Remains of the Day (10/13)

Radical left: Health care, please

Radical right: Let's kidnap a governor

— Kenneth M. Walsh (@kenneth212) October 13, 2020

Group charged in Michigan governor kidnap plot discussed targeting Virginia governor, FBI agent says 

Court packing: 

Since 1969, Democratic presidents have appointed 4 Supreme Court justices, Republicans have appointed 15 (4 of them by presidents who lost the popular vote). 

McConnell refused even to hold hearing on Obama's nominee.

— Robert Reich (@RBReich) October 12, 2020

Want to know all about ‘court-packing’? Ask Mitch McConnell. 

Maybe if gay people started listing our sexual preferences on Twitter—or shouting them out during church services—conservatives would stop describing being gay as a sexual preference?

— Dan Savage (@fakedansavage) October 13, 2020

Amy Coney Barrett won’t say if same-sex marriage rights are protected, uses anti-LGBTQ buzzword ‘preference’ to describe sexual orientation 

Today’s proceedings again made it clear that Amy Coney Barrett's nomination is the result of a desperate, right-wing party determined to hold onto power a little longer in order to impose its extreme agenda on the entire country.

— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) October 12, 2020

Bogus confirmation already marked by ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ protesters 

Amy Coney Barrett watched Mitch McConnell obstruct Obama's Supreme Court justice nomination 8 months before the election but is now fine being confirmed WHILE PEOPLE ARE VOTING. She knows this is wrong and she doesn't care. #VoteThemAllOut

— Sarah Cooper (@sarahcpr) October 12, 2020

 “We’re talking about [Scalia] being replaced by someone who could dramatically flip the balance of power on the court,” she continued. “It’s not a lateral move.”

I think this hearing is a sham. I think it shows real messed up priorities from this Republican Party. 

But I am here anyway to do a job. To tell the truth.

— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) October 12, 2020

Senator tries to explain to people like me why she's even there 

ESPN is letting go of many of its remaining ATP rights outside the Slams.

This is good news for Tennis Channel fans, and fans of one-stop shopping, but also means the sport is betting that its niche audience will suffice.

By @MattFutterman:https://t.co/4UoL5as4RR

— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) October 13, 2020

This has got to be a harrowing paragraph for any tennis fan: The so-called "Fifth Slam" of Indian Wells doesn't count as one of the biggest stages in sports by ESPN's measurements, and they don't think tennis is worth a potential conflict with children's baseball. 

Reminder: Exactly three weeks until Election Day