This is the sticking point for me. I know a lot of people who have gotten through tough times, layoffs and whatever by driving for Union Cab here in Madison. The hours are reasonably flexible, they pay is solid and they offer benefits like health insurance. And as cool as uber is, and as convenient, I know I’m just…

If your goal is to ultimately work “crazy hours” and get paid pennies, and that “the shittier parts of Brazil or Nigeria” is where the bar should be set for worker protections all so some of the most grating people on the planet can be billionaires, well brother, I hope you achieve it.

My (former) taxi company is a 70 year old, driver owned co-op. Are you employing that our business model wasn’t inherently more fair to our drivers?

Yep. She’s all about #girlsquad and even had a big sign that said feminism at one of her tours. And when you complain about her childishness and using feminism as marketing campaign there are plenty of people to call you sexist and misogynistic and anti-feminist.

She’s not criticizing the fact that some feminist-identifying people get married. What she does take issue with is that people do stuff life that and then go through mental gymnastics in order to say, if it empowers me or makes me feel good or helps me advance my social position, then it is a feminist act and it’s…

Well, I don’t see a contradiction, there. She’s discussing having a moral and ethical framework. Something we all have. Everything I (and you) do is generally in line with our inner moral/ethical compass. That’s the focus, there.

I think that’s the whole point, right? Don’t claim everything as “Feminist” just because it is good for you (3rd person plural). That’s the watering down.

Did she do that? She didn’t do any of that. She raises capitalism as an issue of its own, nothing to do with the color of the woman participating in it.

We can talk about that, but let’s not pretend that suddenly capitalism is an issue when a Black woman is rich and famous as fuck. Let’s not criticize every famous Black woman who says she’s a feminist while praising famous white women for the bare minimum. And let’s not dismiss Beyonce for being sexual while praising…

I don’t totally agree with everything here and I don’t think we should spend our lives policing each other over minor infractions but am really starting to dislike the Roxane Gay ‘Bad Feminist’ crowd that screams down anyone critical of other women who let the side down for their own selfish, bullshit reasons. No,…

Here he is quoting Kissinger. Filibuster forever.

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Gorsuch was one of my professors at CU Law.

ah gawd, the federalist diqus section is too much to deal with. pretty much people shoutin’ baby murder 24/8

I don’t care who he nominated. If his name wasn’t “Merrick Garland” then I expect every Democrat to fight and filibuster as long as they can, as long as it takes. This was our nomination and these shitlords stole it. Anyone who isn’t onboard with that should be primaried at the earliest opportunity.

every Democrat needs to realize that obstructing the government, blocking nominees, preventing votes, filibustering, etc has no fucking negative implications anymore.

That’s why I’m so pissed at Democrats voting yes to any of the cabinet nominees. Even if they seem sane and reasonable they won’t dare oppose Herr Drumpf in any way or they know they will be fired. Just look at Nikki Haley. She’s relatively reasonable by Republican standards but she was ambassador for one day when she…

This would have meant a lot more in November, before it was already happening.

O’Reilly is a pretty canny fucker, though. He knows that he’ll look better for pulling out his humanitarian Catholic “high road” card than doubling down on this dumpster fire ban.

If it wasn’t clear before, it’s time to go absolutely bonkers on Sessions. If it means filibustering risking the GOP going nuclear, so be it. Trump has already gone nuclear and it hasn’t even been a week. And, if they do that, then the Dems should just walk out the Senate chamber onto the front steps of the Capitol.