> A more serious political observation is that this administration operates on the theory that possession is 9/10ths of the law.
It's just wild to me that people aren't simply arrested when this kind of thing occurs. It's not Trump's money. It's not Republican money. He has a narrowly defined role and anything outside of that is illegal.
It's not exactly surprising, though, given half the government is run by the weakest and most deranged major political party in American history. The simple fact that the GOP has been steamrolled by this guy is the best evidence of the fact that since the 1970s they've been on a steep downward slide to become a party completely devoid of political talent, governing philosophy, or spine.
Even if this gang of dipshits were trying to do good, they don't have the capacity to be able to understand complex situations and make accurate and nuanced choices. An example of this situation being RFK Jr.
Normal people need to be screaming this from the hills. A healthy country in a competitive world cannot be run by grifters and morons. There's no "both sides" here.
If Democrsts take the House in 2026, the lives of these people will become living hell. And if a Dem takes the presidency in 2028 while these precedents stand, I really hope they use them to gut funding to moronic right-wing priorities.
Voters have given republicans a crazy double standard since reconstruction.
Believing that any of this will result in a precedent for any future democrats means you haven't been paying attention.
Only democrats have to follow the rules. Republicans voters support them even through blatantly unconstitutional acts like "take the guns first, due process second" and forcing schools to display christian symbols. Republican voters do not give a shit that Trump's family has taken billions of American dollars. Trump voters don't even care that they paid Steve Bannon millions to build a wall he never intended to build, and still voted for a Trump admin with Steve Bannon!
These people believe anything is acceptable to topple the democrats because the democrats forced desegregation onto the southern states.
> Believing that any of this will result in a precedent for any future democrats means you haven't been paying attention
I’m arguing a Democrats who fights with the tools they’ve been given will be popular. Like, want to cancel student loans? Fuck process. Just declare them cancelled and shred the loan records before anyone can get to court.
This is a stupid endgame. But the system doesn’t work if one side constrains itself by rules the other doesn’t follow, because that means only one side will ever affect policy.
It's just wild to me that people aren't simply arrested when this kind of thing occurs. It's not Trump's money. It's not Republican money. He has a narrowly defined role and anything outside of that is illegal.
It's not exactly surprising, though, given half the government is run by the weakest and most deranged major political party in American history. The simple fact that the GOP has been steamrolled by this guy is the best evidence of the fact that since the 1970s they've been on a steep downward slide to become a party completely devoid of political talent, governing philosophy, or spine.
Even if this gang of dipshits were trying to do good, they don't have the capacity to be able to understand complex situations and make accurate and nuanced choices. An example of this situation being RFK Jr.
Normal people need to be screaming this from the hills. A healthy country in a competitive world cannot be run by grifters and morons. There's no "both sides" here.