I agree with Vox on this. The “seriousness” of traditional media leaves them ill suited to respond to the absurdity of the Trump administration. Comics are doing the heavy lifting.

That’s an excellent point, but this administration doesn’t care about empiricism either. It’s like they want to attack the very basis of rationality. Remember back in January? EPA scientific studies must be vetted by administration before release. I haven’t heard about that since then. Does anyone know if that…

Let’s hope that’s true - for this and many other Trump Administration changes that are being challenged in the courts. Just because it’s reasonable doesn’t mean it’ll happen here in The Upside Down, but it’s where the action is now.

I think it’s a dangerous game of chicken. Who will babyback down first?

Let’s play: Who wrote this speech for Trump: Trump sounds dire warnings

LOL, thanks. Yeah, I figured it out right after I posted. Wow poetry. So romance. Much chagrin.

Tell your governor and state house this. Washington state is often proactive about Family Planning and Reproductive Health. Let them know you want this to be a priority. :)

... It’s from the Love Boat theme song. Ha! For having liked it, I’m half embarrassed and half amused.

“... an open smile on a friendly shore...” That’s lovely. Is that a quote?

Here’s a panda pile as brain cleanser and peace offering. :)

That’s because you haven’t yet seen the Bubble Borg facelook. Feast!

Grotesque is a good word for it. Another word could be “culpable.” Police agencies that approve that kind of thing as “training” should also be considered culpable.

Agreed. “... moving too fast to the left...” since when? What we now call “left” and “right” have both shifted to the right. This article is 6 years old, but it’s great background: America’s big shift right - CSMonitor. The idea that the left should aspire to be more centrist is absurd. It’s been center or center…

I read that article too. It’s quite compelling. And so I got curious about what the Niskanen Center is. Turns out it’s a libertarian think tank that spun off from the Cato Institute over disagreements with the Koch brothers. Its critics might say it’s libertarian-ish, but not truly libertarian, whatever that is. Look…

That officer in particular had especially pathological training: Officer who shot Castile went to ‘Bulletproof Warrior’ training.

Sure, I agree - you open it up to individuals being treated as proxies and judgements based in doctrinaire principles rather than the evidence of the case.

“Versus what? Chasing around the 35 or so states that want to implement onerous voter ID laws, reduce voting hours, restrict access, etc.?”