monitoring Trump and relevant contemporary events

See, this is the disconnect...... You think you are involved in 'arguments' while the rest of us are involved in conversations.

What's happening in the Senate has nothing to do with polarization. It's a far right attempt to overthrow an election and institute authoritarian rule. The frame of "polarization" absolves Republicans of being an extremist, far right, authoritarian movement.

All you are capable of is spouting childish name-calling.

Again with the limited vocabulary.

You're delusional.

It's been proven time and time again that you're very dim,

incapable of understanding when you're wrong,

and lacking the backbone to admit being wrong.

The only person who believes your nonsense is Builder

And now you're whining about Blatham posting stuff beyond your ken.

Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah and other Republican senators said on Saturday that they will oppose an effort by their colleagues to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election.Earlier in the day, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas announced he will object to the certification of Electoral College votes, and a number of GOP senators are expected to join him.

"The egregious ploy to reject electors may enhance the political ambition of some, but dangerously threatens our Democratic Republic," Romney said in a statement.

President-elect Joe Biden won the election by receiving 306 electoral votes compared to President Donald Trump's 232. The results have been certified in every state, and presidential electors cast their votes last month.

The electors' votes are set to be certified Wednesday during a joint session of Congress that is usually procedural, confirming the winner that voters and the Electoral College have already chosen.

Cruz's effort to object could delay the certification of the results, but it will not change the election results in any US state.

Romney harshly rejected the effort, emphasizing the will of the voters.

"Were Congress to actually reject state electors, partisans would inevitably demand the same any time their candidate had lost," Romney said. "Congress, not voters in the respective states, would choose our presidents."

Republicans planning to object are reportedly requesting a 10-day emergency audit of the election results in some states, though Romney also noted that the Trump campaign lost all of its election lawsuits and that the Justice Department found no evidence of widespread voter fraud that would change the outcome.

He also criticized Trump directly for calling on his supporters to rally in DC the day the vote would be certified, saying it could lead to "disruption, and worse."

"I could never have imagined seeing these things in the greatest democracy in the world," Romney said. "Has ambition so eclipsed principle?"

Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania and Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska also said they would oppose the effort.

"Soapboxing" is now against the rules at a2k???

6) No volume-spam or "soapboxing"

For example, if you start post after post about your favored conspiracy theory or engaging in religious proselytization, you might be over the line. This rule is fundamentally about the signal-to-noise ratio of your posts: if you're posting large volumes of content that doesn't provide value to the community, you might be suspended. Nonsensical or incoherent posts will be removed at any volume.

Isn't "soapboxing" what every single person in the political threads is doing?

Is that not what Blatham is doing?

When is Blatham going to be suspended?

The comedian shows his friend the sign-up list for performers, then they grab their seats. The first performer walks out onto the stage, and says:

"16!"

He gets a few chuckles.

"5679!"

The crowd starts to laugh

"227!"

The crowd is in uproar, practically dying with laughter.

The friend turns to his comedian compatriot, and asks, "What's going on? Why are the numbers so funny?"

"Well," he replied, "We've all heard almost every joke told hundreds of times, so we documented them. There's a huge collection of books in the foyer filled with them. It's more about composition now. Hey, you could probably try it out!"

The friend thinks to himself, then goes to sign himself up. If all he has to do is say numbers, this should be easy, right?

Eventually, he's called to the stage. He ascends to it confidently, and strides purposefully to the microphone.

"2459," He calls confidently.

Silence.

"...uh...103!"

Dead silence. Someone coughs.

"6?"

A guy in the 7th row starts booing, and the man leaves, ashamed.

"What did I do wrong? I thought the numbers all corresponded to jokes," he wailed to the comedian.

"They do! But your delivery was terrible."

On this thread, for instance, multiple posts attacking Trump are a recurring feature. But that's only because nearly every day you can find a new negative account of something Trump did -- or didn't -- do. The subject stays the same but the details change on a daily basis. It's different than repeatedly trotting out the same facts about the heat of burning jet fuel and whether it can melt steel beams.

You wouldn’t know a fact if it bit you on the arse.