History will fall off its chair laughing.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: no one wants Diet Conservatism, it just doesn't taste the same.

conceding to far right ideas about the structure of society is conceding to a zero sum vision of the world, and more importantly giving voters a choice between two zero sum visions, where one is half hearted and the other is full throated. is it really a surprise then they choose the latter?

There is no cure for their poison except to challenge its assumptions. Nothing is gained by pretending to agree with it, or mollifying it.

He has a giant tank full of Republicans on the wall of his lair. You can practically see through them. They are very relaxing to watch as they pulse up and down in the current.

Evidence!

We don't laugh at them the way you don't laugh at someone stumbling through the neighborhood with their clothing done up at the back.

He had a brain scan, and the results were negative 🤨

In fairness, people only need to be stupid enough to believe that every else is stupid enough to believe it. That's how group thought works.

That explains why it is so hard to find all those cattle in an apartment block in Chicago. They must be hiding behind the fridge or something.

I wonder if he misunderstood "chattels" the same way T* misunderstands "asylum"?

The problem with an autobiography is you don't know how the story ends.

Maybe I'm a bit dim but how does throwing anyone out from 10 years ago secure anyone's borders?

Whatever the case, I think a large part of it comes from the fact that so many Americans are consumer first, citizen second and where there is an active responsibility with being a citizen, consumers are passive and expect to be catered to.