Shouldn't it be the rise and fall, and then fall, and then fall one more pathetic time

Don't forget the looming recession!

when we get down to it, everything he does is illegal--he is not eligible to hold office according to the 14th amendment.

Unfortunately it is not regular people who need to realize, but judges and the legal establishment. Sanctions are not enough. Disbarment, fines, and jail time is the only thing that might dissuade.

I actually support that.

I mean the republicans *are* racist, and Mamdani is not anti-semetic, but we should normalize asking republicans "why do you hate America and black people?"

Forget it, Charlie Brown. It's Chinatown.

Really? It has been a significant, outright stated reason for the behavior of prominent Republicans for at least a decade.

We're going to need to expand the prison system.

Or maybe we can clear out some of the current, non-violent inhabitants to make room.

Agree. Everyone says she should run for Schumer's seat, or run for president. I think house speaker for 20 years, shepherding bills and leading the party would be the best for the country.

My simple prediction: the east wing will still be in rubble Jan 2029.

Trump has basically never gotten above 50%--even during the first term. It is just that this kind of reporting about it was basically missing during term 1st, and rare until now for the 2nd

Yeah, that guy should be retroactively fired. I wonder how @npr.org or Domenico Montanaro feel now about their reporting.
"Harris is wrong because she does not know what Trump will actually do" is so stupid. Neither do the reporters! How is that misleading?

My simple non-military brain: if the on the ground trusts his/her local leader, and they trusts his/hers, all the way up the chain there is no problem. So some higher up (ship captain, admiral, general, etc) need to set a precedent and say "I received an illegal order". And let the chips fall.

The Liz Cheney drummed out of office, who left public life (except for a poorly thought out campaign appearances with the Democratic presidential nominee)?

Maybe there are conservatives hiding the the hinterlands like communists guerrillas, but they don't exist in modern politics.

True, true. My Leica Q makes a tiny whisper of a click as the leaf shutter opens and closes. So delicate, so quiet, but still so satisfying.

This is correct. It is why it is inaccurate to call anyone a "conservative" in the current US. There are no American conservatives. They are all reactionaries, and incompatible with a democracy. They need to be purged from public life. They have nothing of value to offer.

To be fair, both the fae and open source give you something for no cost, something that seems too good to just give away. Would make anyone suspicious.

Don't take things given by the fae.

Sounds like an accident, but could *also* be a test for the administration to see if grand juries actually voting is just another norm they can violate.

That would undermine the whole purpose of the Ivys.

Well, for some of the departments.

Better solution: the news from all around the world takes a few days off.

Can you elaborate a little on what Bivens actually means so we non lawyers don't have to rely on google or wikipedia

Jewish GOP crazy: We got to get rid of the Mexicans, Blacks, Gays, atheists, immigrants, put women back in the kitchen and make America great!

regular GOT crazy: And the Jews!

Jewish GOP crazy: hold on a minute. We might have a Nazi problem.

OK. So I will read the book I guess, but are you saying that R *candidates* fund the advocacy media? I would have thought both are downstream of the right wing mega-donors, who fund think thanks, own media outlets (fox etc) and also give to candidates.

Oh, and that guy will not vote for Democrats. That guy has not voted for Democrats since Reagan.

This obsession comes from the democratic gerontocracy.

Years? we are a few months. What happens if Trump looses, doesn’t concede, and then holds an another “rally” in DC and another “march” on the Capitol. Does that seem impossible? Unlikely?