I don’t see what the big deal is about a primary challenge. Every Congressional seat should have a primary challenger. If nothing else it teaches the next generation how to run campaigns.

Kash is about to get fired and we’ll get Matt Gaetz appointed (illegally) on an interim basis

That link is to a cartoon from Al Franken’s book. So it is satire, but becoming more real every day.

They don’t believe in the Christ you describe. They believe in Supply Side Jesus

MAGA never really liked Catholics anyway. They only liked their votes, because these same bishops have turned many US Catholics into single-issue voters on Abortion, which directly enabled the current Federal assault on these immigrant parishioners. Most of MAGA is Protestant and Evangelical, and sees Catholicism as only a step or two removed from a cult.

And you know how the article references that this is the first “special statement” that the bishops released in 12 years? I looked it up, that statement 12 years ago was railing against the HHS mandate to fund contraception, in the name of “religious freedom”.

It is tragic what is happening to their parishioners right now, but the bishops can only blame themselves. They directly advocated for politicians who are now actively targeting their people.

Exactly, if Trump is still President past Jan 2029, he won’t need an election to do it. We won’t have to vote!

It doesn’t matter what Americans say anymore. Trump can’t run again. If he manages to hold on to power past Jan 2029, he won’t need popular opinion (or votes) to do it.

Mostly just because the commander in chief has the strategic mind of a toddler and thinks accusing others of exactly what he is guilty that week of is good strategy.

Seems to be a good strategy to me, it got him elected twice. And it got an entire political party under his thumb, so that they don’t think at all about crossing him.

How well is JD Kirk polling?

“The odds of him violating the Constitution to seek a third term are remote and even if he did, it’s difficult to see how a four-time GOP nominee in his 80s with an underwater approval rating could defeat a standard Democrat who has triumphed in a primary."

That’s adorable, this guy thinks the Democrats are having a primary. It will be more like a coronation for Gavin.

Au Contraire! The Supreme Court has said that it is not possible for the President to be punished for breaking the law as part of his official duties, and the only check on this superpower is Congress, via impeachment. Therefore, if Congress does not impeach, it must be legal!

Isn’t it obvious? Those troops are bring sent to be targets.

Trump so badly wants an attack, so that he can blame it on Antifa and use made-up emergency powers on everyone.

This article leaves out the most important point: it’s not just the cost of the trips, it’s that the trips are to courses he owns. Not only does the Federal Government pay handsomely for these trips, but that money goes directly back into Trump’s pocket, because he’s paying his own company.

All those hotel rooms and meals (for Trump and his security staff) all generate personal profit.

And apparently, it’s all OK! Maybe we need Pritzker to run for President someday and be just as blatant about staying in hotels his family owns. If a Democrat pulled this shit, Republicans would pass laws to outlaw it in a heartbeat.

They talk like this because it’s what Trump wants to hear.

He may have written her statement directly, but it’s equally likely that if someone doesn’t include shit like that in a public statement, the President will personally berate them.

He looks so surprised

Cut them some slack! The alternative was a lady, after all. What did you expect them to choose?

But just think of all the data that Elon Musk got to mine out of the government, to feed to his AI.

Won’t anyone think of the billionaires?

Actually, I bet this saves her from any consequences. She wasn’t supposed to have the job in there first place, so all of her unforced errors don’t matter.

They should, but she has the magic ® after her name. So it’s just “Oopsies!”, and then she can go on with her day.

This is a little different. When it comes to “emergency” things like this, coming up from one of the Federal courts, they first go to a single judge to decide how to proceed. This suit was raised in Texas, which happens to be a judicial district which Alito oversees.

So while he did make an individual ruling reinstating the map, his job is also to help facilitate the emergency hearing with the full court. He asked for briefs by Monday, which is an indication he wants this over with quickly. (But, I think the alacrity is because he knows the fix is already in, and has enough votes among his fellow justices to uphold the new map, and they are just trying to make the justification work after the fact.)

But like other emergency orders coming from the SCOTUS, we will just hear about a decision, and not necessarily the overall vote. But I expect that one of the Liberal judges already has her dissent written, since she knows how it will likely end up.

No, I think his mind is perpetually stuck in the late 70’s and 80’s. Right around the time when the Muppet Show was big. So he’s really saying she is annoying like Miss Piggy.