The Marcos regime comes to mind too.

And yet, a universal experience if you've spent any time near a card shop.

Reminder that West Virginia exists exclusively because of slavery. Especially that part of Appalachia was a HUGE haven for self emancipated people and free black people alike, because if you get deep enough into the mountains, you basically cease to exist as a legal entity unless people want to put a significant amount of effort into reaching you and the same amount in extricating you.

And the general distrust of the medical community that RFK preys upon. Don't forget she also helped publicize, and likely contributed victims indirectly to, John of God, a rapist cult leader who (by some estimates) raped THOUSANDS of women and girls.

Actually, the trains aren't moving faster. I don't think there's a single significant span of passenger rail rated for more than 60mph in the US.

I believe him when he said he didn't read it, because his staffers say he won't read a goddamn thing unless it glowingly mentions him several times (or it's a book of Hitler's speeches). Trump himself has said he considers reading a waste of time.

What I DO believe is that he's being spoonfed lists of appointees by the Heritage Foundation.

I'm expecting them to go even further, and just stop doing sex education period.

Uhhhh, wasn't that more due to Jeb! ordering the recount stopped? Like, I seem to recall reading that the recount WAS NOT COMPLETED, and the results that they had at that point had to be accepted, which just so happened to favor Bush.

Not saying Nader didn't siphon votes, but I seem to remember that there was actual skulduggery and not just "3rd party go brr".

Don't forget him bragging that he now held the tallest skyscrapers on the NYC skyline.

And in some cases, the IP getting a shit movie or show can tell the game developers "well, time to drop the entire brand for 15 years".

Yup, regulatory capture at work. You see this a lot in EPA and OSHA as well - "we'll take your word for it until serious shit starts happening a lot."

Not entirely. Derailments like this were pretty much expected to increase at...right about this point after Reagan deregulated the entire rail industry. Take away any expectations of the railways to maintain their rails, cars, or engines, and couple that with an industry that believes in cutting everything to the bone in order to maximize profits in a way that's almost unrivaled, and you get this happening more and more. Already before this, railways in the US were averaging 1000+ freight derailments per year over the last decade - to put this in perspective, the entire EU averages half that in a year for their freight network.