Karma, as a concept in Asian religions, is not simply an accounting system of bad events befalling doers of bad deeds to balance the ledger, etc. From what I’ve read in the Talmud, Koran, and Old & New Testaments, the Abrahamic God is an asshole.

“Due to Obergefell, those with sincerely held religious beliefs concerning marriage will find it increasingly difficult to participate in society...”.

From the instant he was inaugurated, his regime was always going to end in blood. The only variables are whose blood and how much.

He won’t leave quietly—he can’t—but he will leave. The fact is, there’s too much GOP power at stake to risk it all in a coup, and it would be a real risk. Ancient, calcified ogres like McConnell didn’t get where they are by openly flouting procedure and tradition—indeed, that’s what they always robed themselves in,…

I honestly don’t think we’ll see any sort of organized uprising. Regrettably, there will probably be isolated incidents of violence. The camo cosplay crowd is mostly made of of exactly that... wannabe Rambos. The second any real shooting starts, they’ll soil their tactical pants and scramble to their survivalist…

It is far more likely that Trump leaves town before the inauguration than it is he leads any sort of insurrection. And MAGAs follow Trump because they see him as a winner. If he loses publicly, I see many/most not wanting to risk their own for a loser.

I am an Olympic gold medal worrier; when I was undergoing cancer treatment, my mother used to say to me, don’t worry about it until you have to worry about it”. That became my mantra for life. I’m passing my mother’s wisdom on to you...ignore his words; he is all talk and no plan.

That is actually my fervent hope and why I am not shy about being happy he’s sick. Not because I want him to suffer but because if he’s in the ICU on election day, his ability to cause mayhem is drastically reduced. It may be the only thing that saves this country. 

I think his infection by Corona is going to play a massive upset to what you’re envisioning.

The problem is (I’ve been thinking on this a lot, sadly) if they admit that they were wrong about him, then they have to admit that we liberal elites were right, even once. And they CAN’T DO THAT. Because that opens a horrifying doorway in which they have to admit that we might have been right about other things…

I fully expect that everything you outline in your post will happen. 

What I don’t get is how anyone could think Trump is the hill they want to make a stand on.

“Rabbi Ieshua Bin’ Yusef was into to healing the poor (without money), feeding the masses, and organizing his followers to live in a feed-everybody soshulist commune.”

I was raised Catholic and went to a Jesuit college. None of my professors were actual jesuits but most of my classes placed heavy emphasis on Jesuit values(primarily the idea of being in service to others), this has informed my world view and is like what pushed my politics further to the left.

You got me, man.

Apparently you missed the fact that she was already serving on the Seventh Court of Appeals. The job is almost identical to her new one. The toll on her parenting? No different. (Gawd, I just defended ACB. WHY DID YOU MAKE ME DO THAT?!?)

As did Tammy Duckworth!

And if a male judge talked about being a dad. No problem? Did you criticise Obama at the time for running for president with young children before you knew that Marian Robinson was moving in with them to the White House?

Then she gets pregnant. So what? The prime minister of New Zealand gave birth while in office.

Yah this is not a good look. One of my favorite mom friends is an executive that travels 75% of weekdays but the love she shares with her kids beats every SAH mom I know. She is lucky to be able to support a stay at home husband. Some couples have grandparents, nannies, ah pair or whatever because parents HAVE TO WORK…