The scum bag is NOT still the governor in Puerto Rico. He finally resigned. Why? Because he was forced to by the massive protests in the news every single day. Yes, I know when you wrote this he hadn’t resigned yet, but the point is that protests do actually do something. They put massive attention on the issue. The…
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I feel like it could be more sinister? The Russian bots have been pretty persistent in amplifying “American descendants of slaves” critiques of Harris and “she slept her way to power with Willie Brown” shit. Gabbard also has pushed the Russian line on Syria. Feels like the Russians feel like Harris someone who could…
Are you in the US? The next step is the mobilize for the 2020 election.
I watched it. I’ll probably watch more of it this afternoon. I feel like it’s a “this is not normal” moment. It’s not that I think there’s going to be any dramatic moments or a groundswell of public support for impeachment. Most people don’t care and anyone who does care has already made up their mind. But, having a…
Oh but there was a much better answer later
I also like the angle that’s pitched “if you look at Epstein, maybe you find out about Bill Clinton. Do you really want that?”
Yeah this is a weird take, since I’ve read in multiple other sources that they do keep in touch with their makeover subjects. And I don’t think they’re obligated to be best friends for life with these folks, so whatever they do to follow up is above and beyond the average reality TV relationship.
Agreed. I’m getting really tired of Jezebel’s “let’s hate on everything, even nice things” attitude. I saw Karamo at a book talk in DC and he said, yes there are people they don’t keep in touch with (and likewise don’t reach out to them) but he has some people he does keep in regular touch with. The fact that he keeps…
Almost as bad as coming back to places you don’t like and making comments on stories you don’t like
I call it “decency porn” and this type of programming is increasingly necessary for my survival.
Karamo actually has come out and said he haaatttteeesss the culture tag but the producers made him stick with it because it was the same as the first season. I think his preference was like life coach or therapist (hes a licensed therapist and social worker!) but they were like... nope. They also cut out a lot of…
I don’t mean this in a weird way, but I do have a lot of meaningful relationships and emotional exchanges in my life and I STILL feel that emotional release every single episode.
I reject the assumption that “bonded for life” means you have to have like... a daily friendship exchange with someone. I’m bonded for life with people I haven’t talked to in years. There are strangers I’ve met out at a bar that I feel like I bonded to for life even though I’ve never seen them again.
I agree, that part was like right after he admitted to Karamo (and really for the first time to anybody) that he was experiencing depression. I don’t think he truly thinks they’re BFFs.
I think there is power to imaginary friendships. While Queer Eye is obviously a TV show with its own plot devices, a form of shallow self help consumerism, archetypes, and fictional tropes, I find when I watch it - I feel a real emotional release. This may indicate to some degree I have absence of meaningful…
Missing from this piece is Biden’s last big major legislative “achievement” in the Senate: passing the Bankruptcy bill in 2005, which he fine-tuned to benefit banks over consumers - just in time to exacerbate the misery when the economy collapsed in 2008. (Elizabeth Warren, incidentally, spoke out vociferously against…
Why can't he just SHUT UP
and control of most of the federal government, and control of most state government, and control of most talk radio, one of the major national newspapers, one of the most watched news networks, and many local news networks. but yeah, conservatives really struggle to have a voice.
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