A lot of that has to do with the Dems getting in bed with the big corporations, ironically.

They lost to the least popular candidate ever. Plus both houses of Congress, plus 70% of state legislative bodies. 33 governors....while somehow having a platform that the majority of Americans favor on every issue. this was worse than Mondale.

Why? Because he advocated a higher minimum wage? Whoopdee fucking doo.

Ya, how’s that working out now? Lost the White House to the most unpopular candidate ever, lost 70% of state legislatures, out 33 governorships, lost both houses of Congress, and about to guarantee more far right wingers on SCOTUS for decades. And, oh ya, about to have one of the most popular pieces of legislation in…

Because maybe you do love your country, but feel there are issues that need major attention. Maybe you feel it can be so much more.

Except we’ll be spread too thin and need more operators for that technology. But, we won’t have enough qualified operators, so we’ll just replace the technology with man power.

Unless they make it part of a prison sentence. Commit a felony, join the Army. Of course, we can also widen the definition of “felony”

You act like this is a new phenomenon. He did this during the campaign too. He gave one or two speeches and showed up to one of the debates against Clinton with the right combination of drugs and coaching to feign lucidity for the right amount of time. The lack of substance and dog whistles were all still there. He…

I appreciate the restraint you demonstrated in not applying a certain tag to this story

Much like Trump, he’ll be lucky to make it 1 year.

Bingo, context and intent are a huge part of it

One of the problems with today overly PC society is that everyone gets ‘outraged, offended, insulted’ by off-color or ‘edgy’ humor.It used to be you would roll your eyes or brush off a stupid joke even if you were offended but now it turns into a crusade to destroy the offender.

There’s a book called Evicted by Matthew Desmond that has generated a lot of interest.

Want to make sure that lower and middle class people can afford to live in your city? Don’t make housing such a rare commodity that it becomes impossible to afford!

They also need to tone down the moral arguments.

Look at what happens when progressive initiatives themselves are put to a vote. Even in more conservative states, they tend to win. Admittedly, we only have a handful of examples, but this is because the GOP makes sure you are voting for a personality with your feelings rather than an issue with your brain.

and repeal the Reapportionment act of 1929. that fixes the problem with smaller rural states having a disproportionate representation in the House and therefor, the Electoral College.

Obama also had a massive economic crisis to hold against the GOP. And an opposition candidate that actually divided the base (the far right always hated McCain). The same wave of populism that took away the state and federal legislature from the Dems beat Clinton.

While I agree this is not the time for “I told you so” and we should move on, it is not hard to find Clinton supporters who blame this mysterious contingent of Bernie-or-Busters who apparently didn’t vote in the GE.

It’s not a “bathroom bill”, it is an anti-labor law. The bathroom nonsense was just one provision allowing employers to discriminate and fire working folks.