What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[grumbler]

What's with this supreme Court ruling saying judges can't tell the president what's constitutional or not? Sounds like the fascist coup is just about complete.

Judges can tell the president what's constitutional or not.  But now you need 50 of them to do it.

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[Admiral Yi]

Vice Mayor of SoCal city Cudahy calls on gang members to protect their turf from ICE.  Under investigation by the FBI.

[Valmy]

Yeah...probably shouldn't do that Vice-Mayor.

Whatever a Vice-Mayor is.

[Tonitrus]

Yeah...probably shouldn't do that Vice-Mayor.

Whatever a Vice-Mayor is.

Depending on how the city government is set up, usually can be the 1st (if a separate elected mayor) or 2nd ranking (if the 1st ranking holds the "Mayor" spot) member of the city council or some such. 

Looks like they do the latter.

[HVC]

Whatever a Vice-Mayor is.

Based on their actions their job is mayor of vice.

[The Minsky Moment]

Someone's got to keep crime organized.

[Valmy]

Well the Senate passed the reconciliation thing.

Hope nobody here needs Medicaid.

Back to the House it goes for the final showdown.

[Razgovory]

Hope nobody here needs Medicaid.

Ah, shoot.

[The Brain]

The US embassy in Stockholm doesn't appear to have cancelled utilities after sending letters to suppliers demanding they stop hiring women and non-whites, letters which were obviously ignored. Sending the letters made the US look evil and stupid, and not following through on the threat of shitting in bags in the dark makes it look weak. I don't know why the US wants to present as evil, stupid, and weak, but why doesn't matter. We have to deal with the US we have, not the US we wish we had.

[HVC]

Well the Senate passed the reconciliation thing.

Hope nobody here needs Medicaid.

Back to the House it goes for the final showdown.

Time to invest in medical insurance providers?

[crazy canuck]

We have to deal with the US we have, not the US we wish we had.

 

[viper37]

Republican Senator Tells House Not To Vote on Bill She Just Voted For

[grumbler]

We have to deal with the US we have, not the US we wish we had.

 

Of course, that has been true since Reagan abandoned the bipartisan approach to foreign policy.  US foreign policy since then has been based on what plays in Peoria, not what US national interests would suggest.

[Valmy]

Republican Senator Tells House Not To Vote on Bill She Just Voted For

I don't even have to read this to know it's Lisa Murkowski.

[grumbler]

Republican Senator Tells House Not To Vote on Bill She Just Voted For

Murkowski was placed in a difficult position.  Senate Republican leaders gave her a blank check to get her vote. She asked for ridiculous concessions, and they granted them without a murmur. It would have been difficult for her to go back to her voters after turning that down.

That's not an excuse for abandoning her principals, but it's an interesting case of what happens when you just keep adding gold to the pile until it becomes impossible to reject.