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Cake day: December 28th, 2025

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  • I heard something very fascinating on pod save America this morning: the Maga cultists don’t follow Trump because they worship Trump the person, they follow Trump because they believe the same things that Trump believes. If some other leader spewed the exact same things, they would follow that person, too. that’s not JD Vance. That’s not anyone right now. Everyone in the Trump administration is very much after their own interests and only kiss Trump‘s ass because they’re afraid of the consequences if they don’t.

    Really, this is a huge problem for the Republican Party, as, post-Trump, all of the Maga cultists would probably break away from the Republican Party and possibly dissolve into a disorganized slurry of right wing crazy. This would leave the Republican Party massively weekend as a result, and most of the independents that voted for Trump in the last election would likely defect to the Democrats.













  • Driving While Intoxicated. It’s the same as a DUI, it’s just that, in some jurisdictions, the law is written with a different vernacular to address the possibility that the person is driving while intoxicated on drugs instead of alcohol (or a combination of the two).

    Edit: originally, DUI laws were drafted in the 50s and 60s to address being under the influence of alcohol. Legally, this was a pretty narrow and limiting definition when challenged in court. Eventually, the laws were expanded to specifically address a state of impairment caused by intoxication by alcohol or anything else that could impair driving, like drugs. Severe mental illness has also been prosecuted as DWI in extreme cases. This made it much easier to uphold in court.