let it play out. so far the judiciary has been the only administrative bulwark. we will know so much more very shortly and that will dictate what hand is forced next.

edit: not defending the democrats one bit, but they may be looking for judicially adjudicated constitutional overreach by the executive. when that happens, if the dems dont react with leadership and direction, the only thing left is mass street action (bets on this actually getting organized?) and then there will almost certainly be real violence - which may lead to the fourth box.

for the taxpaying public? no.

if there in one iota of disagreement between the parties, then yes. and even if it is 100% amicable… still yes.

“4 billion years between our ears, still hatred brings us many tears”

atrophied empathy will doom our species as surely as any other existential crisis we currently face.

that is all.

Jon Stewart slammed

I mean, this was actually on-point. it was pretty vicious, and deservedly so.

Jon Stewart Knocks Dems’ Lack of Vision In Countering The Trump Agenda | The Daily Show

sorry for the YouTube link, could not find it elsewhere.

edit: CW - animated intense mortal kombat violence at the very, very end of the video. the daily show was not playing around on this one.

White House officials said …

hey, look! the clown car has gone muddin’! another attack surface to poke at sounds delicious for any APT actor.

I dont think digital security is recoverable in any US govt infra now. it will all need to be nuked from orbit and replaced.

edit: but I am not sure we will ever find our way back to the road.

well considered reply. thanks. I am currently trapped in the dystopian hell that is the USA, but I hope my canadian peeps find a way out of the trap that ensnared people here.

as a non-canadian (with family in canada) I can only offer my sincere best wishes and support as the current us administration continues its criminal belligerence towards you. whatever you choose, do it carefully with full knowledge that what your country looks like on the other side of the decision matters greatly to you and the world.

Like just have our ISPs serve up DNS redirects to government-hosted pages proclaiming the site is blocked and detailing why, with links to things like private, non-partisan analysis as supporting evidence.

and you will have created a new machine for the carnival barkers to point at and say “see how much they want to hide the truth from you!”

I dont have a solution, but fail to see how this may be one. censorship is almost always a tool that will eventually remove the hand of the wielder.

that would be trump

Trump, Knauss, Epstein, & Maxwell At Mar-A-Lago

From left, American real estate developer Donald Trump and his girlfriend (and future wife), former model Melania Knauss, financier (and future convicted sex offender) Jeffrey Epstein, and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell pose together at the Mar-a-Lago club, Palm Beach, Florida, February 12, 2000. (Photo by Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)