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Do you have any basis in fact for that assertion? If it's not controlled by the constitution than Congress can set a limit.

What's the alternative? Saying that politicians are free to rig an election, then stage a coup, and if it doesn't work you just get to walk away?

Not prosecuting Nixon was the biggest mistake this country made (hyperbole), and you can draw a straight line from that to where we are now.

The fact that he keeps getting re-elected proves that the majority of Texans don't feel that way, at least not enough to vote.

You're not wrong, but the number of justices could be linked to them number of judicial circuits, which now sits at 13.

You may want to actually read the Constitution one day. It makes no mention of "life". Here's the text of Article III, Section 1:

The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.

In all fairness, saying "working with Republicans won't work" isn't specifying what the Dems could have done to have their nominee seated, which is what the commenter asked for.

First you'd have to find moderate Republicans in the House, they're a very rare breed that are nearly extinct.

Wait...wait...wait, you look at the two parties and think the Democrats are the party of social nonsense and no substantive agenda? The Republican party has essentially distilled their entire platform down to "Woke"!

The United States doesn't have a VAT.

What are you talking about? It's the Democratic People's Republic of Korea... democracy is right there in the name! /s

But it would undoubtedly irritate colleagues who have said that passing any bill with Democratic votes would immediately trigger a motion to remove McCarthy from the speakership.

They want something, but it's not negotiation, and it's not compromise. They are petulant children throwing a tantrum anytime they don't get exactly what they want.

Did you honestly just link to the Epoch Times? Calling it trash would be too complimentary.

Yes, literally everything is easier to say than to do, but that's also the point. This is an expression that's used when someone makes a declaration that they're going to undertake some task. The expression is meant to convey disbelief that the declarant will follow through and actually perform the task.

But in 15 years those maniacs and nutjobs will have a supermajority of the Senate. They've already gerrymandered their House districts and stacked the Supreme Court. The court makes up their own facts to cases, and ignores the parts of laws they don't like, and overturn decades of precedent.

What could be worse? The rot is already there, the building just hasn't collapsed yet. Worse is already here. We had a couple attempt 2 years ago, and all the leaders are still in government.

But the Republicans House majority is fairly thin. McCarthy could say that it's time to work across the aisle to get the business of the nation done. If you strip Freedom caucus members of all power and committee assignments it might be doable.

The entire Republican party is a widely debunked conspiracy theory.

That's because the political system is untenable. The system is fundamentally designed to be undemocratic. The Senate and electoral college will continue to put politicians in power who do not represent the majority. By 2040 70% of the Senate will be elected by just 1/3 of Americans. It's time for a complete re-write.

I don't think anyone is suggesting that Tommy Tuberville is a mstermind who conceived of, and is executing, a grand scheme. Just that someone told him to do something and he's doing it.

No one said you invented woo, but you subscribe to it. Nothing you said in any of your posts was ever actual evidence though.

You clearly spent 30-40 years researching nonsense if those are the unsupported conclusions you reached. I don't think the few minutes wasted on this conversation is the real concern.

You have invented woo-based flights of fancy that have no basis in reality and which are entirely unsupported. Label them metaphysical, spiritual, or religious if you'd like. Can you test you hypothesis regarding consciousness or sine waves? Can it be measured or demonstrated? Your comments seem to indicate that it cannot, and if you cannot support it with evidence, why do you believe it?

Your entire epistemology can be summed up with "I'd like to believe that...". May I suggest instead...empiricism? Otherwise my idea that the entire universe is made of tiny invisible dragons that are the basis of reality while also existing outside of space and time and breathing cold fire and pooping out black holes is equally reasonable. I mean, I just feel that it's true, and you would too if you weren't so damned close minded. After all, space is cold, black holes exist and you don't see the dragons... The evidence is everywhere!