Believe it or not, one of the reason for the rebellion is actually Trump. The prisoners believe that their situation will become worse because of him. As an aside, education is another one of their issues.

Good.

Prison riots are rare events. They generally occur when the conditions in the prison become very bad. There are a significant number of forces that keep prisoners separate - racial hierarchies, prison hierarchies, no one wants to have their hustles exposed... Prisoners also know that they will pay a high price for the…

Extra fun is that Trump decided to make a surprise visit to Dover today to greet the remains of that soldier he got killed over the weekend. I wonder if the Delaware State Police had to divert personnel from a hostage crisis to babysit him?

this would make a great protest sign!

Thanks! And I really hope you’re right about a plan existing, but I have my doubts. Have you heard anything concrete?

Tim Kaine voted yes on every nominee? WTF?! Our almost vice president, ladies and gentlemen!

Agreed. And people saying don’t filibuster Gorsuch, just shut the fuck up. Don’t you realize that if your starting statement is, “well we don’t want to sink to their level” - then you may as well just proactively write a bill that hands the entire US government to the Republican part in perpetuity because they are…

Duckman, the cartoon that ran on USA in the mid-90s, had an episode with the premise that the cure for cancer had been discovered long ago, but the medical establishment and pharmaceutical companies were suppressing it because cancer makes them so much money.

Democrats need to understand that there is no good will to be gained from Republicans by trying to appear reasonable, hopefully this has made that crystal clear to them moving forward. Props to Kirsten Gillibrand, it appears she learned the correct lesson from the Iraq War authorization vote.

Why is a 95 ford being referred to as an investment? Vehicles are spectacularly awful investments, especially mid 90s pickups.

Won’t get super specific because it’s impossible to provide context, but when you’re in ethics and the professor regularly says things that make you wonder how many times it took him to pass the MPRE it’s not a good thing.

THIS. SO MUCH THIS. It isn’t about being “fiscally conservative.” It’s about gutting the country’s arts & humanities programs, research, & education.

While Melania is making up her mind, it’s costing New York City more than $1 million per day to keep the Trump family safe

Then he will ban schools.

Remember how Lyudmila Putina just sort of gradually was seen less and less at official functions, and then not at all, and then a couple years passed and suddenly she was no longer Putin’s wife? I don’t know why I just thought of that.

Good Morning. Everything is awful:

This. Start making the lists now, so the war crime trials can be resolved quickly.