The bar to indictment is incredibly low

Unless a cop has murdered someone, of course. Then it’s BARELY legal to convene a jury.

in a couple years when there is a new administration

IF they don’t decide that any resemblance of election integrity is a nuisance they can get rid of with impunity. It’s looking less and less likely.

I’m pretty sure that’s just the inevitable consequence of decades of under-regulated capitalism and cronyism letting the arms dealers set their own prices and conditions.

Personally, I consider the most bloated military in the history of the world not being able to expand or even replace its flotilla a huge win though, regardless of the reasons 🤷

Nah. If Huckasands back when anyone was still pretending that the Mango Mussolini is accountable to anyone didn’t scare people off it, nobody will.

She’ll hook up with Steven Mnuchin’s cousin

I’ll have you know that John Oliver is happily married!

President Pete Buttigieg

Sweet merciful FSM, no!

So basically most female Wimbledon contestants?

Yet another thing that’s straight out of dystopian fiction to the point that it wouldn’t surprise me if that’s where they got the idea.

The plots of ALL such movies, shows, and books must be kept away from cops and billionaires, lest they inevitably find it inspirational and copy it.

Nurse Practitioners, Pennsylvanias, and Registered Nurses? 🤔

Chuck a few of the “who’s who” in there first

Cheney will receive full military honors at the memorial service, which is expected to be a bipartisan who’s who of Washington dignitaries.

Shithole country 🤬

That’s not really a likely outcome in Texas of all places.

It has probably the most rigged elections of any state, which is how the GOP manages to have near-absolute control in spite of there actually being more registered Democrats than Republicans in the state.

Do you think what we need is a competent administrator?

To do the job of competently administering things? Funnily enough, I do.

Fuck no, what we need a symbol to rally behind

Look at Trump… He doesn’t do shit

Case in fucking point!

We need a populist figure that will attract progressives who do know how politics work, and not the Democratic party picks, who are consultant brained cowards who resist change

Agreed on all counts.

Reagan was bad because he was the face of a bad movement

And because his charisma and fame far outstripped his competency and integrity.

His image made the movement possible just like Trump does now. Giving incompetent (at the ACTUAL job) figureheads a lot of power tends to cause a shitload of trouble for everyone else involved, and often themselves.

At the end of the day, bad things are bad and good things are good.

Which is why I would love for Michael Phelps to perform surgery on me! After all, good is good and he was REALLY good at propelling himself through liquid swiftly!

You’re misdiagnosising the problem

Nope. You’re endorsing a big part of the problem as a solution.

You don’t seem to understand how desperately we need someone sympathetic and admirable to unfuck things

I do. That’s WHY I’m speaking up against suggesting people who are both but don’t have the skill set, experience, and other requisites for being good at politics.

It’s probably DEFINITELY not Eilish or Steward, but if sure as hell isn’t Gavin Newsum or Kamala Harris either

Fixed it for you.

If you don’t think it’s appropriate to call for random public figures to run for president, I don’t think you really understand where politics in this country are right now

On the contrary: I know that it’s not appropriate BECAUSE I know American politics well enough to know how fucked up things are.

As I pointed out already, random public figures being drafted for/inserting themselves into politics is a HUGE part of the problem, going back to Reagan, and likely further still.

Because she’s not a politician, doesn’t want to be one, and probably wouldn’t be anywhere near as good at it as she is at music.

I know you were being facetious, but (especially) Americans REALLY need to stop suggesting that everyone sympathetic and admirable run for public office.

There’s already a shitload of EXTREMELY unqualified people calling the shots in American politics, and the “popularity to politics pipeline” is the second-biggest reason for it after people buying political power.

Rand Paul: on the right side of history for once

Rest of Senate: The amendment was killed in a 76-24 vote on a motion to table.

tbf the millions of people who are starving probably don’t care about health insurance premiums

Yeah, because paying MUCH more for something else that you ALSO need in order to stay alive and be able to work REALLY helps with being able to afford food!

republicans presented only horrible, cruel options

True

democrats were forced to choose

And by caving to the Republicans in exchange for a temporary band aid and empty promises from known liars, they made an awful choice that’s going to kill MORE people than holding firm would.

the Democrats settled for a promise

Typical Neoliberals: always willing to sell out the country in exchange for the assurances of liars that they’re going to do the opposite of what they always do 🤬🤦

Into the mouth of Johnson, who chokes to death on it.