My next door neighbor, a Trump voter, prior to the election told me that she hates Obama because, “he just hasn’t done anything.” And, I was actually speechless. I had no comeback at all.

Pretty sure they were aiming for the Civil Rights Act and just can’t math.

lol “gave up his billionaire lifestyle.”

That and calling anyone who disagrees with them hysterical. It straight up gives me the vapors. It’s interesting seeing Koppel, long a terror of the smug, criminal, or dishonest, interacting with Hannity. I think Koppel was deliberately gentle here, as it makes Hannity look like even more of an ass. This is also a…

Obviously, facts would win the popular vote but lose in the Electoral College.

Well...half of them are stupider than the median. Average is a range. About 15% of the population falls below the average range in measures of intellectual ability, and about 15% score above the average range.

“You have attracted people who are determined that ideology is more important than facts.”

Perhaps we have made some progress that people are not interested in watching executions for fun.

So here’s my personal little quasi-brush with having to witness an execution:

I personally think we should broadcast every single execution on tv. Preempt any other programming. Kids should have to watch it in school. If the American public wants death, give them so much they choke on it.

I would be extremely wary of any individual who volunteers as a witness for this.

I worked in an anti-trafficking agency for many years, since before it was even called trafficking. I agree that at least some of these children are involved in trafficking, because statistically that’s likely. I agree there needs to be more concern about the disappearance of any child. I agree it’s a failure that it…

This is part of a larger fallacy that reactionary conservatives can be fisked or fact-checked into submission or into showing the slightest bit of contrition, shame, or willingness to improve their reasoning. They can only be quarantined and hopefully outnumbered in swing states.

Filibuster? I hardly even know her.

“has launched a targeted operation in South and Central Texas as part of Operation Cross Check.”

Many of them! They’re often the best agents because of their cultural literacy & linguistic skills (not to mention their desire to prove themselves) but they get sidelined in favour of mediocre white men. In the way that women get ignored because they’re not part of of an old boy’s club, most of these Arab & Muslim…

We had a similar exercise conducted at a hospital I worked at about 5 years ago. Our “trainer” was a knowledgeable, former FBI agent & just about the kindest man you could ever meet. The first thing he told us was, “you’re not Jack Bauer so stop pretending to be”. He said they’d get calls all the time about people…