Zelenskyy should address any questions to his ambassador and furthermore stop trying to make deals directly with our legislative branch employees, regardless if they want to make deal with him. Likewise Trump should not speak to him either ...

Unless Zelenskyy is finally ready to sign off on that made up dirt on "The Biden Crime Family" that twice impeached convicted felon Trumpy had demanded from him in exchange for the military help already authorized by Congress against Russia in the now infamous "perfect phone call".

GOOD disband the army of petty dictator bureaucrats

#30 | POSTED BY LOOK_INWARD

Looking forward to Dictator Day are you?

lol. It's been a good run.

But you wanna turn it all over to a wannabe Dictator now.

To own the libs.

After you get done breaking it all have fun putting it all back together again.

Unless you plan on making professionals fix everything again.

Oops. You "disbanded" them.

Trumpy never heard of them and wishes them luck.

We are not a Democracy you idiots.

Until you understand this, we cannot have a conversation.

#36 | POSTED BY BOAZ

Looks like you have nothing to add to the conversation anyway.

Most of us understand that we are not a PURE democracy.

Anyone who says we are not a democracy is probably in afraid of being the minority party and is seeing their present privileges under threat and is figuring out how to maintain political dominance with a minority of support.

So No. "we don't all put on a clean toga and rush down to the forum to vote in person on every issue."

But we do vote for and elect our representatives democratically and so we have a representative democracy.

Good thing CONVICTED FELON Hunter Biden is not running against CONVICTED FELON Trumpy or we would have two CONVICTED FELONS running for President instead of just one.

Fortunately we only have one so the choice should be easy.

Even for half wits like Shemptaco. Of course, that's assuming he is even eligible to vote in America.

"He better not do the second debate."

Sounds like a challenge to me.

Did you say anything remotely like that after Obama lost his first debate with Romney?

Oops.

Post 16 was from a "professor buzzkill".

Meant to attribute that properly ...

A sturdy old woman (sometimes referred to as "an anxious lady"), wearing a shawl, approached Benjamin Franklin and asked him, "well, Doctor, what do we have, a republic or a monarchy?" Franklin replied sagely, "a republic, if you can keep it."

In most versions of the story, the old woman is supposed to represent the ordinary patriot in the new United States, wondering what the future would portend, but also fearful that the Constitutional delegates had chosen the easy and traditional option " a monarchy. Ben Franklin, among the eldest of the elder statesmen at the Convention, represents wisdom, and the foresight that decades in the Independence struggle had given him.

We have a Republic, he conveyed, but it will be up to the people to keep it a Republic. And that duty will require constant vigilance in the coming centuries.

COVID 'immunizations did not prevent anyone from contacting COVID, nor did it stop one from spreading it.

#46 | POSTED BY MSGT

I did see one real bad side effect of the Covid-19 vaccine in which I think more research still needs to be done.

It made the stupid people even stupider.

#12 Correction!

Not 1796 years ago ... lol.

But in the year 1796 ... 228 years ago.

Today is not about democracy. Today is about our Independence from a tyrannical dictator. The day we DECLARED our independence. We did not have a stable democracy yet at that time.

Enjoy it. Celebrate it. Try and remember how we got here and why we wanted independence from a tyrant who (amongst a whole list of atrocities and offenses):

"has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good."

According to many historians Democracy actually arrived here officially when on September 19, 1796 years ago, George Washington published his farewell address ... marking one the first peaceful transfers of power in American history and cementing the country's status as a stable, democratic state.

COVID 'immunizations did not prevent anyone from contacting COVID, nor did it stop one from spreading it.

#46 | POSTED BY MSGT

Care to guess how many deaths it prevented?

Numbers range from 800,000 to 20 million.

Depending on human variables.

Like whether the health systems completely collapsed or not.

By the time my family finally caught it the symptoms were relatively mild and none of us had to go to the ER.

Re 24

Because it's not her choice or her place to even suggest it at this point.

She is a normal decent human. Unlike magatonians.

Or weakass democrats who would abandon their team after one bad night.

She will keep that position and wait respectfully until or if Biden steps aside. Because this is up to him.

And for that I do not blame her.

I respect her even more.

