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And it's a testament to the integrity of the country's citizenry that his policies resulted in such backlash. Both the protests and resignations immediately following his reelection and that new poll. See that, America? That's how you respond to one of the worst people on the planet somehow...

This is yet another issue Twitter has had an issue with for a long time. If the EU is only just now going after them for it because Musk is such an easy target, then fine. Glad they were finally able to find an excuse. Sure wish we didn't have this double standard where companies owned by single...

Nah, it's just social media brainrot. It's the same bullshit that was all over Tumblr back in the day, even among people I knew from other, older sites.

No doubt they're the same people who spent years calling people out for not speaking up about every single bad thing that crosses their feed.

Yep. Just like Nixon. Isn't "guilty until proven innocent" still the norm in Britain? Because it should go double for anyone in authority. Get accused of something, prove you didn't do it or you're convicted. Period. Trust has to be earned.

The only reason for Trump to want to be Speaker is that if Something Were To Happen to the current president and vice president, he'd automatically be next in line.

That... sounds like an "Ain't no rule that says a dog can't play basketball" technicality to me. Has anyone actually tested that idea?

I didn't even realize he took out a loan to buy it. I seriously thought he was worth enough to just...buy it with cash. Still, as long as he's keeping up with the payments, there's nothing the banks can do, right?

Huh. TIL there are members of the House who come from territories like Puerto Rico. They're not allowed to vote on the floor but it sounds like they're allowed to do everything else real Representatives can do. ...including run for Speaker, maybe? That would be pretty hilarious.

I think you may have stumbled onto the answer to my earlier question of how Canada is able to have more than two parties. And I said this back during the big special-election marathon of 2017-2018, but it bears repeating since it's been so long: Staggering downticket elections is a good way to...

Special election? Or do the provinces do their own elections on a staggered schedule?

Does anyone pay them? Or does he just keep racking up a debt no one has the balls to actually collect on?

Normally I would agree with this, but what moderate Republican? The last ones I'm aware of either died (McCain), are in the Senate (Romney), were bullied into quitting (Gonzalez), or got voted out a term or two ago (Cheney).

Also, the real reason bad people keep getting reelected year after year—which ideally shouldn't be able to happen even once—is that once someone has been elected, they become the sole delegate of their party in their state/county/district until they die or step down. The only people who are...

How about just a maximum age? Then it won't matter how long or short of a time they've been in office, just whether they're currently over the hill or not.

In theory, they could; in practice, that would probably already be illegal under antitrust laws. And while, yes, our government has a history of not bothering to enforce those, I don't know why they'd be any more inclined to enforce net neutrality if they brought it back. I feel like this is...

It would be interesting to know how, exactly, things would be improved with the new rules in place. Not to say net neutrality isn't something worth enshrining into law, but I remember just how panicked everyone was the last time this came up, saying that the internet was going to become like...

In an ideal world, they'd all get turned into something the city actually needs, but you know they're all just going to get bought by some other evil billionaire. Probably Hilton.

So what does not being allowed to do business in New York entail for someone who owns a lot of valuable real estate in New York? I assume he'll have to shut down all his hotels, but is he even allowed to sell them off, or is that considered "doing business in New York" too? Is he going to be...

How can people be safer than ever from something that according to you has never existed? Surely we can only ever be exactly as safe as we've ever been.