agreed. engagement is key because this country is now living in two entirely different realities and facts only seem to matter in one of them. but the real problem now is where do we, as one country, go from here? it doesn’t help that Trump is going on his “victory tour” - only to states he won. he’s going to be the…

no worries! thanks for clarifying

i was with you up until “incentivize people not to go to the doctor’s office” and even then i agree with your last paragraph, there’s a lot that needs to be done to change lifestyles and it’s not going to be easy. Bloomberg’s soda tax proposal and Michelle Obama’s “eat healthy food” programs are two very clear…

i think rugby is getting steadily more popular in the US already, especially at the youth level. my dad played for like 25 years and picked it up when he was in college (he played DIII football and rugby was in the spring, and they wouldn’t let him play lacrosse because he hit people with the stick too often). a few…

agree with everything you said

ehhh i don’t know if those plans should really still be available. i understand people who are fairly healthy and choose not to go to the doctor not wanting to pay money for an actual health plan that covers things instead of the bs whatever they had before, but i think allowing health insurance providers to continue…

yeah that ‘07 defensive line was, in retrospect, absolutely fucking terrifying

one big thing about the ACA that has kind of faded in conversations about the efficacy of the act is that it also implemented minimum coverage standards. so insurance companies used to offer basically catastrophe insurance, which were usually cheap with high deductibles and didn’t actually cover a whole lot of…

my biggest issue with the people complaining about the ACA & premiums rising - which is a real issue! yes! - is that it’s all pinned on “Obamacare” instead of the insurance companies, which are all throwing the corporate version of a collective hissy fit and jacking up premiums every single year while also increasing…

i moved home from college using only Ikea bags

truly shocked the Giants didn’t hand the Browns a victory this weekend

the coup is going to be led by NYCers after having to deal with President-visit-level traffic & gridlock in Midtown for more than two months. they are going to haaaate him forever

i can’t listen to him talk because i have NO IDEA where his sentences are supposed to stop and start.

Martha is my go-to for any basic (meaning like classic dish) recipe

i had an (increasingly infuriating) conversation about Trump’s “job creation” plans with my mom and her boyfriend over the weekend. these are two very smart people living in solidly blue states who (i think) voted for Trump (i know my mom did, not sure about him but probably)

i could see some of the GOP old guard turning on him in April or May when he’s racked up insane bills for Secret Service and the entire island of Manhattan threatens revolt because Melania and Barron refuse to move to DC so Midtown shuts down entirely thanks to security for the First Lady/Fifth Child

there’s already conflicts of interest - Trump owes money to DeutscheBank, which is being investigated/fined by the DOJ, which is going to be under Trump’s control come January

i graduated high school in 2011 but i know even then our US history curriculum (which was mostly excellent) got stretched out and as enough things got pushed back, or extended another two days, etc. etc. i think we only made it to post-WWII reconstruction (or maybe Korea & Vietnam) by the time the school year ended.

supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

here’s why - because the two-party system is not going to go away.