They don’t think they need to answer to anyone. No cabinet members or generals doing the Sunday shows, just a couple of Trump’s social media posts. We’re pulled into war and the attitude from the executive is “what’re you going to do about it?”

And from the opposition party leadership? “Tsk tsk, but ask us nicely next time”

This is the right answer. USA is first-past-the-post voting, so vote/campaign for who you love in the primary and vote for outcome in the general

They both have an honest shot of winning the general - I hope whoever loses the primary doesn’t poison the other

I’ve liked what I’ve seen of Kat online but she’s faced accusations of carpetbagging by locals. Biss sounds decent, so I won’t be too sad if he beats Kat even if I’d prefer another brash progressive voice in congress

Any men seeking to learn Japanese from their local girlfriend, be warned: you will sound a bit gay to everyone for awhile. Fortunately, this is common enough that most Japanese won’t razz you for it

There’s already speculation that handlers at the DNC knew at the time and knowingly chose to risk losing rather than risk offending AIPAC

An illegal immigrant coming to our country and doing voter fraud? Lock him up

I get confused almost every time I read the other CNC

Pretty standard for California. Remember when Gray Davis was recalled? 240 candidates Also how we got Schwarzenegger as Gov, who ended up fine enough I guess

Congress has ceded more and more authority to the executive and Trump is taking advantage of that. This law (1974) grants the president the ability to levy tariffs up to 15% for 150 days. That Congress sucks is against the spirit of the constitution but not the letter of it

I think it’s kind of Legal? Smoot -Hawley from 1934-ish was never taken off the books. I cant remember if that’s the one he’s using for this, but it’s like that. There’s a never-used vestigial law that lets him do up to 15% for 150 days.

As much of a known-destroyer of America he is, this is Congress failing to do it’s bare minimum job of holding the purse strings. They could stop him tomorrow and we would be better off if everyone realized thst

Edit: this one isn’t smoot-hawley (1930), sorry. Trade act of 1974. 15%, 150 days and a lot of exemptions under section 122. Congress should still do it job

That’s somewhat true, there has been mixed local/state resistance - I was focusing on nationally. I wonder if there’s some pressure being applied behind the scenes to local Dems, fear of retribution, or if it’s mere fecklessness.

My conspiracy hat suspicions are that Dem leadership is willingly sacrificing our rights/lives and letting things get worse in the hopes of boosting their midterm election chances. Althe answer to that is progressive sweep in the primaries

There’s a somewhat valid excuse that the Dems are minority powers in house, Senate, and supreme court (which is now partisan) and the American system doesn’t grant any political power at all to a minority party against a lock-step majority.

That said, remember during COVID peaks, when Trump had his BS press conference updates? Andrew Cuomo, himself no saint, also had daily (?) live streams to give important information and quarantine/medical advice. Dem politicians could absolutely be using their voices right now to make a lot of noise - even without mechanical political power.

There was a comedienne that stuck a line in my head " I’m attracted to men, but I don’t find them attractive"

Some clouds don’t have silver linings after all. What an asshole. It’s always such a challenge to identify the worst cabinet member, but Jr is a top contender

You’re right, of course - I just meant in the context of why it’s competing with video games for user attention. Gambling, porn, crypto, video games : one of these things is not like the other (he says with several 1000+ hour games in his steam library)

Gambling/crypto is all risk, porn is risk-free reward

If people have more alluring alternatives for cheap dopamine, maybe video games can prioritize satisfying gameplay and narratives. Play has value, that’d be ok