This is a completely different scenario than the 2012 VP debates. It’s not about “gaffs”. Biden’s problem is his long policy history which is filled with votes that are out of step with the modern Democratic party. His weakness is on his left, not on his right. Against Ryan there was no possibility a vote Biden made…

While I’m not asserting any claim in particular, that graph doesn’t say anything about whether white men are a minority of Democratic voters. It only shows that a majority of the entire white male electorate voted gop. It’s possible white men are a large enough demographic in raw numbers that even 39% of all the white…

Apparently it’s important to save wealthy capital owners from the unforeseen (sure, no one could have guessed /s) consequences of offshoring their manufacturing operations in order to increase profits. If we can’t ensure rich peoples’ intellectual property is safe overseas, then what’s the point of even having a…

The question is not about whether immigrants are bad for “the economy”. Because “the economy” is a meaningless shibboleth in such a structurally unequal society. “On average” a lot of things are good for “the economy” while still being bad for the majority of people. The problem is even if immigration of low skilled…

The constant use of “one-size-fits all” as a rhetorical tic to denounce almost any social service plan where the government is somehow directly involved really bugs me.

She’s been wrong a lot in the past. You might not be familiar with her role as GA Democratic house minority leader. During the primary she had to constantly defend her votes as a legislator and why she voted with the gop. Once she got a large enough out of state support base she stopped even trying.

Unless you believe the industry only helps the people who directly work for it (which would be news to the GA state government that pours in the subsidies premised on what a vast and wide economic impact the industry has on GA), the whole state is hurt when an industry decamps for another jurisdiction. Plus lots and…

Yes. In GA Abrams was always considered a more business friendly, on the more conservative side, state Democratic party legislator. She pivoted for the governors race, I think initially as a strategy in the primary where she needed to beat the other Stacey (Evans).

Because porn is a business situated in our exploitative capitalist system. Not a fun outlet for women to safely explore their sexuality and “empower” themselves. Paying workers before they’ve done the work is too much for the owners who benefit from the workers’ labor. They’d much rather just do legally meaningless…

You mean the plan which was released because The Sunrise Movement (supported from the start by Sanders, AOC and other “progressive” Dems, lambasted as “not serious” and “childish” by the Biden/Pelosi wing of the party) has made milquetoast “cap and trade” or “carbon tax” plans not viable in a Democratic primary?

It sounds so far like there was purposeful, premeditated fraud. But it seems like BCU’s problems are similar to problems faced by lots and lots of small, private, liberal arts colleges. It’s just that the college’s margin for error was small and the “error” was enormous relative to the resources available to the…

Nothing other than the basic mechanism which makes single payer effective can truly address costs. Beyond marginal effects from fixing some of the factors you mention. But those marginal effects essentially are only allowing insurance companies to improve their bargaining power vis a vis providers in the same way…

She is not female. That is the underlying premise, yes. People do not believe she is female thus she should not be allowed to compete with female athletes in a category meant to allow female athletes an opportunity to meaningfully compete and win. I don’t know why you think anyone is denying they don’t believe Ms.…

Her “artificial” advantage is running in the “female” category even though until very recently she would only qualify to run in the “male” category. This isn’t even like the Semenya case. Ms. Telfers made a conscious choice to participate in the female category. Obviously she isn’t doing so simply to do better than…

The Semenya case and this situation aren’t really similar. Being intersex and being transgender are different “situations” and require different approaches to creating rules which are “fair” in the context of the very purpose of having a “female” category for sporting competition.

For the people who really care about this issue, it’s got nothing to do with whether someone would cheat to win a D-II female athletics competition. The issue is about how does it impact the ability of cis female athletes to compete in sports on an equal level where their participation is meaningful to the outcome.…

For one, pretending like the only opponents of trans women participating in female athletic competitions are right wing bible thumpers who love the patriarchy is already making it difficult to express one’s objections to trans womens participation in female sports. Since the “original” objectors were left wing…

Medicare For All (and the various bills introduced already to implement M4A) explicitly address the problem of health care costs. It’s part of the single payer model. The government will use its monopsony power as the “single” buyer of health care to force down costs. The similar but opposite way monopoly sellers are…

I understand the NRA won’t “let” any type of restrictions happen if they can help it. The only solution is to make their efforts immaterial to political outcomes.

A handgun ban would be a good start. The guy wouldn’t have got in the door if he was carrying a long gun.