Them: How are you?
Me: Staring into the void of existential dread and raw-dogging Creed’s “What’s This Life For?” on repeat while the world burns to the ground around me. How are you?
Them: Umm… will you be using your McDonald’s app for points this morning?
He has influence, if not control, over all the checks and balances in place.
How do we move forward from this?
There is a possible blue-wave pushback in the 2026 midterms, but that still leaves 2 years of unfettered demagoguery.
Please tell me I'm missing something.
.@LegalEagle Am I missing something?! Please tell me I am... Here’s the way I see it:
Trump now controls every branch of the government.
EXECUTIVE: Obvious. Come January, he will hold the office of the executive. 1/?
JUDICIAL: He also seems to have incredible sway over the judiciary, and from what I understand, will more than likely be able to appoint 2 more justices during his next term. Once in office, he is protected from prosecution.
It's apparent that the spineless Republican Party leadership has either no interest in standing up to him, or just doesn't have the political muscle to do so.
LEGISLATIVE: The GOP has majority in the senate, and it looks like the house may go in the same direction (218 seat needed for majority, and at time of posting GOP has 211 and will easily pick up the remaining 7+).
The only time I fold my #laundry is after I have been living off the hamper clothes for a week and now I need the hamper for the clothes in the dryer. #ADHD#onlygodcanjudgeme
Today Speaker Sexton had a mother arrested in the gallery while holding a sign opposing more guns in schools.
Each day he grows more drunk with power, and is enabled by an extremist supermajority complicit in his authoritarianism.
We are witnessing the death of our democracy.
Me: People are dressing up to see Barbie… I should wear a costume to see Oppenheimer tonight!
My GF: What would you go as?
Me: A burn victim
Her: 🤦🏼♂️
@R_Denhollander Is there a source for these numbers? I ask because I’m curious to see if the churches repressive teachings on sex/sexuality bread more sex offenders 🤔
Watching #Bluey S1:E21 with the kids...
Bluey: It's soft and squishy!
Mom: It IS soft and squishy! Like we're jumping on a giant pie clit.
Me: Wait. What?!?! [immediately puts on subtitles]
So… Apparently Pikelet (pike-let) is Australian for pancake 🤦🏼♂️