https://www.nbcnews.com/video/schumer-slams-gop-on-scotus-steps-over-garland-delay-701425731900?v=a

.... and then there's this:

https://dailycaller.com/2020/09/18/democrats-supreme-court-vacancy-2016-vacancy-merrick-garland/

Although Democratic p**********l nominee Joe Biden favored putting off a confirmation hearing during an e******n year in 1992 as a senator, Biden supported Garland’s confirmation in 2016 as vice president, according to ABC News. He said there was no supposed “Biden Rule” concerning Supreme Court nominations in an e******n year.

“Deciding in advance simply to turn your back before the president even names a nominee is not an option the Constitution leaves open,” Biden said, according to Business Insider. “It’s a plain abdication from the Senate’s duty. … [It’s] never occurred before in our history.”

“E******ns have consequences,” then-Democratic p**********l nominee Hillary Clinton said, according to Politico. “The president has a responsibility to nominate a new justice and the Senate has a responsibility to v**e."

She called McConnell's decision "outrageous." [Wonder what she'll say this time around.]

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer tweeted: “Garland has integrity, a brilliant legal mind & is a perfect fit for [the Supreme Court]. GOP inaction does our country a great disservice.”

And then-House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi tweeted: “Judge Merrick Garland, is a respected jurist who must be given a fair hearing & timely v**e.”

Sen. Bernie Sanders, an Independent who caucuses with Democrats, tweeted, “Judge Garland is a strong nominee with decades of experience on the bench. [Obama] has done his job. It’s time for Republicans to do theirs.”

Meanwhile, Sen. Elizabeth Warren tweeted that Republicans must “ditch their extremism” and schedule a v**e for Garland.

Then-Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said the Senate should consider a nominee immediately, according to Politico.

“It would be unprecedented in recent history for the Supreme Court to go a year with a vacant seat,” Reid said, Politico reported. “Failing to fill this vacancy would be a shameful abdication of one of the Senate’s most essential Constitutional responsibilities.”

Morality more important than sk**ls
CHINADAILY

On Sept 18, Tywon Ronell Lawson, a United States-origin basketball player serving in the Fujian Xunxing Basketball Club, who is better known as Ty Lawson, posted a photograph on his personal social networking account with some unflattering remarks about Chinese women.

On Saturday, the club announced it will not renew its contract with Lawson after the league season ends. It was later reported that Lawson had been put on the China Basketball Association's blacklist and banned from participating for life.

Lawson explained later on the same social network platform, but his explanation had little positive response.

There is no denying Lawson is an exceptional player. In the last season alone, he played 33 contests, scoring, on an average, 27.3 points in each. That's why some called his departure "a loss" for the club. However, the removal of a player with such low morals is no loss. By refusing to renew the contract with him, the club has done the right thing and defended its honor.

By using derogatory words, Lawson has violated the spirit of the game and the basic rules of a civilized society. His action shows he is unfit to be a basketball player for China.

Even before the incident, Lawson was caught on video engaging in an altercation with some Chinese customers at a cafe. He reportedly invited their disaffection for speaking loudly on the phone.

He even faced a charge of attacking his pregnant girlfriend in the US. How he made it to the Chinese basketball team with such a background is in itself worth contemplating. It is a matter of concern for not only the club involved, but all domestic basketball clubs.

In selecting future players from overseas, all clubs must be careful to check the playing candidate's antecedents. If any player with a background like Lawson's gets selected in the future and causes trouble, it will reflect badly on the club selecting him or her.

It is important to be a good basketball player, but it is more important to be a good human being first.

Alexander Hamilton said, "A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger, is prepared for a master and deserves one."

Do you want a master? Do we need a master? Does America need a master?

Ask a Democrat and although they would outwardly say "No", they demonstrate "Yes".

How do they do that? Well I would say, the elite of the Democrat Party, demands that the people, do as they say not as they do. Nancy Pelosi proved that at a hair dresser's appointment. In 1964 Ronald Reagan speaking for Barry Goldwater, demonstrated the fact that the Democrat party, a once honorable political party, has turned to the philosophy of Carol Marx, and the principles of Stalin and Lenin. This has been coming for a long time.

Here is a question to demonstrate my point: Would you rather someone else tell you what e******y is, or would you rather have the freedom to be equal?

Exploring my question, I have found that the first part of the question, is a master/s***e relationship, "I tell you therefore it is", where as the latter part of the question, places the definition on the person. This definition has to be agreed on by the individual, otherwise the individual does exercise it.

