I remember looking at the change in overall death rate for US citizens after the first year of lockdowns; when people were saying COVID deaths were being over reported.

As I recall, the last time we had such a large spike in overall death rate was in 1918 - when we were dealing with the Spanish flu and WW1.

What? No, I haven’t played since a few sessions decades ago!

GURPS, on the other hand… Along with Ironsworn, maybe a little Savage Worlds…

I think a few who were good at working trump in his first administration did do this too - but as you say, there’s fewer than you’d think; and I think when his handlers figured out this was happening, they started scheduling Republicans to meet him right after to “correct” his mindset.

Wasn’t there just a story yesterday, where they keep finding hanging “suicides” that were hogtied? Trying to find it again, thought that was in the camps

This also explains to me why he’s so freaked out about the Epstein files in the first place. I don’t think he really understands how strongly a lot of his bade feels about the pedophilia.

Letting slip that he gave a blowjob, though? I can see him panicking endlessly about that getting out.

Yeah, I’m curious too - I’ve largely ignored her, so I have no idea if her language changed after Kirk.

If leadership couldn’t get even one of the eight to reconsider on something this important to the entire party, or wouldn’t, then they’re not effective leadership.

One or two, sure, sometimes.

But eight of the 44? Nearly 1/5 of the Senate democrats, all at once? At least one was saying that they were “keeping leadership in the loop”, too.

The bard might also be the one expected to catch puns

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Ah, thanks for the correction!

As well as it did in the Revolutionary War, I’m sure!

Didn’t have that until a decade or so back? Thought I remembered we switched to this system so Republicans could reevaluate each time/hold everything hostage…

This is the sort of thing that needs copy-pasta’d!

Sure, but who decides what’s on the citizenship exam? Who updates it? Who’s in charge of making sure it’s administered fairly?

Right now there’s not really any power to be gained by subverting it, so it’s handled by people who are interested in keeping it working well. Make it the gateway to electoral control, and interest groups will worm their way into control of it - and then you have a variant on poll testing.

Appealing as the idea is, the problem is who gets to control the exams.

It is, yes. It remains to be seen if that matters.

I assumed they asked because in many countries, it would legally trigger an election.

While I don’t doubt plenty in his administration would think of that, I have trouble seeing him thinking that far ahead.

Could definitely be getting fed AI videos with the hope of him reposting them for that reason, though.

I was honestly wondering if someone made it in mockery of him, and he doubled down on it…