Um. Actuarial math also adds up to free birth control for women, yet I still had to shell out a significant copay for it until the government forced the insurance companies to knock that shit off. You are giving them a bit too much credit if you assume they're all logical about this. 

You know what’s funny about that coercion bit? I had an abortion in a time and place where there was no such rule, and yet the providers were still very diligent about making sure I knew what I was doing and that I was choosing it freely (in a way that was also respectful of my choice and my time; it didn't fucking…

Zero regrets getting the snip. It’s great to never worry about pregnancy.

Maybe she’s positioning herself as a “moderate” to run for another office, like state Senate or US Congress, with more conservatives within district boundaries? I don’t know Michigan politics. I love Whitmer though. Boo to this! Boo!

... lived in Detroit for 30 years. There’s plenty of local Democrats who turned out to be (or were ‘always’) just damned goofy, in many respects. (sigh). Kwame Kilpatrick, Monica Conyers, Charles Pugh, Gabe Leland, Sharon McPhail (Google them, if you dare) the list goes on.

Anecdotally, I find that a lot of the couples I know around my age (early 40s) either have done it or are talking seriously about doing it. And a lot of the talk about it has been very open, so I’m hopeful that we’re normalizing vasectomy somewhat. It is nice to see men shouldering some of the burden of birth control. …

Cotham flipped in a solidly blue seat in NC. dont underestimate these freaks 

Hard to have a forced birth if women can’t get pregnant. Look for the anti-choice crowd to start attacking this other form of birth control along with the rest.

among the most pro-labor Republicans in the U.S. Senate

There’s an important distinction that gets lost in nearly every discussion of “high-maintenance” women vs. “chill, “low-key,” etc. And that is the distinction between what you are doing/paying for yourself, and what you are asking of others.

Yeah the DNC should be driving these people around to campaign stops. They are so bad at this is hurts.

Sure, if you completely stopped following the story:

Thank you! Self-righteous must be on sale at Target!

It’s easier to armchair QB someone from the comfort of the Internet; most politically inclined people would trade half a long to work in the White House under almost ANY administration. That’s triply true in their early 20s, and more so when it’s not just “in the…

Preposterous! As if Trump would pay for anything.

A lot of blue collar types in these states are going to have to decide whether they love racism or their paycheck more.

“I would like to buy one of these” said Trump, before looking to see if any of his staffers were pulling out their credit card.

I might agree if you were talking about careers and she doesn’t have the right to say she’s not a shill who will collect a paycheque from the worst human beings in the world, presently, while having a job working for the people she has.

You left out “and still claim to be a Republican to this day”, knowing what they did to you and the rest of the country.

“Owning the libs”. It’s all they have left, and they think he’s the best guy for the job.

I’m sure they take no responsibility for what their guns are used for once they leave the store, in the same way that their customers take no responsibility for what happens to the bullets once they leave the barrel.