It's so funny the election monitors are glorified mall cops with no real authority
November 3, 2026 at 11:06 PM
It's so funny the election monitors are glorified mall cops with no real authority
“The exercise of political authority must always be directed towards the common good.”
November 4, 2026 at 10:34 AM
“The exercise of political authority must always be directed towards the common good.”
Remember that the DOGE guys literally just showed up at federal buildings with zero authority or authorization and started demanding shit.
It's not good for society or our government to let that kind of thing pass without consequence.
It's not good for society or our government to let that kind of thing pass without consequence.
I think we can go for retribution against DOGE. It's most important to pass laws so that never happens again. It's also important that the personal lives of actual people who did that are at least as disrupted as every civil servant who lost their job based on some spiteful child's idea of the lulz
November 4, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Remember that the DOGE guys literally just showed up at federal buildings with zero authority or authorization and started demanding shit.
It's not good for society or our government to let that kind of thing pass without consequence.
It's not good for society or our government to let that kind of thing pass without consequence.
He literally has no authority over election administration. None.
November 2, 2026 at 4:57 PM
He literally has no authority over election administration. None.
As it just so happens, I got a whole chapter about them in here www.amazon.com/dp/0300248334/
November 2, 2026 at 3:46 PM
As it just so happens, I got a whole chapter about them in here www.amazon.com/dp/0300248334/
Respect My Authority Mike
ALT: Respect My Authority Mike
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November 4, 2026 at 4:12 AM
You don't negotiate with negativity. You dismantle its arguments and demolish its authority. You then proceed on your merry way.
November 3, 2026 at 8:55 AM
You don't negotiate with negativity. You dismantle its arguments and demolish its authority. You then proceed on your merry way.
He’s pretty much the authority
November 2, 2026 at 5:03 PM
He’s pretty much the authority
Authority is brittle.
November 3, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Authority is brittle.
Governor has a ton more power and authority. It’s going to be terrible with her in this office.
November 4, 2026 at 5:31 AM
Governor has a ton more power and authority. It’s going to be terrible with her in this office.
we are flying in our bluest-haired Bryn Mawr graduates to form a provisional governing authority
November 3, 2026 at 11:44 PM
we are flying in our bluest-haired Bryn Mawr graduates to form a provisional governing authority
In coups and crisis time energy and presenting energy legitimacy and authority is important.
That’s not happening here….
That’s not happening here….
November 4, 2026 at 3:25 AM
In coups and crisis time energy and presenting energy legitimacy and authority is important.
That’s not happening here….
That’s not happening here….
Things the Dem Congress should do on day 1:
- restore USAID
- investigate DOGE
- pass guardrails against civilian data misuse
- revoke the AUMF
- revoke unilateral Presidential tariff authority
- public hearings investigating ICE
- restore USAID
- investigate DOGE
- pass guardrails against civilian data misuse
- revoke the AUMF
- revoke unilateral Presidential tariff authority
- public hearings investigating ICE
November 4, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Things the Dem Congress should do on day 1:
- restore USAID
- investigate DOGE
- pass guardrails against civilian data misuse
- revoke the AUMF
- revoke unilateral Presidential tariff authority
- public hearings investigating ICE
- restore USAID
- investigate DOGE
- pass guardrails against civilian data misuse
- revoke the AUMF
- revoke unilateral Presidential tariff authority
- public hearings investigating ICE
An impeachment investigation would enhance transparency and allow Congress to reassert its authority
The new Congress must hold Trump accountable | Claire Finkelstein
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2026 at 1:51 PM
An impeachment investigation would enhance transparency and allow Congress to reassert its authority
Ramirez is on the oversight subcommittee of the homeland security committee, so she is speaking here directly to people over whom she personally has oversight authority.
Noem, Markwayne, Miller, Homan, Bovino, what’s up?
Clear your schedule.
Clear your schedule.
November 4, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Ramirez is on the oversight subcommittee of the homeland security committee, so she is speaking here directly to people over whom she personally has oversight authority.
bad news about the railroad commissioner's authority to commission railroads
November 4, 2026 at 6:05 AM
bad news about the railroad commissioner's authority to commission railroads
The American People summoned their moral constitution, repudiated Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans forever, and demanded moral leadership and accountability from their elected representatives, reclaiming for America the moral authority required to be the leader of the free world once again.
November 4, 2026 at 12:30 PM
The American People summoned their moral constitution, repudiated Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans forever, and demanded moral leadership and accountability from their elected representatives, reclaiming for America the moral authority required to be the leader of the free world once again.
‘I have lived experience with’ does not give you authority over what’s ”ethical“ in art, and it sure as hell doesn’t give you authority over how other people should live their lives and handle their own traumas
I don’t find this any different than when someone is like:
I don’t find this any different than when someone is like:
I’m getting really tired of people trying to use their own lived experience not just to determine the quality of a work but ESPECIALLY to suppress art like this.
November 3, 2026 at 8:44 PM
‘I have lived experience with’ does not give you authority over what’s ”ethical“ in art, and it sure as hell doesn’t give you authority over how other people should live their lives and handle their own traumas
I don’t find this any different than when someone is like:
I don’t find this any different than when someone is like:
By my authority, accept this pin-up! (six years late but i'm replaying Hades now so)
October 31, 2026 at 12:24 AM
By my authority, accept this pin-up! (six years late but i'm replaying Hades now so)
"Political appointees — not career regulators — were the driving force behind the Trump EPA’s efforts to dump their own authority to regulate climate change ..."
Shocker.
Shocker.
POLITICO Pro: Inside the political push to dismantle EPA’s climate authority
Career officials seem to have been left out of the loop when EPA’s power plant endangerment repeal was being vetted, records show.
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November 3, 2026 at 5:22 PM
"Political appointees — not career regulators — were the driving force behind the Trump EPA’s efforts to dump their own authority to regulate climate change ..."
Shocker.
Shocker.
After cataclysmic defeat in the midterms, the president’s authority has gone for good
✍️ @jamesrball.com
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The fall of Trump’s empire of madness
After cataclysmic defeat in the midterms, the president’s authority has gone for good
buff.ly
November 4, 2026 at 10:02 AM
After cataclysmic defeat in the midterms, the president’s authority has gone for good
✍️ @jamesrball.com
✍️ @jamesrball.com
ER Nurse Alex Pretti did not deserve to have 10 rounds pumped into him by radical domestic terrorists in broad daylight.
Masked ICE thugs are not trained but are given complete authority by Trump to shoot first and ask later.
Masked ICE thugs are not trained but are given complete authority by Trump to shoot first and ask later.
November 3, 2026 at 6:40 PM
ER Nurse Alex Pretti did not deserve to have 10 rounds pumped into him by radical domestic terrorists in broad daylight.
Masked ICE thugs are not trained but are given complete authority by Trump to shoot first and ask later.
Masked ICE thugs are not trained but are given complete authority by Trump to shoot first and ask later.
Which also seems like it should be disqualifying for any future office. If you can't understand something quite so basic, you shouldn't hold a position of authority and importance.
Democrats like Haley Stevens to undermine a fellow Democrat like Abdul El-Sayed reallt don’t grasp what’s at stake if Donald Trump and his criminal regime get two more unfettered years.
November 1, 2026 at 4:50 AM
Which also seems like it should be disqualifying for any future office. If you can't understand something quite so basic, you shouldn't hold a position of authority and importance.
oregon polls will not be closed until 8 but I have it on good authority the mcrib is back
November 4, 2026 at 1:43 AM
oregon polls will not be closed until 8 but I have it on good authority the mcrib is back