Even in the unlikely event that Trump is not criminally charged in the next few months, it’s perfectly clear that he is unelectable as the next U.S. president.

Given that, it would be nice if congressional Republicans would come together and say that abandoning the Constitution is not an acceptable course for the United States to take.

It’s ironic that Trump’s base of hateful morons has spent the last six years railing about the importance of free speech and, of course, the right to bear arms–and now stands behind a would-be dictator’s wish to set aside the document on which all our freedoms depend.

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My response:

These are two different assertions.  Of course workers have the right to strike, just as corporations have a right to squeeze their employees.  This push-and-pull is intrinsic to a capitalist, free market, economy. (more…)

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Let’s be clear.  His job isn’t supporting the will of the American people; it’s supporting the will of the people of West Virginia, most of whom are categorically opposed to things like expanding Medicare, child care, climate change mitigation, raising taxes on billionaires, etc.

He’s a turd, but he was elected handily, by more than 3%.

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Americans live in the only country in the developed world that allows people with treatable diseases to die, simply because they can’t afford healthcare.

This should make every single one of us extremely angry.

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Well, we certainly have some options open to us, and I suppose one is that we agree, based on no evidence whatsoever, that massive voter fraud cost Trump the 2020 presidential election, and that the only rational solution is to suspend all our laws and rules, even the U.S. Constitution.

Before you laugh, realize that about 40% of the American electorate think this is a terrific idea.  They think Biden is turning us into Venezuela, and abandoning the Constitution is a dandy idea.

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Predictions:

Trump will be indicted.

The Justice Department will issue a series of PSAs to the effect that any violence will be met with the full force of law enforcement, assisted as necessary by the U.S. military.

Christian and his white terrorist buddies will ignore this and take to the streets with their AR-15s.

Mayhem, albeit short-lived, will ensue.

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Plenty of Americans believe that, if we were simply to teach Christianity to our schoolchildren, we would greatly reduce the number of our kids whose bodies are torn to bits by crazed gunmen.

Of course, that doesn’t account for places like Japan, where virtually no one worships Jesus, and school shootings simply do not exist.

 

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What level of criminality (and stupidity) do Georgians want representing them in the Senate?

The only good thing about this is that it will be over soon, unless he actually is charged with a crime, that is.

 

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From thisDemocrats are once again seizing on the issue to stir up voters. Republican Herschel Walker is adopting the anti-abortion movement’s playbook and leaning into his opposition.

Abortion is a key issue here, but as important as women’s rights are, IMO, they are trumped by sanity, decency, and honesty.  The referendum is really this: Do Georgians want to be represented by Walker, an extremely unintelligent pathological liar and racist?

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Joe Biden’s approval rating hovers in the low 40s.  How that’s possible, I can’t begin to explain, when his antagonists are so profoundly hateful, not to mention stupid.

The current wave of antisemitism, and the president’s reaction to it, is a prime example.  What Biden is doing here is called leadership.

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