In a new, secret recording, the Supreme Court justice’s wife bemoans having to “look across the lagoon at the Pride flag”
Martha-Ann Alito, wife of Supreme CourtJustice Samuel Alito, is incensed about seeing rainbow Pride flags during Pride Month, according to a new recording obtained by Rolling Stone. If it were up to her, she would be flying a Sacred Heart of Jesus flag in response. Or she might design her own flag, one sporting the Italian word for “shame.”
In recent weeks, Martha-Ann Alito has been at the center of a national firestorm over two flags seen flying at their residences that have been associated with right-wing movements that question the legitimacy of the results of the 2020 election. Justice Alito has blamed his wife for flying those flags — and rebuffed calls from Democratic lawmakers to recuse himself from upcoming decisions in cases related to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Like her husband, Mrs. Alito is unbowed by the criticism and controversy — as she makes clear in comments recorded by liberal documentary filmmaker Lauren Windsor. Windsor, posing as a Christian conservative, spoke at length with Mrs. Alito at a dinner reception hosted by the Supreme Court Historical Society last week. Windsor attended the dinner as a dues-paying member and bought a ticket; a colleague joined her.
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When Windsor tells Mrs. Alito she is being persecuted and depicted as “a convenient stand-in for anybody who’s religious,” the justice’s wife gets quieter, and her tone turns more serious: “Look at me, look at me. I’m German. I’m from Germany. My heritage is German. You come after me, I’m gonna give it back to you. And there will be a way — it doesn’t have to be now — but there will be a way they will know. Don’t worry about it. God — you read the Bible. Psalm 27 is my psalm. Mine. Psalm 27, the Lord is my God and my rock. Of whom shall I be afraid? Nobody.”
Fuck this shit. Dems need to win November and pack the court, and then put a cap on the number.
Stop playing nice, fascists are taking over.
Stop playing nice, fascists are taking over.
We’ve been saying this since Reagan, fwiw. Yes, Trump scared enough DNC that they’re finally starting to move, but it’s taken a failed coup and the planet dying just to get there.
That’s how bad the DNC leaders have been. It’s been a long road.
It’s the most boring part about centrists. They’re staying to freak out now, whereas leftists have seen the writing on the wall for decades, and are now desensitized. There’s a serious argument that we’ve already missed our chance to course correct for humanity’s survival, but I guess back then it was all just “panicked hysterics” over the growing power of the M.I.C. and rise of right-wing religious fascists.
We’re still not there either. The guy who started the coup is still free and running for presidency again as if it’s not the most fucking absurd thing in the world.
The republicans in office who helped with the coup are still in office and affecting policy.
It may have been brought to a lot of people’s attention because of the fascist shit they do but they are still being allowed to pull their fascist crap constantly. They are even still allowed to constantly lie to their voters about the coup so their stupid ass voters don’t even think it’s true.
This won’t stop until they are stopped completely.
From my book on What the Buddha Taught.
It makes sense when you realise that Pride flags are personal attacks on her sense of safety and continued life.
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Thanks for the excerpt. Bought this and will read it soon!
Martha-Ann Alito is the boomers we want to crawl into a hole and disappear.
Is okay. Pretty much everyone condemns you, lady. Even the sycophants in your own party because there is no such thing as a “pure” zealot.
The last quote from her strikes me as a “I’m proud of my nazi heritage” sentiment
German by way of Argentina, Mrs. Alito?
She sounds nice.
A model Christian.
Loving her neighbor as she loves herself.
I’m starting to see a trend with Supreme Court spouses…
If you’re not on the same fundamental page, you don’t stay espoused.
That was kinda my point exactly.
And I can’t stand seeing you and your husband’s face, but you don’t see me systematically dismantling the rights of humans to get rid of said faces.
Like her husband, Mrs. Alito is unbowed by the criticism and controversy — as she makes clear in comments recorded by liberal documentary filmmaker Lauren Windsor.
I bet she is unbowed. Her husband is appointed for life and they are fabulously wealthy. Why wouldn’t she be? Everyone is unbowed when their position is entirely secure and can’t be changed no matter how awful their beliefs or actions.
Oh, their position can absolutely be changed.
It’s just that not enough of the American people are quite there yet.
It can be changed, but it absolutely won’t be. These people have enjoyed unfettered lives since the founding of the country and before. They’ll continue to be shitty humans and get away with it until a full on revolution and/or societal collapse.
Edit: For clarification, I refer to these people to mean mega rich, narcissistic, spiteful, bigoted assholes in general.