"But they are not interested and I can't blame them."

I can.

Biden wasn't really interested either. But he obviously would rather die in office than live in Trumplandia.

Do they think they really will be ok in Trumplandia and Trumpy will let them live out their life in peace?

Or maybe the Obamas are just planning on leaving the country.

Interestingly they did just purchase a home in DC.

Re 13.

Not in DC.

The DC attorney disciplinary board recommends Giuliani be disbarred there, too

It's hilarious to me that Axios is complaining about powers the office legitimately has, like deportation."

Read project 2025 laughing boy.

Here is just a few of his proposals ...

8. Focus on the Southern Border While Trump's primary focus remains on the southern border, it's worth noting that his plan also targets legal immigration. For instance, he intends to scrutinize the ideologies of immigration applicants by searching their social media accounts, adding a layer to the already existing practice of providing social media handles.

(Emphasis mine.)

9. Financial and Health Requirements: Furthermore, Trump plans to demand proof of health insurance affordability from prospective immigrants and impose significant bonds on some travelers seeking entry into the US.

10. Potential Challenges Inevitable: Many of these proposals, such as designating cartels as 'unlawful enemy combatants' and initiating a naval blockade, could escalate tensions with Mexico. Additionally, Trump's reliance on Mexico for the 'Remain in Mexico' policy could raise humanitarian concerns.

11. Legal Battles Ahead: Trump's team is leaning on two sections of U.S. law to justify these plans: INA Section 212(f), which grants the president the authority to suspend the entry of aliens whose presence he deems detrimental to the United States, and the Alien Enemies Act, part of the old Alien and Sedition Acts signed way back in 1798.

But don't worry. There won't be any legal challenges. If the President does it then it's not illegal. So sayeth the Supremes.

"enjoy the 4th....a holiday brought to you by citizens with guns......not freaks wearing man buns."

...

The holiday was brought to by Congress.

Your independence was brought to you by George Washington.

George a Washington never wore a wig. But he had long hair and sometimes sported a ponytail.

"Even though wigs were fashionable, George Washington kept his own hair. He kept his hair long and tied back in a queue, or ponytail. Although he didn't wear a wig, George Washington did powder his hair, giving it the iconic white color seen in famous portraits."

He may have even smoked hemp. We know he grew it. And knew of it.

Stay stupid my friend. Trumpy loves you for it.

If a Republican accuses Democrats of doing a nefarious thing, everyone should consider it an admission that it was actually done by Republicans.

Accusing democrats of what they have already done (hoping no one will look behind the curtains) is excellent political strategy and seems to be working very well for republicans. At the moment.

Y'all should consider a tiny does of humility. It would serve you well.

#8 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

It's too late for that bro.

Data mining software can figure out who anyone is. Humility and submission and compliance won't help anyone who has posted against Trumpy on the internets now.

Very shortly a wanna be Dictator will have control of that software and will be engaging in a revenge and retribution purge in accordance with Project 2025.

Trumpy is not smart enough to know how to use it. But he has plenty of acolytes like that Nazi wannabe Stephen Miller and that hate monger Steve Bannon to show Dear Leader how to use it.

Apparently he can no longer be prosecuted for an official act such as that for the well being of this country.

#231 | Posted by moder8

And according to Trumpy only the President is able to determine what is in the best interest of the country.

And the Supremists have now decided that if the President does it then it is not against the law.

And they decided this in a building in which written above the entrance where everyone can see are the words:

"EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW"

It's very telling how Democrats immediately jumped into the hypotheticals that involved attacking political enemies ...

Did you miss Trumpy's recent Revenge and Retribution Tour?

It was a maga sellout.

Sorry you missed it.

Stay stupid my friend.

Dumb'merica!

#17 | POSTED BY EARTHMUSE

We have met The Idiocracy.

And it is us.

Re 8

And no worries. On Dictator Day all will be forgiven.

That you didn't read those documents is not a justification to argue the case is rigged or improper.

#20 | POSTED BY SYCOPHANT

Probably too many trisyllabic words.

"The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'" -Isaac Asimov

This writer is a complete and unmitigated hack.

POSTED BY BELLRINGER

So .. he's just like you!