Giving everyone free healthcare would not take away their free healthcare. That logic does not follow. The rest is accurate.

After Civil War II at this rate.

I honestly don’t pay enough attention to him to know. If he runs in 2028, we’ll find out.

Well, gross because he’s not even close to that guy. He was one of the candidates who was against Medicare for all. That’s like step 1, the most fundamental thing to be progressive in this day and age.

We need the next FDR.

Ironically, that’s part of the reason DOGE even exists. They do the same job, but congress has almost always ignored the GAO. The difference is that the GAO actually puts in the work and puts out good reports instead of just wrecking things.

Oh, he definitely won’t see any consequences. He just made rich people richer. The rich only see consequences when they take money from other rich people.

Shorting is a legit thing though. There isn’t another phrase for a clearly illegal version?

I was wondering if that’s what he was doing. Is there a word for the reverse of a pump and dump? It seemed almost too obvious.

I haven’t lost anything. I haven’t sold anything. You only actually realize a loss if you sell. I’m far enough from retirement that I’m essentially just buying the dip right now.

It has become a tradition for presidents to do it, but it’s not part of actual customs and curtesies. You’re really not supposed to salute out of uniform. You are supposed to salute an officer if you know they’re an officer and you are in uniform, but if they’re in civilian clothes, they’re not supposed to salute back. Instead, just give an at ease.

Is it not common in tech? My job uses it.

I wouldn’t say they ruined his life. He started touring as a comedian again and has a successful podcast now. It ended his career in the senate, but he seems to still be doing all right.

Cory Booker isn’t my favorite, but he’s far from my least favorite. He would certainly be a palatable senate leader for me.

only cory booker has done anything to really stall him

He really didn’t. What he did was impressive, but it was just a show. He wasn’t even filibustering anything. It was just a signal to voters that at least someone wants to do something.

You’re still underplaying what happened.

Wisconsin as a whole does tend to lean blue. The margins aren’t large though. Last mid term Evers (D) won for governor but the same election Johnson ® won for senate. The Democrat opposition for that election was Barnes, who was definitely progressive leaning, but ran a terrible campaign that the DNC didn’t help until it was too late. We are still a swing state.

isn’t the result of conservatives turning on Trump

Nobody is saying it is. It’s that group of swing voters that have immediately changed from liking Trump to rejecting Elon and Trump. You’ll never turn his cult base, but you also don’t have to.

I agree with your idea, but I also appreciate that they’ve dropped the facade.

But it is a refute to the idea that there is a “voter mandate” for Trump. This was a state wide election that just a few months ago voted for Trump. It also isn’t as simple as the democrats keeping their seat. The incumbent left, so the seat was vacant. Not a “trouncing,” but you’re downplaying it too much.

I think you can throw Colbert on that list.