No matter what the US does, the rest of the world is going to spend the next twenty years dismantling US power and influence because we are too dangerous and unreliable to maintain it.

This is an important point, as it's clear that this is how Trump will frame his abandonment of the western alliance. He'll say ending appropriated aid to Ukraine is a peace plan. Reporters of any credibility need to prepare pieces that put this lie in context: DJT has aligned the USA w/Russia.

If we head into a depression I'm hoarding dried beans and rice and canned goods not tokens on a blockchain or whatever

The final vote: 51-45, with 4 people absent. CLOTURE FAILS, A CONGRESSIONAL SPORTS BAN WILL NOT HAPPEN. Democrats hold firm, not a single dem voted for cloture. MAJOR victory for everyone who called in today and this week in support of trans people.