Gosh, that’s a long series of incorrect statements and misplaced blame and not a little genuine racism.

Outright denial might send the message that they think it’s a bad thing? This is more of a “look, this is a reasonable thing we’re doing.”

Kevin James is . . . DOCTOR DOOM!

God willing and the creek don’t rise, this is the dumbest thing most of us will see all day.

I would lay the contents of my wallet down that he doesn’t know what the fuck a widget is.

This demon will explain.

I’m really excited that Mr. Bailey cc’d someone on this letter.

“When we adjusted the questions to capitalize on decades of propaganda, misleading statements, and disinformation, responses went exactly how everyone assumed they would. Especially effective was casting literally any social program not aimed at propping up existing wealth and socioeconomic structures as ‘socialism,…

Those groups - BLM, “antifa,” leftist groups - are already targeted for intelligence gathering and probably-illegal monitoring by law enforcement. Even ones with no history of violence, or even direct connections with other groups with a history of violence.

They would. Because you can say things about them on those platforms that they don’t like (like “Republicans are intentionally selling out the future and present of America for personal gain”) and nobody can make you take it down. All they can do is make veiled threats against you. And then, sometimes, they make…

It’s a shame I got thatdetail wrong (several people have clarified that it is not connected to the Koch brothers), because now every pedant who wants to make this a “Well, Akshully” is using an error by an individual (me) to try to invalidate the statement that it’s common for employers to intentionally exploit…

Thank you for clarifying that.

I couldn’t edit it, but the Warren campaign has significant information on the nuts and bolts of paying for this, on the assumption that someone would ask the questions you’re asking.

This is someone who’s into the idea of an ethnostate, and apparently is into fascism. His worldview and cultural development probably stop at about 1938.

Don’t miss that these employers (in this case, apparently including Republican multi-billionaires the Koch brothers) often intentionally employ undocumented people, and management uses threats of immigration retaliation to keep employees in line and justify illegal pay practices. They’re hired specifically because…

Every Trump supporter took a sucker’s bet in 2016, to the tune of 47% of votes cast, so it seemed like I’m bound to find plenty of takers.

And, to tack on, it appears that Elizabeth “Yes, I have details” Warren did actually do some reasonably credible math, because that’s her thing.

One of them is going to make a public statement about why they didn’t want to be in his fucking photo op, and then he’s gonna lash out, and that person can expect genuine harassment for at least several days. Bet me.

You cited a profit motive for restricting access to a utility. “Greed” is actually the primary reason that people don’t have internet access, where the motivation is “seeking increased profit for a highly-profitable company engaged in regulatory capture.”

Presidents routinely put forth legislation, since I don’t even know when. FDR, at least. And a big piece of the outline includes FCC reforms, which she absolutely has control over. Meanwhile, this should be a plan with pretty broad public support - those flyover states and rural areas that Republicans love to claim…