She has way more power and influence compared to Bernie.

I don’t see how, since she’s a failed candidate and the VP of a lame duck president. You’re not wrong that she could at least make an attempt to have some sort of message of resistance, but even if she did it wouldn’t have any practical effect. Milquetoast centrist is milquetoast.

I’m not a fan of makeup and I approve of her message.

Ooh, not great. Preview of the US in January? Except for the blocking part, that’d never happen.

Apparently, yes, they respected it.

The military personnel that had been in the building earlier have now departed - but the representatives say they will stay put in case of an attempt to disband the parliament.

EDIT: Aaand they’re not gone.

everyone will have pronouns

Yes, that’s how English works, everyone has pronouns unless you want to use their name every time they’re referred to.

Accurate. Officially, there’s a wall, but in practice, church and state go around the side of it constantly.

Firstly, you must find…another shrubbery! Then, when you have found the shrubbery, you must place it here beside this shrubbery, only slightly higher so you get a two-level effect with a little path running down the middle.

You mean like he said he would? It will be very, very bad.

It’s a Carlin quote. Cynics are cynics because they cared and society let them down.

Democracy just voted to end democracy. It doesn’t work when the public is uninformed.

Yup. “Doomed to repeat it.” We’re repeating it.

Yup. He’ll sign anything they put in front of him.

Bernie is in a position where he actually does something. Vice President is a bench-warming position with no real power.

“Scratch any cynic and you’ll find a disappointed idealist.”

Especially since we don’t need them at all.

Why is a toaster the small electrical appliance of choice for that kind of thing? Good voltage/size ratio?

Biden, who time and again pledged to Americans that he would restore norms and respect for the rule of law after Trump’s first term in office, ultimately used his position to help his son, breaking his public pledge to Americans that he would do no such thing.

…after Americans voted that norms and respect for the rule of law don’t mean shit. Fuck 'em, I would have done the same thing.

American voters threw it all away and said that ethics don’t mean shit. He acted accordingly. Fair enough.

Like a treasure from a sunken pirate wreck

It is ethical? Probably not. But we’re about to dive headfirst into fascism. The voters have spoken, and ethics means nothing to them. So be it.