I hate the “fuck this country” attitude on the left because, yeah, I mean, I kind of get it. Also, a lot of us are stuck here, so I’d prefer it not be fucked while we’re stuck in it. It ultimately seems like such a privileged attitude to just be like “Let it burn.” when people are stuck in the burning house.

It’s so performative on the right, and I think also leads to a kind of nihilism on the left where it’s like “This country is trash, all we deserve is suffering.” Like, admitting that you want the country to be better aligns you with the right, even though they are actively trying to make it worse.

I started to notice the perversion of patriotism by the Right, after 9/11. I had never thought THAT much about patriotism until I started seeing the Right decked out in American flag garb and ‘Support Our Troops’ bumper stickers. It seemed like a weird way to be “patriotic” by sending Americans off to a feckless war…

Yup he meant what he said and understood the question perfectly. Dude comes from the classic conservative perspective of wanting to populate this country with as many white, conservative Christians as possible. Abortion, interracial marriage, gay marriage and birth control for married couples all threaten the…

Hey now. Let's not insult dipshits and clowns by comparing them to Ted Cruz. 

He keeps getting voted in. So enough people don’t hate him to keep him gainfully employed as a pain in everyone else’s ass.

Because be probably didn’t have full coverage.. and also, this is WAY quicker/easier than going through litigation. Props to him for finding a way. This is America, and GoFundMe is the most American way to handle this situation. No one was misled, whats the problem? If folks want to help out, whats it to you?

I’m guessing if I had the social graces and skills to collect money from strangers because my car got smashed during a well known accident, it might be worth a shot.

Adult man Daniel Radcliffe doesn’t want to portray actual child, Harry Potter, anymore.

The Republican playbook is to let things fall apart and let the Democrats fix it.

as a managing director at Goldman Sachs one would assume she could handle a modicum of responsibility

She can’t handle the kids on the flight but can totally handle them for a week in Mexico? Sure Ted. 

Lol, 10 and 12 year olds don’t make you go to Cancun. If he hadn’t gotten caught, he’d still be there.

Does Texas have a Stacey Abrams? 54% of Texas is getting what it voted for, but 45% of the state is getting the shaft right now. Once everyone gets power and digs themselves out of the snow, they’re going to have some serious new ammunition for the next election, but it's going to take someone more charismatic than…

That excuse?

The lies and blaming this on his daughter are particularly wild when you consider how publicly his two kids fucking hate their dad.

What a knob... Unfortunately, there seem to be no repercussions for the morally bankrupt, charisma free people who somehow keep getting reelected by a constituency that they seem to hold in contempt.

He and his staff also lied. The claim initially was that this trip was booked “weeks ago” but turns out it was booked this week. And Cruz’s original return ticket was for Saturday.

“Our family lost heat and power too” doesn’t really have the power of solidarity when the first thing you did was decamp to what’s undoubtedly a private resort in sunny Mexico, you cretin.

Cruz and the rest of the Texas GOP are taking a page out of their fuhrer’s playbook: Don’t bother giving a shit or doing anything to help. They watched their orange leader do that for four years and still manage to get almost half the country’s voters to still vote for him. So why should they care? Their loyal, un-refl…