re: #96 Joe Bacon 🌹

Don’t be glum, chum. It isn’t as if the United States Senate is the first legislative body to dissolve into an impotent puddle at the feet of a domineering leader. History’s full of ‘em. The most glaring example, alas, is the senate in the ancient Roman Republic.

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Remember: the Russians didn’t conquer us. We surrendered. The senate surrendered. The people surrendered. To Donald Trump.

It’s just embarrassing. The Roman Republic fell to Julius F’in’ Caesar. Our republic is falling to a ridiculous clown.