nickiwest

Assault rifles were only banned for 10 years, from 1994 to 2004.

This is correct. They have decided that everyone outside the MAGA bubble cannot be a "real" American and is therefore excluded.

Surely the leopards won't eat his face.

The most unfortunate thing is that the pain and suffering will not only be limited to the people who supported Trump and his policies. Everyone is going to pay for their poor choices.

I hope there are enough students who are willing to take such a bold step together to make their point.

I don't think the average American can afford a Tesla, let alone the average Trump voter.

I feel like GenX said, "The fucking old people caused this mess and are standing in the way of fixing it. We need them to die off so someone else can turn it around, but there aren't enough of us so it's probably up to the younger generations."

We never had a lot of collective ambition, which I guess is good because our parents still won't let go of power.

You've just encapsulated my entire living memory of US politics.

China already took custody of the young Panchen Lama, who plays an integral part in identifying the reincarnated Dalai Lama.

I'd say their attempt to replace him is more than inevitable -- it's already underway.

I'm sure Orwell didn't really expect telescreens to become a real thing, but we have very literally welcomed surveillance devices into our lives and homes. Now, it's just a matter of who starts actively using them as a monitoring device.

If Ronald Reagan came back, MAGA would call him "far left" too.

Insofar as any gerrymandered election has been "free and fair" in my lifetime, yes, I do.

(Sidebar: I'm pretty concerned about some of the proposed legislation requiring birth certificate matching for names because of the potential to disenfranchise both trans people and married women, but I hope there's enough pushback that it doesn't go anywhere.)

President Grandpa's puppeteers are only successful because they've manipulated a washed-up reality TV star with name recognition who is more concerned with ratings than with government. Without his inexplicable cachet with the electorate, they could never get their agenda pushed through, and they know it.

The man is not all-powerful. He's also old and out of shape. A lot of things could happen before the next election cycle that may end his party's political reign. There's no clear successor whom the masses of Trumpist cult members will follow. Vance? Don Jr.? I don't think either has the charisma or reputation to take the reins.