They’ve run a few ads thanking Democrats who have done things that they liked, but I don’t think they would ever actually endorse a Democrat over a Republican in a key race (eg Cramer vs Heitkamp or Morrissey vs Manchin). Unless they’re willing to do that, they’re more or less stuck with the GOP; Republicans won’t…

Koches are going to lose. Trump owns the Republican Party’s base, and the Kochs gave no choice but to fall in line because they need the GOP to retain the Senate so that they can pack the court with right wing judges. The Kochs either have to keep backing the GOP or stand aside; since they won’t ever donate to…

I guess that makes sense. One thing that we don’t consciously think about is how much of our lives are affected by state and local lawmakers and how little attention these officials and their elections actually get.

It’s the same logic as people who say that they aren’t racist, but they wouldn’t want their kids marrying someone of a different race because it’ll cause them problems.

I interpreted the Times’s statement not as a validation of the trolls but as a defense of Jeong. Obviously in her new role she won’t be able to tweet those same types of posts any more; that’s not a sanction that is being imposed just on her or a new policy being adopted as a result of the troll’s attacks — it’s a…

I don’t think the writers choose the headlines. Frida Garza’s Post was very subtle and nuanced in its evaluation of the situation, while the title is sort of inaccurate. 

Didn’t Trump carry that state in 2016? I’m not that surprised. There are probably plenty of nominal Dems in that state who are more or less like this.

Am I the only one kind of wigged out by the fact that, per this article, Stephen Miller (!) represents the pro-refugee wing of the internal debate at the White House?! If I’m reading that right, Kelly wants to cut the number of refugees admitted to zero while Miller (only) wants to cut it down by 2/3rds.

I’m sure the Russian operative who helped him write that speech thought it would be a good line that would resonate with the American people.

Based on what I’m seeing in Europe, “populist” is just a code term for “hates inmigrants”.

Wait, isn’t a lot of porn pretending? 

I think it’s the usual short sightedness of the right — they think that because they personally weren’t listening, then that means nobody was talking.

Maybe he DID choose his words carefully. We have a third hand accounting of them, after all — a tabloid writer’s summary of what one of Jonas’s friends thinks that Jonas thinks. I doubt anyone of us would sound good filtered through that many layers of other People’s bullshit.

Not really an accurate comparison IMHO. MoviePass pays the full listed price for the movie tickets they purchase on behalf of their customers. It’s not at all similar to Spotify. That’s why a lot of people don’t get how MoviePass survives as a business.

Pretty much. If you’re going to be branded a Communist for supporting a 39% top marginal tax rate instead of a 37% top marginal tax rate, you might as well own it. For too long, the left has allowed the right to control the narrative, giving them words like “liberal” and “progressive” and “left” and allowing them to…

Trump’s FDA honestly hasn’t been that bad. They went ahead with a major new nutritional regulation championed by Michelle Obama earlier this year, even though a lot of people assumed that it would be reversed or watered down under the new administration. Most of the time, Trump’s officials are mindless industry shills…

I don’t understand why you feel sympathy for Spicer while later acknowledging that he has experienced no personal or professional repercussions for his work for the White House. Spicer hasn’t suffered at all, and he doesn’t warrant the sympathy that might be sparked by someone who has actually had their career…

I have to imagine that it’s a tax write off, which in a way starved the Trump Administration of revenue. #resist

Real life has become a rushed, poorly written first draft that was inexplicably released to print before even the most cursory of edits.

I have a feeling I don’t want to read that.