She will get just enough votes to cause any Democrat to lose.

I concur that the moral arguments that focus on “revenge is bad” or whatever against executing a cold blooded murderer aren’t compelling, but the real argument against the death penalty is state power abuse.

[T]he Republican minority leader, claimed Brown’s decision to stop 17 people from being killed by the state proves “Democrats have consistently chosen criminals over victims.”

Came to this article thinking to myself “they’re only now pissed?!” However, I’m gladdened that, in fact, the anger predates Sinema’s most recent histrionic bid for attention.

I doubt they'd have the sense or decency to see the validity of the comparison and feel properly affronted. 

Always interesting to see self-avowed champions of liberty blatantly take a page out of China’s playbook.

It is almost funny that the department’s best defense would be to throw the old chief under the bus as merely corrupt, and claim Pizzi wasn’t fired for being a woman of color, but rather because she was too good/ethical to be corrupted or unduly influenced, or might otherwise blow the whistle on shady goings on (which…

No one is claiming their children died as retaliation for annoying the staff. The only that separates these nurses from other nurses is that these nurses made a Tiktok—I would bet whatever amount of money that the actual underlying annoyances with patients is nigh universal.

To be fair, all but one of the nurses in the video were Black. I’m sure you’re recommending a perfectly fine institution, and I doubt any healthcare worker out there is likely to complain about their job on social media any time soon, but, it’s probably safe to assume that, regardless of the industry, there’s somethin…

With specific regard to the “asking for blankets,” I don’t think the issue the nurses had was with the asking, rather the fact that there’s a call button people are supposed to use, but which people are not using (opting instead to make continual trips to the nurse’s station.)

I think Maher tows a very fine line, always within the ambit of a discussion on politics and current events, and his brand is apparently not so toxic that he can’t consistently get people from all parts of the political spectrum to come on and talk to him; I agree he’s an Islamaphobe, but what little of his show that…

Holy shit, no one thinks this was an even trade, but it was the trade they could make, and it’s not like Griner intended for any of this to happen. If you want to criticize the Biden administration for this, fine (add it to the list, I guess,) but wishing Griner ill is just dumb; she was a pawn in all this.

That whole “but we make fun of everyone equally” thing hasn’t really flown for years. You are allowed to make fun of religious, ethnic and racial groups of which you are a member, and everyone is allowed to make fun of white people and Christianity. For better or worse, those are the rules. 

I know a lot doctors, nurses, and EMTs, and I can say with complete certainty that healthcare is no different from any other service industry that interacts with the general public on a daily basis, in that it’s not remotely weird for service providers to talk shit about the customers (i.e.,…

It would be *so* culturally insensitive as to constitute a scandal. I get the sense that, for all its foibles, there’s at least one person in the HBO c-suite with enough sense (and undergraduate liberal arts credit hours of critical theory,) to realize that making fun of a religion practiced by billions of non-white…

“satirical and funny look at death and Eastern religion and spirituality.”

True allyship means shooting yourself in the dick as necessary or warranted. 

“Of course, others have pointed out that Franken would have been a massive liability during confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh”

“‘Our relationship could’ve been very different. We would have had a passionate night of sex with our clothes on the floor, but we would instantly have regretted it because we are like brother and sister,’’ the assistant recalled Graziano telling her.”

In the men’s cases, they’re simply not good enough to play in NBA; not sure what the standards or pay are in any European leagues, except I do know Russian oligarchs pay very well.