“The payments that Trump is threatening to cut off are ones that reduce the copays and deductibles for some low-income people insured under Obamacare.”

They’re the Democratic Leaders in the House and Senate so their voice is given more play than others as it’s assumed they speak for their members. If Kristin Gillibrand or Al Franken said something (and I don’t know if they have), the press wouldn’t cover it as much.

This. I’ve said before in response to similar comments that I have no problem with someone stating, “As someone who would be directly impacted by this shitty thing Trump wants to do, I am willing to endure serious hardship or even death because I think it will somehow serve the greater good,” but I’m getting really…

It’s bad that it has to happen here. There is a good deal of privilege on this site, and a whole lot of “thank god it’s not me.”

People get defensive when they’re called out on their privilege. It’s easy to say “just do it” and then flippantly say “I feel sorry for those people but...” when you’re not one of those people.

Eyeroll. The people who will go all in are in safe districts that don’t have to worry so much about political fallout. Is the system perfect? Hell no. Some have bucked that change and spoken out which is a good thing (Kamala Harris, I see you). Others fly under the radar and get stuff done quietly. They have taken…

I may be taking an extremely optimistic view of this, maybe overthinking this and projecting motivations that aren’t there, but this makes me so happy.

I honestly hope he follows through on this strategy. It will result in several lawsuits almost immediately. Those subsidies are written into the ACA. He’s president, not the king. He can’t pick and choose which laws he wants to follow. Democrats need only sit back, point and laugh. It’s one more example of his…

Some of warned this was going to be the effect.

and what would they lose? Their 4 point advantage with women?

So let’s say a war starts with either North Korea or Syria, then congress would have to approve increased military expenditures, right? And assuming they decide to recruit/draft some of the more capable agents in national armed forces (police, national guard, ICE, etc), they could reduce the requirements for new…

This is exactly my little brother when he is depressed. It’s tough because you know there is a hormonal imbalance that is making it way more difficult for him to do things that are difficult or even just mildly inconvenient for us non-depressed people. The things that the rest of us do to get motivated - fake it til…

Totally agree. I hate when people say they need anger management. It’s about controlling the victim. They are at their peak when they think they’re in control - no matter how violent and abusive they get. They literally are the insecure, crappy type of people who can only feel better about themselves if they think…

I responded to someone on Deadspin about this just last week re: Ray Rice and a possible high school coaching gig. Isn’t it curious how these people don’t rip drivers next to them on their commutes out of their cars and smash their heads in? Or how they don’t go scream and holler at co-workers who don’t get data sets…

But why encourage someone to say wrong things? Why feed a troll?

Wow, it sounds like maybe he’s going through depression! I’d get that checked out, because I can tell you right now it’s the worst time to have it (I mean for him if he’s not even having the willpower to go to work)

You’re acting like you’ve never played Monopoly. Every game ends in a table flip. Would end up with whatever system/controller/board thrown out the window.

Once upon a time, I made a friend through Al-Anon. We became close because we were both divorcing our alcoholic husbands at about the same time, leaving us both single mothers living in the same area. My alcoholic ex became fairly obsessed with me—calling me all the time, begging me to take him back—and he had been…

It’s called anyone with a history of domestic abuse being prevented from buying a gun. That way those who think their shootin’ irons are sacrosanct get to keep the toys so long as they don’t treat their intimate partners like dirt.

The statistics in this article are deplorable. SO fucking sick of men with guns who will not take NO for an answer.