RE: April Ryan, don’t be sad. Wear that shit like a badge of honor. It’s the “friends” of the White House who are lower than pond scum now.

I’m a white guy and if it makes you feel any better I can’t joke about this either. More a feeling of sadness and hopelessness, tinged with outrage. Definitely not levity.

Powerful stuff. Thank you for sharing.

Lastly, make sure you only drink bottled water and eat food from sealed containers until a rescue team can get to you. As you wait, listen to the radio to stay up to date on where you can find help and get screened for contamination.

But re: Pentatonix- who is the target demo for this?

What’s your problem with Booker?

At this point I can’t even bring myself to blame the 9 million or so that voted third party last fall. Not when there were over 90 million who didn’t vote at all, even knowing the stakes.

Coming soon to a bedroom near you.

They gave up “fair and balanced” sometime last year. Not that anyone noticed.

He just accurately described how ALL insurance works.

Oh yeah. I think he’s gonna fit right in there.

The Democrats’ responsibilities to the poor and disenfranchised should not be put aside to clap for their good buddy right after he finishes voting to fuck the poor and disenfranchised over have already been put aside, all for the pursuit of big donations from healthcare and pharma companies.

Like I said.

You obviously don’t know what pro bono means. Lawyers are required by law to provide legal counsel to people suspected of a crime — ANY crime — because that’s real American democracy. People have rights and deserve to have their day in court. Going to court requires assistance from an attorney, which they are of…

I did not know about these checkpoints, as I did not grow up in the Southwest, so I’m astonished that they exist at all, let alone have been around for such a long time. They are a gross violation of the very principle of American democracy, which is first and foremost FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT. Why the hell didn’t anyone…

Tell that to people on Medicare.

Those guys are hired guns. They can’t change anything. They’re just trying not to get fired, just like most other Americans.

Of course. Assholes will say anything if you pay them enough.

Yes multitasking is indeed a thing. But there is one concern that the Democrats have which supersedes pretty much anything else, and that includes opposing the Republicans: how to do these things and not alienate their precious Wall Street and healthcare industry donors. That’s why you don’t hear any of them (except…