Carrying a sink into Twitter headquarters after he bought it. I honestly don’t even understand the joke. I assume he’s saying he was going to cut everything including the kitchen sink, or let this sink in, but neither is very funny.
The bickering isn’t helping. You both have a point, and I agree that more action is needed. Unfortunately, money rules all and protests are not effective in the US unless they are tied to financial outcomes. General strikes may be what it takes to actually yield change.
The brain drain has already begun in the US, and it’ll be irreversible. 75% of US scientists polled are looking to leave for better research opportunities.
He doesn’t care. It’s grandstanding now that he tied his own hands with helping republicans pass a spending bill. It’s the reason everyone is upset with him. He had a perfect opportunity for leverage and pissed it away leading everyone to believe democrats are managed opposition and not a real party.
No, this title displaces the blame. The Trump administration bootstrapped a Greenland visit onto an invitation to a dogsled event, it got downgraded after no one wanted them there. It’s similar to Trump’s approach to dating: just force yourself onto the victim while they’re saying no.
Classic conservatism: it’s not important until it inconveniences them personally.