Dan Shay

I don't care how he did it.

But I do think we should keep an eye on him.

But not Bryan Adams.

I look forward to his trial and conviction at the Hague some day.

That rag isn't the "paper of record" any longer. We don't have one of those nowadays.

Side note: I just realized why it feels like Greg Abbott has been around for fucking ever and won't go away: It's because he has.

With no term limits, I guess so Greg Abbott can set himself up as Dictator for Life in TX, as long as he keeps fucking with election law.

Yeah, I've been saying for a while that I get much more Himmler vibes from him.

I'm at the point where I think Miller, at least, *wants* people to die. Like, truly, he is itching for someone to die if only so he can then use that as a propaganda moment to escalate and eventually declare martial law.

Note: I don't know that he'll *get* his moment...but he really wants it.

Faith in institutions is like faith in your refrigerator "not allowing" food to rot, as if it's a sentient actor.

Someone has to make sure the fridge is plugged in and running properly. Someone has to clean out spoiled food from time to time, especially so it doesn't spoil your other food.

Ah, well, there's your explanation. These are all people who are "institution-pilled," by nature. They figured "the system would never allow blah blah blah."

They forgot that the "system" and "institutions" all rely on *people* acting in good faith, and Trump has cowed or removed those people.

At some point, we will have a post-Roberts court and a post-conservative-dominated court.

When that happens, the general attitude towards a huge range of cases from the Roberts era needs to be "Yeah, fuck that. That shit doesn't count and never did."

Since you've been blocked by whoever this was, can you provide some context to the content of the discussion? I don't need this person's name, though, just to be clear.

That is because they support him and like what he is doing and saying.

If they didn't, they would call him out and oppose him.

5\Recognize, however, that this is likely driven by *fear* of the majority who do oppose Trump and MAGA. It's why they speak of "radical left terrorists" and "the enemy within." This is the sound of fear, not strength.l, and certainly not majority support.

4\That public, to date, has had a hard time mobilizing and focusing its power. But I suspect that fear of that power is what drives Stephen Miller to want to use all available methods to terrorize the public with shows of unaccountable military and paramilitary force.

3\In spite of this, a clear and *substantial majority* of the *public* opposes Trump. You can see this reflected across polling. It is unarguable.

2\There is a 4th contingent in the Liberal elite (e.g., Klein) who do not support, but only tepidly oppose and are deeply uncomfortable with the dawning realization that something more forceful than uttering "Well, I never!" is actually required to stop Trump.

1\Actually, I would argue that it very much is *not* ok with "America." It is ok with: (1) Trump's administration, (2) his supporters in the public, and (3) his supporter members in Congress.

Guess he's not dead this weekend. That reads more like him and less like Miller's usual screeds.

Of course they wouldn't. That's the whole fucking point of their legal structure: "We rule, you follow." Biden wasn't "one of them" and thus would be constrained from action. Trump is "one of them" and therefore can do as he pleases.

For these assholes, that's not a bug, it's a feature.

I'm sure he wouldn't condone lawlessness directed at *him* or people he *cares* about. That, of course, would be going too far.

I'm equally sure he has zero concern that this will ever happen, foolish as that may be.

Apparently he never learned that fascism always eats its own.

There's nothing to deescalate. The guy is just talking to him and not automatically doing whatever this fucker tells him to do.

You can't deescalate from zero.

Oh, look. A Kavanaugh Stop.

This shit makes my blood boil, and all these motherfuckers should end up in prison some day. That's about all I have to say on this subject.

Uh...correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought millennials basically coined the phrase "work life balance," which rather stands in stark contrast to this person's claim.

Evil corrupts the soul and withers the body to a husk.

The View From Nowhere journalism has turned out to be a curse.

Don of the Dead A bruised hand rises from his grave over the DC skyline holding a golf club "He's one stroke off his game"

In development hell; release date TBA

The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.

Want to know why?

Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.

Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.

Or he's dead again.

Maybe he's dead again?

I guess everyone wants to play Sun City if you throw enough money at them.