That is a good point. Pardoning, say, Kushner could be viewed as obstruction of justice by a state court. Only problem is you’d have to find a prosecutor with jurisdiction to enforce that. Pardons apply to federal crimes, military crimes and the DC court system. One would think the latter would be the likely venue for…

Presidents, with very few (and legally untested) exceptions, can’t be sent to prison anyway. The punishment for presidential indiscretion is impeachment and impeachment alone. He could pardon Donnie Jr, but who really cares about that?

Really? Because talking points and sloganeering is exactly what got the current crop of people elected. It’s just about the only thing they’re good at.

Yes, actually. There’s been a whole generation that basically skipped socialism entirely in lieu of centrism exemplified by Clinton, Obama and Blair in the UK. So you’re left with really old guard like Sanders or Corbyn in the UK combined with a 20-something grass roots.

Not sure if a pardon would even be relevant. Congress would still be empowered to investigate him and his people. Congress could still vote to impeach him.

Pfft. I can wish what I want on who I want. It’s the best part of having enemies, particularly ones who are long past bothering to meet you anywhere close to half way.

Eh...he nepotized, drank, fucked, divorced and crashed his way into a pretty posh life, all things considered.

Yeah, but we also have education, so even the “low hanging fruit” are at least somewhat literate and able to learn from a wide source of material (including warning labels).

Well, there’s that ridiculous helmet...

Have you seen Ajit Pai? Sure, he’s not racist, but he wants to sell your identity to your cable company and posses an EXTREMELY punchable face.

Nope. While I’m sure you read some article on the rundown of the US stockpile, helium ain’t that expensive. Which is why nobody bothered to pull it out of the ground (outside of the US mandate) until recently.

Not dumb at all, which is something I would say about only a couple of Trump flunkies.

Librul cities, duh.

Genie L Jackson?

Also: her hair. All around amazing.

Not even the whole stretch, just the block his tower sits on.

F-35A is ~$90M and heading towards $80M. The other two models are in the $100-120M range.

I object to the assertion that all of the founding fathers thought the same thing or believed the same thing. Because the constitution is not some grand treatise handed down from on high by people smarter than we could ever hope to be. It’s a compromised, designed-by-committee, hodgepodge combining…

Nah. Healthcare still involves catastrophic events, one time costs far in excess of most people’s ability to plan for, with or without a UBI. Also expensive chromic diseases.

To be fair, shit in this country doesn’t change that much. Tax cuts didn’t buy growth during the Bush years and they won’t now. Yet that’s still a policy position of the GOP. Krugman could write nothing but zombienomics columns for the next 4 years and it will still be relevant because the administration is still…