Because Mike Johnson is entirely subservient to Trump and absolutely will not do his job, which is why he has the job.

I’m sure this won’t come back to bite us in the ass in the form of repeated terrorist attacks.

The US is showing up with 4 times as many cruise missiles as Iran has total launch systems, on day one. The US has a working supply chain to bring more. Iran won’t have a supply chain from anywhere, and construction won’t be an option without materials, which would also be targeted.

Iran has no chance of standing up to the US military, that’s never really been a question. The only thing they can, and probably will do, is cause some losses to the Navy and any land troops. Unlike Iraq or Afghanistan, the US will take serious casualties if it goes into Iran. That won’t be enough to stop the invasion, or really even slow it down. Internal politics would be a far more likely reason to stop any open invasion.

In order to continue challenging air defenses, there has to be someplace left to launch an air attack from. And since Iran has nothing to stop US air attacks, that becomes an issue long before US air defense runs out.

Iran wouldn’t blow through a serious fraction of US air defense. The main threats from Iran would be torpedo’s and water based mines from hidden/small launch sites. Their drone attacks would probably land a couple hits early on, due to sheer volume, but they wouldn’t get to launch waves like Russia is able to in Ukraine. There wouldn’t be enough launch sites remaining after the first two weeks.

The bigger issues would be what other countries do in reaction. China and Russia at the top of that list.

What if the reason Trump hasn’t attacked is because Iran is supplying Russia with the drones they need in Ukraine?

In 18 months I can see us where the Star Wars universe portrayed droids. As in ‘Oh great, another talking tin can, just what the galaxy needs. Can someone turn this thing off?’

Let me know when they have an amendment to end partisan gerrymandering.

Amps are used when deciding the wiring. So that afterwords you know if your plug matches, it works in that outlet.

Never said it was an easy lift. There’s a long road between where we are and a functioning society. And currently most of Europe is in the lead.

We need legislation with teeth before they manage to get this in every house. It’s going to happen. Your phone, TV, doorbell, car, crosswalks and street signs are all going to be recording and tracking you eventually. Just recognize that’s going to happen no matter what, and get real oversight and rules into place now. If we wait until it’s all locked, the ruling party will never let it end.

Each tumbler has 4 to 6 sizes in 3 to 6 holes. They set the combination, then cut the key and put the matching tumblers in a standard housing.

Half the security on most locks is that it’s hard to get tools in the tiny slots. The actual number of combinations is small, but difficult to scan through.

To be fair, they’re a gun manufacturing lobby, not really a gun rights lobby.

I’ll vote for the candidate that I think is going to do the most to advance the policy goals I’d like. Right now that happens to be the opposite of everything the GoP is doing, and half of what the Dems are doing.

These MFs right here need to have their phones, emails, and mail boxes full. And they damn well better know if they cave on this, they’re getting voted out.

Angus King (I-ME)

Jacky Rosen (D-NV)

Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)

John Fetterman (D-PA)

Maggie Hassan (D-NH)

Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)

I thought the 25th only needs a majority of the cabinet plus the VP to invoke. Honestly less likely than getting 2/3 of congress on board.

There have been policy discussions about lock down quarantines for decades. Though many assumed it would be some form of rabid TB. It never gets into any serious policy until there’s already something horrible going on.

Apparently they’re looking at tying together hundreds of stand alone generators from Caterpillar.

The challenge right now is getting him in front of a jury.

The state national guard is required by law, and only 20 states have a separate state guard. Minnesota technically has an organization for a state guard, but it doesn’t exist right now. Since state guards get no federal funding, and state national guards do, most of the state guards get defunded or were never created. And the governor has no power to press anyone into state guard service, even if he could fund it. He does have indirect authority to deputize anyone into the state police, who are under essentially no control from federal officials.