I thought it was pretty clear that the article was relating the “snitch hotline” aspect of the current Texas law with other examples of digital surveillance, not arguing that they both use the same mechanism. No, the Texas law doesn’t use your online activity/data against you in a criminal case but the intent was to…

But they’ll reward Republicans who fail, in fact don’t even try and just give tax cuts to the 1%.

Ok, last question: how do Democrats do it? How do Democrats convince Manchin and Sinema to get rid of the filibuster (as they need them to support removing the filibuster) and then to vote for pieces of legislation both of them haven’t been too keen on (Sinema w/ tax increases for corporations, Manchin w/ a whole list…

What are you talking about? How are people’s lives worse off than before Biden got into office? Inflation has been up but so has wages; unemployment has dropped, poverty rate has dropped nearly 50%, and workers have more leverage than ever when it comes to the job search. The inflation is also not the Biden’s…

My bad. FDR was elected to a fourth term but died in office that April.

But no presidential administration has delivered on every promise they made on the campaign trail. None. There is not one president that has a 100% completion rate for their entire political agenda (not even FDR who probably was pretty close but was also in office for 3 terms). It’s also even more ludicrous to act as…

I'm not making an excuse for him. I'm just saying that underlying this individual act of intense violence is a clear systemic issue that, while not unique to football players, seems to be significantly egregious and pronounced among them. Knowing that and knowing that there is a disease associated with football…

Would like to remind people about the connection between CTE and acts of violence from former NFL players ‘cause I know post-Kaepernick blackballing we all forgot about the OTHER REASON why the NFL (and football in general, especially little league) is a problem.

Do you have historical precedent that proves me wrong? Please let me know of a time when the controlling political party in this country passed a sweeping transformative legislative package w/o controlling at least 60% or so of the seats in Congress (particularly in the Senate).

I guess my issue with your argument, which is an argument I’ve been hearing increasingly, is two-fold. My first issue is the fact that I think we’re approaching current Congressional ineptitude individually instead of being indicative of a systemic problem. Congresses have become increasingly less productive since at…

I think that’s how Republicans will spin it but it’s not entirely accurate. For one, with their slim majority they inherently can’t pass their entire agenda because the process to pass things in the Senate bypassing the filibuster is through budget reconciliation. Bills passed through budget reconciliation have to…

This seems to ignore the electoral realities of a 50-50 split in the Senate, but sure Democrats are the only politicians in Congress that can’t deliver their entire political agenda when in power with a narrow margin. /s

Great to hear that Tiana is going to get some more time on screen.

Something, something militarism something, something, propaganda as pop culture, something, something imperialism

Scottie Pippen is a top 50 bball player of all time who won 6 championships as the No. 2 option while also being the team’s (and the league’s) best perimeter defender during that time period. Kelly and Michelle are not remotely as distinguished in their respective careers.

Remember when toxic black men were mad at Lala Anthony for being in a sex scene on Power? This... this is the same exact thing and it’s sad. It’s sad because there are so many worthwhile conversations to be had about how groups should be represented (and who should represent them) in media particularly groups that…

Except none of your examples were/are historical figures...

As a late-twentysomething young millennial, I definitely remember the knot-tied belly tee era of the mid-late 00s so was also a tad confused by it. Maybe the fad has just come back around for Gen Z or maybe the writers were providing some meta-commentary about how the Midwest is constantly 10-15 years behind in youth…

For your first point, let me invoke the wisdom of Uncle Iroh from A:tla “Pride is not the opposite of shame but it’s source.”

I guess my point is the fact that “what an entitled man would do” vs “what a space gangster would do” don’t have to be mutually exclusive. If anything, at least based on the film noir/gangster films that Cowboy Bebop was clearly derived from, the feelings of disrespect and humiliation that Vicious would feel from his…