their BIGOTED CONSERVATIVE PARENTS.
All children are free spirits that do not know hate and bigotry. They have to be taught that. It's like a sweet loving puppy is turned into vicious dog because he is mistreated and only knows how to fight back with violence. The dog can be rehabilitated with proper training. The hateful adult is not so inclined to change if they think they are getting what they want.
Bingo!! I kept saying throughout my life - homohatred and chauvinistic heterosexISM are social psychopathologies taught and learned in such sick families no matter how "normal" such families might look from the outside!!
Conjecturing that it must be sheer agony for Sotomajor (Jackson and Kagan) to put up with the transparent corruption and Constitutionally idiotic arguments of Alito and the reactive scotus majority. Serious condolences to you, Sonia. Thanks very much for continuing to lend your Voice to Constitutional fairness and respect for The People.
And, of course, thank you Sarah Brannen for your creative writing and cool illustrations family and culture friendly children's books.... sorry you are dealing with such backlash in 2025!
Why this issue even brought to SCOTUS? When will religious fanatics keep their religion inside their own head?
The parents stopping their kids from reading books that would help them learn about reality are only hurting them & are creating a new breed of uneducated adults…when is the circle of ignorance & stupidity going to be broken?
I’m so FING sick n tired of religious, ignorant, racist FING Trump supporters! And now the treasonous bastards in the gop have their heads up trumps ass!
202 225 3121 or 202 224 3121 will reach any member of congress.
Feel sorry for children with parents that want to shove religious beliefs, ideology! I think as kids get older they should make their own decisions on religion. 2 grown men only life, one catholic, 1 Episcopalian! Both don’t even believe now. I know there are many!
Yes, but interestingly, the 6 "catholics" on scotus are much worse than the Pope himself. the 6 on the "scotus" are of a particular obscure even occult sect within a fringe (?) of contemporary romancatholicism, a sect that doesn't even accept the 2nd Vatican Council nor the Pope himself.
that sect calls itself "opus dei" (read, satani) and is more loyalist to the so-called "russian" (i.e. ethnocentric, anti-ecumenical, tribalist, imperialistic, blood and soil) "orthodox church" infiltrated by kgb agents, than to Vatican itself.
that is what needs to be much more exposed about this particular ilk of so-called "catholics"!!
I'm a retired university professor and I can state, based on decades of experience dealing with students, that you can usually spot those who have not been exposed to the realities of the world around them. I could usually spot those who were home schooled because many of them were not comfortable working with others. I could usually spot those who came from homes where "differences" of any kind were not welcome or discussed because they became more isolated. Frequently, these same students did not interview well when trying to get an internship or their first professional job because they couldn't relate to others. I could also usually spot students who came from homes that restricted what they could eat and watch and play. Many of these students begin to overeat junk food, overwatch porn and play video games all day and night. It is important to understand the real world, to learn empathy and to learn self control. When someone else is denying those experiences and exerting that self control (and well after childhood) it can't be internalized and learned.
Maybe they will teach them early that sexual assault these days lands you a cushy job at the White House managing something you know nothing about!! Apparently eduation not important at the top! Or God forbid you would serve in the military-that is frowned upon by the new rulers, especially if your plane goes down and you are captured!!
I used to be a teacher (disabled) in Massachusetts. We had students with 2 mothers/fathers. These students, their peers & family, and faculty thought nothing of it. These students felt just like everyone else and talked freely of their parents, who were free to attend events and be with their children without the fear of prejudice.
I've always wished to be in MA instead of PA where a refugee-immigration agency made a destination for me (why and how that state, I still don't know). And, being on my own, I couldn't afford to relocate to live in MA.
Some Christians used the Bible to justify slavery and Jim Crow too. And to keep their kids from learning about evolution. They can do what they want with their kids so long as their desires don't impact the curriculum and library collections, but unfortunately that's just what's happening.
Thank you for this back story. I’m extremely upset about this issue including having books be withdrawn from schools and libraries as well as from our military academies.
