Here’s the speech Leahy gave today on Comey’s firing. Spread the word!

I loved the kid’s knowing side smile after he gets “bopped,” like he can’t wait now to harass Pence for an apology.

Tbh, I too would like an apology from Mike Pence. Actually, I would like many, starting with his apology for ever existing in the first place.

Not sure if Jezebel already covered it but in a recent Teen Vogue piece Lauren Duca started referring to this as“pulling a Comey.” Basically overcompensating in order to avoid being perceived as bias. Really great piece.

As cited for you, this is total BS and is BS that people on that side of the issue love to spout. It’s so easy to say “oh the majority of people agree with me that abortion is killing babies!” when the majority actually believes abortion access should be available in some form. I hate that this is a thing people just…

Pulling it straight out of her crack, yup. That is the opposite opinion of most American women:

There is a distinct difference between being open to other opinions and letting people publish terrible, incorrect information. The NY Times seems to be struggling with this lately. There are two or more sides to many arguments. That doesn’t mean they are all correct, or factually supported, or deserving of attention.…

I live in the most liberal state in the Union and still, my state got a “C”.

Geez, what does it take to be considered corrupt these days? Administering a failed hotel deal in Azerbaijan with Keyumars Darvishi, the head of a construction firm owned by the Revolutionary Guard (that Revolutionary Guard, the one involved in drug trafficking, sponsoring terrorism and money laundering) doesn’t…

It was originally created during the American Revolution and was used by one of the military branches during that time. In the 2000's when the Tea Party was gaining momentum within the rhetoric of the republican party they started using the image to represent their cause.

While the Tea Party was always very white and…

That’s the Gadsden Flag, and it has been around since the Revolutionary War. It’s not really Confederate, but in recent times it has been adopted by a lot of libertarian assholes (and a lot of the same people who see no problem or irony with flying it with a Confederate flag), so chances are if someone sees you with…

It’s odd that people who “just want to preserve their heritage” are so determined to obscure and erase the nasty parts of that heritage. Let’s absolutely not try to “destroy our history”, but let’s not celebrate the villains.

Normally I would agree with you, but I have sympathy for an immigrant population that is being manipulated by shitheads like Wakefield.

wakefield referring to the somali community in minneapolis as simply “the somalis” and expressly saying he feels “no guilt” is all you need to figure out what kind of horrid person he is

I hate this shit of referring to Congress as a whole. That’s what makes people hate government as an institution, not the party who’s actually to blame. It’s Republicans in Congress who haven’t reacted to police brutality, not the whole institution. Democrats have been really vocal about police brutality, have…

They don’t have to prove you wrong. The visa applicant has the burden of proof so you have to prove that you DON’T have social media accounts. Ask me how I know. (Ok, I’ll tell you anyway. Had someone denied for their greencard because they could not provide any records demonstrating that they were never charged or…

The Great Paradox: apparently society is falling to bits because the middle class can’t get income growth... but on the other hand everyone insists on paying as little as possible for everything, goods, services, everything.

I drove for Uber a month or two back. What I learned is that people are very much grabby and uncontrollable once alcohol is added to the mixture, or Mr/Ms. grabbyhandssexualharrasmentlawsuit, decide to get into your car and take advantage of the captive audience.

This is an extremely frightening act of suppression. Except for POC being randomly murdered on the streets by the police, this is the grimmest one yet that’s directly related to Cheeto Hitler and the rise of fascism. What are we gonna do, people? I’m voting for a Handmaid’s Tale-themed protest at the sentencing…

I have thought about this for years now and, for me, “American Exceptionalism” is the single most powerful and impactful bit of propaganda ever divined. It has been extraordinarily effective in keeping the eyes of citizens firmly shut (and blissfully well-stroked). If you’ve never thought much about it,