Best-case scenario: The motivation for is simply spite. Worse scenario: The move to remove American diplomats from their posts in this fashion is Putin’s payback for Obama ejecting Russian diplomats. Worst-case scenario: It’s Putin’s payback, and part of a larger plan to destablize our strongest alliances as…

Hopefully that means a lot of people are calling!

That number is his Janesville office, you could also try the DC number, or the satellite offices. However, it may be hard to get through—PP is doing a call blast the DC number, and I wasn’t able to get through.

Rand Paul voted against the party line on the budget resolution.

They may not have “kept records” but Roskam was one of the ringleaders of this amendment.

The vote hasn’t happened yet (not sure what time), but the House GOP recently met and decided to scrap the Goodlatte amendment. However, they are still voting on the the rules resolution without that amendment (which includes a clause that would fine reps for streaming video when cameras are turned off).

They may not care what people think, but they do care about poor publicity and major public responses. They did this behind closed doors because they thought it would escape notice. They were wrong, and they are already pulling the Goodlatte amendment thanks to all the calls and negative press they are receiving.

If you haven’t yet, PLEASE call your representative ASAP and urge them to vote against it. They vote this afternoon, and our best shot at preventing this is to FLOOD them with calls. Leave a voicemail if you don’t reach a staffer, and if voicemail boxes are full, try another number (many have multiple local offices)…

I can understand that with church weddings and non-hotel receptions, this isn’t always an option. But, in that case, people should try to make sure that they are all close by. A friend just told me that they nailed down their wedding plans, and the reception venue is about a 40-50 minute drive from the church. And…

There are only two American cities that have larger populations that the margin of the popular vote margin: New York and LA.

I don’t think it’s so odd that she “ran into” Jess and Dean, given that it’s a small town and both have roots there. Jess is unofficially (and officially by the end) her step-cousin, and it makes sense that he’d periodically be in town visiting Luke. And if Dean’s parents are still there, it makes sense for him to…

Trump supporters are already acting violently toward minorities, and that’s likely to continue. Would they engage in more organized violence? Maybe. But that might that might actually be easier to quash than the random acts of violence that are occurring.

Another poster said something similar, but the way to change someone’s mind is is to tell them stories they emotional connect with. Perhaps look for some real-life stories (preferably first-hand tear-jerkers she can read) about parents that chose not to vaccinate, or whose kid got sick at an age too young to…

Honestly, I still think he’s an idiot, but whoever is pulling his strings (maybe Bannon/) is an evil genius.

I don’t think that the trailer itself lived up to the quality of the original FULL episodes--but I think if you did a trailer based on the original episodes, it wouldn’t either! It seemed to slightly be a caricature of the original show. BUT, that’s pretty normal for trailers, especially when they want to quickly…

I think people are a bit quick to jump to the Asperger’s conclusion. People seems to expect people to express emotion in they ways that they would, when there’s so many different ways people respond emotionally and outwardly express it. I’m someone who used to be pretty emotional, butalso put a lot of effort into…

I agree that she came off not-interested too interested in Meredith/her death, but I’m not sure that necessarily means she’s self-absorbed. She spent four years in prison because of Meredith’s death, and probably the entirety of her life since then has been dictated by Meredith’s death. It’s how everyone besides her…

While I’d normally agree that whiteness/non-whiteness and American-ness/non-American-ness would usually be a factor, I doubt many Americans were/are aware that Kercher is mixed race. I followed this story fairly closely, and I just thought Kercher is white. I’ve certainly read about Kercher’s parents and their media…

Perhaps you should educate yourself a bit more about Islam, and actually talk to more Muslim women? Honestly, I think it’s a great for women, including Muslim women, to be competing in the Olympics in whatever they feel comfortable. It’s an accomplishment in a hijab or in a more typical outfit for the sport. But…

Last fall I had a conversation with my dad in which he asked me why I didn’t like Trump. This was right after the beginning of him making statements that were straight out of the Hitler playbook. I said that he’s saying these alarming things that are very close to Hitler’s policies/regimes... and my dad was like, is…