“[Curiel’s] somebody, he’s proud of his heritage. And I think that’s great that he’s proud of his heritage. … You know, we have to stop being so politically correct in this country. And we need a little more common sense, John. And I’m not blaming. I’m proud of my heritage, we’re all proud of our heritage. But I want…

This girl is so brave and amazing! I heard about this earlier on NPR and was just flabberghasted. After this, and the young woman set on fire in Italy. What is it going to take?

I would gladly surrender to elephant overlords.

I vote for elephants.

But hey, the Olympics are coming! Everyone ignore the pollution and corruption and complete lack of justice for the poor! The Olympics!

OK, it’s time for humanity to go and allow another species their time in the sun.

Always useful when a predator reveals his criteria for potential victims (women with “lifestyles,” meaning they’re black or poor). He’s too much of an ignorant, spoiled little shit to see how obvious his guilt is to everyone else.

Also, props to the SVU detective on his own force that helped to put him away. She's a badass.

“And when I got in my truck, you know, I was so proud, because I felt like I finally drew a line in the sand and stood up for what I believed.”

It’s really important that Democrat voters also get out in number and vote in their state and local elections, not just for the presidency. It’s these state elections that have the most consequence for these stupid TRAP and woman-punishing laws.

I don’t have to hold my nose. I’ll vote for whoever is the dem nom joyously.

This is the world republicans envision. A return to the days before Roe v. Wade. They can’t make that happen directly just yet, so they edge around the corners with the explicit purpose of difficulty, harassment and humiliation. If they could pass a law requiring women seeking an abortion to leap through two purple…

Thank you for this comment. People need to see this.

The over-prescription of opioids

I agree. I am 41 and had 10 back surgeries and suffer from dibilitating pain every moment of every day without pain medication and physical therapy. I am almost certain he was simply in pain and BC he had used a certain med for so long his body built a tolerance to it. That then turns into a need to increase dosage.…

NPR had a segment on opioid addiction the other day, and Fentanyl is apparently killing a lot of people. Even a small mistake in dosage can be life-threatening and people can easily OD. I wonder if this could be the case?

The over-prescription of opioids, and lack of legal alternatives in this country is a travesty.

The two might be related. Knowing that he was to see an addiction doctor the next day may have caused him to take an even greater dose than usual: the fear that arises when we believe that we are to be deprived of something that has become necessary to us.

He said “we paid for you” and also didn’t respond to her “stop” and “no.” Maybe it sounds very radical fem but camera lens can be male gazey and with the non consent here this feels kind of rapey (no, that doesn’t undermine actual rape...this is a different degree but in my understanding there is a spectrum of…