Something the US needs to accept too is that without a large-scale correction imposing consequences on a large number of people, the crisis of governance here will continue indefinitely

Imagine if Democrats relentlessly hammered him in these moments instead of assuming nothing will ever stick to him. Imagine if we demanded that Republicans answer why the President is throwing Gatsby parties and calling football plays instead of negotiating. Nah, we should definitely fold instead.

I don't want you chuckling and repeating canned applause lines, I want you filled with righteous incandescent rage at the assholes who wrecked the country because they were bored and saw too many memes

Their message is that they are holding the lives of poor americans hostage to bring Dems to the table, like villains in a movie shooting hostages to show they mean business.

They've literally set themselves up as the baddies.

ordinary americans are filming ice agents and trying to save their neighbors. for all the hemming and hawing during 2024 about how democracy was an elite concern, the elites gave up far more quickly than average people.

if the president does something so awful it would be indecent to describe and ask about then you very obviously need to describe and ask about it, thats the entire job