Yes, it a claim that I’ve heard Trump supporters make. It’s based on the core Donald Defense Principle: Whatever Trump’s accused of doing something bad, claim that his accuser is actually the one to do that thing, while Trump has actually done the exact opposite and made everything better.

He’s the big exception to the “don’t resurrect somebody if they’re still alive” rule. That and the flower gates must have been the big selling points when Xavier gave him his Krakoa pitch.

To say nothing of trying to fit in date night with Jean and Scott. Everybody focuses on the kinky sex with polyamory, nobody talks about the scheduling gymnastics.

“Give me liberty, or give me death!”

Yeah, I’m kind of surprised that I’m not seeing more people jump on his wording there.

In all seriousness, I think it’s more likely than not (say, 70% chance) that he will find some way to attack Ilhan Omar on 9/11. Actually accusing her of masterminding the attack is being hyperbolic (so only like a 40% chance)(and dear god I wish I knew if I was kidding right there).

It’s something that even his harshest detractors that have actually interacted with him at length don’t push back against. By all accounts, he genuinely doesn’t touch alcohol. Watching his older brother die young due to complications from alcoholism genuinely rattled him. It’s probably the single most human thing I’ve…

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…

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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…