I’m guessing no one said it would work, and further that he doesn't even want it to. Fox news and some other wing nuts realized that Trump didn't seen to be building that wall he promised, so it suddenly became an important issue for him. He just needs to do this and watch it get shut down and then tell the slavering…

He had a veto proof vote. He just wants to kick the can to the courts so he doesn’t have to fuck with it anymore. 

Let’s call Trump’s declaration of a purported “national emergency” to get his wall built what it really is...

Which are, actually, issues of national (and global, in the case of climate change) emergency. 

I’m just too exhausted to deal with this shit any more.

He’d better watch it. I think MacMueller is gathering in Birnam Wood. It’ll be a short, quick movement towards Trumpsinane.

Right now, there are dozens of strippers and centerfolds whose abortions he’s paid for over the decades leaving voicemails for Ronan Farrow.

The right response is “Are you saying that none of the women you’ve slept with over the years have ever had an abortion? We know you refuse to use contraception, and you’ve boasted many times about all the women you’ve slept with.”

This investigation was paid for by the school and the diocese....and they found no wrongdoing on the part of their students. I imagine just the same way the Catholic Church found nary a single orphan was abused by a single priest at their orphanages. 

They were wearing MAGA hats. That’s like saying, “Yeah, that guy with the swastika didn’t say much. He just raised his arm in a Roman Imperial Salute.” Nothing offensive there.

When are we going to start getting real about how dangerous the far right is?

Then I suppose we should shift the conversation to “Whose Job Is It, Anyway?” As we can see from all the evidence, the shooter established a very clear and consistent pattern of misogynistic speech and behavior, alongside a convergent pattern of violent speech and behavior. Any student of human behavior should have…

The Celine Dion story is odd as well. I first saw photos of her in Paris during Fashion Week and while she’s always been thin, she is SO gaunt right now, it’s pretty terrifying. And this backup dancer/boyfriend seems like he could be a scammer? 

I’ve been updating all afternoon waiting for the glory of Midweek Madness. I’ve just...sniff...missed it so much!!!

Hi! Attorney, here. From a First Amendment and law enforcement perspective (and based purely on the information I have here), this is a bit of a borderline case - though I agree with the other commenters that if the man had been black/brown or had a Muslim-sounding name, they more likely would have “erred” on the side…

Missing Cunctuator’s point. The FBI, demonstrably, has very specific priorities about who they will investigate and who they will ignore. White supremacists with established patterns of racist speech and actions get either ignored or tapped for use AGAINST progressives. Palestinians engaged in public outreach about…

Look, I have nothing against heterosexuals. I just wish they wouldn’t flaunt their lifestyle choices in front of us.

I’d bet my life savings that if his ideology were connected to ISIS rather than homegrown far-right groups he would have been brought in for questioning, even though homegrown far-right groups statistically pose a far greater threat to the safety and well being of the American public.

Exactly. I have a family member who I think is a potential sexual predator. Other than not letting my kids be around him there’s nothing I can do. He hasn’t broken any laws.

A friend of mine calls this ‘the first victim is free’ policing strategy.