If only you were highly contagious
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Chile, late '80s, Pinochet scheduled a referendum and was voted out. He tried to backtrack, but no one would help so he ultimately left office peacefully.
Ukraine after the 2004 protests.
Ghana in 2000 after decades under Jerry Rawlings.
(Not counting the times when violence and international pressure led to elections that were honored, like Mandela winning in South Africa in the '90s.)
"Hatshepsut has more energy than I do!"
Nuance doesn't fly on the Internet
I guess we'll find out. And sure, Trump will definitely continue to have sway over the GOP in or out of office until he dies. The comment wasn't "what if Trump never existed"
"Ms. Noem, are you an idiot?"
Can the ocean level just rise already
She said she immediately knew what was happening when she walked into her weekly one-on-one with her supervisor; the meeting had an unexpected attendee. An HR representative rose from a seat in the corner as Ferreira entered the office. She was told she was being let go because she wasn't fulfilling her position's responsibilities, "effective immediately."
"When I was about to open my mouth, she waved her hand at me, and was like, 'No, we're not doing that,'" Ferreira said. "I'm hearing ringing in my head."
"They didn't let me speak in my own meeting."
The cruelty and arrogant dismissiveness of that response is infuriating to me.
Believe me, many of us are down for that. Or the Pacific States of America. Or Cascadia and the Republic of California.
It's the devastating war that would follow that we're nervous about.
No? That hasn't been the case since Nixon. Fiat money has been the international standard for over half a century.
Actual translation: no court may enforce an injunction or temporary restraining order against the Trump administration.
Now let's see how the Supreme Court rules.