I’m not being disingenuous. Clinton wasn’t her boss. But I understand now, it was an abuse of power because of what she could have potentially worried would happen - though it didn’t & no threats were made.

Yes. Mostly people who are uncomfortable infantalizing women and actually care about what the woman herself said about the situation she was in.

A prison guard has significant material power over an inmate. What, exactly, was the risk to the unpaid intern in this scenario?

Part of the problem with discussions like these is we leave out reality. Rarely are sexual or romantic relationships established with complete equality between the parties involved. Yet, we do not & we cannot hold the more powerful entity responsible for what the less powerful entity freely decides to do. Ms Lewinsky…

It was predicted that after the Republicans got their tax cuts through for the rich they’d suddenly become deficit hawks again and use that as an excuse to go after social programmes.

Or even just reducing the defense budget to reasonable levels.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called our national debt “disturbing”

Agreed. The Micky D’s cup really brings the whole thing together.

The Fifth Element cop costume is perfect.

I think it’s going to be better, hear me out.

When do we stop calling organizations like the Federalist Society and the Heritage Foundation ‘think tanks’ and call them what they really are: Centers to dismantle progressive, democratic advances made over the 20th in favor of predatory capitalism and reactionary (racist, sexist) social mores.

Ah yes, the ol’ guilt them in working more trick. “I mean, I work 100 hour a week, other people don’t, that’s ok if they aren’t as passionate as I am.”

That makes some sense. If you figure you get about 50% DNA from each parent, then that’s 25% for grandparents, 12.5% for third generation, 6.25% for fourth, 3.125% for fifth. Now figure that 99.9% of your DNA is common to all humans, and only 0.003125% of your DNA is uniquely from a specific fifth generation ancestor.…

It’s pretty cool that they were able to trace it, although irritating that they had to. From what I’ve read, the number of ancestors you had starts to outnumber those that have genetically contributed to you beyond four generations back, and the farther back you go the less likely it is. I can’t remember why that is,…

Yeah, I don’t like the infantilization of Monica and women in general when it comes to stuff like this. She took active steps to seduce him (flashing her thong, etc.), and may have even premeditated the seduction (“I’m bringing my Presidential kneepads”).

Thank you. And I have listened to Slow Burn. Every episode.

Yeah, no.  We have all been 22 at some point in our lives.  I personally never dated, had sex, etc with any married man, my supervisor or not.  We do have to take responsibility for our own actions.  The sex was not a condition of Lewinsky’s (unpaid?) employment.  She was not harassed or coerced into it.  I do feel…

Yvette Nicole Brown is an absolute delight.

Makes sense. You know the saying, “better never than late.”

Just stop.  This is getting old and ridiculous.