Can’t even believe this is where we are now.

or engaging in catastrophic wars or revolutionary campaigns (Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, and Mao Zedong). But the Trump administration is unusual in its apparent commitment to destroying all the pillars of America's prosperity, health and global power.

very strange to me that this guy of all guys has been publicly musing about his fate in the afterlife lately

Criminal organizations rarely have the ability to convincingly show empathy, because at the core, there is nothing but greed, sadism, and abuse of power.

More of this please. Lots more if a recession* kicks in next year.

* (no matter how mild)

He said he "settled 8 wars". Previously it was "solved". He didn't do squat.

Setting that aside, Trump's case for tariffs is NOT based on powers granted to him by Congress. LESS CUMBERSON and FASTER are not legal arguments - just red meat for MAGA.

By now, it should be clear that the legal system is in need of serious reform. Trump is the exemplar of a vexatious litigant. Suing endlessly (or in this case encouraging someone to sue).

And the legal system allows it to take place.

"He thinks he can mange perceptions by lying."

It's been amazingly effective. He's a 24/7 high pressure salesman who will say anything, no matter how fanciful, conspiratorial, or plain stupid - to his followers. And the press doesn't know how to cover such a person.

6'5 provider date ???

One reason for even having a government is that, for some public health events, very high compliance is necessary. That is accomplished via governmental coercion.

Proper response to "I don't want to wear a mask" is, "You have to, in order to mitigate the pandemic".

Something started in 1987 when Trump, after visiting the Soviet Union, placed an assailing NATO countries for not covering their fair share.

Until then, Trump had minimal interest in foreign relations. So what happened?

Who knows? Kompromat? Real estate deals? Brainwashed by his Czech wife?

The list of people on the boat:

1) Person A
2) Person B
3) Person C
4) Person D
5) Person E
6) Person F
7) Person G
8) Person H
9) Person I
10) Person J
11) Person K

It’s been pointed out that without birthright citizenship there’s no clear basis for *anyone’s* citizenship.

Last year Blanche argued in court that you can't prosecute Trump if he hadn't been impeached-&-convicted, using the WELL KNOWN LOGICAL FALLACY Denying the Antecedent.

It's the reverse. You can prosecute no matter what. No need for impeachment and conviction.

Trump's legal stooge.

During confirmation hearings he gave that homespun, salt-of-the-earth, mom, apple pie, and baseball analogy. To my surprise, most reporters and analysts swooned with his synthetic All-Americanness. Balls and strikes are meaningless when the umpire decides what the strike zone is.

Look, he really believes that 2,000 years ago a wizard rose from the dead.

He's stupid, and a hack.

His October essay about Trump's destruction of the west wing and plans for a ballroom mentioned "progressive" 6 times, "liberal" 3 times. His essay was focused on buildings erected by Democrats. There was limited mention of Trump's ambitions.

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I haven't liked "tap" since I first heard that expression (re killing Osama Bin Laden).

It's childish and cartoon-y.

And it's no more different than mobster lingo, like "whack". But then, since this country is run by a gang of criminals, perhaps apt.