You know, we also have NATO ally Turkey, admittedly a problematic friend, and Jordan, who the US is absolutely close to. Not to mention our solid relationship with Morocco. There’s Egypt, also problematic but they buy plenty from us too. Qatar, which hosts a major naval base. Maybe don’t opine on subjects you know…

I get the point. She releases it, she mostly takes it off the table. Yes, the deranged fever-swamps of the right will continue their racist dishonest bullshit, but that’s not who she was aiming at. This was aimed at people who might plausibly vote for her, from liberals to independents, who may have heard the…

I always end up doing it. I'll never not take the bait.

The cops completely protected a bunch of neo-Nazi pissants who were actively engaging in violence and harassment. All because the police have been told over and over by their worthless partisan unions that “Antifa is the enemy”, and that toxic culture has seeped into law enforcement nation-wide. The gap between the…

We all would have been better off if Dina Powell, for all her flaws, had taken the position. I can’t blame her for not wanting to re-enter the administration though, particularly right now, and particularly known Bolton and his hate-fetish for the UN and internationalism in general would always have more power than…

They never really stopped that policy. They just stopped talking about it. The Trump regime is notoriously press-shy even compared to other less than transparent administrations. There’s still a bunch of children not reunited with their parents, some being picked up by predatory adoption agencies like Bethany…

Like Al Franken. 

Now that it’s all but official and a man who is not only going to give rabid conservatives the 5th reliable Supteme Court vote they’ve so desperately wanted for decades, but is also a sexual criminal, a drunk, a pathological liar, and a man who believes Trump is above the law, is the newest justice, I want to take…

Fuck, you are dumb

They’re so hung up on the flying thing. Many people, including myself, are afraid of flying, but do it anyway. Sometimes I can psych myself up for it. Usually, though, I get half-Kavanaughed before I board the plane.

This is so stupid. The potential upside, gaining votes among moderate Republicans and conservative Independents, is minimal. The downside, angering your base in an election where your base is highly energized and turnout is your best path to victory, is massive. This is politically stupid, morally stupid, ethically…

I work in Tech and I’ve seen it, too. I feel like there’s also an odd cousin of Dunning-Kruger that applies — these are people who found it very easy to do something most people find very difficult, and I’ve seen too many of them generalize from that, thinking they’re gifted with special insight into *every* damn…

The rage could have played in certain circles if he’d ended on a strong note. But it just kept going for 30min too long and ended with a mush of self-praise and a big binder full of women.

Angry, entitled, arrogant. He comes off as a rich white boy who thinks he is better than others and deserves better, and any scrutiny or questioning is an affront. He was hyper-partisan, appealed to conspiracy theories, and behaved in a way that I suspect even many conservative lawyers find distasteful. His…

There were two Kurdish reporters asking questions. They were, in a roundabout way, asking about Kurdish statehood. Trump just kept repeating how great the Kurds were and he wouldn’t forget without addressing their questions.

Unfortunately one more need to know; this is all a farce.

One theory is that while she is a careerist GOP wonk, that’s actually made her more susceptible to overcompensate on behalf of Trump. He’s never trusted her because she wasn’t a True Believer and has wanted to fire her several times because she wasn’t Stephen Miller enough.

These pressures alone may be enough for her…

It’s a big tent.

“How do you do, fellow non-reactionaries? As a lifelong Democrat, I agree with everything any member of the right or far-right says or does under any circumstances. I am very open-minded and absolutely not lying about my core beliefs.”

The number of responses to this article that appear to actually defend Shapiro as an intellectual figure (!) make me laugh then want to cry. It’s my sincere hope these young people are not authentically that ill-educated.