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Nina Totenberg and the Gerontocracy Strike Again
NR ^ | 1 July 2026 | Jim Greaghty

Posted on 07/01/2026 2:36:29 PM PDT by Rummyfan

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She heard the word “retirement” and just assumed that it was Alito?

The explanation is so shocking that social media has plenty of Alito retirement “Truthers” who contend the justice is planning to announce his retirement soon and Totenberg simply erred by reporting it too early; but that theory doesn’t make sense, because if that were the case, she would simply clarify her story. Some others wonder if this was Alito trying to sniff out the Supreme Court employee who leaked the Dobbs decision. (Back in April 2023, Alito sat down for an interview with the Wall Street Journal and said, “I personally have a pretty good idea who is responsible, but that’s different from the level of proof that is needed to name somebody.”)

Totenberg is 82. She has covered the Supreme Court since I was born, and I have a kid in college. Also, in the 1970s, Totenberg became close personal friends with Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and one might think that a close personal friendship with someone you cover professionally is a major conflict of interest that ought to be disclosed to listeners, but “her friendship with Ginsburg was almost never mentioned in the hundreds of news stories, interviews and features Totenberg has done about the court over the years.”

N.C.): “In 1995, on the syndicated political television program Inside Washington, guests including Totenberg turned to a proposal by the North Carolina senator that Congress reduce spending on AIDS research. Totenberg said, ‘I think he ought to be worried about the — about what’s going on in the good Lord’s mind, because if there’s retributive justice, he’ll get AIDS from a transfusion or one of his grandchildren will get it.’” Wishing painful death upon the family of people you disagree with...

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These old lefties just never ever go away do they?


1 posted on 07/01/2026 2:36:29 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

A SCOTUS judge leaked to her. Same with Dobbs. No one will ask Nina who told her.


2 posted on 07/01/2026 2:40:38 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: Rummyfan

January 14, 1944

The old bag is 82 and a half years old. Hang it up, bag.


3 posted on 07/01/2026 2:41:01 PM PDT by kiryandil (Resistance to The Odor is defiance to grainpidity)
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To: Rummyfan

She misinterpreted something she overheard and the story was corrected about 5 minutes after it was published.


4 posted on 07/01/2026 2:43:06 PM PDT by JSM_Liberty
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To: Rummyfan

No, they are like the ring wraiths. They just fade away as their evil makes them more difficult to see. But their ability to torment seems to never end


5 posted on 07/01/2026 2:43:13 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there)
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To: Rummyfan

The old bag Totenkopf’s sister is a federal stooge:

Amy Mil Totenberg (born December 29, 1950) is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.


6 posted on 07/01/2026 2:44:46 PM PDT by kiryandil (Resistance to The Odor is defiance to grainpidity)
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To: ChildOfThe60s

“The Witch Bag of Maryland”


7 posted on 07/01/2026 2:46:01 PM PDT by kiryandil (Resistance to The Odor is defiance to grainpidity)
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To: kiryandil

Cushy gig. Nothing to do but interview friends and rail against the Right.


8 posted on 07/01/2026 2:48:32 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: TornadoAlley3

Probably Roberts.


9 posted on 07/01/2026 2:57:12 PM PDT by Fledermaus (United States of America : Born July 4, 1776. Died June 30, 2026.)
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To: Rummyfan

She must shop at the same optician as Rosa DeLauro.


10 posted on 07/01/2026 4:54:07 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: Disambiguator

She has Sally Jesse Rafael’s glasses. Must have unearthed her coffin.


11 posted on 07/01/2026 5:21:44 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Rummyfan

That’s a man, baby.


12 posted on 07/01/2026 5:25:15 PM PDT by JZelle
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