It’s 100% projection.

To be fair, this came about mostly because of the western side of the state. It’s quite red east of the Cascades. But the cities have enough population to carry the state when it comes to voting, which often makes the more conservative parts of the state hopping mad. So baby steps in your state, maybe?

Maybe that’s the secret agenda, the hope that Washington State will pay them in coffee to go away.

The pervasive and wide use of “girl” to describe adult women is one of my big pet peeves. It’s so infantalizing.

Hey NRA, take a seat. Maybe several. We know what we voted for and we want gun control.

Good point. I’d definitely call that one flat out aggression.

Yes, that’s exactly the point. There isn’t enough diversity in Congress, so when people see a young woman in the halls, often the automatic default assumption is “this person couldn’t possibly be a Congressperson”and treat her as such.

When men ask what microaggressions are, this is a good example, because it happens over and over and over. Grace Meng is right on the money. Let’s make this the new normal.

What in the ACTUAL fuck.

Your Star Trek Into Darkness FAQ article was the route through which I found Io9 and from there, the rest of the Kinjaverse, because it was that moment I felt a little less alone in my absolute disdain for that movie and realized felt at home here.

I just assume everything out of his mouth or fingers is a lie. It saves time and effort.

This is my only experience with VS. It was about seven years ago, I needed a bra and for some reason thought VS might be a place to try rather than my standard department store visit. Went to ask for something simple, underwire and unlined, and she took me to the very back corner of the store and offered up one single…

It’s incredibly revealing, sometimes, what someone thinks is funny and what they say out loud in front of strangers. Most normal people wouldn’t think of this as something even remotely joke-worthy.

I especially like how the entire trollish comment is predicated on some bizarre “Maxine Waters isn’t smart” conclusion, which...how concentrated is that kool-aid, there, Yank? It seems to be disrupting some synapse function.

This is so infuriating. I’m glad she’s getting help to fund some of these necessities for safety and livelihood, but it really pisses me off that any of it is necessary.

The timing alone does suggest this was planned for post-election, thus implying there definitely is a ground strategy for how they hope to proceed at maximum benefit for themselves.

That’s a good point, because I certainly do not. I wish the article mentioned a bit more about Whitaker, although perhaps there’s a forthcoming article that will explain the potential fallout in more detail.

Can we count this as an election day win?

I would love it if this election ended with a big bootprint on Dino’s backside, either metaphorical or actual.

I fully believe he’s convinced himself (in no small part because of the yes-people he surrounds himself with) that he can, and has, made this country into the United Empire of Trump where whatever he says automatically passes into law.