Nope.

I didn’t realize you spoke for all veterans. That’s got to be stressful.

No, he’ll (maybe) start to look Presidential when he takes responsibility for the actions he orders, instead of deflecting blame to subordinates.

No, it hasn’t. Not like that. Certainly not with a comment about how the dead solider in question was smiling in heaven because of all the fucking applause. And certainly not mere hours after the POTUS refused to accept any responsibility for the raid.

That’s easy. It’s an essential part of the sales pitch. If you promise a high rate of return you can tell the suckers they don’t need to invest as much now and get them to buy into your system. 20+ years from now when the bills come due you’ll be long gone with their fees.

Meh. It was a weak year in that category. Neither really stood out as obvious, no doubt about it winners.

Courts interpret laws, and laws can be changed.

If by “market outcomes” you mean “big business doing whatever they legally can to fuck over customers an steal every penny that isn’t nailed down”, then yes, I guess we oppose that on principle.

Well of course they don’t come out and say that they advocate repealing them. They aren’t that dumb.

And? A bunch of cranks proposed some ideas. That doesn’t mean the proposals got adopted.

If these alleged bribes existed and worked, then why did previous Presidents not already get rid of these supposedly horrible regulations that these CEOs hate? Why didn’t they just bribe the prior Presidents to get rid of them earlier (or not implement them in the first place)?

Define “within reason”. Preferably in a way that passes constitutional muster for legal discrimination.

What the fuck are you talking about? Garland was nominated to fill a spot, and Republicans denied him even a hearing in order to steal the seat back. That’s breaking with norms. That’s what is being discussed here, the breakdown of democratic norms, not the ideological makeup of the court.

Because he’ll do it anyway? And saving your “political capital” will get you jack shit when they end the filibuster on the next round.

Does not compute.

They’ll do it anyway. They don’t care about the rules once they are in power.

He can be removed by impeachment.

If by “decades” you mean “months”:

Or maybe they have tried to inform him and he’s just an idiot who never bothers to check into things because he can’t be bothered to ask or understand how things work. L

It was the *ahem* cornerstone of their entire existence. Without it they have no reason, no motivation, no will to secede.