Not a single officer flinched or looked as if they were like “wait. thats not what we do”. Turns out there was not a single good cop at that speech or anyone that wished to show themselves as one. They are all bad. At least now when we hear that a cop who was there at that speech was killed, we can say, “probably had…

For the last fucking time: IT IS NOT THEIR JOB TO PUNISH.

Is the origin of the term “paddy wagon” what I think it is...?

And y’all wonder by People of Color and poor people don’t trust the fucking police. “But they’re not ALL bad!” you swear up and down as though it’s not an institutionalized problem. “You need to learn to respect the badge!” you scream and shout. “Maybe if you were more respectful and civilized!” you wail and rend your…

“They kidnap. They extort. They rape and they rob. They stomp on their victims,” he said. “They beat them with clubs, they slash them with machetes, and they stab them with knives. They have transformed peaceful parks and beautiful quiet neighborhoods into bloodstained killing fields. They’re animals.”

JFC, the Commander-in-Chief is actually endorsing, if not outright inciting, criminal behaviour by police? In Canada, that’s called “counselling” (to solicit or incite) or “abetting” (to encourage, instigate, or promote) an offence. The person doing so can be held criminally liable for any offence subsequently…

“...and you see these thugs being thrown into the back of a paddy wagon...”

If you get any joy out of advocating police violence you should not be president.

Great. More NYC area cops being idolized and encouraged to violence.

If you get ANY joy out of being violent you should not be a police officer.

It’s amazing how in the UK the police actively boo politicians like that and helped orchestrate the downfall of a Tory politician who was an impolite cunt to them (known as the Plebgate affair) while in the US the police seem to want to beat the shit out of people they arrest.

Or they were trying to be figure out which corner of their base to pander to. There was a huge outcry during the primary that the Dems SHOULD abandon abortion and gun rights, from the far-left wing of the party who will only vote for Democrats when they “ditch identity politics” and focus exclusively on economic…

TBH, I was pissed when the GOP did it for 8 years with Obama and I’ll be pissed if that’s all the dems do - like, i appreciate that they have been standing against all these bad health bills, but realistically, nothing will really change for the better if they don’t make some sort of attempt to work together at some…

That’s why I really prefer to read political commentary by people that actually understand politics. This isn’t building a church. You can’t draw a line in the sand and say “ha ha I’m right and it will totally work”.

Thank you. I thought this was an incredibly cynical post. I could be naive (20 years working in policy would suggest that I’m not), but I do have some hope that our institutions can be saved if we refuse to play the dirty games the GOP has been engaging in. I believe in our government, for all it’s incredibly…

Seriously, I got like halfway through this article before I rolled my eyes out of my head. What the hell are they supposed to do? The Republicans are in control of both houses. And all these comments I see all over the entire internet being like THEY NEED TO EMBRACE BLAH BLAH BLAH AND PUSH FOR BLAH BLAH BLAH...um,…

That’s good. Push those policies in talks with Congressional GOP. Make single payer the opening line in talks and demand reproductive rights as a precondition.

Seriously. I can’t believe Stassa is this naive. This isn’t about bipartisanship. What the Democrats are doing right now isn’t pandering to Republicans, it’s dividing to conquer. They’re saying “hey, non-batshit crazy, moderate Republicans, come work with us instead of President Cheeto, the fundamentalist Christians…

Yes.

They should have refused to court moderate Republicans so that the Republicans could pass their terrible healthcare bill and we could smugly gloat about how bad what they’re doing is for the country while knowing it’s not our fault.