I think that kind of reinforces my point. What they are concerned about is access to specific providers and specific prescription medicines. It seems like if they were sure there would be no change to their actual health care experience, then they couldn’t care less about to which address they send their checks for…
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No, what you said was a talking point. That’s the problem. It’s an incoherent talking point which makes no sense and doesn’t actually describe what people actually “like”. It’s a purposeful conflation of two very separate things designed to weaken support of Medicare For All among people who think it sounds like a…
Good point. Americans constantly demand to have a bunch of competing armies jostling with each other for each person’s national defense business. Or a ton of competing federal court systems we can pick and choose from when we want to decide what laws we’ll follow and what legal protections we’ll have. Even each person…
As Sanders made clear last night, no one likes their insurance. People like doctors. People like medical facilities. People even “like” certain drugs they need to take. But no one ever has liked the company whose job it is to literally prevent people from getting what they paid for as much as the company possibly can…
Why do you even try to divine what people you don’t seem to know much about will “feel” about a candidate? How could you possibly have an accurate intuition about how millions of people who aren’t you or anything like you will think or react?
“Electable” means possesing some ineffable, indescribable quality you don’t have to actually identify or explain. It’s a gut feeling when you just “know” everyone else will like the person you happen to like and hate the person you happen to hate. For some reason mainstream pundits and self-described “centrists” are…
It’s even worse than just “forgetting”. He’s basically implying that there is something about him, something Obama lacked, which can make the difference. It’s pretty obvious to what he is referring.
Butch females and effeminate males don’t change their sex. So sorting them by sex would still put them in to “female” and “male” categories. Conflating gender and sex is what made this whole thing in to this particular “problem”.
Apparently the software has to be able to deduce a self declared attribute which can not be discerned by any outward marker. So some sort of mind reading through linking to the soul which was captured when the photograph was taken? I’m sure we’re just a couple of years away from that technology.
You’re looking at an ideological “problem” with a non-ideological lens. First they conflated “sex” and “gender”. Now they don’t believe in “sex” as a “binary”. So we get insane articles like this which somehow expect everyone to act as if ideological beliefs are “facts” instead of a belief. If you assume their priors…
If this wasn’t directly in response to the gerrymandering decision, then it’s a lucky coincidence.
CA doesn’t need to gerrymander. The demographics are such that the Dems will win there with big state wide majorities without it. The gop needs to gerrymander in more and more states because of the precarious nature of their voting majorities. The whole point is there are going to be more and mroe states where the gop…
It’s pretty terrible. I think the only possible light in the distance is the demographic collapse of the gop’s voter base. And even gerrymandering can’t save them if their voters die off. But that’s years down the road and a lot of damage can be done between now and then. It would also require the Democratic party to…
Not really though. The reason we have trump even though Clinton won a greater absolute number of votes nation wide is the electoral college. Which would exist without gerrymandering. But I guess the voter suppression laws implemented in states which had a gop majority in the state legislature in part due to…
The point of gerrymandering, Sir Votesalot, is that it won’t matter if Dem turnout increases because the districts have been drawn such that they have a slight majority of gop voters. Greater turnout will only help in state-wide races. Which as NC and WI have shown us, the gop is more than happy to completely…
The problem is because of demographic trends the Democratic party doesn’t really need to gerrymander seats in order to stay in power in the states where they are already in power. They could maybe add seats to their majorities. But there aren’t many states where they could get the sort of coherent majorities in the…
What? You’re comparing accusations of forcible intercourse and uncomfortable physical touching to claims the someone on the candidate’s campaign staff (not the candidate himself in any way, shape, or form) might have been unpleasant to their female co-workers? Even trump couldn’t “both sides” that ridiculous…
That’s the whole point of the “electability” con. It’s to make people decide not to vote for the candidate who most aligns with their positions or values. Instead, the argument (which is totally made in good faith...) goes, people should ignore their own values and focus on which candidate aligns with the values of…
Kagan is more than “low key” awful. She’s straight up “in your face” awful when it comes to rulings concerning corporate power. But she is a good example of the difference between republicans and Democrats when appointing justices. As if Merrick Garland was a fire breathing liberal.
Wait, Elena Kagan ruled for corporations yet again? Wow, thanks Obama! Good work on appointing such a good “liberal” justice. I bet the American people totally rewarded him for appointing such a Serious, Sensible, Pragmatic, Moderate justice who rules for corporations, prosecutors, the police, consistently.