Spot on, also, not subsidizing fossil fuels would help.

Her podcast is fascinating!

I’m going to be sad to see Arizona go. Not so many of the older characters left anymore.

Exactly. And two other things related to mazzieD’s point: first, lawmakers may be underestimating broad constituent support for gun control because single-issue 2nd Amendment supporters call their congresspeople with more regularity and ferocity than supporters of gun control. Second, extreme partisan gerrymandering…

There’s also a Muslim woman running for rep. in Detroit: https://www.fayrouzsaad.com/

He’s extremely awesome at shepherding through a bevy of hard-right, under-qualified, youthful hacks into the federal judiciary, transforming the legal system for a generation or more.

Test case for the right!

Also, the governor of Minnesota is a Dem and could appoint another Dem to Franken’s seat — the party doesn’t need him the way they may feel they need Conyers, who is in a safe blue seat, but would be replaced by a Republican until the 2018 election.

We can! And Lena Dunham could have as well, by not wading into the discussion by saying that Perrineau was one of the 3% of false accusers. She could have said something much less declarative, or said nothing at all.

Yes! Everyone call your Sens. Particularly McCain, Collins, Toomey & Heitkamp (first three supported Manchin - Toomey, last is a Dem who crossed the aisle for that last vote).

Gotta work this hard in every election, everywhere, for the rest of time.

Agreed, and we can all (1) turn out for midterms; (2) knock on doors/phone bank to GOTV (https://swingleft.org/); (3) pay attention to and turn out for local & state elections (http://flippable.org/); and (4) badger our friends to do the same even if it annoys them and/or they think the transformation of the federal…

So is it possible that all the references to sexual misconduct in 30 Rock were thinly veiled accusations? First Bill Cosby, now Harvey Weinstein (Jenna Maroney: “I’ve refused sex with Harvey Weinstein ... 3 out of 5 times” - both mentioned in the show.

Congrats! Grad school is unfun (stuck in midterms now myself ...) Making pastitsio tonight, because freezing temperatures calls for eating a way-too-heavy meal in my house.

In future articles about him, could the title description please not be “firebrand” but something more descriptive, like “misogynist” or“Islamophobe”?

It’s clear that Nikki Haley was appointed to her position — which may become irrelevant quickly given this administration’s dislike of and disinterest in the UN — in order to essentially bury her and elevate a Trump supporter in her place. Anyone who thinks that Republicans are interested in governing is dead wrong;…