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I have a very simple question [View all] malaise Feb 2025 OP
This current system is irrevocably broken... Moostache Feb 2025 #1
Great post malaise Feb 2025 #4
Yes it REALLY should! halobeam Feb 2025 #18
Ditto. KPN Feb 2025 #25
Well said, and undeniably accurate. Magoo48 Feb 2025 #49
History is set for a post-human future. WheelWalker Feb 2025 #52
Hope I'm not being naieve here but I think some great and effective planning is going on right now. We'll see. SheilaAnn Feb 2025 #2
can you elaborate? berksdem Feb 2025 #10
Re: tsf/tfg, we.heard that for the last 4 years, si KPN Feb 2025 #26
Obviously the system is not so great if this shit can happen. n/t totodeinhere Feb 2025 #3
I have felt for months that some entity is outmaneuvering us. To me, it was so evident with "Loose" Canon. usaf-vet Feb 2025 #40
Rumor has it that Thomas will retire and Trump will nominate Cannon to replace him. totodeinhere Feb 2025 #54
It took over 200 years to create the effin system Progressive dog Feb 2025 #5
Especially when they have very bright - but evil - people pulling the strings, Ms. Toad Feb 2025 #8
All we had to do was prosecute him in good haste. KPN Feb 2025 #30
"We" didn't do that, a federalist society member did. Think. Again. Feb 2025 #33
You are right, but there were plenty of good Democrats KPN Feb 2025 #35
Yup, this wound was torn wide open by an infuriating, critically timed, oki-doki shuffle at the DOJ. Magoo48 Feb 2025 #50
When the courts fall, we have lost our democracy gab13by13 Feb 2025 #6
Exactly Diraven Feb 2025 #45
I'm on your side. People in congress need to get their act together and stop this coup. OLDMDDEM Feb 2025 #7
A criminal told the world he would be a dictator on day one, already attempted one coup and said he would pardon his malaise Feb 2025 #9
Beyond madness and chaos at this point! berksdem Feb 2025 #11
I am way more disturbed about the courts, ReTHUGs, national malaise Feb 2025 #13
Yeah, its definitely has global implications. KPN Feb 2025 #42
It sure doesn't seem that we were ready for it. I KPN Feb 2025 #41
The only plan was to win Diraven Feb 2025 #44
He also said "you will never have to vote again". KPN Feb 2025 #37
Yes he said that malaise Feb 2025 #38
Yup. KPN Feb 2025 #43
DuRec leftstreet Feb 2025 #12
Your premise is incorrect. We no longer have a "great" system. BarbD Feb 2025 #14
We found out it's not so great when we couldn't prosecute trmp after 4 years. spanone Feb 2025 #15
Indeed malaise Feb 2025 #17
... spanone Feb 2025 #21
Somehow whatever enforcement infrastructure designed to protect our common welfare were extracted. Magoo48 Feb 2025 #51
There is Codifer Feb 2025 #16
ReTHUGs - The party of law and order malaise Feb 2025 #19
Enabling Idiots. Key! czarjak Feb 2025 #20
Short answer: because people failed. malthaussen Feb 2025 #22
Sadly true malaise Feb 2025 #39
Seriously, I think our Founders would be aghast at what has transpired. malthaussen Feb 2025 #46
The answer is simple, but... 3825-87867 Feb 2025 #23
freedom is just loopholes KT2000 Feb 2025 #24
Exactly 😡 so many crimes 😡😡😡 TommieMommy Feb 2025 #27
who said the system was great? Skittles Feb 2025 #28
JoeScum says it evert effin day malaise Feb 2025 #31
Who knew that the system could be bought for only $260 Million? Musk knew. Klarkashton Feb 2025 #29
To the highest bidder malaise Feb 2025 #32
Didnt the south koreans show us? Karadeniz Feb 2025 #34
Great question. I cannot answer that. Evolve Dammit Feb 2025 #36
And they did without even having to set fire to the Reichstag. surfered Feb 2025 #47
They have been working on this for more than four years malaise Feb 2025 #53
They never anticipated an entire party or SCOTUS that would be totally lawless. nt doc03 Feb 2025 #48
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