Their problem is that Obamacare -requiring everyone to buy insurance (which Rs scrapped) while also mandating coverage of pre-existing conditions was the MOST CONSERVATIVE solution to the healthcare crisis. IT WAS LITERALLY THE ORIGINAL REPUBLICAN IDEA! There is no actual solution to the right of it

Ultimately the problem is this: the paper is controlled not by scrupulous reporters but by a clique of Leonhardt types, who surround themselves with chattering class nitwits, cogitate on the news mostly through insular group chats and similar, and always think the GOP has at least half a point

Ironically you can see this very dynamic in the Epstein emails themselves, where the power elite all email each other absurd rumors and semi-literate political scuttlebutt and theorizing. The boys’ club exposed in those messages is the same one that controls the brains of the top Times editors.

Head of heritage: "I don't have a clue what's going on in the country - I don't follow the news I just watch sports. Oh and I wrote Project 2025, then entire policy playbook for the Trump admin. How's that going?"

The UK sending us its worst, just like Trump said!

Also it's a failure by its own measure - if you have to give in in order preserve the filibuster, then you haven't actually preserved the filibuster.

The filibuster has become a fascinating litmus test of the chasm separating D senators from their voters. It's not just a disagreement. Ending the filibuster is now close to an article of faith among D voters; for the Senators it's like abolishing habeas or trial by jury. Unthinkable, unamerican.

2/ I guess it's actually more than $500k. $500k for each order? so senators might be get multiples of $500k? that's a lot right?