Sometimes people over simplify complex historical situations to make light of a given situation. In human society, we call these “jokes.”

Surprised he didn’t mention Harriet Tubman’s brave refusal to sit at the back of the bus...

He probably doesn’t even know that George Washington Carver made the first computer out of a peanut. A PEANUT!

This is going to sound dumb, but has anyone discussed a hostile takeover of the GOP in a fashion similar to Trump in 2016?

I just read the transcript, and even by Trumpian standards, that was.....pretty goddamn terrible. I can only imagine how much worse it was live. Seriously, can someone, anyone, not get this man a fucking speechwriter?

No no no, he knows the peanut butter guy. That’s Peter Pan.

well if we are all dead that does explain why Frederick Douglass is still around

Best words, baby. Best words.

Let’s be real: does Donald Trump know Frederick Douglas isn’t the peanut butter guy?

What about Majormac and Minormac? Supermac and Infermac? Ubermac and Untermac? Jumbomac and Jimbomac? Macromac or Micromac? Bassmac and Piccolomac?

Chilling yes. However it gives the media room to push back. Twitter is not a long term media strategy. I know the folks who just recently discovered it believe so. But it’s not. The media has the ability to freeze them out. Now do they have the heart to do so? We will see.

This is a great opportunity for CNN to recapture its former status as a place where quality journalism is done. Get rid of the talking heads and go out and interview people. Do three hours a day on what it’s like to be a marginalized person in Trump’s America. Talk to political scientists about the repercussions of…

RIP MAC TONIGHT

Oh please let someone while on live tv hold up a phone or tablet with their lie right there for all to see. Pause one moment, look SS in the eyes and yell to the mountain top, “Yes! I AM CALLING YOU BOTH LIARS!”.

The biggest takeaway here...

Good news everyone! POTUS just gave us the okay to call it a “Muslim Ban” if not something more accurate.

So the town took a philosophical question personally, buried its guilt deep beneath a giant mound of self-righteous indignation, then clutched its pearls and claimed that the real problem is people asking this question.

Well, that and because it would not be legal to do so, anyway.

“’It’s an open town,’ Reiner said. ‘There are no barricades here. Nobody says if you are black or whatever, you can’t move here.’”

Who buys signs on eBay? Don’t you just go to Staples or OfficeMax and buy a Help Wanted Sign?