G.O.P.  CANDIDATES MUST  PLEDGE  TO  GO  TO  PRISON  FOR  TRUMP  TO  QUALIFY  FOR  NEXT  DEBATE  (agreeing to serve hard time for Trump is the "only way" that G.O.P. candidates can prove their loyalty to the R.N.C.)
-- Andy Borowitz

In an angry letter to the White House, Republicans demand that Biden reveal why they are impeaching him.    
-- Andy Borowitz 

"A very large portion of my party really doesn't believe in the Constitution."      
-- Mitt Romney

One has to wonder how much longer a Republican U.S. Senator who does believe in the Constitution can remain in the GOP.  With the departure of Romney, skeptics of the Constitution will likely gain more influence inside the U.S. Congress.

Has the battle to save the soul of the GOP been lost?

Seeing his party's base rally behind Trump following his indictments --- after the insurrection and the impeachments --- might have been the last straw for Mitt Romney.

with attribution to Nick Catoggio, The Dispatch, September 14, 2023

"Farewell to Mitt Romney and the right as we knew it." 

The right's information gatekeepers have worked very hard to persuade rank-and-file conservative partisans that the most corrupt, amoral, unfit Republican remains preferable as a leader to any Democrat.          
-- Nick Catoggio

"How long can a democracy last when its elected leaders live in fear of physical violence from their constituents?"          
-- McKay Coppins

What did Forrest Gump say? "Stupid is as stupid does."

Mike Pence had no comment on CNN about the 362-1 ratio between GM's CEO and GM workers' compensation -      
as in, "A GM worker with median pay would have to work 362 years to make the CEO's annual compensation."

Stop the stupid, Mr Pence, 
and shame on Mary Barra who grew up in Flint, Michigan.

Trump lies about his lies, for him history is fluid.

The only story Trump has not changed since 2015:      
"If I shot someone on Fifth Avenue I would not lose any supporters."

Apparently I have not been out and about enough to appreciate Donald Trump nor to comprehend the power he wields.

Turns out Ken Buck is the voice of reason in the Republican Party.

Trump wanted Hillary locked up,

called for Mike Pence to be hanged,

wants to suspend the Constitution,

and General Milley executed for treason.

Win or lose,

we're in for a storm.

Take time to watch interview(s) with Cassidy Hutchinson.      
What an incredible young woman!      
We should all have her courage.

Ralph Nader is in a different place today because America is in a different place. There is an unmistakable shift in how he operates.  
In principle he supports third parties and he shares praise for Cornel West, likely the Green Party Candidate in 2024; 
nevertheless, though he will make no formal endorsement for President Biden,        
Nader is working to help President Biden get re-elected.    
He says, "Biden is better than he has ever been." "Former President Trump should not return to the White House." "We're in an existential fight: This stage is stopping a life-ending comet like the one that stopped the dinosaurs."

   If you watched the 2nd GOP Debate,      
   you might think the worst thing Donald Trump ever 
   did was skip presidential debates.

The government is within hours of shutting down, and the House is holding an impeachment hearing. Forget the Republicans, the Democrats should make a motion to vacate.

Let Congress go without a paycheck.

We can't love our country only when we win.

There's no victory lap in D.C. or for anyone in the United States of America. We have to come together to govern. 
With the oxygen being sopped up by "what's his name's" fraud trial in New York City which he's using as a political event to fund-raise there's no oxygen left for the other Republican presidential primary candidates. On top of that Republican chaos in the U.S. House is also grabbing up oxygen. Sadly Former Speaker McCarthy continues to place blame at Democrat's feet for chaos on Capitol Hill.

Common sense is in desperately short supply on Capitol Hill.          
There are some reaching out to "what's his name?" to serve as Speaker of the House.

The White House is no place for a German Shepherd. Commander creates a security risk in a busy workplace among countless visitors. Commander deserves better and so do all who have reason to be at the White House. (I was bitten by a German Shepherd.)