It is deeply corrupt, but the federalist society is very much a domestic operation.

Bull.

So, he’s taking our money that we’re forced to pay due to his stupid tariffs and is using some of it to payoff his supporters who he screwed over with those same tariffs. So, forcing everyone else to clean up his messes. Classic trump.

Or it (and other things) did, but what trump released was a lie.

A really obvious lie, no less. The vitals attested to were obviously bogus if one bothered to look at a recent picture of him.

The media, of course, shrugged and reported the lie as fact since skepticism is only for democrats.

Well, we have to support the “tech innovator” middlemen who deserve their 20% cut of everything. Think of those poor souls. How else are they supposed to get rich?

Yes.

Next question?

Fair point since rhe overrule would now be precedent. So, a republican objects since this is inappropriate, the parliamentarian deems that the precedent allows the Democratic motion, republicans overrule the parliamentarian, and the strategy is quashed.

Extra steps, sure, but since republicans don’t care about norms or hypocrisy, they wouldn’t even blink at such a move.

The only way that it works is if enough republicans don’t really want to pass the bill. Then, this might give them an out. It wouldn’t work otherwise.

That said, no reason not to make them do the extra work.

Sure, they should try, but it’s silly to think that this would actually work. The Senate parliamentarian will rule that it doesn’t meet the requirements (and would be correct) and the republican majority won’t vote to override. Attempt quashed and it wouldn’t even be a news story just being a procedural thing.

I know, it’s unfair and that “they set a precedent” and all of that, but if your strategy requires that republicans not be abject opportunistic hypocrites, then it’s almost certain to fail.

To be fair, the trump crew don’t observe any real security anyway, so all of the more competent competent competitors likely already know our secrets.

I mean, assuming that trump doesn’t just tweet them out, he’d absolutely sell our secrets for some graft.