And remember when the Discovery Channel used to actually have science? And remember when National Geographic used to actually have travel, geography and anthropological interest? And remember when Food Network used to have just cooking, instead of reality shows? And remember when MTV used to have music?...

‘I wasn’t in a room of kids protected by the safety net of wealth.’ That to me, was the beauty of public school. We were all there - 50s and 60s - every one of us. The mayor’s son. The janitor’s daughter (who won a National Merit scholarship). Some indifferent teachers, many people who were invested in what we were…

I didn’t go to public schools as a kid - I went to a religious private school, the kind that DeVos wants to enable parents to use federal funds to sent their children to. I did go to a public university.

At my private school, I was relentlessly, viciously bullied with virtually no action on that bullying by the…

Very true. And it keeps the poors from competing for the jobs in finance (that apparently bankroll every fucking McMansion owner in my neighborhood).

As a former Detroit Public School student, FUUUUUUUUCCCCCKKKK HER.

I’d really like if more of the juvenile justice system were things like this. Throwing kids into detention centers rarely makes them into better citizens (surprise surprise); I’d much rather see a focus on service and education that helps tie kids into the community.

I hear that. But he’s surrounded himself with people I would call evil (esp Bannon) and is letting them lead him down the evil path.

When I saw the spider monster thing, I was all, “ohhh, that’s Slenderman.”

The article felt kind of Shakespearean- dude wants nothing more than love and respect, so much so he runs for President thinking that it’ll be the sure-fire way he’ll get love and respect. But upon becoming President, he finds himself neither loved or respected and is instead mainly alone, by himself, watching Cable…

That’s my silver lining to all this and I’m clinging to it. He’s brought people together in our country more effectively than anyone I’ve ever seen, including Obama. Now if we can just sustain this anger and passion and channel it into taking back control of the government, up and down stream, we might end up…

Perhaps this has been covered here but since I don’t remember seeing it :

We want you to have ALL THE BABIES...but then when you have them, we aren’t going to give you maternity leave, and we’re going to make affordable access to quality childcare difficult... but seriously HAVE ALL THE BABIES.

You’re absolutely right and when Democratic POTUS-es apologize for it, try to reign it in (even a little), etc. they’re labeled as unpatriotic, not supporting the troops, the blame America crowd, etc. So, I find it strange that the GOP is suddenly quiet about this.

Theres respect and theres objective fact, this is more of the latter. Trump while a reprehensible person isnt wrong in this regard as America has BY FAR been the most militarily aggressive country in the world since Nazi Germany.

I work in insurance, and for what it is worth a lot of insurers may keep free birth control anyway. One baby can be more expensive than a decade of birth control, and insurance companies know experientially now that better access to birth control decreases costly babies.

Well, this is the whole religious right’s goal. Make lots of little god soldiers and then definitely don’t give them an education - that just gets in the way of the brainwashing.

I live in Kansas. This is my second or third new doctor after the first few refused to believe that a woman my age didn’t want to be ready to make the babies RIGHT NOW.

Ugh. In my early 20s my insurance didn’t cover birth control unless it was medically necessarily. So I went to the Planned parenthood located in downtown Pittsburgh. The 2 other locations were an hour away. So this meant having to go downtown and spend considerable money on parking (which depending on the day is tough…

These peoplefight so hard to stop things that don’t directly affect them: gay marriage, birth control. We aren’t stopping them from going to Hooters or Walmart, so stay out of our collective shit.