Most of that red on the map is open fields. Most of the red on that map are over-represented areas whose citizens enjoy greater-than-average representation in Congress and in the Electoral College because small, underpopulated states are weighted by our system. The country isn’t just cities, but the majority of the…

Everyone talking about the Electoral College needs to give up that pipe dream. The Electoral College members vote in the president - but the Senate then has to confirm the vote, and individual votes can be challenged (e.g., for voting contrary to the popular vote of the people of that state), and if such a challenge…

The problem is that we are no longer in a situation where the electoral college is going to defy the will of the people. The electoral college, when it meets, will end up with the exact same tally that CNN has. It was created at a time when there was no direct popular vote for President. While on paper we might not…

I think he will settle also because there could be serious implications if it was found that he lied under oath at any time throughout the trial. That was why Clinton was impeached--he lied under oath about an unrelated civil suit.

It’s going to be President Pence anyway. Trump will get tired of work in a few months and let Pence run the show from behind the scenes. 

Throughout the campaign, Trump flew back to NYC nearly every single night because he can’t stand sleeping away from Trump Tower. Now he’s got to spend four years in Washington. He hates this.

My exact first thought. The projection truly never ends.

Exactly. And that means it just. does. not stop. Not after school. Not during summer vacation. The humiliating conversations about you continue online.

“Wendy Feucht told CNN that she and her husband kept the gun hidden and that the children weren’t supposed to know where it was”.

How does one “be ready” for being hated or made fun of by the kids at their school? How does that work, exactly? Because you can tell your children that kids will be mean, but living every day in a hell where everyone makes fun of you and no one wants to be your friend is more than mean.

Another childless-by-choice woman here, and I agree — not having children isn’t BRAVE. I don’t have kids because I love having a free and easy lifestyle and, as Adele says, doing whatever I want whenever the fuck I want. I also find children very annoying and teenagers even MORE annoying. I simply don’t want to deal…

If you think a couple obvious debate questions rigged the primary, you’re fooling yourself.

The fact you think Bernie would be ahead by 25 points means I KNOW you’re fooling yourself. During the primaries I did a quick look into the things Bernie said and did during his long political career, and quickly realized that…

I fucking love Unitarians. Open minds and no dogma. My aunt specifically chose a Unitarian minister to preside over her mother’s funeral so that there wouldn’t be all that Jesus-y nonsense, and it was lovely.

I’m proud my parents chose to raise us in the Unitarian Universalist church, because every time I dig around in feminist/anti-fascist/gay rights/civil rights history, there’s always a few Unitarians standing up for what’s right. We are not many, but we have had some amazing people share our banner.

I think there’s probably been a conscious decision within the campaign to never use his last name, not just because it bugs the shit out of him, but because it separates him in the eyes of the voters from his “brand” which is really his only selling point. See also why H’s surrogates never use his name at all. It’s…

And though you can’t always say this of people undergoing public humiliation: he brought it all, absolutely all, on himself.

I know, I know. I just have a thing about watching people bomb on stage. I feel bad for ‘em no matter who they are. This is why I have such a hard time watching live comedy.

It started bad, too! He just started out by whining that politicians didn’t really like him, now that he was running as a Republican. The whole Trump thing was cringeworthy. I liked Hillary’s bit, and loved the end. It was beautiful.

I guess Mexico wasn’t in the history books huh?

Big pet peeve of mine: Canada is part of America. It’s a third of North America, which is half of America (this doesn’t work out to Canada being a sixth of America, because continents and countries are weird).