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    Yeah I get it. Congress is full of rightwing assholes. This Congress won’t do the right thing. I don’t disagree at all and I’m no less frustrated by it. But the solution isn’t to shift more power into the hands of the presidency, even though that would be expedient at the present moment. The solution is to do the hard work through elections and lobbying to get Congress to pass helpful laws. That’s how our system is supposed to work. Republicans have been better at it than we have. But I can’t get on board with ditching the entire concept of separation of powers based on nothing more than a childish “BUT I WANT IT NOW AND THEY WONT GIVE IT TO ME!” reaction. Whatever instant gratification we gain will not be worth the bullshit it enables the next GOP administration to impose on their evil whim. tl;dr: think long term.
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    I haven’t followed this closely but, at a high level, I’m kind of okay with the message that the President can’t forgive federal loan debt without authorization from Congress. Modern presidents have too much unilateral authority as it is. I’m in favor of student loan forgiveness (and generally more fully subsidizing higher education). So let’s lobby Congress to pass a law to that effect.
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    She should get a pet owl. Or coyote.
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    She’s the luckiest, by far.
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    So was this just an advisory opinion? It’s been a while since I took Civ Pro and Federal Courts, but that’s a big no-no, right?
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    You are welcome.
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    You’re like a poor man’s Jim Breuer routine. Nothing clever or insightful or funny to say, so you just squawk like a fucking idiot.
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    If only a Good Fetus with a Gun had been there, this tragedy could have been averted.
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    I checked. He’s still a loathsome fucking weasel.
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    If that’s the plan, the world needs to demand meaningful structural reforms before we just start feeding money into Russian hands again.
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    Putin is an idiot. Since when has hiding in a bunker ever worked to do anything but delay the inevitable? Or more accurately, to ensure that the end is inevitable? It shows weakness and imprisons the tyrant to the whim of his protectors’ loyalty.
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    Negotiations imply desperation. Putin is in no position to negotiate right now. He has done nothing to pressure Wagner. He has imposed no risk on Priggles. He and his close advisors are reportedly on the run. What chips does he have?
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    My uneducated take is that is a realistic outcome and the coup’s failure is not at all inevitable. For me, the critical unknown is whether a substantial portion of the Russian military remains loyal. Putin may have some tricks up his sleeve, but the snowball effect of loyalty-switching does not bode well for him.
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    It’s an object lesson in the suddenness of regime change. Cracks form slowly, but the resulting collapse is swift. And whatever you think the status quo is before a civil war kicks off, it can change very quickly and dramatically. Loyalty is not static.
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    Guns don’t kill people. Toddlers do.
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    All the talking heads predicting a swift demise for this coup seem to rely on the numerical superiority of the Russian military compared to Wagner. They ignore a key dynamic of a coup like this: the military is fractured and it’s not at all clear that they will remain loyal to the Russian state. The numbers could very quickly level up. We’re already seeing a snowball effect in Wagner’s favor. Normalcy bias is a hell of a drug and it looks like Putin was on a raging bender.
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    This is why I shoot everyone I meet. You just can’t take any chances. People are absolute maniacs out there these days!
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    No doubt. Such a great point. I read all these sad woe-is-me tales about poor people and homelessness, and I’m just like “Did any of these stupid fuckers ever think to make more money? Duh!”
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    Banging sounds? Makes sense. If you’re going to die in a sub, might as well join the Mile Under Club.
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    Seems every year, twice a year, we see extended periods of unpredicted demand. At this point, these aren’t black swan events anymore, dipshits. How about we plan for the energy demands this state experiences on what is now a predictable, regular basis?
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    Congratulations to everyone who got an A on the test! Also, equal congratulations to those who flunked the test but who now know the correct answers after reading the answer key! Just fucking with you. I’m glad you finally woke up. But let’s not kid ourselves: trickle down was always obvious bullshit.

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