Just as a reminder… These are not monuments honoring the dead. They are monuments erected after Plessy v Ferguson as a reminder to black people to stay in their lane.

Confederates - the forefathers of the participation trophy society.

That must have sucked for the North when the South came riding in on their carousel pony cavalry.

Already, a GoFundMe campaign has been established to cover the potential $25,000 fine the city risks should it remove the obelisk without permission.

a lot more hassle than you’d think.

I just can’t get over how stupid/arrogant/cheap you have to be not to spend $80 on prepaid phone.

This article is literally just video clips and quotes, my dude.

Per their wiki pages, the Texas state senators and Texas state reps get $7,200/yr plus per diems. So they’re really not making much money when the legislature’s out of session.

The Ledge does enough damage meeting every other year.

I believe the previous pitch was the one Hernandez called a strike. That one evened the count at 1-1.

Mr President: there was a time in this country we didn’t question the brave fellow citizens committing righteous violent attacks on Nazis and their sympathizers who opposed all we hold sacred; we call them WWII veterans. Stop desecrating their graves.

The tweets and articles won’t do this one justice, folks - you have to see the video. See how angry he was, how combative he was, like he wanted to pick a fight with the press corps, with his critics, with America. Surreal.

The cities in Texas are quite liberal, but because of gerrymandering, they get sliced up to reduce their voting power.

I will kick you in the chest

Maybe McGrath would feel more comfortable if the towel were a sheet instead.

“I was 19 when I started, so not many other sites would give that responsibility to someone that young.”

That is, uh, not how websites make money

I have no idea what the announcer is saying, but I love what sounds like a huge sigh from him after the goal is scored.

Remember, they got Al Capone for tax evasion, and not any of his real crimes.

If MLB wants to suspend Joe West for a joke, I’m OK with that. They clearly can’t suspend him for his rampaging ego or awful job performance, so let’s suspend him every time makes a joke until he goes away.