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The thread on GOP fascism and this thread on GOP leadership have become frighteningly similar. This from that post of yours citing one of the two GOP candidates for the state of Missouri's AG: Bailey painted himself as a “conservative warrior” who would fight against the “woke left.” He...

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/05/donald-trump-legal-cases-charges/675531/ New York State: Fraud In the fall of 2022, New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a civil suit against Trump, his adult sons, and his former aide Allen Weisselberg, alleging a years-long scheme in...

Pardon goes to a Texas man who killed a Black man for protesting the murder of Black men. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/daniel-perry-and-the-republican-meaning Daniel Perry and the Republican Meaning of "Law and Order" In the Republican view, the purpose of the law is to inflict harm on your...

It's progress. This is one of those things that can get done without much bother so, why not? Agree with you and another person who posted same as you that out that Schedule 3 puts cannabis in the hands of pharma companies, so it's not something to be celebrated as a great thing. But it is a...

"thou shalt have no other false gods before me" doesn't have the same ring to it.

The high cost of ignorance. High insurance rates are just one expense that Florida is especially vulnerable to due to human caused climate change. Factoring in losses in productivity, deaths, the gap between total losses and insurance coverage, loss in property values when flooding becomes...

Maybe he missed payments for his phone bills. That happened to me during my lean days.

Wrong thread. Maybe you are trying to make a point if so, think again. Democrats have enough legal corruption to clean up, though nothing like Republicans, who through illegal corruption are attempting to expand the limits of what is considered acceptable, even if it is illegal. The detail...

Imagine that. A politician pandering for the votes of reasonable voters by taking reasonable steps to end actions by law enforcement officers against peaceful people for no good reason.

Yes, I too wish Matt Gaetz a long, happy and healthy life that does not include jail or a Bubba cell mate.

I think the cartoon was more about an idea that Democratic Party leaders were hoping to run against Trump instead of a (fill in the blank) Republican. I never believed that Democrats were pulling for Trump in the primary for that reason. There may have been one or two cynics who did but they...

You have plenty of company in the failure to prognositcate category. Which character in the following cartoon is mistaken? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2020/10/20/commentary/world-commentary/predictions-donald-trump-us-election/ Given that virtually every decision is to some degree...

West coast, sure. Northeast coast, sure. Southeast coast is MAGA-land. Except maybe Georgia but Trump is favored to win in Georgia though it's still a toss up.

Satire is a knife that cuts both ways

J.D. Vance: "I think this is a very depressing way to spend five to six weeks of your life when you know you are innocent as Donald Trump knows that he is" Oh how I wish this had been said at that moment, That may be true, senator, isn't it more of a depressing way to spend five to six weeks...

Assassinations are another tool of authoritarians. Doesn't matter who gets lead poisoning, this should worry people who care about liberty and freedom.

Will mechanisms that prevent him from talking out of turn be part of the deal or is it going to be another cluster fuck caused by Trump's inability to listen to his opponent present their position?

Mike Johnson is there to do things for Trump that his wife is not doing.

When somebody tells you who they are the first time, listen to them. Justice Kavanaugh says unpopular rulings can later become ‘fabric of American constitutional law’ Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh said Friday that U.S. history shows c ourt decisions unpopular in their time later can...

Judges look for contrition and acceptance of guilt when setting sentences. What Thomas is doing should cause consideration of removal from office. He knows what he did. He simply refuses to admit he was wrong. That's not who we want on the SCOTUS. Just another whacko extremist right wing...