This country is so cooked. No matter how many safeguards you put in place, the democratic system is inherently dependent on good faith norms. When one side creates a Supreme Court majority by refusing to confirm justices and that same court allows permanent legislative power through arbitrarily...
IMO this is the most underdiscussed threat to the future of society. We're talking about significant proportions of Gen Z and Gen A who have no ability to function in society and whose social existence is exclusively online.
Anecdotally this has been my experience. My millennial conservative friends who have kids are all rural or exurban and live slightly above paycheck to paycheck status. My liberal friends are almost all urban, own homes, contribute healthily to their 401k, and wait until their mid to late 30s to...
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/baltimore/news/city-historic-low-violent-crime-homicides-shootings/
Baltimore is seeing its lowest crime rate in over 50 years, not that it matters.
Trump is dead is apparently trending on Twitter. Basically the conspiracy theory is the lack of events coupled with that thing on his hand the other day means he is in perilous health. The smoking gun is that his golf outing this weekend was apparently canceled.