This article is wrong. They had the votes to pass. They did not have the quorum required to bring the bill forward. So? This article is wrong.

Kids in cages. Concentration camp cages. Some now dead. Others suicidal. He doesn’t just defend this, he promotes it. Spit away!

Say what you will about Chicago (and there is much to say, much of it bad) this town has three things going for it. 1) We would never put Ketchup on a hot dog as a matter of fucking course (I’m looking at you, street vendor in CO, I’m looking at you) because Mustard! 2) Students at UIC (one of the most diverse student…

This reminds me of something my then best friend said when we were high school seniors looking for part time jobs in Michigan during one of the many hit-first-hit-hardest-lasted-longest recessions that state gets so often, “They won’t hire you without experience, but you can’t get experience if no one hires you.” If…

As a baby boomer who has shit the internet bed several times let me say, Yes. This has much truth. Of course my bed shitting isn’t racist, it’s mostly just forgetting that my relatives can see what I write about my relatives. On the other hand? I can sew on a button in the dark and I can tie a square knot 100% of the…

I don’t often say this about a politician, but the more I learn about her, the more I like Ocasio-Cortez. Seriously.

Personally, I think she can’t wait. But she’s crafty as hell, so she’ll wait until the trap closes completely. She’s goddamn strategic. No other Speaker of the House in my lifetime could have gotten ACA passed, and no other speaker could get herself back in the big chair afterwards. She’s really strong at strategy. I…

I think we’ll be there soon enough. End of summer is my guess. Maybe a bit later. Perfectly timed for months of hearings during a heavy election cycle. My guess.

His base is gone. They will vote for him no matter what. Racism and total partisanship. But with enough evidence piling up, I think the more rational GOP peeps stay home.

I don’t think it will. I think we are going to watch a massive trash pile accumulate until finally it seems that poor Nancy, who has been on record as not wanting impeachment, is just forced by evidence and circumstance to move forward with it. And then she controls the media stories just as much as the bed wetter in…

Timing is everything. I’m ok if it takes a while. Let’s get this much closer to the election before going whole hog, says I. Force the goddam GOP to own their adoration of the trashman during an active election. Trump’s base will vote for him no matter what, but other GOP voters might just stay home. Also, if it’s…

Yes, the speaker of the house would have to allow the issue to come up for discussion at the least. Keep in mind, once impeachment starts, the other investigations stop. Everything gets rolled into one set of hearings, one committee. Allowing different congressional committees (like Waters’, Schiff’s, etc.) to dig…

Thanks!

Yes. My cakes are too precious for such slapdash ideas! Who will think of the cakes?

Yes. God, yes. I could not agree more.

The people who came back from WWII received the greatest benefits of any fighting group—the GI bill was created for them, and they also received support for buying a first home. Want to see intergenerational inequity? Look at what the WWI vets got. No education, no home buying help, but they were back just in time to…

Many Vietnam vets had to fight for their rights to get healthcare, jobs, and promised benefits—and many did not ever see promised benefits. In the 1980s in Chicago more than two thirds of homeless men were Vietnam vets (at one it was 70%). Remember, most of those guys were drafted—they didn’t volunteer. It was…

I am a Boomer and my Dad served in Vietnam. I was 8 when he went (career military) and I realized one thing when he came back—you don’t get back the same person who went away. I loved my Dad every day of his life, but he was a different man after Vietnam. No question. I had to stop reading the stories on twitter becaus…

I did. I don’t see it. Is it the thing holding the pears? Because it’s a bowl and it’s holding pears. I’m sure I’m having one of those “if it were a snake it would have bit me” moments, but I’m still not seeing it.

If the feds are not willing to forgive the loans outright, I suggest a matching program. For every dollar paid, the feds forgive a matching amount of principal. For instance, somebody makes a $500 payment (which let’s just say is $490 in interest because, yeah, probably). That $10 in principal is removed and the…