Unfuck him; he canāt die soon enough.
āRide it until the wheels fall offā is not a viable political strategy, even though thatās what the GOP seems to be aiming for.
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With or without marzipan?
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Judging by the presidentās epic gut, Iād say the last two years were full of stollen with lots of marzipan.
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Thanks, guys, now Iām hungry for marzipan!
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Iāve lost track, how are we not in constitutional crisis yet? On Wednesday, when the House holds Barr in contempt, will we be in crisis then? Will it matter at all, since Trump is preparing to declare himself El Jefe President-King for Life and make the position inheritable by those in his immediate germline?
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Since the main result of a contempt vote is to send a very stern note to the Department of Justice, which Barr is in charge of, this is just a symbolic act on the part of the Democrats to show how angry they are.
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I know. The DOJ is supposed to police itself I guess. The inadequacy of that arrangement really hadnāt come home to me before now.
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Ah, Texas. Just canāt say enough about that stateā¦
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Itās incredible. Iām really in awe. āChose the wrong words?ā So the basic idea was right but it was just expressed in the wrong way? And the most terrible part is how we are all using those words against them!
My suspension of disbelief has made it through a few years of Trumpism now, but this is where it draws the line. We are living in obvious fiction.
ETA: I just recalled that I stole this āwe are living in fictionā joke from Lewis Black. āIf you were reading this in a book youād say, this is a great book!ā (If you are unfamiliar with Lewis Black, trust me when I say that is funny when Black says it)
The problem is there is no official constitutional crisis office that rings the bell when it happens. Iām pretty sure if the phrase āconstitutional crisisā means something America has definitely been over that line for a little while.
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On point as usual. 
It would be nice if the Seargeant at Arms of the Senate would take a page from John Oliverās book and set off a buzzer with confetti and slam-dunking plush mascots, but so far, the Republican Senate has been so quiet that if you listen carefully on CSPAN, you can hear Mitch McConnell trying to sneak one past his left buttcheek. Or so Iām told.
Donald Trump and the Republican Party have managed to violate most of the norms of political governance in the US; itās probably a reflection of my privilege that Iām shocked to discover those norms are based on custom, not law.
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I love the fact that heās blaming Mueller for his 4 hour workdays and the uncooperating GOP led house & senate for his first 2 agonizing years in office.
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We are. TPTB simply refuse to acknowledge it and act accordingly.
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More than 370 former federal prosecutors say:
āEach of us believes that the conduct of President Trump described in Special Counsel Robert Muellerās report would, in the case of any other person not covered by the Office of Legal Counsel policy against indicting a sitting President, result in multiple felony charges for obstruction of justice,ā
Well, duh.
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Ironically, though, Donald Trump has committed innumerable serious crimes in life, but only now that heās in public āserviceā is there the capacity, access to evidence and motivation to actually pay attention to his bullshit.
God bless fuck us, everyone.
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Itās a nice place to be from.
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For the first decade of the new century, I rather liked āthe Naughtiesā.
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Every time there was a āgovernment shutdown,ā that was a constitutional crisis. Each time, we got to see which day-to-day functions keep going when Congress is not authorizing any of it. Weāve become accustomed to it. The frog is happily simmering in the pot.
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I really have to wonder now if this (if realized) consitutional crisis would not seriously affect day-to-day functions:
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If he can get 270 Electors to vote for him in December 2024, then America will be in a real shitshow of a constitutional crisis. Otherwise, heās not president anymore on January 20, 2025. Somebody else is.
Itās not like he can veto the election. Heās not part of the process at all.
And it doesnāt seem like the Rās would try to nominate him a third time anyway, in violation of the 22nd Amendment. There are too many other pols who want their turn.
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