Sharice Davids won in KS03! I believe she will be the second Native American woman and first lesbian to serve in congress. She also beat the white dude, Welder, that moved to her district a year ago.  He was given the lion’s share of national media attention and had the backing of AOC and Sanders.

Yeah, she’s not that bad as an actress and she does have some screen presence. She’s quite athletic and can pull off stunt work. I’m also baffled that people feel that the other actors in the Arrowverse are that much better (in fact, I’d argue that several are on the same level as Ruby or worse).

Agree, also I’m happy that they cast a 32 year old lesbian to play a lesbian character rather than a 22 year old straight girl.

I’m very frustrated with the narrative from a certain wing that cries “Obama is a corporate tool” and then screams when he doesn’t endorse AOC. I suppose it doesn’t fit the Intercept/TYT, etc. media narrative about so-called “corporate” Dems, but he did endorse Adrienne Bell and Ammar Campa-Najjar (both leftist,…

I’m all for a “surprise” fire on board, with the driver being the only one who escapes.

Oh, we’ve already seen them do it to Obama, as some of them expected him to be their magical negro even though he very clearly was never a leftist in the first place. My politics are more left than President Obama, but there is very little nuance to the any critique of him and a lack of acknowledgement about the good…

I never said Centrist democrats are the only ones who can win. Maybe you’re confusing me with the OP? I strongly disagree with that stance, as I think leftists can win although I doubt they can in this particular race in TN. My only point was laying the entire blame at the feet of the Democratic party is ignoring…

No one is saying centrists are the key, people are saying demonizing a center left candidate running in a deep red area is fucking absurd. And no one is saying the Dems are blameless for the disintegration of the party, just that it’s absurd to lay it 100% at their feet when we have gerrymandering, voter suppression,…

Preach. I’m critical of the Dem party, but nothing drives me more insane than wypipo going “both sides are the same,” especially as a Black and Arab woman. Even the worst, biggest piece of shit Democrat would not have nominated Betsy DeVos and Jeff Sessions, who are hurting so many people, especially Brown and Black…

I suppose it has nothing to do with the Voting Rights Act effectively being gutted several years ago and the increase in gerrymandering and voter suppression (which was going on even before the Voting Rights act was gutted?)..

I like AOC, but I feel like the whole obnoxious racist Chapo crowd/21 year old DSA members/etc. have put her on an impossible pedestal. She would have been better off solidifying her base in NY and maybe doing some engagements in New England before going nationwide, so she would have more experience and wouldn’t be…

I’m a progressive, and this shit where a certain segment (cough cough mostly white) of the progressive wing spends 90% of their time bashing the Dem candidate going against the Republikkkan drives me fucking insane. And before someone comes for me, I’m not saying Dems are above criticism. Criticism is fine and people…

We’re good. I 100% agree that the two party system is a failure of epic proportions and somewhat agree on the rest. I’m honestly so angry all the time at so many aspects of the political system and even the media, and the Root is basically the only place I can let it out at the white brosocialists with an oversized…

It’s definitely on the line producer and arguably the director than Seth Rogen, and I’m hardly a fan of Rogen. Occasionally the top of the food chain micromanages and knows every single detail, but that’s rare. 

I never said it was a wypipo conspiracy and I would be happy if we follow the Nordic Model. But keep on keepin’ on. My point was the brosocialists are completely ignoring Ammar, Adrienne Bell, and the other leftists on the list in order to scream that all of ‘em are corporate (because some are moderate) and completely…

This. I’m also fairly far left and consider myself progressive, even if it might not seem like it. This is one of the few places I can let out my rage though on that certain subsection of white brosocialists (they are like ants when people talk about it on twitter and forget about Splinter). The tokenism drives me mad…

It likely doesn’t seem like it based on my rants on here, but I consider myself to be fairly far left.

Cackling.

Yep. He’s not afraid to embrace identity politics, and the white bread talking heads are a bit scared of it. I also suspect part of the problem is that he basically doesn’t play into the “Dems in disarray” angle the press keeps pushing and spends 95% of his time on the issues and Republicans. Yes, the Dem party has…

I suspect he supports universal health care. I feel like a lot of the nuProgressive wing are rewriting history and forgetting how poorly it polled 9 years ago, Joe Lieberman, and a few other Dems who basically shut down the single payer option. More fun to scream “bought by insurance companies” instead of reflecting…