Printcrime was not an instruction manual.

His handlers didn’t want him appearing in public. But that’s where the bully pulpit is,

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.

Excuses.

Joe Biden didn’t have to sell weapons to your single favorite person for your single favorite activity.

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He has staff who have autonomy to make decisions on the trivial things, so he can focus on big picture.

He has staff to ignore the plebs for him. Who do we think we are, Netanyahu?

I leave the whatever it is in the book at the end. Not in library books, mind you. Don’t like making more work for librarians. I started the habit when I found a baggage claim ticket in a book I bought at a used bookstore. I leave them in when I pass them on to the next owner.

I’ve found a few ersatz bookmarks over the years. The best so far was a 6 of clubs. The worst was a used q-tip.

Nixon did it before Reagan.

President Musk will just pardon himself.

At least you didn’t have to move left.

You’re talking about voters compromising. I’m talking about politicians compromising. Or capitulating as Democrats do.

45 out of 215 Democrats voted for that or around 21% vs 90% of Republicans.

21% of Democratic voters voting for Republican candidates would be completely unacceptable. Why is it ok for 21% of our representatives to vote for genocide?

Oh right. It’s ok when it’s the only thing centrists actually want.

That’s not a compromise leftward on the part of the Republican party.

Because Republicans don’t need to compromise. They sit there and let Democrats move toward them, secure in the knowledge that Democrats will be like “Look at this glorious bipartisan compromise!”

When only one side is compromising it’s called capitulation.

They played to the RIGHT. It’s all they have always been and always will be.

So Republicans moved to the left by… doing what Trump wanted?

God damn, just say you can’t think of anything because it’s clear you can’t.

If you end up in a camp, you can impress everyone with your moral purity

No one’s going to trust centrists with their escape plans.

If they’re too insignificant to listen to, they’re too insignificant to blame.

Politics is always about compromise, and compromise about issues that matter is always a punch in the gut.

When was the last time Republicans compromised leftward in any meaningful way?

We need to get one or both of the two major parties to move to the left from their current position.

Neither seems interested.