Congress and law enforcement can investigate any allegations of criminal activity regardless of its status as a church. Individuals can sue the church and its leaders just like the Catholic Church was sued. Congress especially can do a broad investigation that looks into all aspects of the church including its abuses…

I think our system is overdue for a reckoning on arbitration agreements. Yes, they can save a lot on litigation costs, and individuals should generally be free to contract as they see fit. But this is just unconscionable, and it's not the only example. 

I understand that some people believe Scientology is a religion and therefore protected by the First Amendment’s two provisions concerning religion and it components: the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause. But why can’t Congress investigate this? This is peoples lives, many people and Congress cares…

A brutal yet honest take that I 100% agree with! I won't watch that show because of the fact she is a practicing member of that 'church'.

“I’m in my bedroom eating a steak quesadilla without sour cream (because the $2 extra was too much)“ ...but then you were presumably at your place, right? I mean I’ve certainly passed on things like $2 sour cream (because such an outrageous price would rob me of the joy whatever it was should bring) when I’m out, but…

Michelangelo’s David was publicly displayed in front of the town hall of Florence beginning in 1504 and stood there for over three hundred years. I cannot imagine the average Florentine citizen would have blinked an eye at the statue’s nudity, yet alone considered it “pornographic.” Republicans of Florida have…

I think as far as the MAGA chuds are involved, Western history is basically “Jesus, Dark Ages, The Crusades, The Revolutionary War where we kicked their asses, WW2, Trump”. Anything outside of that is just liberal bias, obviously.

I thought these brain trusts wanted the kids educated in ‘Western’ classics? You’re not gonna get more classically European than Michelangelo Buonarroti.

No. People are mad at her because she starves herself, calls it healthy and encourages other people to do it, too.

In college I got food poisoning and dropped nearly fifteen pounds. I was over-fucking-joyed because it got me to size 7.

Yup. If Gwyneth admitted she starved herself to conform to the pressures of first Hollywood and then the Wellness World, I’d like her a lot more than I do. But she doesn’t. She tells a lot of bullshit lies about mindfulness and the myriad benefits of bone broth. It’s not the starvation that’s offensive, it’s the…

“They need to rationalize their orthorexia.”

Yes, in fact, I am pissy with her about it. She promotes harmful bullshit as aspirational. Is she a victim of massive societal pressure? Yes, but that does NOT excuse this horseshit. She has the money to afford a good therapist. If she wasn’t promoting her stupid “wellness” brand and personal practices, it would be…

I think you’re kind of blowing right past the “wellness influencer” part. This wasn’t a red carpet interview where someone hounded her about her diet. This is a brand that she’s built and marketed as aspirational to make herself money at the expense of her followers' health (and her own, but she's rich enough to have…

People are mad at Paltrow for promoting bullshit wellness as a means of her rationalizing her own insecurities and making a shit ton of money of doing so. Paltrow and those like her fear being fat so they promote lies about safe and accessible foods. They need to rationalize their orthorexia. That is why all the…

As someone who has some sort of really really bad stomach bug and hasn’t eaten solid food since Monday, fuck Gwyneth Paltrow. I wish I could have chosen to starve myself.

Yes, we are.

Sen Ernie Chambers is the reason Nebraska splits their electoral votes, and one of them is getting reliably blue.

I just want to say that Nebraska has a history of pretty legendary fillibusters. Shout out to the OG, the Legend, State Senator Ernie Chambers, a man no sleeve could contain.

Beyond the obvious harm these bills cause to trans kids, these idiots are vilifying care that was developed because children of all gender identities may need it. Cis gender kids can need hormone blockers, hormone treatment and other gender-related care — who do these nitwits think these medications were originally…