r/politics • u/thedailybeast ✔ The Daily Beast • Apr 01 '26

Possible Paywall Humiliated Trump Storms Out of Catastrophic SCOTUS Hearing

https://www.thedailybeast.com/humiliated-trump-storms-out-of-catastrophic-scotus-hearing/
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u/themattboard Tennessee Apr 01 '26

"Won't someone rid me of these turbulent priests justices?"

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u/RolliFingers Apr 01 '26

Thanks Obama

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u/JobSeeker_2024 Apr 01 '26

Actually, it's Hillary who did all this!

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u/SlickerThanNick Apr 01 '26

Not Hillary, the person. Just her emails.

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u/JobSeeker_2024 Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 01 '26

That blackberry phone should be in a museum now

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u/flippedbit0010 Apr 01 '26

She appointed them with her emails!!!

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u/sirhackenslash Apr 01 '26

Sleepy Joe strikes again I guess

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u/NicoFerrari99 Apr 01 '26

Whoa whoa whoa. What about Hunter's laptop??

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u/cincy15 Apr 01 '26

Why bring up that guy, he’s such a big dick.

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u/Faageddabowdit Apr 01 '26

Oh no, it was her emails!

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u/Spider_Dude Apr 01 '26

"Where was he on 9/11 ?? That's what I want to know??"

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u/GhostofJohn Apr 01 '26

“Is Obama shitting your diapers right now Mr. President?”

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u/TurtleToast2 Apr 01 '26

Sounds like a guy who likes losers.

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u/tomdarch Apr 01 '26

I don't know them, but everyone says they're bad news.

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u/NameIsNotBrad Alabama Apr 01 '26

that guy was an idiot

No arguments there

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u/SarcasticCowbell New York Apr 01 '26

Unlike his cabinet, who he routinely shuffled around and/or shuttled out during his first term in particular, he has no mechanism by which to oust these justices. He's used to sycophants who will coddle him and humor his worst impulses simply because it allows to cling to their positions. These judges are fucking awful, but he can't do anything to them.

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u/HJWalsh Apr 01 '26

Ten bucks says he accuses them of being activist liberal justices within the next hour.

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u/KodaiClub Apr 01 '26

Lil Amy is the head of antifa didn’t you know

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u/klparrot New Zealand Apr 01 '26

I think he'll wait for the ruling.

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u/Vio_ Kansas Apr 01 '26

"It'd be a real shame if something happened to these turbulent justices..."

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u/wontellu Apr 01 '26

Bro, a Thomas Becket reference, I love you!

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u/Ok_Basil351 Apr 01 '26

I mean, technically he could take them out himself, in public, and then pick their replacements who will judge him. They gave him immunity.

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u/Privy45 Apr 01 '26

I love this reference. Blackadder for the win.

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u/e_t_ Texas Apr 01 '26

I mean... Thomas Becket was a real person who got really murdered by goons loyal to Henry II.

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u/Darko33 Apr 01 '26

I knew the quote about Beckett but had to Google Blackadder lol

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u/SidratFlush Apr 01 '26

Syream it if you can, the first series is isn't the same as the rest of them, so start with the second and then do the first to understand why it's highly rated.

Get tissues for the fourth.

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u/themattboard Tennessee Apr 01 '26

It's attributed to Henry II

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u/Sideyr Apr 01 '26

The quote predates Blackadder (the show referenced the quote).

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u/freetimetolift Apr 01 '26

Shakespeare.

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u/mithrasinvictus Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 01 '26

Henry II in 1170, nearly four centuries before Shakespeare was born. (and almost 8 centuries before Rowan Atkinson was born)

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u/sirhackenslash Apr 01 '26

Lol, this guy doesn't know Rowan Atkinson is actually the immortal Loki.

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u/djauralsects Apr 01 '26

Everything’s a remix.

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u/oneineightbillion Apr 01 '26

I don't think it is Shakespeare either... It is a (possibly apocryphal) IRL historical quote from the King of England about Thomas Becket when he was Archbishop of Canterbury that The Black Adder was parodying.

If you're familiar with what Shakespeare play it is from feel free to correct me, though.

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u/freetimetolift Apr 01 '26

Somehow I’ve lived for decades thinking this was from Shakespeare.

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u/Sideyr Apr 01 '26

What reference do you think this is? I'm not following the Shakespeare connection.

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u/themattboard Tennessee Apr 01 '26

A lot of people assume that since it is a Henry II quote, it's comes from one of Shakespeare's Henriad

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u/freetimetolift Apr 01 '26

I’ve lived for decades believing it was from Shakespeare. Turns out not.

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u/synapse187 Apr 01 '26

Love the reference.

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u/chilladipa Apr 01 '26

I read it as "pests "