"I got very bored and depressed, so I went and plugged myself in to its external computer feed. I talked to the computer at great length and explained my view of the Universe to it," said Marvin.

"And what happened?" pressed Ford.

"It committed suicide," said Marvin and stalked off back to the Heart of Gold."

Just that I view you as more thoughtful than such a post and run comment. {shrug}
#7 | Posted by LampLighter

Like I tell the ladies before they sleep with me, "Reduce your expectations and we'll all leave happy."

I remember that approval rating on Insurrection Day (prediction: soon to be a national holiday established by the GOP to celebrate those misunderstood patriots), yet here we are.

So, what's yer got?
#5 | Posted by LampLighter

That's all of it. Sorry to disappoint!

Half-joking, but felt the visceral connection when I saw the bracelets.

It's a gradual process. The same way the GOP is destroying our Democracy.

First we celebrate the new moms, then we criticize those who don't conceive.

I think this might be a good step towards making The Handmaid's Tale reality.

Next, we start tagging the fertiles.

Only rating that mattered was on voting day. All this celebration of Trump's approval rating dropping is meaningless.

Trump barely lost in 2020, and that was only because of COVID. My impression is that if the 2024 election were held today, the results would be the same, with Trump waltzing into the White House.

The country hasn't had some great awakening. We're as much at the mercy idiot Ken Bones and Jill Stein/Ralph Nader voters today as we were then.

So fudge the voters who claim to have had some recent epiphany that Trump is a POS unsuited for the office.

That's almost self-contradictory, since it has been, and still is, the MAGA supporters who want the Epstein files released.
imo, The GOP saw that contradiction, and reacted to it be putting their tail between their legs and recessing Congress early.
So, now this will likely drag out until September and beyond because Pres Trump seems to be powerless to quell it.
#16 | Posted by LampLighter

As I said, "[the GOP] fear[s] [Trump's] MAGAt supporters. Even if half leave Trump, the other half will sink the GOP candidates."

MAGAts aren't a unified block, other than their allegiance to Trump. Some will be shaken by proof that Trump is a pedo, a large portion will not. And that portion loyal to Trump will be more than enough to sink the GOP's electoral prospects. Which means that Trump has zero to fear from the victims. The legislative branch won't remove him, the GOP won't abandon him, and the SCOTUS won't allow his prosecution (oh wait,that's redundant with "the GOP won't abandon him).

According to that map (and emphasis on "could change"), the end result looks pretty even.
#10 | Posted by LampLighter

If that's the best the Dems can do, that's the way it is. But they certainly shouldn't stand around with their hands in their pockets and hope the GOP decides to start playing fair. The GOP, the same party that continues disenfranchising every American citizen they can in their quest for power.

Epstein-Maxwell Victims Pose Growing Threat to Trump

Lol! No they don't.

The GOP will never grow a pair to do anything about Trump, since they fear his MAGAt supporters. Even if half leave Trump, the other half will sink the GOP candidates. And we all know that Trump's SCOTUS will never allow Trump to face his comeuppance in a court of law.