So that's it. Only 25 votes. Just a little more than half that was necessary. With cloture reached, Alito pretty much IS a given, as much as the media wanted to announce it early. And with ALito on the Court, it's easily become yet another conquest for the Republican Party...
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And with that, we have absolutely no hope for control. THey have all the cards, they write all the rules, they get to make all the decisions, and the democrats, even those that decided to play nicey nice, are blocked by the grand brick wall of total control the R's have. And with a media all too compliant with the administration, there's little hope, if any, that there will be a way around the total dominance they have, the propaganda they'll spew to justify themselves and appease the masses.
In short...we're fucked, aren't we? Please, tell me we aren't. Please, someone tell me there's some actual hope left here. Some ray of light, silver lining to look forward to. Something to tell me that we can actually change this and make some headway. Something to tell me we haven't completely lost America to the worst batch of fuckers imaginable. Please...I'm begging you...I need SOME hope here. Just one inkling to latch on to...
I know this is hardly worth a diary....but I just need a rant out...something let out my extreme frustration and sadness at the utter failure of this vote and of our representatives in the Senate to actually be a goddamn opposition party.