I'd like to ask Justice Alito (and the others who came to this decision) when they chose to be heterosexual.... The answer, of course, would be, "Huh? I didn't 'chose.' It's just what I am." And, hopefully, the prejudices would vanish in a flash of insight.
frankly, I doubt he himself knows what he is/isn't (I know one thing about him&his ilk - he&his ilk are efffin' ugly, physically and in their souls; I would never ever want to even share a same space with him&his ilk let alone have anything with him&his ilk). The closeted bisexuals who self-profess to be heterosexual-only for societal privileges tend to be the worst homohaters and chauvinistic heterosexISTS.
So the core of the problem is the societal totally unequal distribution of power, influence and rights wherein self-professed heterosexuals-only can do everything, everything, everything; all others nothing, nothing, nothing.
They are bought and paid for trumpers who are making a mockery of their oath to the Constitution
The cruelty is the point. Not that we’re are all entitled to love and respect.
Hello all. Yes the cruelty is the point… as is the tragedy of our civic discourse as we face the consequences of Trump 2.0 as a much more dangerous and cruel administration. The Supreme Court is also impacted by the current climate in America. We must all strive to strengthen our civil discourse and protect our fragile democracy. Thank you for your participation in this conversation.
I just want all of this to stop and for the cruel evil people to be removed and some form of sanity and freedom to return to our country. It is going to take years America to be respected in the free world again. SMH
It will also take years for the majority of Americans to prevail. It’s time to stop all the infighting among democrats and recognize that job 1 is to defeat the felon and removes his henchmen. Preserving our democracy is essential.
Kathie, I agree. It is the corporate Dems that help felon trump republicans. They are already attacking Mamdani who was democratically election by a popular vote.
If they can’t draw a red line in the sand from felon trump, they should plan on ending their political careers. There is way too much to do to reverse everything trump has done.
But I’m afraid our international connections are not likely to return pre-felon trump.
That is why they're so afraid of David Hogg and Leaders We Deserve. I think most Americans are sick of big business controlling our politics and would agree with a lot of his views. People want their leaders to fight for them, not sit back and enjoy a free ride. Politicians are afraid to give up their money and power.
We will ( or are) doomed if we don’t find consensus and soon.
I totally understand how you are feeling. There's days that I would love to crawl into bed, cover up my head, sleep and upon wakening discover that I had a nightmare and it wasn't real. But it is real and fight against these traitor as hard as we can we must do. They are not taking my country away from me. I love it too much.
BINGO!!
My heart goes out to you. I wish that there was something that I could do. I will keep you in my prayers, along with so many others. Prayers, help a lot. Why don't you take a week off from all that is going on and take care of yourself. Rest up, get some sleep and find something that you really like to eat. Who knows, maybe we will make some kind of headway while you are resting. I have something for you to read that might give you some kind of hope. I know it did for me. Go to Change.orgThe People's Petition For Global Against Authoritarianism. Read the one that was dated May 5, 2025. You will like this one. Get some rest now and let the rest of us worry for the next week. We will fight for you. God Bless and remember there is always hope.
So heartbreaking and sad to hear.
Dreading this tRumputinist horror we might not even survive to begin with, I've been shouting and screaming along with everybody else conscientious for Democrats ever since the cursed nov. 6th 2024 to have any contingency plan - except transferring the power to the convicted criminal, felon, insurrectionist tRumputin&his thugs. But, I wasn't listened to....
After retiring from working in a library for 26 1/2 years, I feel like I have a pretty good handle on what the patrons that I waited on liked to read. It was a variety of authors and subjects. Some older adults wanted to know more about LBGQ and we were able to help them with that, too. Then came the person that no longer wanted anything to do with LBGQ books any place in the library. The library board was almost fired over this because they weren't budging. There was finally a compromise and the books were in the library, but not on the shelves. Now I, understand that they are on the shelves, but are in the adult section only. It just takes one person to cause a whole lot of problems. Now that we are more than one person, how about we make a whole lot of problems for our traitors in the government? If you can would you go to Change.orgThe People's Petition For Global Against Authoritarianism. Read the article that was printed May 5, 2025. We have some former allies and US lawmen trying to help us out with this regime. This article gives me hope. Please read it.
Of course, signed and shared on Bluesky the only social-media I use.
Please, you and all folks sign and share far and wide this too https://www.impeachtrumpagain.org/
(I've signed this one on his "coronation" day already on jan. 20ieth 2025)
I think this is what Lor meant, in referring to the actions of those six "justices."
