Wealth matters. But him being black is the entire reason this wasn’t swept under the rug, quietly.

Dude’s too rich to face consequences. The fact that he’s black is the only reason it went this far.

But, totally not politically motivated. At all.

Hold on. Since when has Canada ever charged money to visit National Parks? There are some tourist locations that charge admission…but not National Parks.

Trump has managed to bypass the Constitution, by making his very own domestic military force.

Why would losing money, “consolidate power for the GOP”? The only people that matter to the GOP are the ones that stand to lose money. Their interests come first. The peasants will do as they’re told, regardless.

It’s very important. Everyone knows that people always spoke with a British accent, regardless of the local language used in that period, and I hate it when movies don’t adhere to that reality. /s

Why would they take a loss, when they can just make their customers pay for it instead?

Because the point isn’t to actually “fix” anything.

“He likes to schmooze and bounce things off of whoever is around,” the aide said.

Even the top secret classified stuff, apparently. And then they threaten to prosecute anyone who leaks what they hear, to the media.

No. Unfortunately, they don’t. But, they SHOULD!

Lol! That’s an interesting take. I’ve never thought of it like that…but it does fit.

Republicans: “Hold my beer.”

Americans are one of the most gullible populations on Earth. Russians are worse…but Americans are not far behind.

This is basically how urinals work, so why not?

This needs to stick.

That’s like saying they’ll be charged with murder, for reporting on murder. These fucking halfwits are just so unbelievably stupid.

That catch-22 works both ways. Once there are more progressives in power, the effect will begin to reverse. I’m old enough to see it already happening. It’s just a slow shift.

It’s a representative democracy…which means you need to flip seats in Congress in order to take over a party. That’s all. It’s a gradual process, but one that is entirely possible within the current system. We the people, have the power to do this, just by voting.

The biggest problem is, that progressives are fighting against the money. Tea Party Republicans didn’t have that problem, since most of their socio-political ideology aligns with Libertarian policies. No taxes, no regulations, no corporate accountability. That draws a lot of support from the kinds of people who were already dissatisfied with the compromise Democrats and Republicans had struck between the elites making more money, and the consumers they use to make it.

The Tea Party and later MAGA are all in on fucking us all over to benefit the ruling class. Most of their voters are just too gullible to realize that. They think they’re somehow “sticking it to the elites”, by giving them everything they could have ever hoped for.

In many ways, it was never a real grassroots movement. It was always just an astroturfed effort. But it demonstrates how you can fundamentally change the entire direction of a party in US politics. One seat at a time…until the new majority votes the way you want them to.