As one who also resides in Perverted Germany, I can attest to the ongoing experience of seeing my German colleagues, without fail, become crestfallen and defeated and demoralized when I explain to them just how full of shit their view of the US as some sort of meritocratic open democracy really is.

This bill is uniquely evil, and achieves exactly what the GOP wants in 1. screwing over women, and 2. taking money from states that spend a lot on healthcare (mostly Democrat states) and redistributing it to states that spend less on healthcare (mostly Republican states).

The great lie of Lindsey Graham is that he’s a maverick cut from the same cloth as John McCain when in reality, he’s Diet Jeb Bush.

Not it.

“Feature, not a bug” was my first thought as well.

abortions are banned, pregnancy is per-existing condition, so are kids, you are welcome. Well so as cancer.

Guys, I know we’re all tired. I’m tired. But we have to keep calling. Use ResistBot to fax, call when you can. We can’t let this pass without a fight.

In Brandi’s opinion, this is bill “looks worse” than the other repeal bills that failed in the Senate. “Which is surprising,” she added. “I didn’t think it could get any worse.”

I rather like the idea of a bouncer, with strict instructions to keep out that horrible woman and her kids.

Nah, you don’t actually have to invite her, and the proof is right there in her ‘We’ll see about that’ response. You invite people to your wedding who are there to support you, on your day, as you embark upon the wonderful experience of having your relationship legally and religiously authorized and recognized. Her…

Definitely. Gamergate/MRA are gateway drugs to the alt right. Tons of overlap. Think of how they treated Leslie Jones, it’s not a coincidence that she’s a WOC.

Was listening to one of many interviews HRC has given this week - she pointed out that the sexism directed against her was way worse in 2016 than 2008 or even before - she points to Trump’s overt sexism as giving people permission to say things they would have felt uncomfortable saying in the past. I don’t think she’s…

You know people(reasonable people) seem to understand that don’t necessarily have to say you don’t like x racial group, it’s dependent on what you *do*. So similarly you don’t have to say you don’t like women to be sexist, it’s what you do.

You know that that (mis)quote had nothing to do with whether she had read the bill, right? She was saying that once the bill was passed the American people could find out what it did instead of relying on what she felt were inaccurate reports about what it did.

Why do you misquote her?

You know that all congressmember do not read the legislation. Not Pelosi, not Bernie Sanders, and if they say they do they are lying. That’s why they have specialized staff, to read and summarize the bill for them.

Ohhhh my god. Look, I don’t know how I can possibly explain it better than Clover has, but I’ll try to be succinct:

A decade of work with people who knew what they were talking about telling her that she really wasn’t good enough to do what she was trying to do...not that she was too white to do it, but that she didn’t have the talent and needed to shift focus a little. And still she made it on the charts and still she got paid.

All through this article producers and directors are trying to get her to go pop instead of hip-hop, and when she finally does try to do hip-hop everyone holds it against her that she is white.

Nobody is crying any tears for this poor, beleaguered white girl who was handed a music career based on her whiteness, while a few people tried to steer her away from the cultural appropriation she so needed to commit. Fuck her.