Well, the nickname’s success makes Democrats look like they can actually be politically competent. We can’t have that, half of Splinter’s hot takes would be DOA.

Except that we haven’t seen any evidence that his motivation for the shooting had anything to do with his politics... except for the misogyny.

I deeply sympathize what you’re saying, I really do. But Wilson would be the first to argue that we’re going to need to offer more seats than that if we’re going to win and win hard.

It’s worth noting that a big part of the problem the Texas GOP is facing isn’t so much about Latinx voters (thought that certainly doesn’t help) as much as it is about urbanization. Its city populations have been expanding rapidly, and those cities are being filled by young Californians in particular.

His manifesto certainly has him identifying himself as white.

I’ve been researching the alt-right since well before it got the name. A lot of the white nationalist online brigade had their beginnings in libertarianism. Never mind that the vast majority of white nationalist creeds want a powerful centralized authoritarian government, it was never really about any of that for most…

From McClatchy:

You had me laughing until this point:

Glad you said this. The article mentions Eleanor in a way that makes it look like she’s only barely hinting at it. But she really leans in to it regularly. 

Dude. I sympathize with the utter rage. I really, really do. But “hurt them AND their families” is exactly the kind of awful, poisonous rhetoric that gets us ICE.

A huge part of Trump’s appeal is that he’s not smart enough to read an entire book. A Trump who could read books wouldn’t attract the same base that Trump does. There’s a reason he loves uneducated voters. Trump’s complete and utter lack of polish and filter allows him to get away with all of his fuckups. A candidate…

But she claimed Native American ancestry! This automatically trumps everything dumb Biden has said, is saying, or will ever say.

It’s telling that Trump thought he’d knocked her out of contention by repeating his dumb, racist nickname for her ad nauseum.

So no point in getting worked up over the latest monstrosity, right? Because that’s what the logic of ‘we’ve always been evil and always will be’ leads to. It’s the ultimate complacency move from the left.

I wish this is something that was brought up more: border crossing attempts will likely go down over the coming months no matter what is or isn’t done. There has long been a tendency for border crossings to spike in December, peak early-to-mid year, and then decline for the rest of the year.

Your facts are powerless in the face of “I know you are, but what am I?”

While I agree with the overall point you’re trying to make, there’s a big flaw in this particular strategy: vasectomies become increasingly irreversible the more time that passes since the surgery (the general figure given is five years until it’s irreversible, but it varies from person to person).

Want to know how you get people comfortable with voting for more progressive candidates and policies? When Democrats start winning elections comfortably, that’s how.

But Trump came up with a mean name that stuck, so she’s unelectable.

Since the Dolthraki are loosely based off the Mongols, I wouldn’t be surprised if they’ve relied on hunting game and generally living off of the land. It’s the advantage of having a force that consists almost entirely of self-sufficient cavalry. Though I could see that becoming very inconvenient for the Northerners…