About that "voter ID" executive order....

[Ms. Toad]

4. He has zero idea what he is signing -

And, instead of pointing out (1) he has zero authority to do what he says he is ordering and (2) the order doesn't even say what he says it says, the press is simply reporting his words.

It needs to do its job.

The level of buy-in even on DU regarding the press coverage of flag burning announcement was pretty terrifying. Virtually no one read the order. The press barely mentioned the actual content of the order. The order did not even purport to make burning the flag illegal. It merely orders the DOJ to prosecute crimes - especially crimes in which burning a flag satisfies one element of the crime (e.g. open burning is generally illegal - so the executive order would order the DOG to prosecute anyone who violates the open burning laws by burning a flag (even though it would have been just as illegal to burn a piece of paper, or a bra).

I'm sure they will mock up some order that mentions voting. He'll say he is requiring Voter ID nationwide, even though that won't be in the actual order. The press will report what he says, not what is in the order, and we'll have another day (or more) of people being outraged at the ramblings of a madman, reported by the press without any fact-checking.

If the press isn't doing it - we need to, before we start posting crap.