The Democrats controlled the Senate with a filibuster proof majority for just over 70 days and depended on the votes of dying old guys who couldn’t actually vote. There’s this myth that they had two uncontested years, but between Franken being delayed, Kennedy and Byrd dying, and Brown being elected to Kennedy’s seat…

I don’t think you understand the role of the DNC Chair, which is to fundraise and organize, two things that Ellison is empirically better at than Perez, who has worked 1 country level election.

Both Tom Perez and Keith Ellison are excellent choices. Either one will be an advocate for progressive causes. I would pick Perez only because I would rather the DNC chair not be an active member of congress and have to be worried about his or her own seat, but Ellison’s great as well.

Tom Perez was the most progressive member of the Obama administration, is enormously competent, and is committed to rebuilding state-level Democratic politics. Keith Ellison is...endorsed by Bernie. That’s about it. The people who elect the DNC chair should ask themselves “Who will do a better job at building the…

How else could you have negotiated such a sweet deal fighting strawmen?

Then you are not as liberal as they come. You’re not that liberal at all, actually.

This law is what prevents them from doing so. Sans this law, they can do exactly that.

lol emails brah.

It’s interesting how all of the Trump voters have practically disappeared from the comment sections. Fucking cowards.

Oh fucking fuck me. Fuck this. Fuck Trump. Fuck anyone who voted for him. I don’t give a shit if you like to hear it, Trump voters. You just steered our country directly toward the pits of hell, and if your feelings are hurt by me telling you that, good. Maybe you will think next time you vote instead of pulling the…

How can anyone hate Baja Toyotas?!

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Is anyone reading between the lines here? This means Ford does not expect the market growth it did before, therefore rather invest in some new tooling and expansion, instead of opening up a new plant, that would produce for multiple countries, at the same time making a good PR piece, with little impact on the real…

I want to stop writing about dumb tweets. Please make the dumb tweets stop. Please.

Are we going to have 4 years of these stupid tweets or is some staffer going to muster up the balls to tell him to stop?

“Jost is saying that liberals should deemphasize equal rights for all people because it alienates rednecks.”

It was an acceptable joke. I wasn’t dying with laughter. It worked for what it was.

it was a good joke