littering.

counterpoint: Pence already has the power to accomplish all his horrifying goals, because Trump doesn’t care about actually running the country. Pence at least won’t blow things up and has some twitter restraint. So, as we stand, we have the worst of Trump and the worst of Pence. Impeaching trump would get rid of half…

If anyone could explain how any of this might work, I might listen.

sure, if all they cared about was destroying the US. but a lot of them want to make a show of power in their own regions. Putin has certainly been pushing in Europe, we’ve all seen that. Their real goals are more regional, if the US won’t act coherently they can push further and further on those goals.

I believe that was the point. The balance of power has been diminished gradually, but bureaucracy remains. Institutions with their established leadership make actual change slow to take place. It applies more in some cases than others and in other cases congress and the supreme court are more of a check on executive…

my grandmother had someone on something break into her house in the middle of the night. she was in her 80s already. she was completely calm about it, called the cops from her rotary phone to tell them someone was in her basement. My parents offered her a bed in our house, she was like “naw, I’m cool, I prefer my own…

I don’t know. Difficult seems more challenging. I think it’s okay to think “this sucks”. Yes, you need to conquer it and move forward, but if you see everything as “difficult” or a challenge, you’ll wear yourself out in the constant struggle. Sometimes you need to accept that you feel like shit and take some time for…