Arrested, jailed, exiled... these words come to mind too.

Mischief?! Ha! I think the word you are looking for is "crimes."

Democrat surrender monkeys. Maybe they're just as corrupt as the 'cons, just a slightly different flavor of corruption. I just can't even anymore with this leadership. What a sick joke.

Agreed. This isn't your father's republican party. Maybe Harry would have been played just as badly as Schumer et al have been. But, do they really think appeasing Trump and the fascist republicon party is good for the country, or even good politics?! I really don't get it. Dems just seem so weak.

I iften wonder if someone like Harry Reid was leading the dems in the senate how different the dynamic would be.

Yes

Yeah, that video was an embarrassment for the Patriot's organization. Total amateur job, and not in any kind of good way.

But, does posting on Bluesky count as doing nothing?

On some level I think they just want to hurt people. To break people so they don't ever complain and expect anything from government. They want people poor and desperate and afraid and fighting each other for whatever scraps they can find.

Maybe. But never underestimate the GOP's cleverness at finding ways to disproportionately harm traditional dem or young voters. Maybe mail-in voting will only be allowed for voters 65 and older, or live in rural areas, or have already voted at least 1x in a federal election, or something like that.

GOP = American Taliban

Its not that she's afraid of Russian Asset Trump, or wants/needs his endorsement. Its that she is just as malevolent and evil as the rest of the republicon crime syndicate.

Its like gangster capitalism. Closer I think to kleptocracy than to communism.

FWIW, MTG has consistently pushed to release the Epstein files, and has said she would vote to force their release if/when comes to a vote. We'll see.

No, Karoline Leavitt did not say 'America cannot function' if Trump has to deal with 'co-equal branches of government' While Leavitt did say "America cannot function," the rest of the quote shared on social media was wrong. Here's her real statement.

Hate to be that guy, but (from snopes.com), "No, Karoline Leavitt did not say 'America cannot function' if Trump has to deal with 'co-equal branches of government'" www.snopes.com/fact-check/l...

They weren't saying it directly, BUT it definately felt like a foregone conclusion. I recall the "discussion" was more of a manufacturing consent process than a discussion. They sacrificed Colin Powell's reputation to the effort, when he lied to the UN about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

Yikes! Be afraid, NFL, be very afraid.

I don't think actual monarchs back in the day had as much "immunity" Trump currently has. The full corruption of this moment probably won't be known for a generation or two. That is, if the christian nationalists first don't kill us all off in some End Days level of ethnic and cultural cleansing.

Yes, there always seems to be 1 or 2 or more dem senators that line up with republicons to kill real progress. Last time Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin played that role, to keep big monied interests from freaking out.

Maybe. I think war on Venezuela is inevitable regardless. The republicons and their oil company "friends" want Venezuela's oil, and are gearing up to get that access, by hook or by crook, whatever it takes. Little known fact - Venezuela controls the estimated largest oil reserves in the world.

Because Mamdani is a symbol for a new generation of democrats. He inspires young people in ways few democrats can. Because NYC is the largest city in the USA (by a lot) and is the financial capitol of the world. And because what happens in NYC affects the whole country, for better or worse.

To me the race is a national news story because it shows how feckless and out of touch so many democratic leaders are when they refuse to endorse Mamdani. The Cuomo/Schumer/Pelosi wing of the democratic party needs to retire ASAP, like yesterday.

If by "capitulated" you mean "paid Trump a bribe to get their merger with Paramount approved" then yes, they capitulated.

So I can sue CBS for not airing the full Trump interview? I feel harmed because CBS didn't show the world how insane and corruot Russian Assat Trump really is. Let's start a class-action lawsuit.

Trump and other republicon leaders have taught me how evil manifests in this world. I didn't really believe people could be evil, perhaps selfish and greedy, perhaps violent, but the idea of being "evil" seemed too abstract, too absolute, too religious. Not anymore, now I know what it looks like.

Don't forget the Bills losing to the Patriots while donning their rivalry, "cold front" uniforms. "This uniform is forged from snow, ice, and the unforgiving cold. It doesn't just represent winter… it is winter." Last seen, I think, being dumped some where out in the middle of Lake Erie.

We're beyond a "let them eat cake" moment. The republicons are saying, "let them eat nithing."

FWIW - I think Russian Asset Trump is in the Epstein files as a trafficker of underage girls to Epstein, not as a client.

I'm not so sure. I think all this "tough love" economic policy-ing by republicons is just rationalizations for being greedy, racist assholes.

My thought too. Their racism is so brazen now, no need for dog whistles.