Banning anything, with the exception of bans against people for the sake of sex, color, creed, or culture, is wrong and will always end up in a fight of sorts. But to nominate a person to dictate how we think therefore live, is an act of a totalitarian. And Hitler, Mussolini, Lenin and Stalin, as well as Saddam Hussein were all totalitarians.

Caesar Augustus, and Julius Caesar were also totalitarians. When a small group of people, feel they know better than the people, then the lust for power becomes somewhat dangerous and criminal. There is hope though.

Once a people have experienced freedom, there is no turning back. To the totalitarian, freedom and hope, are a disease. A disease that must be stopped. If we cripple the people by taking away their religion, then they have to believe in us. Then we disrupt the family unit, either with divorce or a******n or both. Without religion why should a man and wife stay together? Then those who still hope, we prevent them from congregating. Then we take their weapons away from them so they can't defend themselves. If they get out of line then we can stop them by making up wh**ever slander we can dream up with until no one believes the story and it becomes circumstantial at best. For the story will drowned out the t***h.

This is what we have become in today's society. We are going to be asked to make a choice-Trump or Biden. Do we give the power to a person who lets us choose, like Trump. Or do we give it to Biden, a person who will mandate how we live?

I lived through Carter, Clinton, and Obama, and each of them, either inadvertently or deliberately told the American people how to live. Whereas, Reagan and Trump gave that decision to the people. So when you hear, "Trump is not leading" has it ever dawned upon you that Trump like Reagan is giving you the choice. Decide for yourself.

Look at the mask issue. Trump wants to leave the decision up to the individual. That's freedom. Biden says he will mandate that all must wear a mask. Facts are facts, and facts can be disputed and put the fire. But this fact always remains the same: If a person is mandated, many will not follow that mandate. But if you want to wear a mask, many will.

So the Democrats claim, "Trump is not leading" because he allows the individual to make up their own minds.

Why can't the individual make up their own mind? Oh yea, because we must be told how to make up our own minds? Is that really freedom? Freedom is when the individual chooses, so who has the right to choose?

If we reverse Roe vs Wade, does that mean a******ns will not happen? Or does that mean the people not the government will make that choice?

The e******n of 2020 is coming upon us, which do you choose?