People who try to change the system are routinely labeled “tankies” and accused of being foreign agents or computer reply machines.
Tankies would probably support this kind of oligarchy since it is what happens in their favorite foreign authoritarian countries. You may be confusing with revolutionary communists or something?
Someone notify A. Mitchell Palmer so he can put a stop to all of them.
The House can impeach him and the Senate can convict. We just need a strong Democratic majority.
All it takes is one nihilist and a bomb to kill a czar. Nobody with power and security in it is so powerful and secure that they should act like they’re infinite in these traits
Yeah, but that wouldn’t actually solve any issues here. It would make Alito a martyr and kick off the American Civil War the conservatives keep jerking themselves off over.
It took a war to contain nazis the last time. Maybe it takes a war this time around as well. And truthfully? Better to have it be a civil war when the head of state is a Democrat. Because if this won’t be a civil war or if Trump is in power when it starts, nukes will be used.
When her husband talks about “no compromise between left and right”
It’s because they view it as a war and anyone not loyal to their sky daddy is the enemy.
Doesn’t matter if you just don’t care about religion, you’re either with them or against em.
Which is why it’s fucking insane moderate Dems refuse to act like it’s a fucking war already.
Biden needs to do something about the SC, before it’s too late and he loses the election. He needed to do shit 4 years ago, he just won’t fucking do anything.
And we’ll pay the price.
Should have dropped the filibuster and codified Roe after the memo leaked, but didn’t.
Clearly needs to resize the court before the end of his term as the loss in November looms, won’t do that either.
Democrats are professional losers, and it shows. People looking to the controlled opposition for a way out of the mess our country’s in are in for a very rude awakening.
Oh sky cake, why are you so delicious?
Justices are impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate. Biden has no say here.
Article III judges can be removed from office only through impeachment by the House of Representatives and conviction by the Senate. The Constitution also provides that judges’ salaries cannot be reduced while they are in office.
The Supreme Court could be expanded by Congress. Biden has no say here either.
Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution gives Congress the authority to change the size of the Supreme Court.
Democratic citizens need to turn out for congressional elections if they want to see legislative change. Make note of your state’s election dates and vote.
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Their attacks aren’t all shitty. Far-right stochastic terrorism has killed people, lots of people really. They’ve declared war and started killing people, that anyone still treats them with kid gloves is mind-boggling.
It’s insane to me that people look at these religious fascists who just tried to overthrow the government, and looks at people who think we should have a living wage, healthcare, and affordable housing…
And their takeaway is the best course forward is right down the middle.
When that’s the only two options, the religious extremists always win, it’s just sometimes they win more than others.
Everyone else always loses.
If there are no consequences to going all the way and never compromising why not do so
So the reason why our corrupt Supreme Court is intentionally helping Convicted Felon and Sex Offender Treason Trump get away with a coup against democracy is because Alito and wife hate gays.
No, it’s because they’re Christian nationalists, which is even worse.
Christians nationalist and gay haters. We cannot say which of these caused the other one.
I’ve been reading a bit of the (non-paywalled) articles around this. On first glance, this seems a bit similar to the stuff that Project Veritas pulled, except as far as I can tell she didn’t selectively edit any of the stuff. Yeah, she did ask some leading questions, but note how she asked the same leading questions to Roberts and he doesn’t take the bait. The Alitos, however, showed us exactly who they are.
Come to think of it, it’s interesting that she released her conversation with Roberts, too, even though he didn’t fall into the trap. It’s like the journalist is making the point that she’s not out to smear all Conservatives, and it’s possible for judges to be fair no matter where on the spectrum they fall. (Or, I suppose, Roberts might have been smart enough to see what was going on and put on his “fairness” mask. Which is still showing more awareness than the Alitos…)
The other big thing that I think distinguishes this from Project Veritas is she didn’t disguise who she was and she used her actual name when she registered and in her interactions with them.
But she did? She represented herself as a devout Christian conservative when she’s a liberal activist?
“Christian” has some serious brand issues
Eww you’re wearing Christian? In this climate?
No no, it’s Yeezy. Wait, that’s worse somehow.
You’re right - it’s noteworthy that she released the audio with Roberts.
“Look at me. Look at me. I’m German. And you don’t think I won’t come back at you hard?”
Yeah… something tells me this isn’t the weird pants and beer German pride. It’s the 1934-1944 German pride.
The far right in Germany won huge victories in Germany mere days ago. Stop looking to the past. It’s right here in front of you.
Martha-Ann, you have a broken fucking brain.
why does she have such a hard on for flags? is she a bull?
