It’s almost as if our system is fundamentally broken if we have to hope and beg that the people we put into office will actually defend some basic human rights? It’s almost as if liberal democracies are no match for psychotic fascists who will cynically use such a flawed democracy to its own end? Voting got us here.…

From one of the studies linked in that NPR article you cited:

I hate that fucking AMC commercial. I saw it recently when I was in the theater to see The Northman, and I said to my husband, “Why the fuck is she trying to convince me to go to a theater, I’m already here!” So unbelievably dumb.

Because the person who posted that garbage is a prejudiced idiot.

Now the religious freaks in my family won’t have to travel to El Salvador to minister to third world residents. They can do it here! 

Then they should keep their masks on and isolate for 5 days until they can get tested again. Like they should be doing anyway.

Filtered air on planes is probably some of the cleanest air you’ll ever breathe in the US. Wear your mask and if you want a little more peace of mind, open the fan and have it blowing over your face to disburse the air. 

https://jezebel.com/naf-texas-abortion-clinics-restrictions-1848797085
Control+F > type in “Buffet” 

https://jezebel.com/naf-texas-abortion-clinics-restrictions-1848797085
Control+F > type in “Buffet” 

“Anyone who doesn’t coddle me is a misogynistic troll.” — BananasTree

Read through my comment history, dum dum.

We’ve all been there :) 

I think you replied directly to the author of the article and not the snarky commenter up top.

Yes, I seemed to have missed it. Although I think it’ll be harder in Smollett’s case. Candace Owens wasn’t really a big name before she made the cynical switch. But then again, conservatives are so desperate for cultural relevance that they’ll grab onto whoever is convenient. And quickly discard it when it is no…

Uhhhh... what the fuck are you talking about? The right has been obsessed with him, using the case as justification to dismiss hate crime legislation. Right wing nut jobs are saying what he did is worse than committing a hate crime.

I’m all for scrapping the Constitution and starting over. It doesn’t work. It’s never really worked unless you are wealthy (especially if you are a white man). I think we bind ourselves, not only to pointless norms, but very harmful policies/laws because “that’s the way it’s always been done.” As a nation, our…

“If we aren’t voting for progress every time, what are we even doing here.....”

Facing the limits of electoralism under our current government. The Democratic party is not progressive. It’s center right. There are some progressives in the party, but they are nowhere near the levers of power. Party leadership will bend…

In case you didn’t know, Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema are Democrats. So “vote blue no matter who” doesn’t work. I won’t be shocked if they find an excuse to not confirm Judge Jackson. We’re being stabbed in the back and the front in this country.

Once it’s in effect they can find all sorts of services/rights that certain marriages don’t qualify for.

Considering how many liberal centrists comment here I’m rather relieved to not be reading their opinions on how wars are good, akshually.

Nah. The drop in commentary is due to the terrible management of kinja. It’s absolutely unusable on a smartphone so it’s mostly old farts (myself included) who use computers to post here. That doesn’t really build an audience. That and they keep losing staff so the content has been reduced to a slow drip. And the…