Bob Dole was a big Trump supporter in 2016 and 2020, so no.

To be fair, we fought a war so that rich people didn’t have to pay taxes. So in a way, the spirit of 1776 is alive and well

They will go so so so much lower.

Yes, but if the government is shut down, they will go on a lawful rampage.

Better to rely on the (slim) chance of SCOTUS stopping a lawless rampage than the non-existent chance of SCOTUS stopping a lawful rampage.

Honestly what do you expect the "Democratic Party" to do? They have no power. They don't control the armed forces, or the courts, or congress, or the FBI or CIA.

At this point, the only thing that could stop the authoritarian takeover of the country would be a revolt by, say, 25% of Republicans.

Can’t wait until the Smithsonian is entirely replaced with Thomas Kincade paintings

More specifically, this is all about the 22nd amendment. He’s not leaving.

Careful, usability sounds like DEI

Congress isn’t awol, it is complicit.

Courts aren’t awol; by law they can only intervene in response to cases that are filed. There have been multiple injunctions granted.

Tend whether SCOTUS will be awol or complicit, or possibly constructive.

I mean it's a desert. Were you expecting pyramids?

Mood: uhsffgg….

The lack of “internal sense” is the notion that a person with an “abysmal record” is a more reliable ally than a group with a middling / disappointing record.

Hire assassins are much more covert than this. I would be shocked if this was anything other than an angry man with a gun.

Tech does not have “less territory to grow on”.

Tech is expansionary.

Tech leaders (founders and VC’s) are naturally selected to have expansionary tendencies. Including, it turns out, in politics.

Did you literally stop at the word because?

I think this is exactly why SCOTUS will overturn the conviction.

They will argue that it’s intolerable for POTUS to be restricted by bail conditions.

And on this narrow issue, I think they will be correct.

Maybe she meant Guernica?

May seem hyperbolic. After all, she has weird views and was not popular in the Democratic primary.

Well, Trump’s views were once fringe as well. And who is to say how she would do in a GOP primary vs Dem.

And now imagine that Putin really wants this to happen. You think Vance / Fox / Musk resist?

For years, I have felt that she is the #2 biggest threat to the country.

In additional to her obviously compromised position—brainwashed by a literal cult or loyal to Russia over America—she has the superficial characteristics that could get her elected POTUS.

Almost as if groomed by the FSB.