Somehow the message they took from this sweeping victory was “the people want us to go back to being feckless like we were before the shutdown.”

The most likely cause here is that telemarketers have lost all access to the "Do Not Call" registry, and they slimiest ones have decided that this means it's a free-for-all until it comes back online. www.ftc.gov/ftc-is-closed

I mean, you say that, but then

I'm a little sad I didn't think of this first. :)

Also, I feel like there’s room to do this the other way as well.

Walking into the Walgreens pharmacy and telling them “just fuck me up with needles — everything you got.”

Jerry.

Fair, but they were arguably an occupying force. Literally a different culture with a different language. Trump filing lawsuits to ensure that people in Louisiana starve is a whole different thing.

Nope!

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