He’s not holed up by constituents because he is never here. His last fundraiser in the district had the Majority Whip in his stead. And the district as a whole is too poor to fly to DC to hound him in person. So I’m helping his challenger’s ground game because it is time to muck out Congress.

It looks like some other people have given you some in-depth reads. I know that when I was first learning about how race functions in our society, it felt a lot like a wing of a library that I not only wasn’t taught about, but had been actively encouraged not to notice. I remember glimmers of it catching my eye as a…

Regarding thing 1: My friends and I have begun lobbying the party like we lobby congress members. I’ve been calling the DCCC and the DSCC every day for the last two week telling them they can stuff their own fucking envelopes if they go through with it- I will no longer volunteer my time, money, or talents to an…

And Trump is vindictive and dumb enough to veto legislation to punish them for any perceived slights. Once that happens he’ll be out on his ass. All the more reason to keep pressuring the GOP to speak against him on camera, just gotta goad him into punishing the wrong people. If, heaven forfend, the BCRA makes it to…

“all the sexual abuses and forced drug consumption”

Congressman likely got it wrong. Person inquiring after party was in running clothes; shooter in jeans.

So McCain absolutely needs to get over his pants-shitting every time Harris speaks. But I think he was also the one Rep at that hearing who did the most damage to Sessions’ cover story. Sessions claims that his two acknowledged  meetings with Kislyak were in his capacity as a senator and member of the armed services…

Comey certainly implicated Pence directly today under Wyden’s questioning. There’s Yates’ testimony, Cumming’s letter, reports that Flynn personally told the transition, which Pence headed, about his FBI interview, reports that Flynn’s lawyers repeatedly and in writing informed the transition that Flynn may have to…

I think Trump’s inability to grasp the situation he’s in, doesn’t really change the reality of the situation he’s in. I think it’s the reason he there.

I wholly agree with you about Trump not being turned as in pledging allegiance to the Russian government; he’s just a pathologically greedy man who is easily exploited. I don’t agree that the line between Russian bankers and the Russian govt is actually clear; I’m not sure that the distinction exists. Much of the…

Wouldn’t Trump be a witting or unwitting agent then, if he’s bowing to blackmail by the Russian government?

*shoves glasses up nose* well he’s not the principle male dancer, so he has not earned the title of “ballerino;” he and the rest of the corps are merely “ballet dancers.”

Seeing how his remorse for the deputy was summed, “My pain wasn’t designed for him. He was just there,” I feel safe assuming he was fixing to kill folk when he showed up at her door.

Alas it looks like location, debris and injury patterns point to deliberate. The explosion took place at the entrance to the venue, they found nails and screws for shrapnel, and they believe they’ve identified the body of the bomber, due to the asymmetry of wounds compared to those around. At a fucking tween concert.…

Also, I know the authorities are assuming intentionality for response purposes but pyrotechnics are dangerous in and of themselves. And pyrotechnics around tons of electrical equipment strikes me as a recipe for disaster. I’m waiting for evidence that this was an accident or on purpose.

But Ivanka, it is like she has been trained all her life to do exactly what she is doing now.

My enduring image of Hoover was releasing the national guard on our WWI vets who had staged a protest camp at the Mall asking for the benefits the government had promised them. Nor was there help for the dust bowl. I very easily imagine 45 doing both of these things, and he’s already getting the cruel and inhumane…

I get more of a Hoover-vibe from him, with maybe a healthy dollup of A Jackson. Christ, we’ve had some terrible presidents.