Katie McDonough's discussions

clearly it didn’t work!!!!!

i don’t have a license and don’t drive but could still be very good at it. we just don’t know! if i tried driving people might say: “wow, she’s so naturally good at driving”

Goodnight everyone! We will have to do this again very soon so we will see you then, I guess : ( 

Comrade Bill gets it? 

I really like how plainly Sanders is able to articulate why policies like Medicare for All make sense: most people want them because most people need them to survive.

Joan that is also me getting kicked in the face by this three-hour debate. 

Here’s Esther on why Buttigieg’s idea about “depoliticizing” the Supreme Court is total bullshit:
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Tulsi can get the fuck out of here with restrictions on later abortion. There is no such thing as a justifiable abortion ban.

I’m interested in Harris’ Roe framework: essentially treating it like the Voting Rights Act before it was gutted by the court. I am intersted in it at least as a way to think about meaningful access to abortion beyond just the question of is it nominally legal.

Amy what are you doing

We don’t need to shut down Trump’s Twitter—we need to shut down my Twitter (and your Twitter, also). Please!!

I want to say that the Succession x debate content tonight has been a gift:

Joe Biden: I am running for president because I am very old

It brings me no pleasure to say that Yang is right about decriminalization and safe consumption sites. Can Sanders or Warren please talk about harm reduction now so Yang isn’t the only person who gets this right tonight?

Castro’s point about police violence and gun violence is so important here.

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Esther do not post another liveblog in our liveblog. 

It’s wild that this debate started 100 years ago and is only halfway over...

glad you showed up to support amy klobuchar