Start with the 128 Democrats who voted with Republicans to table an impeachment vote this week.

I do wonder if we're going to see some websites popping up that kind of hit the reset button on social media and go back to smaller communities of folks with something in common.

I kind of miss the days of actually having online conversations with folks you know are real people (not bots), that aren't trying to be an influencer, or get famous, or some how many money off your interactions.

I tweaked. Many (most?) don't.

I look forward to hearing that Fetterman, Schumer and other spinless, feckless Democrats voted to confirm him.

You know what else would help? Annual (or more) blood tests during routine wellness checks with your doctor.

Do you know why most people don't get those?

Insurance won't cover them. Many insurance providers won't cover them.

Maybe start there? Although I'm guessing he has no buddies who would make money from routine blood tests.

That really irks me is we basically have two styles of headlines right now.

The newer sites like Rawstory, Mediaite, New Republic, Daily Beast, and Meidas Touch all use this bullshit style of headline writing.

Meanwhile the traditional media sane washes the man and is equally disconnected from reality, but in the other direction.

At this point I'm wondering if there really was a ceasefire.

Everything this guy says is a lie until proven otherwise.

If I were a betting man, it seems very likely he just made the whole thing up. Perhaps he pitched the idea and was turned down by either Israel or Iran (probably both). Went to social media to proclaim his victory. Leading both countries to attach each other to show the whole thing was bullshit.

Let's not forget, he claimed he was the lynch pin behind the India and Pakistan ceasefire, only to have both sides say he wasn't involved at all.

If this election was held in 2023, you have to wonder if the outcome would have been wildly different.

For once, an encouraging sign for sanity and common sense.

This, in a nutshell, is what is wrong with the Democratic Party.

If one of these folks is your rep, CALL their office and ask them why they voted to table the impeachment vote, and let them know you're thinking seriously about not casting a vote for them the next time you have the opportunity.

Honestly, I feel like Trump and the GOP's strategy for a while now has been to do so much illegal, evil and heinous shit that the media and public just move onto the next thing.

Any other administration would have been brought to its knees by Signalgate. A few months later and the fucking Secretary of Defense is getting congratulated for not leaking military plans ahead of time.

IMO this is business as usual thinking.

The left needs to push for a vote to get Congress on the record where they stand.

And even if it doesn't pass, getting some Republicans to vote yes would be a big win and a first step towards checking TACO.

Here's a link to the two week super cut: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QtkcbjVf2bE

Basically the same tactic as China's "Final Warning."

EDIT: And another one from Kaitlan Collins: https://xcancel.com/kaitlancollins/status/1935880319028043795#m

From the link:

Dick Carter, Chair of the Delaware Heritage Commission, states that the name of Murderkill River is taken from the original Dutch for Mother River. Mother is moeder in Middle Dutch, and river is Kille. Later, under British rule, the word "River" was added to the waterway's name, effectively making it "mother river river."

The term "kill" is used in areas of Dutch influence in the Netherlands' former North American colony of New Netherland, primarily the Hudson and Delaware Valleys to describe a creek, river, tidal inlet, strait, or arm of the, sea such as Bronx Kill in New York and Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania.

Delaware's creeks and rivers are slow-moving and there is deep mud associated with marshy rivers. Dutch "modder" = mud, a false cognate to "mother." Modder Kill = Muddy Creek or Muddy River. The word is still used in Dutch, such as this Dutch video of a tractor stuck in mud ("vast in de modder").[12]

Is this Trump's equivalent of China's "Final Warning"?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China's_final_warning

And I'm guessing more than a few of those wealthy folks are hiring migrants in their businesses (like Kid Rock).

It's almost like hiring completely incompetent people to cabinet positions was a bad idea.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., denounced the incident on the Senate floor. "I just saw something that sickened my stomach. The manhandling of a United States Senator, we need immediate answers to what the hell went on," he said.

Good to know old Chucky is still around. Haven't heard a peep from him in a while.

Interesting timing, with 75 Democrats bowing to the GOP and voting against the party to "[express] gratitude to law enforcement officers, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel, for protecting the homeland."

One could argue, those 75 Democrats are the epitome of the old, feckless, Republican-light lawmakers that should be facing primary opposition (which is why Hogg has been kicked out).

If one of your congressmen is on that list, give them a call and voice your displeasure.

Is this price a high for the punch it packs? You have to wonder if they're subsidizing the development of an open source OS with a higher price of the phone.

So I guess GPS jamming, Internet cable cutting, spreading misinformation, meddling with elections, Olympic sabotage, gas pipeline sabotage, cyberattacks, etc. etc. don't count?