SD enterprise: MAGA Is Coming Apart at the Seams

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What the hell happened in politics this week? Esquire's legendary blogger Charlie P. Pierce has answers

John Thune's Shady Shutdown Provision Has the GOP Turning on Itself

The Democrats are trying to reestablish party unity in the wake of the Big Dive on the federal budget, which at least is a fairly conventional intraparty squabble and not one with which any sentient Democrat is unfamiliar. By comparison, on a half dozen fronts, Republicans are ... revolting.

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The New Epstein Emails Look Pretty Bad for Trump

Seriously, how many people are going to object if a famous Democrat was engaging in this oily oligarchy of child rape? For the nonce, however, the news contains only a discussion between a dead child rapist, currently residing in hell, and his accessorial groomer and primary pimp, currently residing in some Pottery Barn concierge federal facility in Texas.

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Congressional Democrats Are Just as Spineless as Ever

It would be easy to get lost in the wilderness of hot takes related to the Democratic capitulation in the Senate on Sunday night, when they holstered the filibuster without a fight. I could point out that the Democrats bought a bag of magic beans that contained no beans at all. I could point out that all they gained was an assurance from the Republicans on health care written in disappearing ink.

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At Least the Supreme Court Didn't Overturn Same-Sex Marriage

Justice Amy Coney Barrett has developed a sophistic argument as to why overturning Roe v. Wade was right but why overturning Obergefell would be wrong. It has something to do with children. It could be that not even this court wanted anything to do with plaintiff Kim Davis, the kook county clerk from Kentucky who refused to issue licenses to same-sex couples and whose 15 minutes were up two years ago.

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What Are We Going to Do Next, Declare January 6 a National Holiday?

The president sent up an unmistakable signal flare on Monday: Everybody involved in the attempt to hijack the 2020 presidential election on his behalf was doing the nation a great and noble service. He'd already sanctified the Duckboot Brigades with his mighty pardon power.

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