This is the hill to die on because republicans have been firing up the far right so long that they can’t afford not to. The GOP has been playing poor and uneducated white people for along time. Trump found a better and more direct way to get their support. Now the republicans (especially tea-baggers) are caught on a…

In addition to all the other reasons given, Trump sees the world in terms of win/lose. If he has to pull Kavanaugh, he loses and the Democrats (and women) win. That is unacceptable in his worldview. If the Senate doesn’t confirm Kavanaugh, he can blame the loss on them, specifically on any GOP Senator who doesn’t vote…

There are dozens of Kavanaugh-clones from which Trump could easily find a nominee who is just as conservative and don’t have the ‘baggage’ of a handful of credible sexual assault allegations combined with a very obvious drinking problem and a penchant for perjury.  The only reason Kavanaugh is Trump’s pick is because…

We do, but usually regionally. But, it is also an essential function of white supremacy to deny us our history and culture. We were deliberately, under threat of death, the moment they took us captive and brought us here, denied our languages, our cultural practices, our religions, and our history. Most of us don’t…

“She’s scared to death of prison”

“We will do everything we can to find out what happened in 1921,” he added.”

Kompromat. And to get him to vote on Gamble so that #TRE45ON could dangle pardons in front of Manafort and anybody else who made a plea deal, and also so that if Anthony Kennedy got caught up in accomplice liability because of his son the Deutsche Banker, playing personal banker to #TRE45ON when DB’s commercial…

IDK, I think they’ll manage to confirm him any way about it. I heard some politician last night on the radio who said ‘if the FBI _proves_ he tried to rape someone, then it’s game over; but if they only ‘prove’ he drank too much, well, that’s a ‘subjective’ measure, and I will still vote for him.’.

What makes you think the republicans care about optics to anyone but the type of people who say “Even if he did it, I support him being on the Supreme Court because he’ll stop abortion”. Republicans know that most of the country doesn’t support them - but it doesn’t matter because of how much they’ve rigged the…

Bold of you to assume that republicans care that he lied under oath.

You should watch her PBS cooking and baking shows. They play them regularly and they’re very chill.

What a fantastic read, very well written! I concur wholeheartedly, especially following “Martha Stewart, especially 1990s Martha Stewart, off of an autumnally decorated cliff.” Hilarious, great job!

She was very soothing and knowledgeable and I wanted her life - or at least her houses - very badly.  

Martha Stewart sells a lifestyle that modern influencers can only dream of. I love it and her and her calming presence whenever I catch her on tv and the oh-so-perfect magazine thatconvinces me I could do it all.

I transferred to her high school as a junior in 1958, and Martha (a senior) was assigned to show me around. I was a monumental dork, but she was gracious and friendly. I didn’t exactly stalk her, but I made it my business to be in her presence during the first few weeks. When she said, “Hi, Casey” other people took it…

Yes we should focus on “real racism”

and yet, here you are.

I understand your argument and will freely admit that I am no expert in modeling.

You’re missing the larger context. Suffice it to say, this - the diminution of black physical characteristics to make a character more appealing to a wider audience - is a thing that happens in media too often. Whether it’s intentional or not isn’t the point. Whether you recognize this context or not isn’t the point.

In her Princess dress she looks like Tiana, but in her casual wear they made her look like Zendaya. There is definitely some whitewashing involved and it doesn’t surprise me that white people were quick to defend it. Imagine if they gave Elsa a tan. We all know that suddenly they’d care about the accuracy of skin. shad…