That’s the big thing. If Beto can force the RNC/RSCC to pour some money/campaign hands into playing defense of what should be a safe seat, that hopefully gives them fewer resources to go after a vulnerable Dem (and there are unfortunately a lot of vulnerable D Senators, who can use all the help they can get).

At a minimum, if they make it competitive enough it would force the GOP to pour money into Texas to keep it thereby denying them they money for some other race.

I wish someone would do a write up on how much of a cult penn state seemed like after the Joe P./Sandusky incident.

The answer is clear: to offset the devil’s work over in East Lansing.

Let’s just get rid of ICE entirely. Shutter the agency, give their funding to other orgs, and let it die already.

Wait they’re mad at an immigrant for speaking English now? What the fuuuckkkk.

I was on Pennsylvania Ave in front of the Trump Hotel, and during her silence a group of pro-life counter-protesters were chanting and trying to disrupt the silence. So I was watching her up there, and absorbing the resounding silence, while simultaneously hearing blurred yelling and insults. It gave me chills and was…

I was so impressed by it, and her stony faced resilience even through tears. The crowd reactions were so interesting to me and I listened to the clip multiple times trying to to figure out what the one guy whispered to her, and she didn’t even react.

Clear bags make me furious. Some retailers require their employees to use them. You can put a makeup bag in your clear bag and poof- no more clear bag, but if you suddenly need to buy a box of tampons- there they are for everyone to see. Honestly, if a kid wanted to bring something illegal to school, they could wrap…

Maybe if black women weren’t such pains in the ass, they could keep a man.

No sperm will pass the impenetrable sheath that is thoughts and prayers^TM

I’m not sure I’d call higher ed progressive or family friendly, at least for women. None of the women I work with who are married or have children would probably say so. Academia is notoriously shitty about maternity leave—not that they don’t let you take it, but that women get seriously punished in their tenure…

That’s offensive to me as a woman.

These bros piss me off. Because I know their type and they take every opportunity to bring up their kids. Because, unlike their female coworkers, they get to use having kids as an “head of household” credential to ride that glass elevator straight up. Whereas for women, it works the other way around.

I am trying not to be super salty about this because any improvement would be good but for fuck’s sake. It is REALLY HARD for me to be rooting for better paternity policies for men (especially in other countries) when the maternity policies here in the US are still a goddamn crapshoot. I know it’s not the point of the…

My work has gone to paid parental leave (2 mo), and short term disability for 2 months, and the two months paid includes all birth and adoptive parents. You’re starting to see men take advantage of it, and that’s great, but the consequences for them are so minimal. If anything they are lauded for taking time with…

So now that shitty parental leave policies are affecting men (because more men have realized they want to be more involved as parents) does this mean we’ll finally get some improvement in paid parental leave? I guess it wasn’t important when women were asking for it. Sigh.

As an Indiana fan, I’d like to give Michigan a hug (gag) for ripping the still-beating heart from this mother fucker’s chest.

Thomas Jefferson must be rolling over in his slave.

I am all kinds of here for this. Catherine was amazing, and her mother was even more amazing. Her life before going to England was fascinating. She went through so much. I realize the Tudors have a bit done to death, but I don’t care because it really is incredible, but I don’t recall any shows that really delve into…