Marc Elias: If we make it through this dark period with democracy intact, it may be because the administration's

[highplainsdem]

incompetence was greater than its depravity.


https://bsky.app/profile/marcelias.bsky.social/post/3ln4zdhetlc2p

[SheltieLover]

1. Excellent insight!

Ty for sharing!

[usonian]

2. Another post references a conservative NFL blog that has had enough of the bullshit.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220251750

The rule of incompetence says that some valued athlete is going to be wrongfully nabbed, and all hell breaks out.

I ventured some "fail due mostly to incompetence" possibilities. One has to wonder. And failure could have really dire consequences for the country when defense and cybersecurity are shelved for an assault on DEI and immigrants.



https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=20215296

[rubbersole]

4. "Nabbed" can be fixed.

It's the zealot taking things in his own hands that scares the shit out of me. The governor of Pennsylvania is the latest. It will get worse.

[orangecrush]

3. Cold comfort

[Iamscrewed]

5. Hope

And diligence, never give up especially if you're sure you're right.

[dchill]

6. I'd say the administration's incompetence...

...and its depravity are relatively equal. Both can be described by the adjective "extremely" - which is fitting. The majority of the country do not want what these traitorous criminals are trying to achieve, and I hope to live long enough to see them vanquished.

[CloudWatcher]

7. I thought this about his first term

And now they've had 4 years to try and figure out how to screw us better this time around, aka Project 2025.

[drmeow]

8. I think this time around

it is hubris rather than incompetence ... although in case of DOGE it is both.