After the RNC, pretty much everyone around Anderson Cooper’s roundtable (except maybe Van Jones, whom I believe is going to snap one of these days) praised Trump for having such a focused theme (law and order) and criticized Clinton for not having one. Even though Clinton’s campaign narrative of togetherness and…

Speaking just for myself, I want Trump to lose every state (which will require Clinton to win every state) and I want Clinton to succeed on her stated terms as a progressive who gets things done. I want people to vote for her, contribute money to her campaign, volunteer as much as they can for her campaign, etc., but…

I wonder how many Republicans in attendance at the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame know that rock ‘n roll was invented by a gay black dude.

Team #NeverTrumpleswift

I like Warren and think that picking someone who’s occasionally disagreed with Clinton prominently could be a great way to underscore Clinton’s consensus-building skills and adaptability. This is a nice contrast from Trump’s “my way or the highway” approach/general temperament and should be emphasized a lot in the…

Whomever Clinton picks is guaranteed to be our next VPOTUS. FiveThirtyEight gave Clinton an 80% chance of being President #45 before her FBI exoneration, and even that figure was bullshit because there’s no way that Clinton has an 80% chance of dying before her inauguration.

This is the time when beginning a headline with “Elizabeth Warren Picked” just gets my hopes up only to let them down.

Mexico: "On closer inspection of life in America, we've decided this wall might not be such a bad thing after all. We'll pay for it and everything."

Once you play Maude Lebowski, you can do pretty much whatever the fuck you want.

Counterpoint (and Caution: Hot Takes Ahead): It’s an election year. I’ve lined up behind a candidate I don’t even like that much and spend so much time defending her against ridiculous conspiracy theories that it’s irresponsible for me to hash nuanced sociopolitical concerns for fear of enabling all the wrong people.…

Look, I'm usually the first to call out "Reverse racism/Pity the poor straight white people" arguments. But if true, Taylor Swift is to heterosexuals what minstrel shows were to black people, and this alone should be enough to get us suspect class treatment within the SCOTUS. It is that disrespectful and damaging to…

I’m stranded at home. A clamp fell off the exhaust pipe of my car, causing the pipe to snap off, and my mechanic's shop isn’t open on the holiday. Damn suburban living. For someone who ought to be celebrating independence, apparently I'm awfully dependent.

Yes, and let’s not forget that he probably couldn’t have gotten his political career off the ground without her supporting the family as a partner in the Rose firm...and utilizing the firm’s/Bar Association’s networks for his political gain.

I enjoy how she puts making the world a better place at the absolute top of her priority list as a filmmaker. It's hard to find a mainstream auteur with more sincerity than her.

This is a reason why I’m not entirely sold on third wave Feminism For Everyone. Because if anyone who believes that women and men should be treated equally gets to claim feminist bragging rights, Donald Trump is a feminist. He treats men and women the same: Terribly. Exploitatively. Using any distinguishing…

Being in your 30s is just like being in your 20s, except without all the social pressure and drama. You’re the same person, your life is still wide open, but (at least in my white, upper middle class circles) there isn’t this pervasive sense that you must find yourself/get perfect grades/land a 8-figures-paying…

There’s an evangelical branch of my lily white family (one of my uncles was born again) and they’re all staying home in November because Trump is too racist for them. A lot of his church friends (mostly white) feel the same way; they’re pro-immigration because they see it as an opportunity to introduce new Americans…

ACTually, we shouldn’t forget:

Let’s just say it empowered me...