He can ask for them back, but El Salvador doesn’t have to listen. It’s like when you sell a car, once the title is signed over and you get the money the deal is done. You can always say “that was a mistake, can I have the car back” but the other party can just ignore you.

And yes, it sickens me to be writing about humans like property you can just “transfer the title” for. But it must not have the same effect on Trump, Musk, or Rubio.

… Thanks for linking to a source which confirms my interpretation, you did my work for me!

the term filibuster was first used in the 1850s when it was applied to efforts to hold the Senate floor in order to prevent a vote on a bill.

The Senate does not have a time limit on any speech like other bodies do. One a Senator has the floor, they can keep talking until they yield the floor.

A traditional Filibuster is when a Senator does this to postpone a particular vote. Since there was no vote pending, technically this doesn’t count as a Filibuster. Which means Booker can get the press coverage for doing this, without really holding up anything important.

Next they should take back the Nordiques

I bet before the end of the day we’ll hear about how Goldman Sachs, of all places, is full of RADICAL LIBERALS and has gone WOKE!

The Constitution leaves what happens if the Presidency and VP are both vacant at the same time up to Congress, and Congress has passed various Presidential Succession Acts, the most recent being 1947. The language in that Act specifically exempts anyone who would otherwise be ineligible from becoming President.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Succession_Act

And this has been enforced in the past; Cabinet Secretaries who were not natural-born citizens have not been included in the succession list. I remember specifically that when Madeline Albright was Clinton’s Secretary of State, she was not on the list because she was born in Prague.

The 12th amendment states

But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States

That seems pretty definitive. The only attack to it I can see (and it’s total bullshit) is that the Originalists on this court may insist on interpreting this amendment based on the state of the Constitution when it was ratified in 1804, and the term limits weren’t passed until 1952.

This is good for Bitcoin

“Extremely productive”? I bet that means he took it on the shitter.

There are two sides to the brain drain. First are the researchers into things the government doesn’t like, who will leave if they have the means to.

But the second is that with all of our hostility to foreign nationals right now, even the ones who come from countries the government likes will think twice about applying for positions here.

The net result is that the brightest minds will go elsewhere.

Not really, either way the Broligarchs own the government. We might make them buy slightly less shitty politicians, but that doesn’t count for much.

My heart pumps purple piss for them.

I admire your commitment to the cause, but you really should get that checked out…

The flight crew were still being assholes, though. They could have handled it differently than not believing the woman when she asserted that her son needed the equipment, and produced the proper paperwork.

I fly a lot and know that many planes these days are full, but they absolutely could have reseated them without getting confrontational with the woman. Simply asking for volunteers, and saying “we can’t take off until this happens”, will get results.

It could have been a bulkhead seat, too. That’s the only other place where there are stricter regulations.

Yes. United’s reservation agents screwed up big time. The lady did everything she was supposed to. The crew could have solved this simply by asking for volunteers to exchange seats. Instead, they assumed that they knew more about the kid’s’condition than his mother did.

… Well, maybe he will retire from the Presidency and become a Producer! His first big show: “Springtime for Elon”!

Too lazy to actually read the article, but I assume this is a face-eating leopard farm

bring a dozen eggs and give one to each ICE agent you encounter along the way

As long as you “give” them somewhat percussively. If ICE is gonna detain you no matter what, make it count!

Yes, that would be a bad idea. It shouldn’t be a bad idea. But right now, it would be.

Then again, you are probably in for Domestic Terrorism charges for simply protesting against the Car of the People. It’s up to you whether you want to dial it all up to 11.

Conservatives have been worshipping on the altar of Shareholder Value since the 80’s.

Guess what? These shareholders just told us all what they value. Think Conservatives will accept it?

Under this, former President Bush could be considered a gang member.

Especially when you see his Skull and Bones society tattoo from his time at Yale …