Splinter’s the same site that basically called Obama a lazy Black man and simultaneously wondered why he wasn’t their magical negro.  Also the same site that thinks everyone but Liz Warren and Bernie don’t have policy and just run on personality and don’t understand why that’s condescending as fuck.

I’d probably be the opposite, one of those stunned monotone people who later gets dragged for not caring enough lol. Anyway, I suspect Dua Lipa and Cardi will unfortunately get the “we built you up, now we’re going to tear you down” treatment sooner or later because nearly every female celebrity gets it.

I agree. The problem is that he’s clearly a toxic asshole, but for some reason (mostly racism imo) the British press has clearly sided with him. Like until he finally shuts the fuck up, I don’t think the press will stop hounding Meghan. And he doesn’t seem inclined to keep quiet.

Same. It was a really nice speech and I’m glad someone with her platform is out there being open about mental health issues on a regular basis.

Gaga can be a bit much, but she’s always been extra. Like at heart she’s sincerely seems to be a theater kid a la Anne Hathaway with a dash of Celine Dion added in. And I’m not saying you are doing this, but with the public narrative often ripping female artists for being “too much/thirsty” or “not caring enough”—I…

I don’t disagree with your point. I simply think there’s a difference between bold, and “economic security for those who are unwilling/let’s retrofit all the buildings across the U.S.”

Honestly tho, the only horrible thing was washing the dishes (and I’m even side-eying that, like I’m not sure I buy that she wouldn’t have a dishwasher at home and do they even have kitchens in their office?)—and a follow up paragraph says a lot of folks on the hill ask their aides to do personal errands even if they…

But there’s a difference between starting in the center and reaching for fucking mars. And this just handed the Rethuglians a bunch of ammunition for 2020—economic security for all who are unable (that’s good, I like this part) or unwilling (what the ever lovin’ fuck???) to work. That’s going to get a shit ton of play.

I was actually really excited about this—I figured there was a reason so many folks signed on. But this sounds fucking insane, and I can’t believe more folks aren’t pointing out just how unfeasible most of this is—they literally want to retrofit every single damn building in the entire country in ten years!!!!! 

I feel like there may be a “tiny” bit of a difference between wanting all those things you mention, and folks being cautious about a plan that wants to somehow upgrade every single building in the US in ten years and basically make domestic air travel redundant.

Yep. My policies are more in line with Warren, but I strongly am looking at Harris, Brown, and Klobuchar (even if I think she’s a boring moderate). I don’t think Warren can win (sorry other Warren fans), but I absolutely believe Harris, Brown, and Klobuchar can all wipe the floor with Trump—and that’s what most…

That Afropunk article is misleading at best, and wrongly characterizes some of her stances. The Root has some better articles, some critical of her, with links to original sources that discuss her issues with the full context.

Yeah, that Afropunk article wrongly characterizes the prison labor situation from ‘14. Read Jason’s article on Kamala on The Root, which has links to original sources that clear it up—and Jason is pretty critical of Kamala, but he does a legit job vetting.

This. I’ve had people come at me on twitter (which I mostly signed off of) for supporting Harris somewhat, and I’m not going to lie that as a Black woman part of the reason I feel drawn to her is because she is also a Black woman and I know she must be incredibly smart and driven to rise to her position because the…

I feel like there’s a more solid defense that she was simply upholding her office by defending the death penalty (state of California voted for an amendment to keep it, after all), even if she was clearly against the death penalty as a D.A. I don’t really see it as flip-flopping, more like a complicated legal burden…

I “think” it was because of the way the guy framed the question. Instead of going “Senator Harris, some people, including myself, strongly believe x violated the constitutional rights ” he straight up goes “you violated the constitutional rights.” Also, there are valid reasons why someone as a D.A., who has more…

Didn’t she defend the death penalty while AG, but not D.A. despite taking heat for it, because the voters of California voted for an amendment back in ‘11 to keep the death penalty?

I feel like those folks like to ignore that polls often show Biden, as in has almost as much baggage as Bernie and treated Anita Hill like shit, has better numbers with POC voters than Bernie. A lot of those polls have to do more with name recognition more than anything else.

Conyers, never a presidential candidate, pushed for universal healthcare for decades. Yes, he is disgraced and retired, but I dislike how he’s basically been written out of the conversation and Bernie is being given credit by most of the media for “pushing” people on universal healthcare.

His legal team is scum, as is TMZ and that lot. The tabloids have apparently been trying to get these unsealed for ages because of the record executive who apparently went around telling multiple famous people that Dr. Luke raped Katy Perry—I know TMZ is lower than low, but trying to “out” someone who was believed to…