When I click that link, and go there in a browser without logging in, I only see 70ish comments listed. But I also see a lot of removed comments as I scroll down, mostly from a single user. My uneducated guess is that there was already some chicanery in the thread, which the Mods have dealt with, and you are seeing the result of that.

As far as what can be done about it, there really is little to be done, as log as Lemmy remains open (and federated). Posts and comments hop around from one instance to the other, and while some instances can take a hard line against bots some other instance can be more permissive then it becomes a game of whack-a-mole. Active, open moderation is the best cure, but takes effort.

There will be elections. There have to be, in order for the new Congress to be seated.

The only question is how ratfucked they will be…

Why not? There are other Trumps who are eligible. If Junior runs, they don’t even need to change the banners. They dont even need to hide it, they can have big “Donald Trump _jr for President” banners still. Dad can go campaigning, and they can make perfectly clear who will make the decisions.

René Descartes was a drunken fart
I drink, therefore I am

https://youtu.be/l9SqQNgDrgg

You should take the job, just for the halibut

I tried to slot a trip into my schedule, but I have too much crap in the way…

Every time I put my phone in Airplane mode, it starts calling me “Shirley”. It really should stop.