I loved that at the 2016 Oscars she stood up and personally hugged each survivor who was on stage with Lady Gaga during her performance. She seems like a very genuine person who truly cares about the issue.

I was going to say similarly. Right to privacy ends when you parade yourself in public at a public event and hold yourself out for others to see. Likewise, it is not the government taking steps to infringe upon the speech, so there’s little issue. Private employers are free to associate themselves (or disassociate, as…

Pete Souza posted on IG yesterday the photo he took of Obama reaching over the sneeze guard at Chipotle in 2014 with the caption “Remember this scandal from 2014?” I snorted and then almost cried. Because I DO remember this vividly. People were flipping out about Obama thinking he was above common decency (“who does…

They are for sure in full out tail spin war mode at the moment. And you’re right. Probably drunk.

Lindsay Graham is showing some promise, but he’ll likely fold like a house of cards shortly, like usual.

I’m with you. I’ll be curled up in a corner muttering to myself about “her emails.”

Oh god. I’m a mom and a wife and I HATE that. I love my family, but I’m an individual, thankyouverymuch. Do I probably over post pictures of my kid? Guilty. But I was an individual with unique interests and friendships before my marriage and children, and I sure as hell am the same individual now.

Yep. I’m a lawyer and can confirm. It starts on Day 1 of law school and then doesn’t let up. Even bar association events always have alcohol (no one goes to the other events!).

Juries are given a wide berth on how they may judge the evidence and testimony. They are really free to use whatever factors they want in determining credibility, including their own life experiences. They are, for better or worse, the ultimate judges on credibility and weight of the evidence.

I’m an attorney in the US and I generally feel like jurors (at least on the cases I’ve tried) take their obligations seriously and 9 times out of 10 will get it right. But it is cases like this that leave me scratching my head. This juror was clearly confused and it makes me wonder what anyone (lawyers, witnesses,…

I’m in my 30s and I, too, ate Advil like candy during my periods growing up - on doctor’s orders. “Oh, your pain is so debilitating that you keel over, throw up, bleed through multiple pads, and have to get sent home from school? You can take 5 or 6 Advil at a time. Good luck!” I was never formally diagnosed with…

It’s definitely a tricky gray area in the law. The ACLU of MA issued a statement condemning the verdict, essentially explaining that it infringes on First Amendment protections. It’ll most definitely be appealed and interesting to see what happens in the higher courts. But morally, this girl is guilty as sin.

oh man, eyeroll.

Thanks!

That sounds like my worst nightmare. And yet, I want to read the Reddit thread!

Exactly. The leadership has to be the ones to call him out on perjury or contempt (by refusing to answer with a legal basis). This whole “well, the POTUS MIGHT want to exert his executive privilege” is a bunch of BS. That’s not how this works. That’s not how any of this works. Yet, the GOP has to be the one to call…

I thought the same. He was careful when wording his answers in the “I don’t recall” category so that if evidence does show up later no one can say he perjured himself (i.e. “I never said it didn’t happen! Just that I couldn’t recall it at that time!”) What a load of crap.

I still hold back tears every time I think about this tragedy - and then to see what these poor parents are still going through...it’s just heartbreaking. And you are so right. If this awful event didn’t change anything, nothing will. Nothing has changed, so what was the point of “the hoax”? What a self-aggrandizing…

That’s because Sutton is a GODDESS.

I was just going to write something similar. Even if Trump didn’t intend to obstruct - or if Comey had called him out on it - it still happened. Period.