I know it’s not the main thrust of the review (which is great, and probably sold me on going to the film tonight) but......I feel like this is a pretty significant misread of Captain America both as a character and more importantly w/in the MCU— all 3 of the Captain America movies and in the follow-up Disney+ series…

These “what if Trump did stuff that was the exact opposite of what we saw him do for the 4 years he was President” fantasies crack me up “what if Trump passed M4A, what if Trump legalized weed, what if Trump did anything that wasn’t conventional GOP thought but w/ added racist authoritarianism” ok bro

The issue is that AOC, et al basically only represent hyper blue districts and that running on their platform would result in the Dems having like 30 Senators and 125 House Reps.  If you guys could point to wins by openly progressive Dems (or hell fuck the Dems DSA members) in anything approaching moderate districts…

Explain the Nancy Pelosi aside in the context of the House passing the BBB-- which had a shit ton of relief for young people, parents, etc -- is she supposed to magically command the Senate as well? 

I mean.....that there was a Power Point presentation going around that the Administration arguing that Trump needed to declare National Security Emergency and suspend the count makes me think these moronic traitors might have been dumb enough to leave an actual paper trail so who knows?

Overwhelmingly supports really overstates the case— and I say that as someone who works in the Repro— if “overwhelmingly supports” was true we’d be in a lot better place— a majority supports Roe, which in and of itself is too restrictive— and that majority isn’t really reflective of the actual voting majority since it…

“skilled journalist”  lol

So...Epstein who got a incredibly light deal from Prosecutors under the W Administration— specifically from a future Trump Cabinet official, and got his first real job from the father of another Trump Cabinet Official (who just happened to be AG when Epstein killed himself whilst in Federal Custody) and was not just a…

Talk about self-indulgent sour grapes. I get that Hillary being the news again must suck, what with it forcing y’all to confront the fact that you spent 18 months dumping on the woman b/c at first you wanted Bernie and then were too arrogant to look at the possibility of a Trump win but damn maybe chill a bit and just…

Though I do think it’s pretty glaring how pro-police our Crime shows are even when compared to those in other English-speaking countries*, even when looking at relatively liberal shows like the various Law and Orders (SVU especially during the Stabler years was way, way too tolerant if not outright supportive of…

This, from what I can remember from past articles— it’s largely a hobby or a side gig participants hope to bounce up from not a career. In the same way other stadium support roles (outside of grounds-keeping and maintenance) tend to be— it’s a bit different for NBA/NHL or MLB ancillary roles but NFL teams only play 8…

Unless Manchin and Sinema will vote to amend the filibuster it doesn’t matter what Schumer does no badly how much he wants something. 

That’s what makes this such a bullshit gambit from her— she can literally come out in favor of the WHPA (which she doesn’t currently support because “it goes too far”) and never have to cast a vote in favor of it because it won’t hit cloture and she won’t vote to support eliminating the filibuster. Though again she…

Please tell me how this is fundamentally incorrect-- it’s not fair to attribute sole blame to those who sat out the election/went third party but it is literally true that dead-enders could have flipped the 2016 election by participating. 

Term limits-- especially for legislators (both state and federal)-- only serve to empower staffers and lobbyists because a legislator doesn’t have enough time to develop hands-on expertise. 

This. Also, it’s because by and large male legislators effectively wear a uniform— other than douche bros like Matt Gaetz and some regionally allowable variations like bolo ties- it’s really hard to think of a male legislators who isn’t basically in “conservative suit X+white/light shirt Y+ tie (likely solid)“.

You…

Classism definitely, misogyny-- not so much, unless you mean in the establishment of a societal norm-- there’s definitely less accepted room for variation in dress for men in government/law than women for instance. 

This is true...to an extent— if a male pol wore jeans and t-shirt to vote it would undeniably draw fire. Note that no one comments on how say Collins dresses not because she’s a woman but because she basically wears the female version of the same uniform male legislators do.

You see the same in State Legislatures with…

If the Church also consistently debated if pro-Death Penalty politicians could get communion I’d have less of an issue with this bullshit. 

It’s really a lot like Gun Control— a significant majority supports some action but.....only the loud minority actually bases their votes on it and that minority is dominated by those who support the status quo or even less.