Thursday at 07:10 AM3 days 1 hour ago, rjshae said:One of the first victims could be Hegseth. Republicans don't seem too happy with him, so an impeachment may even succeed. That means he'll probably be encouraged to resign before that happens.Pete Hegseth may take fall for Republicans’ midterm losses, despite Trump supportI won't lose any sleep if that occurs.Yeah he might become the scapegoat even though it was Trumps decision to attack IranMassies impeachments on Hegseth are more interesting. I just hope the next 2 years is not about the Dems focusing on impeachments because then you will find " angry lame duck " Trump and he will veto everything That will become a waste of time and frustration for the next 2 years "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela
Thursday at 03:32 PM2 days 17 hours ago, Bartimaeus said:Some of you may remember me mentioning the popular vote compact a number of times as the years have gone by. Well...Democrats have finally achieved enough trifectas in state governments to enact the pact. The current compact sits at 222/270 electoral votes, but new additions of Michigan (15), Wisconsin (10), Arizona (11), and Pennsylvania (19) would push it to 277/270. This idiotic electoral college system can finally be put to an end.Texas has sadly missed out on this opportunity, with Democrats winning the State House but narrowly missing the State Senate. It will deadlock legislation there, but...still, with Democrats in every statewide position, I have high hopes that much good will be done there nevertheless.But will they? "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die."
Friday at 03:32 PM1 day “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
Friday at 11:19 PM1 day 7 hours ago, Gorth said:Even worse, the immoral minority, thanks to Stinky. Ah, how the turn tables. "Can't sleep the drones will kill me."
Yesterday at 01:47 AM1 day Stephen Miller replaces Susie Wiles as Trump’s White House chief of staff after GOP’s midterm defeatWell, doubling down on noxious behavior is trademark Stinky, so I guess we're in for two more years of rampant xenophobia. "Can't sleep the drones will kill me."
Yesterday at 02:24 AM1 day usa could still perform many act of sabotagemass pardon for all the collaboratorescalation at middle eastblow up more ship at caribbeanfire more employee at all the regulatory agency
Yesterday at 06:41 AM1 day https://results.elections.org.za/dashboards/lge/We just had our municipal elections and Im overjoyed with the results The DA the party I support did exceptionally well with taking control of 11 councils and is the largest party in almost all major cities but no party got a majority so coalitions will be created. Except for Cape Town where the DA won by close to 60%Overall votes were the ANC got 31% and the DA got 25%. In the last election the ANC got 46% and the DA 21% so its massive decline for the ANC The DA had 1 million black voters supporting it which is great news because we slowly moving away from identity politics which doesn't help in South Africa where whites are a minority and the DA is incorrectly framed as a "white" party by its detractors and that's used as an attempt to get black voters to not vote for the DA The racist, pro-Russia, " socialist " and anti-white EFF only got 6% down from 10% in 2021. Also fantastic newsOther outcomes, for the first time the SACP (Communist party ) ran and they predictably were an epic failure with 2% of the voteBut overall excellent results for the DA but now coalitions will be formed which is fine "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela
12 hours ago12 hr Appointing Miller as Chief of Staff bodes well for his lame duck periodhttps://x.com/christogrozev/status/2119140959183368459/photo/1 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
7 hours ago7 hr Congratulations on your state kicking Boebert to the curb, @ShadySands. It was a long-time coming.Everything I can see points to likely victories for Democrats in the Mississippi and Alaska senatorial elections, which puts them at 56 going into the 2028 elections. There's a lot of outcry for eliminating the filibuster, but it wouldn't serve much actual legislative purpose except for grandstanding since Trump would just veto. Not that grandstanding is completely pointless, as actually working on real legislation that you want to pass is good even if Trump just ends up vetoing it, but... I am guessing it probably will not happen with this particular group of senators. However, the 2028 map with a presumably unpopular outgoing Trump could very well make 60 a reality without even needing to touch the filibuster. Wisconsin's Ron Johnson and North Carolina's Ted Budd are two obvious targets for flipping, especially as both of them only just barely won their last elections in 2022 during the Biden midterms...after that, you would need two flips from some combination of Alaska, Iowa, Kansas...or South Carolina, or Florida. Hmm. Possible, depending on what the national environment turns out to be at that particular time.It's nice to see some younger lawmakers for a change. The average senator's age is now finally below retirement age, at about 63. Woo. Praying that none of the Supreme Court justices retire during this lame duck period while they can still get replaced by Trump. Edited 7 hours ago7 hr by Bartimaeus Quote Against stupidity we have no defense. Neither protests nor force can touch it. Reasoning is of no use. Facts that contradict personal prejudices can simply be disbelieved - indeed, the fool can counter by criticizing them, and if they are undeniable, they can just be pushed aside as trivial exceptions. So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self-satisfied. In fact, they can easily become dangerous, as it does not take much to make them aggressive. For that reason, greater caution is called for than with a malicious one. Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous.
3 hours ago3 hr 3 hours ago, Bartimaeus said:It's nice to see some younger lawmakers for a change. The average senator's age is now finally below retirement age, at about 63. Woo. Praying that none of the Supreme Court justices retire during this lame duck period while they can still get replaced by Trump.With the Dems in control of the Senate, I believe they will be in control of the SCOTUS confirmation process. That means they could return the favor for Garland. "Can't sleep the drones will kill me."
3 hours ago3 hr 2 minutes ago, rjshae said:With the Dems in control of the Senate, I believe they will be in control of the SCOTUS confirmation process. That means they could return the favor for Garland.Yes, but not during the lame duck period (i.e. over the next two months). One of them could retire now and they could very easily push through another confirmation. Quote Against stupidity we have no defense. Neither protests nor force can touch it. Reasoning is of no use. Facts that contradict personal prejudices can simply be disbelieved - indeed, the fool can counter by criticizing them, and if they are undeniable, they can just be pushed aside as trivial exceptions. So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self-satisfied. In fact, they can easily become dangerous, as it does not take much to make them aggressive. For that reason, greater caution is called for than with a malicious one. Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous.
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