You’re right, they just repeat whatever Trump or Fox tells them. They won’t watch Biden’s speeches or Town Hall, but they saw a video where he messed up the Covid death number that Jr posted. 

but his reluctance to address the GND comes across as an attempt to appeal to moderates above all else.

A position that will, no doubt, continue to hurt him with young voters.

I think that’s a lot of it. I have been in activist (but not academic) circles with people kind of like this. They’re really willing to latch onto any identity that they think gives them a right to speak over other people.

Assuming Trump and Barr don’t steal the election, I’m increasingly convinced that future political scientists will study 2020 as a case study for how to shoot yourself in the foot.

I personally like most of Bernie’s proposals, it’s just the minimum wage one that neve made sense to me. And I want a significant increase in minimum wage. I just think it can be done better.

When it comes to capitalism, there is no incentive to treat workers well. And when it comes to the United States, there is a long, sad history of workers being exploited, dehumanized, and murdered as they fight for their rights. With that being said, the only way a capitalist structure will benefit the worker is if…

I also think a problem with the Green New Deal is that it was AOC’s own office that screwed it up so bad by sending a description of it to the media that not only contained parts not in the bill, but also opened it up pretty badly for that conservative onslaught. It ended up hurting also the other congressmembers who…

I haven’t been able to leave my apartment in Portland for 9 days because of the air quality. With 50 miles of where I’m sitting, there are 3 towns that have been erased off the map.

Can people stop treating the “green new deal” as if it’s anything more than a vague wish-list of policy goals and seemingly whatever pops into AOC’s at any given moment as opposed to a concrete plan with numbers and figures? Because that’s what it is aside from the 15$ an hour minimum wage which Biden has already…

It breaks my heart to say, but I think it’s too late for the GND matter. Americans will not take climate change seriously until Vegas is out of water and soy/corn crops fail due to drought. 

the thing is, there are plenty of white people doing great work in the humanities and social sciences. I never went past a bachelor’s degree but I majored in Latin American Studies and there were some fantastic, awesome, amazing grad students and professors who taught my classes and happened to be white. it’s about…

I am really unsure how “parents should not neglect their kids’ dire medical needs and allow them to suffer and die from cancer” is being translated into “medical bills do not exist.”

y’all, if you’ve never tried to get on these programs or been on them you need a wake up call. it’s not nearly as simple and easy as you think, and there’s a lot of loopholes that prevent eligibility.

You are absolutely correct. This article needs to be retracted with an apology and replaced with one that provides complete information.

That’s quite a lot of context that was left out from the original Jezebel article.

I read the first lines of your comment and was like “all right, here comes Justice McJudgey”, but I have to admit you completely turned me around with your additional info - so thank you for doing it. Wish you hadn’t needed to. *glances at author*

Here’s another article with more detail, for those who are interested: https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/santa-fe-parents-charged-with-abuse-in-teen-sons-cancer-death/article_a9dfcf52-f6ad-11ea-88de-5b5faa315dd8.html

Though the lack of universal healthcare in this country is a travesty, this boy’s tragic death isn’t entirely due to it. From the Albuquerque Journal:

Sorry but no. This is neglect. This is not okay. Is it awful that healthcare is so expensive & difficult to access in our country? Yes, of course! But you don’t LET YOUR CHILD DIE because you’re scared of debt. You take on the debt. You ask the hospital if they can write off your medical bills as charity for…