Absolutely. And term limits on elected positions means that more power will be concentrated in unelected (read: unaccountable) positions that don’t have term limits, which is a great way to bring back Tammany Hall. McConnell is right that we don’t need term limits because that’s what elections are for. Of course,…

Ever notice how when a Republican is in charge we all have to work together and support the President while when a Dem is in charge, people start threatening civil war?

That’s why I don’t *really* get this togetherness argument. I don’t see why I should have to show solidarity or respect for Trump supporters when their candidate, the president-elect, was literally the ringleader of the racist birther movement, when the poison speak that got him elected is horrifying and…

And in that whole time, Trump is the first person to speak to them directly and promise to address their issues.

Obama had/has his warts, but the fact the people felt so “oppressed” and “held down” under Obama is really a testament to the fuckery that people believe in this country.

The comparisons aren’t even apt. We have a President who will actively try to screw his own populace over if it benefits him. Probably the first…

An actual human being tried to calm me down by saying that how I’m feeling now is how a lot of white people felt when Obama was elected. Because that’s a rational comparison now apparently.

They won’t realize it. They will just keep complaining and shooting guns at empty beer cans.

Conservative pundits and Trump supporters: “You must respect the anger of rural voters!”

Most trump voters are upper middle class and colleges educated. This isn’t about dumb poor whites - it’s about hateful suburban ones. That’s who it’s always been about, from the day MLK said he feared the white moderate.

I know this is tongue in cheek. But just to add more scary thoughts...in that very NPR article, McConnell says:

“I think most of the things that he’s likely to advocate we’re going to be enthusiastically for.”

We’re fucked, people.

Kidney failure might be right on the money, sadly.

I know a couple in their 30s, both freelancers with two kids. In other words: They need affordable insurance. Yet, as hardcore Bernie supporters, they were unyielding in their campaign against Clinton, and though we agree on many or most policies, I had to unfollow them on FB. Today I left a very careful and…

DId you notice that Congress got worse when a bunch of newbie tea partiers came in and caused chaos? It’s not just their agenda (though that’s part of it), it’s that they don’t understand what they’re doing that well.

You think his actual first act will be to pardon himself and then sue the FBI to prevent himself from any other investigations?

Mitch has already said, “we’ll see.” The problem is that Trump thinks he can fire him.

I said below that this is good news because it will never get 2/3 of each house and will piss off all the Republicans, but it occurs to me now that if it does somehow pass - term limits for Congress are a popular proposal - it’s a little scary. Reducing the legislature’s power relative to the executive is kind of a…

Can’t stop crying or shitting. All day.

I work with people who talk about term limits like they’d be a good thing. And my response is always “if no one doing the job has been there for more than 4 years, no one is going to know what they’re doing. Instead of 30 year congressmen, you’ll have a majority leader’s chief of staff or a party boss who hangs…

Anyone else been ill all day? I feel like I have a combination of mono, being left at the altar, and kicked in the groin. Exercise helped. And I’m super proud of myself for only eating ONE pint of Ben and Jerry’s vegan Chunky Monkey.

Well, hey. Trump may have a blank check to destroy this county for everyone who isn’t wealthy, white and male, but we can all take comfort in the fact that Mitch McConnell will push back against congressional term limits. He’s truly the hero we deserve.