Trump is the first president who is actually as corrupt as the cynical public assumes all politicians are, so when you describe impeachable offenses they assume it’s business as usual.

did you know you can go to the grocery store and just buy an entire cake. whenever you want. nobody is gonna stop you

It's a Nobel medal.

Thanks, I hate it

If not the interviewer in the moment (because that’s a faux pas of focus groups) then an editor’s note for readers.

Probably bruised his hand from the kickback

They switched from sequential numbering to using the two-digit year of release.

I don’t know of it’s a test so much as just unwillingness to accept failure or defeat. It just looks like testing the waters if you think that rationality is an option for them.

"Don't step on me" stops the moment a Republican moves into the White House.

Ignorance is bliss.

It's a very cold observation of power that he doesn't waste effort gesturing for support from anybody disinclined to support him comfortable in the knowledge that his minority of supporters are well positioned to protect him.

I’m not a lawyer, but I’d guess somewhere less extreme. The state does have more threats of violence at its disposal than firearms. Would a threat to investigate taxes or employees count? Probably, but it’s really up to SCOTUS Calvinball and if they feel there’s a big enough legal fig leaf of cover.

It’s 1A right now. If DHS assert their right to stay at the end of a gun barrel, then it’s 3A.

Wrt her last comment, the current President doesn’t care about the territorial integrity of countries that can’t defend themselves. He doesn’t believe in aggregating international support and certainly does not believe in democratic ideals. He’s fine with Ukraine and Taiwan losing.