Colorado’s Supreme Court found that he engaged in an insurrection and was therefore ineligible. Then SCOTUS basically said “uh, this gives me the federal feelsies because it’s a federal office, so Congress has to do it”
Feels like all Congress has to do is say that the first term didn’t count. But to be honest I can see poor health catching up to him first anyway.
I made it on the fly, but the point is that the clout goes away when 1) you’re not my senator, 2) you’re not a legislator in my country and 3) you go against everything I stand for - what kind of clout am I supposed to feel from someone like that?
I mean, I don’t totally disagree here, but I’m not sure what kind of clout that’s supposed to hold under team Trump.
Like, understanding this isn’t a perfect analogy, if I were working in an American prison holding a Russian prisoner and a Putin-aligned legislator wanted to see that prisoner I would take great pleasure in telling them to fuck off if I had that power.
Tell me more about how DOGE isn’t actually making the decisions in any department
Have you ever tried fishing?
I mean, that veto is subject to an override like any other.
What baffles me is that things that were done through Congress is being undone unilaterally by the executive, and Republicans’ responses are basically “oh yes, this is fine. Would you like some more of our power, Mr. President? We aren’t using it, help yourself!”
What are they going to do, sic the dismantled Department of Education on them?
Also, funny how “empowering states” only works one way
As someone who usually hates shallow, easy, nihilistic answers…
Hah! With this Justice Department?
But you guys don’t understand! Sports!!!
As I remember/understand it, it’s a civil law, not a criminal one. One that doesn’t really care about standing (who has skin in the game to file a lawsuit). So here’s the neat part: damn near anyone can sue over it!
It could even be done as an official act!
Just go with that one.
(I mean honestly, how do you give yourself a sunburn with a spray tan?)
My daughter qualified for social security due to her low birth weight. The maximum weight for that is 2 pounds, 10 ounces (1.2kg). She was born at less than half that. Does that mean we’d have to bring her over while she was in NICU for 4 months and on a ventilator? For $30/month of benefits?
Fuck clickbait headlines like this.
Strip malls with O’Reilly Auto parts, Chick fil A, and some insurance agent… All next to Walmart, is culture. Just not very inspiring.
they said, ‘Can you imagine? I’m [you’re] not going to be president [for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics]. And that’s too bad.’ And what happened is, they rigged the election [in 2020], and I became president [again in 2024]
Absolutely referring to 2020 here. No doubt whatsoever.
(To be clear, claims of 2020 fraud are bullshit… But so are claims of 2024 fraud)
It’s not that I’m surprised, but mainly saying that this isn’t the feel-good story of bipartisanship taking down a bad idea that the headline leads you to think. There’s still a significant (if not majority) in favor of this
I am glad they failed, but Jesus Christ. There were still 27 elected officials, about a quarter of that legislative body, who thought children should be separated from their parents because they’re transgender. What the fuck?
Colorado here. Offspring spawned a few years ago. We had a social security number before Mom was discharged. Offspring was born super early, and her low birth weight entitled her to receive social security benefits while in NICU. While that amount was super low, it also made her qualify automatically for Medicaid, which was awesome because they paid her deductible from my work’s insurance.
They also submitted information for the birth certificate to what used to be tri-county health department (which has since been split up) but we had to go to their office to pick it up.
For what it’s worth on the voice thing, assuming that’s what “he sounds like that” refers to: https://www.npr.org/2025/01/29/nx-s1-5279176/rfk-voice-spasmodic-dysphonia
If you’ve got any evidence that it was heroin that caused that neurological condition I’m all ears, but we have a pretty reliable source on this one.