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I think they genuinely believe this is politics as usual.

Tbc I wasn't talking about reform :o

There is no reform that fixes this. Constitutions and the rule of law in general are fundamentally an illusion (like currency). People buy into...

Fetterman I get. He was only ever in it for networking and contacts to make bank as a post-service lobbyist. Others. . . how blind do you have to...

Trump knew, and they all knew Trump knew: https://bsky.app/profile/sahilkapur.bsky.social/post/3m5gs422zck2k ...

Even though the collapse has been sudden, the decline in resilience/rise in democratic vulnerability has been gradual, with every voluntary and...

There would need to be a public registry of motherfuckers

There would need to be constitutional reform.

https://futurism.com/space/nasa-staff-throw-out-science-equipment-garbage

I don't see how you fix the problem of treasonous judges, completely dismantled government departments, pardoned traitors, tens of thousands of brown...

I don't think the MAGA movement is going to survive in the post-Trump world, but the structural damage to US democracy will be permanent which will...

The US basically suffered the same level of democratic backsliding in 9 months that took Russia and Hungary nearly a decade. At least in those...

Wow, you've gotten dark. :eek:

They used it as political capital in last week's elections. With those done, they didn't have a reason to maintain the pretense that they care.

And....they caved with nothing to show for it.

The fundamental problem with Democrats (including two of their SCOTUS justices) is that they refuse to admit that we are no longer a democracy....

As with everything, so far as I can tell.

I started posting on Atari CC around 2003, so, yes, over 20 years. TBF this place has well outlasted most forums, which were mainly killed off by...

Sigh. Remember the Good Old Days when this forum was crazy busy, back before everyone grew up? I miss those days from time to time. But even now,...

And New Glenn's second launch gets scrubbed. I'd like to see a second billionaire rocket company begin to compete with Musk, so kinda rooting for a...

It could be that when you think your wealth is extreme enough to insulate you from any bad thing the government or general society may do, then you...

A big motivator for quite a few congressmen, democracy-be-damned:...

Most don't have ambition. They're afraid of Trump (and more so of his supporters) and are happy to do his bidding as long as it means a chance to be...

Long past time for Dems in Congress to start calling their Republican colleagues by their true names - cowards and traitors. Schumer offered to let...

I just don't understand it. Ambition alone should at least have them be jealous of their prerogatives

The ones with a backbone or moral compass have long retired or left the party. Just to be replaced by a new generation incel Nazis.

How SCOTUS is gonna come down on tariffs is a pure guessing game. They've got plenty of material from their backgrounds to justify both sides, and...

When did mocking insane Zionist talking points, claims and actions in front of hard core Zionists become a way to discredit Palestinians? These...

About 70% according to betting markets.