I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again - Trump represents the end of this country. Not because he’ll get us all killed or start a civil war, though he might, but because he represents the culmination of a dozen different political and societal trends that cripple any attempt at a modern society. We might be able…

The story is the race.

The story is the race.

ISIS does do exactly that a lot of the time, actually, and for that exact rationale. The Caliphate needs funding, and fleecing a few rich Westerners will let them build their kingdom on Earth - at which point, the world will see the error of their ways, and these idols of demons will be destroyed anyway. They’re…

A smarter company would have claimed that they were “trying to preserve cultural artefacts in a time of turbulence”, and that they were returning them “now that the region seems to be nearing stability”. It’d be a blatant lie, but I bet they’d have won some good PR there, instead of looking like a pack of looters.

This was a massive fluke compounded by ridiculously bad execution...not a condemnation of the entire party

To be fair, that worked more for Sanders than it did for Clinton, but... That was also because he pretty much let his supporters imagine his platform. Yes, he gave sweeping proposals like tuition-free college, breaking up the banks, and healthcare for all, but... Relatively few of his supporters had a clear idea of…

Maybe he doesn’t mind it so much when he can tell himself that the protesters are really there for everyone but him? Or maybe he just doesn’t know the history of these things. Neither would surprise me.

You know, I also remember a president who had to have his intelligence briefings read to him... That one didn’t go so well, as I recall. And that’s still probably better than being given briefings by imitation tweet.

failed in communicating some of her best progressive ideas to the public.

Oh, god, we’re never going to see her again :( .

I’d be surprised if even thinks of us that much, honestly. I’m pretty sure to him, any woman who isn’t eye candy simply doesn’t exist, and that this country is 80% men.

Honestly? I’d be surprised if the weekend shows even bother to ask about it. The beltway media doesn’t seem terribly concerned about women, unless Trump is making his issues with women to prominent to ignore. They might bother to mention it then, though - they know how this white house is undermining half the…

...Something about thanking them for their “Aloha Spirit” ends up feeling kind of racist to me, especially since they were being underpaid essentially for not being white.

You know, everything Mika and Joe disclosed today was quite alarming, and illustrates a president with dangerously poor impulse control, equipped with tools that can do real damage, who has demonstrated a willingness to abuse even petty power that is available to him, but...

Having just watched their response...

Eh, Nicole Wallace was always better at that, I thought... Though she hardly sounds like a Republican at all these days, admittedly, her constant references to her time in the Bush administration notwithstanding.

Eh, you didn’t miss much, honestly. She wasn’t bad, per se, but you could always tell she was out of place on the network, and the questions she asked her guests weren’t really in line with what her (presumed) audience normally cared about.

I swear, Hewitt has to be blackmailing an exec there. All of the hosts seem to hate having him on as a guest, nobody speaks well of his appearances, and he’s smug and offputting. Even if you wanted to experiment with a die-hard conservative on a liberal network, he’s not who you’d want to try it with.

My apologies if this seems rude, but do you just desperately want the last word, or something? Again, you started the conversation with me, and are fully capable of not replying. I assure you, I won’t take offense at that.