We will be seeing this more and more in Europe generally. Europeans seem to have tired of economic immigrants and the problems and expense they bring.

Quaffs and opens the bourbon

Nah, the downvotes are weird partisanship. The rest of the world knows that these parties sometimes cut deals on speakers.

https://time.com/6320202/house-democrats-refused-save-kevin-mccarthy/

On Tuesday, Democrats voted unanimously alongside Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida and seven other GOP members to remove McCarthy as Speaker. Despite talk over the weekend that some Democrats might cut a deal with McCarthy to save him, the Speaker ultimately refused to offer members of the opposition party any concessions, leaving Democrats united against him. In the narrowly divided House, only a handful of Republicans needed to join Democrats to create the majority needed to win the vote.

Analogy isn’t working for me. I’ve turned it off and back on again. Still nothing. 😆

Tons of CHINESE ammo.

The partisanship in here, among what I assume are mostly adults, is monstrously depressing.

Majority rule made the Dems relevant. Since that’s the entire structure of our democracy then maybe there’s a bit more strategy to it than you’re willing to observe.

It is a fact.

Really wish Lemmyverse liberals here weren’t exactly as pedantic and defensive as they are on every other social media site.

This simply isn’t true. The minority party, GOP or Dem have been known to support speakers of the opposite party when it suited their purposes.

Jesus Christ, am I on Reddit right now? The guy is spitting facts and getting lectured and downvoted. Are liberals really this sensitive now? It’s mind-blowing to an older guy.

That may be true but he also would have been voted out by his own party if he had. Honestly, they turned on him as soon as he DID work with Democrats.

Give up robust tax enforcement while spending ourselves into the grave. Our officials are morons.

Feel badly for her. First she had to take the studio to court over Black Widow and now this.

Tipping the payment software itself at this point.

Handkerchiefs are the bomb. I carry one everywhere I go (when I don’t forget 🥲). Really feel like they could make a comeback with the right marketing.