> Division of America - A letter by a former Democrat to Democrats--
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> The fact that Democrats are embracing her and not outing her speaks volumes about the DNC.
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> This woman lives in Sedona and a retired lawyer. She writes in simple language as a former Democrat to Democrats in general:
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> Democrats –
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> Now I know you don't like President Trump. That’s a given, SO let's move on from that.
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> How about the division of America. Do you really blame Trump for that? How about when NONE of the DEMOCRATS showed up for his inauguration? Don't you think that started the division? He hadn't even been president yet, and EXCEPT for Clinton and Obama, not one Democrat showed up. Is that when Trump divided America? Can you imagine if the REPUBLICANS didn't show up for Obama's inauguration because they lost? Can you even start to imagine what would have happened?
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> How about when 19 minutes after Trump was inaugurated, the Washington Post declared the IMPEACHMENT CAMPAIGN has STARTED? Was that when Trump divided America?
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> How about when Nancy Pelosi ripped up Trump's state of the union right in front of the world, showing complete disrespect for the President of the United States? Did that bring the country together and is THAT when Trump divided America?
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> How about when America had to endure 3 years and over 30 million dollars spent on trying to PROVE that Trump only won because of RUSSIAN COLLUSION and NOT because America v**ed him in. And 17 democrats did EVERYTHING in their power to PROVE that there was Russian Collusion. and came up with ZERO? Was THAT when Trump divided America?
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> I can't even start to go over the NEGATIVE PRESS he's received since his surprise win. Remember, the DONORS, the likes of Bloomberg, who gave 27 million, Tom Steyer who gave 17 million, George Soros who gave 9 million and MANY MORE that gave MULTI-MILLIONS to Hillary, wanted a return on their investment. Do you really think that donors give MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS just because they love Hillary? NO, these weren't campaign donations, they were INVESTMENTS into what HILLARY had promised them when she became President. They were so sure she would win and they would be SHOWERED with HUGE RETURNS, and when it didn't happen and they LOST all those millions, they went all out to TAKE TRUMP out of OFFICE by any means possible.
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> DID YOU KNOW that 90% of the Mainstream media and the corporations that own them, are owned by or run by BIG DEMOCRAT DONORS? You can verify all of that for yourselves. I did. Since the moment T***p w*n, even before he was inaugurated, the mainstream media's reporting was 92% negative on Trump, do you know why? It was those big donors that lost their dream of MILLIONS of dollars, on their returns that they were going to receive when Hillary was President and they weren't going to take that loss lightly. They needed to PUNISH TRUMP and those that V**ED HIM IN.
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> I've said this since the night he was elected. "There is NOTHING the left won't do to take down our President”, our country and us, no low they won't go to, to get their power back", and sadly, we have seen this every single day since his e******n.
>
> Let me ask you this. Have you ever listened to Trump or appreciated any accomplishment or campaign promises he's kept, have you ever gone to one of his rallies or have you just closed your mind to anything he does? Please ask yourselves the following questions, if you dare.
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> What has Joe Biden done for America for the last 47 years that he's held an office?
> What did Joe Biden ever do for B****S when HE and Obama were in office?
> What has Joe Biden ever done in his entire life to create a private-sector job?
> What has Joe Biden done to help the American middle class worker?
> Let me also ask you this. Why do you think there are so many people tearing down statues, our burning f**g, beating up police officers, disrespecting our founders and hating our country? It comes straight from our SCHOOLS that have slowly been tearing down our history. If there is a teacher out there, please tell me the following:
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> Do you teach the t***h that it was the DEMOCRATS that were the KKK?
> That the GRAND LEADER of the KKK was Robert Byrd, who was elected to congress as a DEMOCRAT and served for decades, and that it was Hillary, Bill, and Obama that gave his EULOGY praising him?
> That the DEMOCRATS fought the Civil war to KEEP S***ERY? That the inner-city ghettoes were created by DEMOCRATS to keep control of s***es after they were freed?
> That planned parenthood was founded in inner cities to CONTROL the BLACK POPULATION? Is any of this in your history books?
>
> Let me ask you this as well: Can a student speak up when he/she disagrees with a teacher when they say that Trump is a horrible President or the e*******l college has to be eliminated? I don't think so? Well, I know a student that actually happened to. When the teacher said it had to be eliminated because Hillary lost, and he stated the reason it should stay, she ripped him apart and gave the entire class a 5 hour test, and stated it was because he DARED to disagree with her. Is that happening in your schools?
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> I'm only asking questions. I'd like your answers.
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> President Trump and his entire family has been vilified, demeaned and disrespected, for one reason and one reason only. HE WON.
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> Have you noticed the DEMOCRATS only throw tantrums and OBJECT to everything he does and have NEVER ONCE gotten behind him to make America the best it can be? WHY? They can't afford to get behind him. he would WIN AGAIN, and they can't let that happen. if he wins again, the Democrat party will be destroyed and they know it.
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> Did you notice that the "CAGES" the left claimed that Trump built to put Illegal children in, WERE BUILT BY OBAMA for the very purpose of PUTTING ILLEGAL CHILDREN IN? Was THAT all over the news when Obama did it? The very same “CAGES". but the media was silent!
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> How about when Trump commuted Roger Stone's sentence, and was DEMONIZED 24/7 but NOT A WORD when Obama commuted 1,715 inmates, which included 330 that he granted on his last day in office. DID WE EVEN HEAR one WORD about it?
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> Were there reporters even reporting it. NO! Just look at the difference in the reporting. By the way, since Trump's been in office he's commuted 10 people. compare that to Obama. Is that reporting fair?
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> How about when Biden and Obama allowed the H1N1, the SWINE FLU, to INFECT MILLIONS of Americans before declaring it a health emergency. Was the press losing it's minds and calling it the OBAMA FLU AND BLAMING OBAMA and BIDEN for the spread? —— SILENCE!
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> Compare this to the NEGATIVE COVERAGE that Trump got when, he immediately halted travel from China. Then, in February, Nancy Pelosi went to Chinatown and said come on down, or when DeBlasio, in March, said ride the subways and go to Broadway. BUT those same people are blaming Trump for the spread of c****av***s.
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> A FINAL QUESTION:
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> What have the DEMOCRATS done to help make America the best, to get behind a president that works tirelessly to care about WE THE PEOPLE instead of using us as political pawns? What have the democrats done for people of color EXCEPT for GIVING I******S more rights than citizens and having us pay for it?
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> JUST imagine what this country could accomplish if the Democrats worked with him on the economy, the c****av***s, the inner cities where he's created opportunity zones, job training etc. When Trump tried to get school choice for inner-city students they ran Betsy Devos out!! The democrats running those inner city schools wanted no part of school choice. Have you ever wondered why it's cities that have been run, for decades, that have the MOST HOMELESS, the MOST CRIME, the most MURDERS, the worst INNER CITY schools, ARE ALL RUN BY DEMOCRATS?
If you haven't started asking yourselves those questions, maybe you should. As I said, my entire family used to be Democrats, but NOT ONE will ever v**e for a Democrat again. They asked themselves the same questions and the answer was clear.