Him winning election a 2nd time, and this time with the popular vote, caused most people to, understandably but unfortunately, give up. On the entire country, really. That's how I explain it.

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Really though it's the naivete of the legislators. Never occurred to them that any administration would be so monstrous as to fight anyone who might want to charge SNAP recipients less. And that's on them. It's on monsters that they're monsters but it's always on the system to account for monsters.

Most conservative writers at liberal-read outlets do not publish columns with their actual opinions. They craft columns with the goal of influencing liberals to adopt beliefs and opinions that harm liberalism. Don't do that! Don't hire these guys to lie to your readers.

Deporting immigrants *does* run exactly counter to that goal. So their primary goal does indeed seem to be ethnic cleansing. But class warfare is a close second. And let's not forget that, if you're willing to pony up several million dollars, we'll let you in.

Without the filibuster, the "revolving villain" shit vanishes. It becomes much harder to explain why they won't regulate businesses or do stuff like pass gun control.

The filibuster is a fig leaf, and without it both parties would be hard pressed to keep many incumbents in office.

Agonizing about what to say into an unplugged microphone, is the way I characterize mainstream Democratic behavior.

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