As someone who worked in government(not politics but around political types) high level staff berating lower level staff to the point of tears was not rare or limited to parties I disagreed with.

Annie*, 23, is a publishing assistant at a major book publishing house in New York who makes around $36,000 a year with overtime, and receives good benefits.

Right? That’s always the argument. And yet there are so many examples of small businesses that already pay their employees fairly and are extremely successful. If you can’t afford to pay your workers fairly, you don’t need to be in business.

I’m excited about this law, but I imagine companies will just make every effort to skirt it. Like at my work “overtime” needs to be “approved” before you do it. *rolls eyes*

I came here to say this exactly.

“As for the question of small businesses, “the fact of the matter is if the only way a business can succeed is by working someone at 60 hours a week for $25,000 a year, if the profit margin is that small, then that business has really big problems in and of itself,” she said. “That’s not the model we need to embrace…

This pretty much says it all for me.

Yes. And the extraordinary number of times he uses “I” also speaks to his sickness. It’s all about him.

He’s sick and absolutely will re-offend. He’s exactly the kind of person prisons were built for.

You might not be able to get your dream job now? It’s almost like actions have consequences!

2016 America: Where a 12-year old boy is shot and killed by the police for playing with a toy and it’s his fault because he should have “known” that people would see him as a threat, while a full-grown adult who rapes an unconscious woman and tries to flee should only have to endure a couple months of jail because…

This is the best thing I’ve read this election season.

“Are you talking about me or Hillary Clinton, pumpkin?” I asked. “I’m sad because my vaginal elasticity is completely shot. I’m sad because fucking is like hitting a baseball into the Grand Canyon.”

I'm seeing, much to my shocked incredulity, that people do not see how fucking brilliant this is.

This is fucking amazing. Jesus.

As a Bernie supporter who will be happy to vote for Hillary, I suggest you remind them that (before things got acrimonious between them), Hillary and Bernie both said during the early debates that they agreed on most things even though they did have a few fundamental differences.

Her speech, with its references to Seneca Falls and all the history that came before, was in perfect tune.

i also really respect - as a fellow ex-mormon - that she doesn’t shy away from saying that the church fucked her up. i like that she calls out specific behaviors and dialogues and people who told her the wrong things. i’m impressed she does it with as much gentleness and dignity as she does.

Forgive me if I’ve mentioned this here before, but: I met her once, briefly, and not only is she an amazing human being, but she’s the only person I’ve ever seen in real life with a radiance around her, like she stepped out of a Renaissance painting of a saint or something.