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"I hope you realize how ridiculous you look" - Whitehouse blasts Trump Judicial nominees (Original Post) orangecrush 19 hrs ago OP
Those morons were nominated to be federal judges??? Ocelot II 19 hrs ago #1
One wonders how many of these flunkies have degrees from accredited law schools peppertree 16 hrs ago #18
They probably do; the problem isn't likely to be their degrees, it's what they've done since. Ocelot II 16 hrs ago #19
We should've been so lucky! To have you as a federal judge. peppertree 16 hrs ago #20
Best post I have seen this week. K/R CoopersDad 19 hrs ago #2
Thank you orangecrush 18 hrs ago #7
Well worth a look. Thanks. twodogsbarking 17 hrs ago #17
Thanks! orangecrush 16 hrs ago #22
4 deer in headlights responses - damn I feel more secure with these 4 about to be able make decisions affecting our NoMoreRepugs 19 hrs ago #3
Why not Whitehouse for the White House? Easterncedar 19 hrs ago #4
He's my senator ninjanurse 18 hrs ago #9
You are fortunate orangecrush 16 hrs ago #23
Watching later. underpants 19 hrs ago #5
Oh my word. I'm a retired Navy Chief - haele 19 hrs ago #6
Incredible orangecrush 18 hrs ago #8
She had no idea what he was talking about. He gave them the answers then they all agreed. Katinfl 18 hrs ago #10
Brilliant. But I wish he'd ended by asking whether they agreed it was a problem (threats to judges), TheRickles 18 hrs ago #11
k&r for later viewing nt orleans 17 hrs ago #12
NO PERSONAL INTEGRITY Jimvanhise 17 hrs ago #13
Cannon was the straw that broke the camels back. Once the pinnacle of legal respectability, Rs turned the federal Pepsidog 17 hrs ago #14
One of the best of all of them malaise 17 hrs ago #15
Kicked and recommended Uncle Joe 17 hrs ago #16
Most welcome, Uncle Joe! orangecrush 16 hrs ago #21

Ocelot II

(130,465 posts)
1. Those morons were nominated to be federal judges???
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 10:42 AM
19 hrs ago

One of them looks no older than 18 - I can't believe she's even old enough (let alone smart enough) to have even graduated from law school. Were these dim bulbs just GOP operatives who swore fealty to Trump and just happened to have law degrees?

peppertree

(23,317 posts)
18. One wonders how many of these flunkies have degrees from accredited law schools
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 01:42 PM
16 hrs ago

And not - say - Liberty University (like most of Bush's toadies did).

Ocelot II

(130,465 posts)
19. They probably do; the problem isn't likely to be their degrees, it's what they've done since.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 01:50 PM
16 hrs ago

Like never having set foot in a courtroom, let alone a federal courtroom; like having spent a few years after graduation drafting wills or defending DUIs, followed by a gig on a local MAGA GOPer's campaign staff. As with everyone else in Trump's government, professional qualifications are irrelevant as long as you have the requisite loyalty. I think I know how I'd have reacted if I'd been offered a federal judge position by some politician friend a few years into my legal career, during which I'd worked on civil appeals and business litigation, I'd probably have said something like, "Thanks, but are you fucking kidding me? I'm not qualified! I'd just make an ass of myself!" Are those people so lacking in self-awareness that they don't know they're making asses of themselves?

peppertree

(23,317 posts)
20. We should've been so lucky! To have you as a federal judge.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 02:01 PM
16 hrs ago

But, of course - in a banana republic, being instead willing to be an unprincipled crony is always good career policy.

Qué será.

CoopersDad

(3,322 posts)
2. Best post I have seen this week. K/R
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 10:44 AM
19 hrs ago

The lack of this kind of outrage across nearly every senator's desk is remarkable.

Thank you.

NoMoreRepugs

(12,060 posts)
3. 4 deer in headlights responses - damn I feel more secure with these 4 about to be able make decisions affecting our
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 10:49 AM
19 hrs ago

populace. What happened to competence??

haele

(15,380 posts)
6. Oh my word. I'm a retired Navy Chief -
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 11:11 AM
19 hrs ago

A systems engineer, and had to get a degree so I got one in Business and even with a stutter, I could answer those questions more competently and confidently than these four apparently can.

One would think if they went to an actual law school rather than a mail in correspondence school that they could at least speak confidently in public.

Katinfl

(798 posts)
10. She had no idea what he was talking about. He gave them the answers then they all agreed.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 12:07 PM
18 hrs ago

I love Whitehouse. He holds no punches and tells it like it is, always.

TheRickles

(3,372 posts)
11. Brilliant. But I wish he'd ended by asking whether they agreed it was a problem (threats to judges),
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 12:19 PM
18 hrs ago

and how they would fix it.

Jimvanhise

(592 posts)
13. NO PERSONAL INTEGRITY
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 12:55 PM
17 hrs ago

Last edited Thu Mar 26, 2026, 09:34 PM - Edit history (1)

1) There is not one shred of evidence that the 2020 election was stolen. That has been called "The Big Lie" since 2020 and that drives Trump crazy even though he cannot prove anything. He even called Georgia and tried to get them to "find votes" which is called election fraud.

2) There are hours of footage showing that the attack on January 6th. Police testified to Congress about it. Trying to claim that there was no attack on January 6th by hundreds of people who attacked the police is the new Big Lie.

Pepsidog

(6,365 posts)
14. Cannon was the straw that broke the camels back. Once the pinnacle of legal respectability, Rs turned the federal
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 01:00 PM
17 hrs ago

judiciary into a clown show. Lifetime appointments for these immoral, lying scum.

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