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Future histories of the collapse of the US will include a section on the utter failure of checks and balances.
All other western democracies use some sort of parliamentary system akin to what the English have, a party appointed Prime Minister with very limited power. Presidential systems always devolve into fiefdoms.
Failure? Looks like they were never even there in the first place.
It's just a piece of paper.
Future?
The world will continue to exist and some portion of mankind probably will survive too. At some point, historians will dissect the current crisis – whatever the outcome – with the same scrutiny as today's historians examine other past events.
And I hope they won't face the same issues as today's historians, who have to watch as their departments are cut down one by one while their cries of alarm go unheard.
Well said
What a disaster. Welcome back polio.
We'll be lucky if polio is all that is back. My bet is pandemic bird-flu about as bad as the 1918 pandemic.
Strangely, we just updated all of our vaccines for our kids and selves. This is going to be a total shit show.
Wise move it is going to be a hellscape for kids in the coming years.
I begrudgingly respect Mitch McConnell for being the only dissenter, both here and with Tulsi Gabbard.
He's still a piece of shit and I'd happily piss on his grave but he's doing better than the rest of them in the face of the coup.
Good chance he wouldn't have dissented if Trump's picks weren't going to pass without his vote.
Oh I have ZERO doubt
He's always been a fuckin worm who's sold out my mountains and the people who worked them.
They ARE the coup.
Nah, he's just at the end of his career and is no longer concerned with reelection while also 100% confident in the vote passing without his vote. He has the seniority to be allowed to have a "conscience vote" that the other members can't have.
I can believe that about Gabbard, but McConnell had polio himself. It’s always different for Republicans if it’s about them.
Solid point. It is always the same story: the only moral abortion is mine, gay marriage is evil until my son/daughter comes out, get rid of all government programs except the one that benefits me, don't vote against the party unless you have a personal reason not to.
I always think of Cheney suddenly not being a homophobe after his daughter came out.
Was a forgone thing given the makeup of the Senate. Facts and qualifications don't matter if the orange one says so.
The servile republicans have done their duty to their orange lord again.
I predict Vaccine tourism is just around the corner…
Well, maybe we’ll get lucky and this will result in conservatives depleting their numbers. Natural selection and all…
I remember hearing the same thing about Covid.
GOPers actually did have higher mortality from COVID. Not enough to save us from Orange Hitler. But it was significant.
One can only hope!
If you’re thinking of starting a family, I strongly suggest you reconsider.
🤡🤡🤡
I wish they'd publish the vote tally to figure out which Democrats went along with it. I suspect Schumer rolled over and voted yes.
You really think people like him have to "roll over" for that?
Looks like we might be making trips to Canada to get vaccinated. Fucking weak ass Republicans.
Hahahaha 😆
I was excited for a moment because read it as his personal physician.
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