Trying to be optimistic here. But no, I don't.

Because they're utterly corrupt and have ceased to care about the law, the Constitution, or the continued existence of the United States.

I know what the next Democratic administration should do if it does fall though.

bsky.app/profile/half...

There we go!

Huh, that's interesting. The people I've met who are like that are disproportionately male, so only part of that applies...but I bet their pee stinks like a corpse.

A real free press would be calling them incompetent to their faces, on air. We don't have journalists willing to do that, or broadcasters who won't cut away before it goes out (since there are no live shows on TV anymore).

If they pretend they haven’t heard about the story of the day, end the interview right there.

“I’m sorry, Senator, we wanted to get your perspective on this story, but it seems you’re not fully aware of what’s going on.”

Suggested transition: "...not fully aware of what's going on. So for someone who IS aware of the situation, here's [standby person, hopefully the R's worst critic]."

children of* immigrants

children of* immigrants

But will they? For birthright citizenship? If not, what will it take?

And if there *is* a popular uprising, won't the Trumpists just violently suppress it, declare martial law, and call for more USA-PATRIOT Act-like destructions of civil liberties?

*As applied to the members of the current Court majority, this title has become a caconym.

Our whole political system assumes good-faith actions to a degree that now seems foolish. The founders assumed that SCOTUS justices* would interpret the Constitution sincerely, if sometimes misguidedly, and would be interested in preserving the nation as a going concern. Naïve, it now appears.

*As applied to the members of the current Court majority, this title has become a caconym.

Our whole political system assumes good-faith actions to a degree that now seems foolish. The founders assumed that SCOTUS justices* would interpret the Constitution sincerely, if sometimes misguidedly, and would be interested in preserving the nation as a going concern. Naïve, it now appears.