Democrats control Congress until January, and will continue controlling the Senate after that.

No it’s not. Trying is not a waste.  Advocacy is not a waste.  You could never have gotten 60 Senators to vote for a nationwide abortion ban at any point in the last 40 years, and yet the anti-abortion movement has enjoyed an unbelievable run of success recently (especially compared to the unpopularity of their…

They aren’t leaving jail alive in any case. I’m not sure the risk of recidivism really factors in here.

There isn’t really anybody on death row whose crimes are anything but absolutely horrific when you read about them. You don’t get the death penalty for sticking a piece of candy in your pocket.  So I’m not sure what exactly the point is of recounting their crimes in the context of this discussion, unless it’s just to…

Look up the fucking word voluntary in the dictionary, you moron. Franken voluntarily resigned, Schumer could not fire him.  

So he was made to “involuntarily resign” by a pretend gun? Franken did not have to resign, he chose to. Schumer could bluster all he wants, he did not have and never had the power to force Franken to resign. Franken’s choice was 100% his own.  Bob Menendez is still a senator for a reason.

Oh, is that the meeting where Schumer put a gun to his head?  I always forget about that one!

Lol, what is your definition, homeboy, and how does it not apply here?

Not every calling out of poor behavior or bad judgment by a prominent person necessarily carries with it an “action item” for you to carry out, any more than any other item of news, such as “The war in Ukraine continues” carries an action item with it. Not all news carries a call to action. It can just be that the…

His repeated insistence over the last month+ that there was no intentional wrongdoing, just the understandable carelessness of a kid way in over his head, is very funny to me. For months he went on a whirlwind tour of D.C. trying to convince everyone who would listen that he should be allowed to do whatever he wanted,…

If this will give LGBTQ+ couples some peace of mind with legitimate protections, fine, great.

Why do I care whether she “believed whole-heartedly in the monarchy and its stabilising influence”?

Both of these jerks seem to have so thoroughly surrounded themselves with sycophants and pathetic hangers-on that there probably is simply no voice around to tell them anything is a terrible idea, which this obviously was from the jump, until it actually happens (see also Musk buying Twitter, Chappelle coming to the…

No, what I mean is, Texas parents do not have a choice about whether providing gender affirming care to their trans child will be considered child abuse.  That’s the law now.  That’s the sort of law Ted Cruz endorses and wants.

I mean, for as long as I can remember you’ve been able to buy “massagers” at drug stores, and probably places like Target. I think I have a memory of noticing something that I suspected was a butt plug at a drug store (it might have had a name like “Buzzy Butt” which would have been a big clue!), so maybe!

If there were smears, hypocrisy, and outright lies, don’t you think they’d be in this article?

He voluntarily resigned. There is no due process violation when you voluntarily resign and there is no other realistic mechanism to push him out lol.

Despite the allegations, Franken’s removal was controversial among his progressive allies, pundits, Democratic operatives, and certainly his fellow Senate Democrats.

I have no problem with Franken guest hosting the Daily Show, but he has already landed on his feet just fine.

Neither is religion, and it can probably be written similarly to how other anti-discrimination laws are written.