The Imperial Presidency, Part 2

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I already know how to laugh in French, hon hon hon.

New bingo card time!

You might have been optimistic when you put "Congress rejects result of midterm elections" on the card. That assumes there's going to be midterm elections.

For some reason, this six-month-old article is trending at the moment. So... Quote of the day, which is pure supposition and opinion at this point, but this is from the person who wrote The Cider House Rules, which foresaw the overturning of Roe v Wade.

And of course, since that time when I made this decision in January … well, it's only gotten worse. The cowardly Republicans in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have been complicit in their silence. I wouldn't be surprised if Trump doesn't find or make some excuse to cancel the midterm elections. That would be in keeping with his violations of democracy. He might declare martial law and say that elections were unsafe. He's already rumbled and grumbled about the rights of Americans who live abroad.

–John irving, in an interview on The Current, November 18, 2025