According to The Hill, the USA has defaulted on it's financial obligations 4 times. - The default on the U.S. government’s demand notes in early 1862, caused by the Treasury’s financial difficul… (View Post)

Good morning everyone. Thank-you for the header, Cyclefree. I trust you are recovering well (ish?). (View Post)

That I think is the 130 days a Presidential Appointment can have without needing to go through scrutiny by congress. I'd expect a Presidential Pardon, otherwise he will be held criminally respon… (View Post)

The article frames it as the Right having gone a bit off the rails in their politicising opposition to technologies which may be framed as addressing climate change. Such are not political. He's… (View Post)

I think it's more to do with desperation on the tribal political right, and their need for a culture war to save their backsides; it is a measure of self-serving political cynicism. The approach… (View Post)