Bill Maher has been a sacred cow of liberal catharsis for far too long. He is only slightly worse the the angry antics of Keith Olbermann who is unfortunately seeing a second ascendancy to his career. Bill Maher just has a few more skeletons he flaunts on a regular basis.
I have grown a professional allergy to charismatic white male leaders. I have found them to be predictable in their disappointing behaviors: ego-centric leadership, take credit for other’s work, rarely around when it matters, big talk and little follow-through, etc.
I listened to the entire press conference and fell back on the the descriptor “train wreck” but trains don’t survive such wrecks. He does. He just tactless plows right through traditional places of decency and diplomacy with his ego and post-truth bubble in tact. How the fuck does he keep doing this?
When I listened on the radio it sounded like 2 things:
Agreed! This is the strategy that will win citizens over to finally seeing his narcissistic streak and perpetual lying. It will take a while but don’t allow the video clips to make it friendly news outlets without on-site fact checking seen and heard in the clips. Keep him on his toes and he will keep falling back…
And I can totally understand that choice. And I sincerely hope DHS and ICE policy can be changed to recognize the root reasons people migrate to the US and the difficult choices people make to survive.
Not the tone of my statement at all. But this is inherently a political and legal conversation. Its definitively criminal. Do I understand people need jobs to feed and house their loved ones? Yes. People do what needs to be done when forced to cross borders illegally. But progressives have been complacent and…
I am not against having conversation with someone who happens to have a different perspective. Its the primary way I learn to see things differently.
Exactly. We are loading the weapons that even moderate conservatives, the people we need to be persuading, will use against us if we are not careful. I actually think the “battle fatigue” and “trial balloon” ideas being floated around are quite accurate. If we aren’t careful, active instead of reactive and selective…
Thanks. I remember the child, was mostly curious about handcuffs. Its hard to vet all of the stories coming out right now. So many of the stories lack enough detail to verify or even dig into.
Yeah, agree on outrage over EO Muslim Ban. Curious, where was the story of the handcuffed child and was it verified (sincerely curious)? I remember such a story but could never find a source.
Same level and statistically less intense than Obama. These numbers and styles of raids have been quo for two administrations before Trump.
I understand this sentiment and approach. At the same time, this is a political issue and “illegal” and “alien” are the technical and accurate terms. They have valid meanings in this context. We can have nuance in political conversations while also recognizing I personally understand the many realities that lead an…
A 2010 Arizona Law was passed but much of it was reversed by a contentious Supreme Court ruling. The state can still investigate the immigration status of a person but the more aggressive portions were revoked.
I understand our alarm to the Trump Administration. I also see the reference to Obama’s deportation legacy in the post. But according to this article Obama deported two million immigrants, many of them convicted criminals. When you break that down that amounts to 680+ people a day for eight years. So, how is the…
If the organizers solely target women and ask male allies to step aside then:
The research I have done shows “general strikes” like this often respect those who cannot afford to strike due to financial needs or fear of retaliation from employer. Its just a reality that many people cannot participate in strikes like this. But to be honest, many of those women also could not afford to…
Defectors with a conscious distaste for Trumpism will help us take back more state governments. If we stick to rigid purity tests as the minority party we will never regain any footing nationally or locally.
No worries. The internet makes talking past each other too easy. Been guilty of it myself plenty of times.