Let’s say this happens: do you think Trump’s spat with Leonard Leo/FS is significant enough that they won’t get their preferred pick? Would a pure Trump loyalist get enough Republicans at this point? I’m skeptical.

Love it! A little pettiness never hurt anyone that isn’t going to the private island of a child predator and then lying about it to make himself look like a white knight. The famous alums from my high school, @anamariecox.bsky.social and World Series legend Alex Gordon would never!

Be still my heart.

Any theory as to why do so in this particular instance?

Is this access ongoing indefinitely? Just for today?

Sponsored by this administration.

Just a super normal guy right there.

Looks like the fake outrage machine is rearing up and coming for you!

it’s an addiction …

I think it becomes an obsession for them and because they are so removed from nearly all of the world's population, their isn't anyone around to help them see they are insane.

At that level, money is a way of keeping score and a way to enforce power over others. They don't hang out with the others so there's little social cost to them.
Having kids who are hostages to fate (and to that of the societies they live in) might affect some, but Musk is a counterexample.

Yes, in the same way that drinking 4-6 beers per week makes for a better life than drinking a liter of vodka per day. Clearly true, but good luck convincing an addict

Not if what you really want is the ability to dominate other people and act with impunity and you don't get to do that in the world where you have $100 bili

you would think, but somehow they don’t get it.

These people are soulless narcissistic sociopaths. Their worldview is grotesque and repellent, which is why it's so incomprehensible to the rest of us.

Just a thought: wouldn’t it make for just a lot better life to have, say, $100 million dollars in a stable, well-functioning society where people have a generally positive view about you than $100 billion in a world where institutions are falling and everyone hates your guts? I don’t get it.

there are many unindicted co-conspirators who are censored in the docs

Wish I could help but am I correct that shouldn’t have been redacted in the first place? I suppose unless the third person is a victim?

If there’s one thing Tommy Tuberville doesn’t like to be around, it’s good football.