I’ll be honest I assume it’s some parliamentary specifics. If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s a filibuster to me. Allegedly it isn’t, but AFAIK, it is. It’s what I expect one to look like. It behaves like one. So it is.

Technically it isn’t a filibuster,

Depending on how long he is able to go, he could disrupt Senate business on Tuesday, though his speech technically isn’t a filibuster — the chamber is currently in a limited period of debate time for Matthew Whitaker’s nomination as ambassador to NATO.

Per https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/03/31/congress/cory-booker-talk-a-thon-00262482

It just behaves as you would expect a filibuster to behave. The standard no-show threatening is still a thing you can do.

The problem is that Trump doesn’t need authority, he doesn’t actually do anything. He needs the protections of the title. He allows things to happen and signs documents put in front of him.

Now if no one is enforcing anything then being an “independent contractor” might enough, but as laws currently exist and the precedent currently being set, he needs the actual title of President.

It’s the exact reason you hear assholes complaining that “conservatives are censored”.

Oh? Which “conservative” value was censored? Was it the bigotry?

I mean I’m hoping all communication is over SSL/TLS so he would likely only have DNS information.

Not to say this isn’t absolutely horrible and unnecessary, but it isn’t likely as bad as it could be. (Unless Starlink does some man-in-the-middle attacks, and/or has full control of the White House systems to install Starlink certificates, which is a possibility.)

I mean this in the nicest way, but your cat would make an excellent replacement for the current governor.

Porter’s advantage is her ability to communicate. I think she could easily convince moderates and Republicans to swing her way.

Up against someone like Harris it would be a tough battle. Harris has the money and is already well established both state and country-wide.

It is wholesome. A family in the film even stops to watch the miracle of life.

You’re assuming Trump was arguing in good faith. The mineral deal wasn’t ironclad, it was basically “We have minerals, possibly/likey good ones, you get dibs to help us dig them up.” Which is, depending on the details, a fine deal. Also, it’s got ambiguity.

So, given that that’s a future problem and has lots to sort out, it isn’t the worst deal to sign.

So! As you said, Zelensky should “kiss the ring”, well he was there to do that. That was a deal on the table. Zelensky was willing to make that deal.

Maybe I’m wrong and Zelensky and Trump sycophants never would have made a fair deal. Fine. I’m willing to accept that.

But we didn’t get that far. We got as far as Zelensky showing up in good faith, and Trump just shitting over everything.

This wasn’t going to work no matter how many rings you kissed because Trump isn’t a reasonable person, willing to actually fix things.

Sorry, Fort Knox is empty.

A video produced using artificial intelligence (AI) showing President Trump rubbing and kissing Elon Musk’s feet

That’s some poor reporting. How do we know it was AI generated? The footage looks authentic to me.

I’m not sure why Trump would think that, Musk explicitly told him they were doing fine.

Musk is in charge and Donny gets to shitpost on Twitter, is that not what he wanted?

Dems have no choice but to confirm her through.

That was the Bernie plan in 2016 & 2020 during the primaries. Clinton had the support of the established Democratic party and with superdelegates Clinton took a commanding lead. Similar situation with Biden, most dropped out before Super Tuesday and endorsed him.

Now both of these instances could be considered “smart politics”. If you’ve got the political maneuvering to win the primary, then maybe you’ve got the same maneuvering to win the general.

It didn’t work out for Clinton. It did work out for Biden.

When we look at our most recent election, it’s clear there was a little bit more of a rift, but Harris was chosen and there was no primary.

Now, some of this is simplified and there is plenty to argue. But suffice to say we can’t just vote for AOC “so much” that she’ll win. I don’t see the Democratic party supporting her.

Now it’s too early to talk about 2028 realistically and a lot can change between now and then, but if she were running today she’d have my vote.

It’s not even that, it’s someone told you to make a cake, so you talk about how you don’t make cakes, your against making a cake, but you could make a cake if someone really needs you to.

And if your girlfriend does then make a cake, you just start taking credit.

Actions are louder than words.

Even after facing more than a dozen questions about Snowden, however, Gabbard refused to back down. Instead, Gabbard told the Senate Intelligence Committee that Snowden broke the law and that she would no longer push for his pardon

Is that not backing down?

Oh they’ll be replaced, with “private” workers supplied by Musk, etc.

The private “workers” will be AI or cheaply paid foreign workers.

They will be incapable of doing the job, not because they are incompetent, but because they were the lowest bid and lied.

After 2+ years of doing nothing they’ll need to be replaced by more workers. The government can’t function without them, so we’ll hire twice as many, still paying less than the average American and pocketing the remainder.

After 4+ years, assuming the administration leaves, they’ll all be fired by the new administration and Americans will be brought in. They’ll have to do 4+ years worth of backlog plus the current job. After these 4 years they be deemed as incompetent and we’ll start the whole cycle over again.

If it helps this is just the beginning, it’s going to get worse.

Wait…

censorship of conservative viewpoints.

Which viewpoint? I’d love an example. Is it really viewpoints or is it just hate filled language?

Unless I’m mistaken, none of those will block server-side ads.