Well, Controlled Opposition is a lucrative field, friend. You just won’t find it on Indeed.

The beginning and end of Leadership is accountability. The Dems refuse to accept their part in this loss.

The President and Vice President have zero outward indications that this is personally painful to them, at all. If anything, they seem relieved to be passing the potato. If they are so out of touch, or so insulated from the pernicious outcomes of their doleful stewardship of this country, then WHY should voters place their trust in that party again, considering it’s been helmed and staffed by the same obstinate members for decades?

I don’t see Leadership, I see a kind of craven capitulation, at a time when America most needs its leaders to have fire in their bellies, and compassion in their eyes.

“I know people are still hurting, but things are changing rapidly. Together we’ve changed America for the better. Now we have 74 days to finish the term, our term. Let’s make every day count.”

Jesus fucking Christmas. Nothing will penetrate his perfect shield of fantasy.

Can’t argue against those points, though I still think that the figures listed lack the broader weight and gravitas required to successfully hold together a cult following. Trump succeeds because he’s also an old Boomer, and old Boomer white men like to imagine they are him- a weak man’s idea of a strong man.

As to the young men of America, we have essentially left them behind for 25-30 years as the cultural focus pivoted to ensuring that girls and young women have a seat at the table. So now young women are graduating college and going into advanced education and growing professional careers, but boys and young men have been handed the remnants of toxic masculinity, without any real, positive modeling. My father predicted this outcome in the late 90s and it’s been heartbreaking to watch it play out.

You might be right. I’ve also been watching this debacle for 30 years, so I can’t say you’re wrong, but I am hoping the high level marionettes die off (as so many are incredibly old) before the new crop of would-be-Confederates has a chance to reorganize.

Of course, the Dems would assuredly bungle that opportunity as well, since I have been watching this play out, act after act.

Sure, but understand basic Followership: a cultist will allow any action, any cut, so long as they believe it ingratiates them with their Leader.

No culthead, no cult following. The GOP reverts to a mob.

It’s a double-edged sword, even for the GOP. Trump’s followers are a cult, and cultists follow one person. So without Trump as the godhead, there’s no one with enough (ugh) charisma and panache to unify the GOP rabble.

The Federal government CAN just barge in. We specifically designed the structure that way. Federal supercedes state.

But why male models?

Gallows humor is all we’ve got left

Waves Bible they’ve never read

Biden was losing 2020 by an embarrassing margin until ALL the other candidates except Bernie Sanders dropped out to coalesce behind Biden in SC.

Whatever happened to Liz “et tu, Brute” Warren?

Buy an analog, non digital scale. That piece of junk is just e-waste.

Where is the home owner hiding in the bush with a garden hose?

There used to be more trickery. Or Boomers are twisted.

If you’re gonna gatekeep Halloween, just turn off your light and be a cretin on your own. This ain’t about you.

The Kissinger special?

For some people, having children is their only life accomplishment, so they perceive other people’s choices as an “attack” on their sense of identity, which makes it feel personal, to them.

Looks a bit like Timothy Olyphant here

“Ideally, we would have a fully functional, well-tested FAFSA opening on October 1,” she added. “But given where we are in the process, and the challenges that have plagued this year’s rollout, we would rather wait until December 1 to allow time for the necessary testing to ensure a functional system when ED launches the 2025-26 FAFSA.”

The cost is to the whole world, because they consume enormous amounts of energy and produce essentially nothing. Like bitcoin miners.