So that's what it looks like when Gemini hallucinates!

Most of the problems caused by Trump are for this exact reason.

Congress is too paralyzed to be effective anymore. The GOP is fully on Gingrich's "never compromise with the Dems for any reason, and hold the government hostage until you get your way" corruption while the Dems are the party of "we're beholden to the same corporate money as the GOP but at least the GOP doesn't have to pretend to not be".

Also, our eternally-increasing election cycles means that if you're a Rep, you get maybe one full year to legislate before having to worry about the optics for your re-election.

Add in procedural bullshit like the Hastert Rule and the filibuster and the result is a government that only functions via executive order or when one party controls all the branches (and maybe not even then, depending on how extreme your caucus is or how bought your Senators are).

When you're actively trying to bring about the end of the world, there's no more apt description.

The actual definitions of words mean nothing to them.

Insert Sartre quote about arguing with antisemites here.

And this isn't even a law, it's a resolution.

That's literally the least thing Congress can do, after just walking into the building.

In much the same way that Confederate memorabilia is collectable.

As in, "You should avoid anyone who collects this shit. They're probably a white nationalist."

When you don't know the actual definition of words, you can use them to mean anything.

Kinda like how they don't know what Marxist, Leninist, socialist, globalist, woke, trans, leftist, liberal, or DEI actually mean, so the right just uses them all interchangeably to mean "things I don't like or that scare me".

Because most Americans have knee-jerk reactions to labels as opposed to policies. Like how everyone supports all the protections Obamacare provides, but how they all want to get rid of Obamacare.

Contrast this with NYT, USA Today, or WaPo, who are downplaying it with headlines that say "thousands" or "tens of thousands" protesting.

And we haven't heard much from them in a minute.

I think you walked right into the point and missed it.

Why haven't we heard about the Oathkeepers, the 3 Percenters, or the Proud Boys lately?

Because Trump put them in uniforms.

Thanks for the clarification!

It probably would have been clearer had that been said. Something like "This map shows how if a person works two jobs, even at $35/hr, for a combined total of 50 hr/week and an annual salary of $91,000, still isn't enough for a family of four in most of the country."