Why? If Loomis’s marker is “never fucked anyone inappropriate and no illicit recreational chemical use” what democratic president of the last 100 years does that leave you with? Carter and Obama? Wait, Obama used coke in college so you are down to Jimmy Carter . That thinking goes nowhere.

Effectively = took 5 seats from the Republicans. Faced considerable legal and institutional hurdles to doing so. Overcame them.

He deals with Trump effectively. That’s all that matters. The saints are all in heaven

Just surreal that a California politician can’t see this. We’re so far from the Poli Sci seminar world where it might be defensible that the English language lacks words to describe it.

What world do you live in? There are armed, masked groups roaming our cities and terrorizing its people and you are against taking meaningful action to stop it? We will achieve the ideals of Plato’s Republic…later. This is the greatest threat to democracy since the Civil War, the Gov. is right.

Excellent thread! Enjoyed reading and learned something from a real person I knew only from news and documentaries! Happy New Year!