Well, I still remember this:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/dec/20/iraq.usa

For some people it's a sign of respect.

But in this case they are simply trying to invalidate some laws Biden passed.

It's an excuse. They're trying to claim the autopen was used without his knowledge and he was too senile to actually sign legislation. Which is bullshit, but the entire Republican project is built on bullshit.

I think it's to do with Donald being proud of signing stuff himself and getting a semi erect mushroomoid willy from it.

The republican party then hurries to gobble down on him like the hawk tua girl.

It's just a digital signature from what I am understanding. The same thing accepted by the federal governments executive branch for every IRS tax form I've submitted since 2006 when I started working.

If they believe a digital signature doesn't count, the executive branch should return all taxes paid with digital signatures immediately and ask we resubmit them come April when taxes are do again.

Edit: oh, also near all student loans are signed digitally, so they need to void those all as well.

The funny thing what The Guardian and others do not get is the crucial difference between a “signature machine” and a digital signature. They treat both equally fake, even though a digital signature is a cryptographic secure way to proof someone’s identity, where the signature machine just puts ink on a paper.

But that’s how laws work in a lot of countries. Ink on the paper is accepted, digital signatures not. Now have fun proving if a signature was drawn by hand or machine.

Executive orders cannot create laws. They're limited to changing enforcement of existing laws and setting priorities and stuff for agencies that were already delegated power by congress

Yeah, honestly mocking them works better then pointing out hypocrisy

Don't say "fact over feelings, look at these facts". Instead, say "ok, if you can put away your delicate fee-fees for just a minute, let's look at reality"

They'll whine "no, I am the one who is facts over feelings!" And then you treat them like a small child. You patronize the fuck out of them, and drop the facts as a follow up.

That's how they win, they project and preempt, so when they say "The left wants to kill us all" you can't say "look, they're literally building camps! All domestic shooters are conservative!". Half the country does not listen to the words, they've vibes based

You've got to control the flow of the conversation, so that you get to make the accusation first. It makes the response look weak. It works especially well on the right, because they're feelings over facts snowflakes

I mean, wasting our tax dollars has basically been the party’s platform for a while now, so no surprises there.

WASTING our fucking tax dollars.
Wasting OUR fucking tax dollars.
Wasting our FUCKING tax dollars.
Wasting our fucking TAX DOLLARS.

Dont be silly, this is obviously a valid way to cut wasteful government spending. /s