Part of the problem is that if someone new (or not so new) says anything that isn't part of the Pilotspin Party line, they immediately get criticized from a dozen people.  Some criticisms are valid, some are not and some are just plane mean and insulting.  Trying to respond to such a deluge would be a herculean task and most people don't have the incentive to participate in such a one sided discussion.   Even if someone actually agrees with the majority, if they stray off the Pilotspin party line they get called a pussy, Rino, MSM tool.   Why would someone put up with that?

I have said many times that I don't personally like DT.  He is a self centered, narcissist jerk.  But back when he was President I liked almost all of the things he did.  But after losing the election he went off the rails.  Worse than even Hillary did.  I think he snapped and I don't want a President that has snapped.

I mean, we’re going to need fossil fuels for at least another 10 years!

Either they are coming up with a substitute for plastics, or the faces of female politicians will begin to melt off their skulls in 11 years.

By "return to normal" I mean return to the Uniparty.  It's a swamp, dragging us ever closer to totalitarianism RINO rhetorical protestations notwithstanding.

If you think DeSantis has a better chance of winning, maybe it's because he's more likely to become swampy and the Dems know it.  Yes his net worth has a LOT to do with it. Trump is un-bribe-able.  There is no one else positioned like that who has proven to be on our side.  Maybe Elon Musk but he's FAR from what Trump is and not eligible to run anyway.

Certainly seems an odd thing to get hot and bothered about, especially considering that Christians account for ~63% of the population and self-identified atheists account for ~3%.

I sympathize with the feeling of persecution but continue to point out the no one demands you to use CE or BCE. Maybe, just maybe, you are engaging in persecution of people of other faiths for NOT using BC and AD. There are dozens of calendar systems in use (e.g. Chinese) but for global coherence in dating other people have graciously adopted the Gregorian system and a common year 1. Is it too much to ask that you find accommodation in this one thing in the interest of consistent numbering of years?

If you want to see real persecution in action, try acting openly as an atheist in any public capacity. Up until a 1961 AD SCOTUS ruling the following were the law in the respective state constitutions (and are still on the books):

Arkansas
Article 19, section 1: “No person who denies the being of a God shall hold any office in the civil departments of this State, nor be competent to testify as a witness in any Court.”
Maryland
Article 37: “That no religious test ought ever to be required as a qualification for any office of profit or trust in this State, other than a declaration of belief in the existence of God; nor shall the Legislature prescribe any other oath of office than the oath prescribed by this Constitution.”
Mississippi
Article 14, section 265: “No person who denies the existence of a Supreme Being shall hold any office in this State.”
North Carolina
Article VI, section 8: “The following persons shall be disqualified for office: First, any person who shall deny the being of Almighty God.”
South Carolina
Article XVII, section 4: “No person who denies the existence of a Supreme Being shall hold any office under this Constitution.”
Tennessee
Article IX, section 2: “No person who denies the being of God, or a future state of rewards and punishment, shall hold any office in the civil department of this state.”
Texas
Article 1, section 4: “No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office, or public trust, in this State; nor shall any one be excluded from holding office on account of his religious sentiments, provided he acknowledge the existence of a Supreme Being.”
Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/07/08/there-are-states-where-you-technically-cant-hold-public-office-if-youre-an-atheist/