Exactly. Case in point, with Mueller Trump always had the tiniest shred of reasonable doubt because Mueller refused to put the equivalent of “Trump committed a crime” in his report. With this, Trump has essentially admitted to committing a crime for personal gain. That’s much easier for the public to get behind.

Even McConnell wouldn’t stonewall impeachment if it gets that far; the optics are just too bad for him to consider that an option.

Uhhh...no. In this case, Trump has all but admitted he committed a crime while in office. That’s why a majority support impeachment proceedings this time.

I disagree, and note that rather then refuting any of my points you are doing the generic “CAPITALISM GOOD” argument without bothering to actually defend capitalism.

P1: You again ignored my point entirely; the economies that are going badly are the ones that tend to have lower costs of living (because inflation is totally a thing). To get a better paying job typically requires moving into or near a city, which is *expensive*. But since you don’t have money due to low wages, you…

Wow, you have no idea how corporate politics actually work, do you?

1st Gear: Isn’t the EPA undercutting it’s own argument in favor or removing the CARB?  By arguing here that California has an air quality problem, couldn’t a court use that as justification that the EPA essentially can’t have it both ways?

You seem to think that people have an equal opportunity to make money; they don’t. Often, there is only one or two options for a job in your current field anywhere within distance of where you live. Don’t like the pay? Then you don’t have a job, period. That’s what drives wages down: The fact workers don’t have any…

I disagree entirely. In a time where worker wages are stagnating, healthcare costs are rising, and corporate profits & employer pay is skyrocketing, I’d argue Unions are more needed then ever. Granted, UAW upper management is corrupt to the core and needs to be dumped, but that is itself not an argument against unions.

To be fair, I (and many others) have concerns about Jackson as a passer so far as consistency is concerned.  I also don’t think he’ll hold up in the NFL if he keeps being a runner first and foremost.  Sure, he’ll have a ton of highlight plays, but I’m more worried about his inconsistencies and health.

1st/2nd Gear:

How many “normal” people outside the West Coast could pick Mick Trout out of a lineup?

Pre-Injury Pennington was better then Carr. Unfortunately, we only had that for, what, one season?

Slower is better.  Now if we could just get rid of killstreaks...

Agreed. Of all the possible VP candidates, Castro brings the most upside while also offering some damn useful perspectives.

Which isn’t shocking. Anyone who’s been following this knows that many companies have been moving throughout SE Asia as Chinese labor costs rose; all the tariffs are doing is accelerating that trend.

The problem is cost versus demand. Developed countries have higher costs, so if your manufacturing is largely unskilled, they are replaceable by automation (which imo is a much greater long-term threat) or by outsourcing to countries with lower labor costs. For most of these types of labor, even a 30% tariff on…

Not really; *exports* to China have fallen, but Chinese companies sales are actually rising. This is *exactly* what happened to US manufacturers when they used tariffs to try and stop the Japanese carmakers in the 70's, and the end result was the US lose the European market. The same thing is likely to happen here.

No, but the outcome was predictable. The US has *zero* leverage here; the US isn’t a growth market, and it’s cheaper for US based companies to eat any US based tariffs in order to protect sales in China. Trying to get China to change its practices based sorely on tariffs was doomed for failure.

Especially given that Trubisky’s college career wasn’t even good; one “ok” season after failing to win the job his first three years.