Well, the precedent would only be set for if congress declined to hold hearings on the appointee. So if it was a republican trying to appoint a right wing justice, a democrat controlled congress could still hold the hearing and refuse to appoint the justice. They just couldn’t stall by refusing to hold a hearing.

There’s also a petition asking the electoral college to throw Trump out on his ass, but that one’s kind of a long shot.

That’s not true. Natural born citizen means a person who was born a citizen, as opposed to a naturalized citizen. Duckworth was born a citizen.

David Futrelle over at We Hunted The Mammoth had an interesting thought about that; that this is exactly like a toddler realizing that mommy isn’t going to give in to his tantrums anymore, so he starts screaming louder and harder until he finally gives up and stops throwing tantrums.

The jumpluff family also has that move.

I think “ex post facto” was the term you were looking for there.

My hope is that the establishment Republicans in the House and Senate hate him enough that they’ll obstruct him like they did Obama.

In 7.1.5 you’ll be able to buy up to artifact knowledge level 10 without waiting.

He’s still got the fraud trial at the end of this month. If that goes badly for him, would that be enough for impeachment?

Since we’re discussing politically relevant comic strips, does anyone else remember that arc in Bloom County when Donald Trump’s brain got transplanted into Bill the Cat?

Arpaio’s out? I hadn’t heard that, at least we have that silver lining. And I think California legalized recreational weed, not just medical.

I wore a shirt that said “action girl” on it, which I figured was subtle enough to not be an obvious endorsement, but it wasn’t a coincidence I picked that shirt.

Why don’t they just have the presidential candidates fill out absentee ballots and have an aide drop them off? That seems like the safest and least disruptive way to do it.

Actually, my parents went to vote at 7:15, right after the polls opened, and there was a line practically around the block. Everyone wants to vote either right before or immediately after work, so those are the worst times to vote. I went at 11, and there were maybe 4 people in front of me.

There was a lady with two little boys (maybe 8-10) in the voting booth next to me, and I thought it was really sweet. It’s so important to teach our kids the importance of voting, and show them how it’s done so they’re not so nervous the first time they do it as adults.

No, it’s a parody account. Trump is a walking example of Poe’s law, but you can tell the difference by looking for the little blue “verified” check mark.

Was that Patton Oswalt?

Do you have any sources for that? I know a lot of Democrats who are “meh” about Hillary, but we all agree that a “meh” president is by far better than a horrifying president, so we’re all still going to vote fore her.

Well, I think all of your opinions are wrong, but they’re a sane and reasonable kind of wrong, that I can politely disagree with. I wish the rest of the Republican Party was that kind of wrong.

My uncle put one of those trick candles on my cousin’s birthday cake, and we all had a good laugh, and then we were like “crap, how do we put it out so we can eat the cake?”