Unapologetic Bernie Bro here. A point of contention with Bernie for a long time has been that the left spends so much time responding to/damage-controlling the right that it rarely gets to advance much of a narrative/agenda of its own. Currently and for a limited time, there are two smart candidates with vigorous…

It’s definitely a good argument for someone to make to university Deans about changing the university’s sexual awareness teaching materials, but it’s a shitty argument for *this* guy to make in a court of law when trying to prove that his Title IX rights were violated. I file this under Bad People Making Good Points…

The Weiner Takes It All

Kinja isn’t letting me star anything right now. But thanks for the encouragement. Getting at least 1 major paper or other media outlet in each state to support is the goal. A national news syndicate would be glorious, but their coverage of this primary has all but silenced any productive conversation about moving…

Thank you very much for the reply, and sorry it’s taken so long to get back. Voter suppression is real, especially in predominately non-white areas. And there are so many people who just don’t feel like either party represents their interests, so they don’t bother to come out. That’s another reason why I’d like to see…

My college roommate was from Alexandria and used to bring us cartons that cost roughly 1/5 of what they cost in NYC. But congratulations on quitting; you'll live longer than me. Enjoy the cherry blossoms and...cheerwine? Is cheerwine popular in VA, or is that mostly confined to the Carolinas?

What a nice reply!! Thank you so much. We end up on a lot of the same threads, and I appreciate your enthusiasm too, even though we clearly support different candidates. My summary of the “revolution” is mine and not the campaign’s, although it’s a faithful paraphrasing based on campaign literature and closely…

Sorry for the confusion, and I appreciate your optimism!! (Realistically, I’m just hoping at this point that neither candidate hits the 2383 mark, if only for us to have a voice at the convention that will push Clinton towards appealing to more independents and upending the media narrative about superdelegates who…

You seem to get my point up until the last, most crucial part. It’s impossible to expect any politician, no matter how well credentialed, to appeal to 100% of the base. This is why the Democrats need to advance more women to top, Presidential contender status in order to achieve its feminist ambitions. Bernie Sanders…

Clinton/Garland 2016?

Only marginally related Harriet Tubman news: Shola Lynch, an awesome innovative filmmaker whom I don’t know personally but want on everyone’s radar, is making a biopic of Harriet Tubman that tells the story of her life as an action-adventure movie. Given its universal themes, well-known human subject and familiar…

With all due respect, I think you’re missing the point of that sentiment. The Democrats have advanced over a dozen men and only one woman as serious POTUS contenders over the past 25 years. As a feminist who couldn’t vote R unless the GOP scrapped its current platform for its total opposite, this is extremely…

Thanks for the kind reply. Sorry you don’t live in an early primary state; all the ads up here in the Boston area are for fungus creams and erectile dysfunction solutions and I couldn’t be happier.

Bernie Bro here. Why would he spend *money* on a pot of mayo when he can help himself to all the free condiments he wants at the nearest food court when no one is looking? Plus I’m sure he asks everyone he sees if they have spare condiment packs, and not to be embarrassed if they only have a few. I'm sure he carries…

Just about every poll has both Democrats beating Trump and Cruz, with Sanders beating them by wider margins. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/pr…. Sanders beats them both by landslides. His numbers go up with exposure; Trump’s go down and Cruz’s go wayyyy down. He does extremely well with Independents,…

Asshole Bernie Bro here. Not telling you how to vote, and I also wish that he spent more time unpacking complicated issues rather than repeating the same phrases that always get crowds cheering. But that’s politics, I guess. Anyway, after following and volunteering extensively for his campaign, I figured out what…

But he knows the answer is "NO, LIN-MANUEL, I *DON'T* HAVE A SPARE $100K AND MOB CONNECTIONS, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS A 'HAMILTON' TICKET'S SELLING PRICE THESE DAYS." He's better off playing it humble, which only makes plebes like me feel guiltier for not seeing "Hamilton" and helping the sweet man out...even though he…

Your college must have had better food than mine. “Get off the meal plan as soon as possible. Don’t smoke weed in your room if it’ll cause campus security to come in and see your illegal microwave” was the first rule where I went.

Untrue. He's personally met with the devil.

If I was 50/50 on the candidates’ policies, the question would be “Which of these candidates would I most like to see destroy the GOP in November?” If Trump is the nominee, Hillary gets the edge because Donald “You have to treat women like shit” Trump getting beaten by a woman fair and square would be a sweet sight to…