Bingo nr. 2!!
Well stated
Sigh... of course!! Are you sure you understood correctly Lor's post, though, since you disagree - about what?
But Lor was describing how tRumputin&his cabal evilly "cogitate", NOT how it should be!! IMHO, that is how I understood Lor's post.
Alito sees something that disgusts him under every rock. Or, he hates everything that doesn't correspond with his religious views. Or, he's just a jackass.
And then he projects his own bigotry onto five year olds.
Or all of the above.
Agree
They say it goes against their Christian beliefs; but which Christian teachings say, “Love thy neighbor EXCEPT if they’re different?” Christian Nationals, maybe?
Those same Christian beliefs they allowed States to impose on women who need an abortion??? Alito's opinion in Dobbs is a big lie.
Let's just say nationals that are confused Chrisitian!
Jack ass is to good for him!
202 225 3121 or 202 224 3121 will reach any member of congress! This bill needs to be voted down!
trump n his cabal want to take over our country n legal system! It’s all about $$$$!
Call trump ass kissers.
https://hartmannreport.com/p/trumps-empire-of-lies-and-loot-876/comments?utm_source=post&comments=true&utm_medium=web
Don’t belong to this group, but I get a lot of email.
Start calling! Miller, Vought need to go to jail!
202 225 3121 202 224 3121
I just don’t understand why so many in congress are being blackmailed by the most ignorant, corrupt, mentally unstable person! Keep calling!
'cause they're maybe not any better than him?
Definitely a jack ass, or a nazi...
He’s all of the above!
Better, Mary!! (and some we can''t say:)
I think he’s always looking for something he can encroach on others. He loves cruelty for those who think differently to his superior self. He cannot put his beliefs aside long enough to read the laws or the constitution that would make his ruling impartial.
People who vehemently oppose another way of life sometimes can be harboring
feelings that conflict with their brainwashing belief system.
And nobody is forbidding them to harbor those brainwashed belief system feelings pickling inside themselves, for all they want.
But to impose that the targets of their taking out their brainwashed sick belief system feelings onto to be stopped, intimidated, negatively affected at any single way just 'cause the bigoted sadists don't want to have a self-control over their harbored brainwashed sick belief system feelings, is ludicrous. yet, that is what the bigots are perpetrating.
That self-righteous Christian type-probably sees himself as a lettered Pharisee, but I believe Jesus would leave it up to the educators! I can't imagine the permissable directions that evil trots with no accountability! Oh to be a fly on the wall!!
Or all of the above
Hat trick!
You got the third one right.
I agree with the 3rd remark.
These Conservatives have obviously never met five year olds. They are entirely comfortable with gay marriage and literally think nothing of it UNLESS they are TAUGHT to be uncomfortable by their BIGOTED CONSERVATIVE PARENTS.
All children are free spirits that do not know hate and bigotry. They have to be taught that. It's like a sweet loving puppy is turned into vicious dog because he is mistreated and only knows how to fight back with violence. The dog can be rehabilitated with proper training. The hateful adult is not so inclined to change if they think they are getting what they want.
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Bingo!! I kept saying throughout my life - homohatred and chauvinistic heterosexISM are social psychopathologies taught and learned in such sick families no matter how "normal" such families might look from the outside!!
Conjecturing that it must be sheer agony for Sotomajor (Jackson and Kagan) to put up with the transparent corruption and Constitutionally idiotic arguments of Alito and the reactive scotus majority. Serious condolences to you, Sonia. Thanks very much for continuing to lend your Voice to Constitutional fairness and respect for The People.
And, of course, thank you Sarah Brannen for your creative writing and cool illustrations family and culture friendly children's books.... sorry you are dealing with such backlash in 2025!
Why this issue even brought to SCOTUS? When will religious fanatics keep their religion inside their own head?
The parents stopping their kids from reading books that would help them learn about reality are only hurting them & are creating a new breed of uneducated adults…when is the circle of ignorance & stupidity going to be broken?
Exactly! Separation of Church and State.
I’m so FING sick n tired of religious, ignorant, racist FING Trump supporters! And now the treasonous bastards in the gop have their heads up trumps ass!
202 225 3121 or 202 224 3121 will reach any member of congress.
Start calling n share the numbers!
