Yes, you understand that correctly. All I can say is that it wasn’t always this way.

Partisanship is such a driving force in our politics that even someone who only bucks their party 4% of the time is considered “bipartisan”. I’ve seen reports in the media calling a vote “bipartisan” if it only gets two or three votes from the other side.

And yes, it depends on that person’s reputation. Since Collins is seen as a moderate, all it takes is her support on a bill to call it “bipartisan”. OTOH, Senator Rand Paul frequently votes against the Republican party line, but only because he is a batshit crazy libertarian. He can vote against a Republican bill, and nobody calls that “bipartisan”, I guess because both sides think he’s nuts.

No problem! But, it’s still a link to a random X post and not an article so will probably get removed soon.

I know, it stinks, just like you-know-who’s diaper…

You forgot the link

They did name about 1km worth of highway in Scranton after Biden after he was elected President

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_Biden_Expressway

Regina Santos-Aviles, 35, died on Sept. 14 after she doused herself with an accelerant and set herself ablaze at her home on Geraldine Avenue in Uvalde, Texas, Bexar County officials determined.

What a horrible way to go. Self-immolating isn’t really a typical suicide plan, is it? I’m sure the Uvalde PD did a thorough job investigating it, and are total professionals, and there’s no chance they are covering something up and it was really a murder.

… Wait, that town sounds familiar, where did I hear of that place before?

What a Stable Genius

Doubtful, as long as it is perfectly legal to bribe pay gratuities to justices who vote the right way

Filing that dissent meant they were eligible for their bribe gratuity for voting the right way

If I were writing the script, it would turn out that the aliens found us sometime in the late 60s, but they assessed that as long as we kept electing idiots we didn’t pose a threat.

“I’m not only the Child Rape Club for Men President, but I’m also a client!”

Is there a difference between someone who mainly hates Palestinians, vs. someone who hates all non-whites without distinction?

I bet he reinstitutes them under the BISSo doctrine (Because I Said So). Why not? He routinely ignores the courts

You joke, but I think he is about to try and tell us that Obama himself is an alien.

That’s not necessarily a bad thing

Hey, it’s TACO Friday (complete with extra Titanium Dioxide!)

Didn’t they already do this?

They are the same plan, they only differ in that Trump wants his name on the resort, while Kushner doesn’t care as long as he gets to grift it too.

There is a combination of factors that is turning America, a country founded on evicting a King from our government, into a country with a de-facto one.

First, one of the foundational principles of the country was the separation of powers. Specific powers were given to specific branches of government. The founders anticipated that ambitious people would fill those branches, and they would not give up that power so easily. They did not anticipate a Congress that would abdicate it’s power over directing the Executive branch when their guy is there. And a Supreme Court picked expressly to choose sides.

Second, the founders realized that there needed to be someone in charge of the Federal executive that had some real power. Recall that we had already formed one government , under the “Articles of Confederation”, with a weak central government that was not working. But, they did not trust the general electorate to pick it. That is the original purpose of the Electoral College: State Legislatures would name delegates, and those delegates would pick the President. We retain the Electoral College not because it still works in the modern era, but because it is too hard to change. (The fact that Congress hasn’t changed in size for 100 years also contributes to the inequity of the Electoral College, since each state’s votes are tied to their representation. In fact, I think the EC might still be workable if each district were smaller…).

Third, we had built up a strong tradition of non-partianship in the executive branch, with career civil servants doing their jobs across administrations, providing continuity. We even thought that protection was entrenched in law. But then this guy comes along, and decides that none of those laws matter. Once that merit-based expertise leaves, it is very hard to get back. And he can violate laws with impunity because of Point #1.

So, while we don’t call Trump a King officially, his office is being turned into a monarchy, where his opinion rules all and the rule of law is subject to it.

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