They need to keep a cheap source of labor in the shadows - unable to do anything about horrible working conditions, less than minimum wage wages, and just general capitalistic fuckery. There’s a reason that the crackdowns only go after the vulnerable and not the business owners that exploit their labor. Having a path…

It’s my understanding that high-ranking intelligence officials maintain their security clearance so they can act as a resource for the next batch of intelligence officials as needed. Not that I assume anyone in this administration is actuallyasking for help, but I also know this admin is not known for their…

And good on whoever in this FB group leaked the screenshots to the press... clearly these monsters felt safe enough threatening a child in their group so they likely thought they were among like-minded psychos. I thank the person that looked at their hate speech for what it was, and decided to do something about it…

Wouldn’t the base of two electors be made up by the increased population (and therefore electoral votes) of absorbing the people that live there? I feel like electoral votes are probably close to a wash and the biggest problem is losing the two senators. It’s not like the electoral college has done us any favors…

Exactly - corporations are already automating everything that is feasible to automate. They wouldn’t have employees at all if they could at this point because employing humans is expensive, requires human resources, etc. They will hire as many people as needed to perform whatever job in question in order to produce…

Yeah, I live in SF and $15/hr is already the minimum wage here but with the cost of living (even in the surrounding areas like Oakland or Daly City), it isn’t close to enough to live on (especially in a one-income household). The state of CA will reach $15/hr in 2022, and with how insane housing is continuing to be, I…

Electoral votes are based on population, so the states that absorbed Connecticut would just get them. MA and RI haven’t voted for a GOP President since Reagan so unlikely that it would negatively affect the electoral votes for the Dems.

I’m not a lawyer but I don’t know how it could be legal - AZ tried to do this same shit with SB 1070 a few years ago and SCOTUS knocked down most of it. I don’t know how you can do indiscriminate ICE raids (like not looking for someone specific) based on anything other than racial profiling. It’s not like they’re…

From your last article:

I got this upthread but this is what she would be signing up for - everything about his offer and response screams that it would have been in bad faith. He doesn’t want to debate the ideas, he wants video of him screaming at her in order to rile up his fanbase. This is all just an elaborate attempt to “own the libz”…

Well Trump has a habit of choosing rich, white people to run agencies that have zero experience in said agency, and in many cases, are actively opposed to their agency’s mission.

Even after the google, I still have no idea who those two people are

 I thought it said old married guy at first glance and was confused

I am not at all surprised that you took this kind action.

I suspect its only a matter of weeks until we’re at this point where “Yeah, maybe I worked with the Russians to steal the election and defeat Hillary Clinton, but it was necessary because of emails! Benghazi! Uranium One!”

Reminds me of this Chappelle stand-up, starting at about 2:30...

If Trump was the CEO of America instead of President, he would have been shit-canned so long ago.

Whaat?! I hadn’t heard about this! Someone did something similar in Phoenix (my hometown) last year: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/suspect-aaron-saucedo-arrested-phoenix-serial-shootings-n756621

It offends me too! Why is it so long! It looks like an oversized bib more than a tie, and I can’t stand his shit-eating grin.

Also from that story: