American Politics

[BillyStubbsTears]

I see the far right of the Nazi Republican Party is at it again, dragging US politics further into a hole.

[ravenrover]

Can anyone tell me why Trump isn't in jail now??

[BillyStubbsTears]

Because 30-40% of the country still think he's wonderful.

Although to be fair to him, he doesn't seem to be the one behind the current shit show.

[Dr Fundlekrotch]

I'm enjoying watching this vote for the Speaker.  6 times so far with exactly the same outcome, give or take one vote.  They can't move forward without electing a speaker and there is absolutely no mechanism for moving a deadlock like this on.  Procedural genius!

[BillyStubbsTears]

The Founding Fathers never reckoned on a bunch of head-banging wreckers like this lot getting voted in.

[BobG]

And once they do finally sit down, these cretins are going to spend 2 years doing nothing except search for dirt on the Biden family and holding the country to ransom through brinkmanship in attempts to blacken the name of the Democrat party.

The standard of government in the west has just about reached that of futility.

BobG

[Glyn_Wigley]

And once they do finally sit down, these cretins are going to spend 2 years doing nothing except search for dirt on the Biden family and holding the country to ransom through brinkmanship in attempts to blacken the name of the Democrat party.

The standard of government in the west has just about reached that of futility.

BobG

And some people would be happy to turn the House Of Lords into something similar!

[BobG]

If you think about the role of the vast majority of the press in this country I rather think we already have in place  much of the republican inspired demagoguery and obstructionism.

BobG

[BillyStubbsTears]

Can anyone tell me why Trump isn't in jail now??

Looks like he might be soon.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65000325

[ravenrover]

I believe his legal team have a problem as his lead attorney already has a client relationship with Stormy