If Stephen Miller actually gets around to denaturalizing US citizens and abolishing birthright citizenship, my husband and I might be stripped of our passports. Of course, he would fall over laughing when all his old Trumpist first generation immigrant relatives are stripped of their citizenship too.

It's looking more and more like the Senate is going to roll over and approve the most kakistocratic appointments. Yeah, approving these people is going to threaten their safety and bribe stream, but not as much as defying Trump would.

I've spent the last five years watching plenty of ostensibly powerful lobbyists and corporate interests take the L and submit to some idiotic government policy that would hurt their bottom lines, because the consequences of not doing so would be worse. And they are always worse when the guy who controls the regulatory state would use it to punish his enemies.

Well, they stopped one. Granted it's the one the billionaires and corporations who own them most objected to , but it's one.

Though I suspect you're largely right on most of the others.

A very good analysis of the elections by F.D. Singnifier:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8nevwr0vyQ

He basically confirm my first impression that one of the main reason of the loss is racism and misogyny.

We have a Secretary of Defense nominee who's promised that if confirmed, he'll be a dry drunk. Definitely Trump material.

Alcoholism is the least of this guy's problems, he's also a credibly accused rapist and the kind of omnidirectional bigot who seems to think US military might depends on ridding the armed forces of anyone not a swole white male.

You know it's bad when Ron DeSantis is being floated as the sane alternative.

I'm not sure a war criminal is a step up, but it's certainly a Republican thing to do. And remember, the SecDef has to purge non-traitors from the general officer corps; so there are certain requirements any candidate has to meet.