“We sure as hell aren’t voting for that mouthy alphabet soup girl from NYC that can’t run anyway.”

“This is a goodbye kiss from the Iraqi people, you dog,”

If it’s an unrealistic purity test to expect Texas politicians to refuse fossil fuel executives’ money, why did O’Rourke make a pledge to refuse fossil fuel executives’ money?

just have the cap match Social Security retirement age

I cannot consider what is retirement age for most people as a good age to lead the country. Make it the same as AARP, 50. Enough to have some experience and not be a “change opinions with the wind” teen but not so old where health becomes a major factor. Also consider lowering the minimum to 30 but that will require…

I like how the article doesn’t mention Bernie Sanders once, but there are already 3-4 comments about Bernie Sanders anger.

In this piece, Plott reveals herself as an easy mark. She is telegraphing—possibly on purpose, but more likely by accident of her genuinely-felt support of insider journalism—her willingness to let powerful people walk all over her. She’s fallen victim to this before.

This dude is 39 years old.

There is no moral standing on gerrymandering. You can’t argue for it in any way shape or form.

That tweet with the graph is staggering. Reading about this makes me sick to my stomach; this bullshit is exactly how you end up with people losing faith in democracy. It’s only a matter of time until this is cemented permanently unless Democrats figure out a way to enforce independent redistricting at the national…

Oh shut the fuck up with that already.

The nation would have happily voted for Biden last time, but he didn’t want the job. Now that he’s going to be seven hundred next year, I think he’s missed his chance.

I write a semi-regular fanpost series on the SBNation boxing blog, BadLeftHook, tracking bad boxing judges. I don’t expect to be compensated, because it’s a fanpost; there’s no advertising, and it’s not on the main blogroll. It’s just something to engage with the community there, and to work out my frustration at all…

That’s my fucking son you’re talking about, bud.

I just do not understand the bizarre obsession with Greenwald and why so many misrepresent his views.

People didn’t vote for half measures. They didn’t vote for the same geezers to play nice with a bunch of fuckers who are actively or inactively trying to kill half the country. May Satan forgive me, but I agree with Libby on this one.

> This rule serves no policy purpose. It would exist only to assuage voters’ fears that Democrats don’t want to raise taxes.

Yeah this here. This is the reason why people have a difficult time trusting centrist and right-wing Democrats. Because they insist on fronting candidates like this and fighting tooth and nail to defend them instead of acknowledging reality and cutting bait. How is this person going to reasonably govern any…

Same old DNC. I guess my hopes for a more progressive Democratic Party with an eye on actual socialism was all for naught. Bernie isn’t gonna run again, and most of our candidates got smoked in the midterms.

The denizens of Raleigh and Charlotte got into a spectacularly petty tiff over HQ2 when Raleigh made the list of 20 and Charlotte was left out in the cold, leading to the kind of infighting where you brag over whose monorail is less shitty.