Miller, Vought et al need to be stopped!
Cult minded parrots is all this is about.
Feel sorry for children with parents that want to shove religious beliefs, ideology! I think as kids get older they should make their own decisions on religion. 2 grown men only life, one catholic, 1 Episcopalian! Both don’t even believe now. I know there are many!
Yes, but interestingly, the 6 "catholics" on scotus are much worse than the Pope himself. the 6 on the "scotus" are of a particular obscure even occult sect within a fringe (?) of contemporary romancatholicism, a sect that doesn't even accept the 2nd Vatican Council nor the Pope himself.
that sect calls itself "opus dei" (read, satani) and is more loyalist to the so-called "russian" (i.e. ethnocentric, anti-ecumenical, tribalist, imperialistic, blood and soil) "orthodox church" infiltrated by kgb agents, than to Vatican itself.
that is what needs to be much more exposed about this particular ilk of so-called "catholics"!!
In my life.
Alito is a pompous idiot.
He'a a dangerous religious zealot who would be burning women at the stake if he could...
he's a dangerous hypocritical zealot .... Fixed it for you.
I'm a retired university professor and I can state, based on decades of experience dealing with students, that you can usually spot those who have not been exposed to the realities of the world around them. I could usually spot those who were home schooled because many of them were not comfortable working with others. I could usually spot those who came from homes where "differences" of any kind were not welcome or discussed because they became more isolated. Frequently, these same students did not interview well when trying to get an internship or their first professional job because they couldn't relate to others. I could also usually spot students who came from homes that restricted what they could eat and watch and play. Many of these students begin to overeat junk food, overwatch porn and play video games all day and night. It is important to understand the real world, to learn empathy and to learn self control. When someone else is denying those experiences and exerting that self control (and well after childhood) it can't be internalized and learned.
ty
Very true!!
Maybe they will teach them early that sexual assault these days lands you a cushy job at the White House managing something you know nothing about!! Apparently eduation not important at the top! Or God forbid you would serve in the military-that is frowned upon by the new rulers, especially if your plane goes down and you are captured!!
I used to be a teacher (disabled) in Massachusetts. We had students with 2 mothers/fathers. These students, their peers & family, and faculty thought nothing of it. These students felt just like everyone else and talked freely of their parents, who were free to attend events and be with their children without the fear of prejudice.
That's why I love living Massachusetts. Best educated state in the nation!
Exactly.
As it should be! EFFFF rethuglikkkrussian bigots, racist, twisted po💩.🤬🤬🤬🤬
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I've always wished to be in MA instead of PA where a refugee-immigration agency made a destination for me (why and how that state, I still don't know). And, being on my own, I couldn't afford to relocate to live in MA.
Agree, it’s gotten too expensive. Born in Boston. Basically lived here my whole life. Hard to leave…
Some Christians used the Bible to justify slavery and Jim Crow too. And to keep their kids from learning about evolution. They can do what they want with their kids so long as their desires don't impact the curriculum and library collections, but unfortunately that's just what's happening.
Thank you for sharing this. The fear of this book by Christian nationalists will undoubtedly cause its sales to soar
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Thank you for this back story. I’m extremely upset about this issue including having books be withdrawn from schools and libraries as well as from our military academies.
Please consider supporting the author by ordering the book from your local bookstore.
I'd like to ask Justice Alito (and the others who came to this decision) when they chose to be heterosexual.... The answer, of course, would be, "Huh? I didn't 'chose.' It's just what I am." And, hopefully, the prejudices would vanish in a flash of insight.
Doubt it but worth a try!
frankly, I doubt he himself knows what he is/isn't (I know one thing about him&his ilk - he&his ilk are efffin' ugly, physically and in their souls; I would never ever want to even share a same space with him&his ilk let alone have anything with him&his ilk). The closeted bisexuals who self-profess to be heterosexual-only for societal privileges tend to be the worst homohaters and chauvinistic heterosexISTS.
So the core of the problem is the societal totally unequal distribution of power, influence and rights wherein self-professed heterosexuals-only can do everything, everything, everything; all others nothing, nothing, nothing.
And still? You don't want to read it aloud to your kid? Then. Don't. What is wrong with some of these fools?
The Republicans on the Supreme Court are all using subliminal memory to make decisions.