Ms. Frizzle was a real one. In the decomposition episode, she starts singing John Brown’s Body.

Tau in shambles.

Then it will just be in some other country. There’s no shortage of authoritarians willing to suck up to the current US regime.

You’re mistaken if you believe they need a non-fabricated reason. The Reichstag will burn on schedule.

Two parties is a design flaw of first past the post. There can be regional parties, and occasionally re-alignment elections, but the natural outcome of single member first past the post elections is two big-tent parties with roughly 50% of the seats each.

You need proportional representation or multi-member districts to have more than two stable parties.

Donations to AfD, a political party whose leaders have regularly violated Germany’s anti-Nazi laws. It’s really that simple.

My dude, Kant refuted that over two centuries ago. There’s no need to invoke a deity or require pure empiricism for morality. Absolute moral rules can be discovered through logical deduction.

Not during a joint session. The house and senate were not themselves in session.

If you pay taxes, you are participating. That’s the part that makes you complicit, not your vote

We could make it that easy in every state instead of just yours.

To vote in Texas:

1. Make an appointment at the Department of Public Safety. The wait time is 4 months, and the appointment has to be at least one month before the election.
2. Have all your paperwork in order on the first try. Note that the paperwork required may have changed between the time you made the appointment and the date itself.
3. Get a few hours off of work on election day. Companies are not required to give you that time.
4. Wait in line, in the worst case over two hours
5. Vote