Yes, Bernie is having a great week, even with the curiously timed release of the Russia shit. I was hate-watching MSNBC yesterday and the meltdowns - particularly Chris Matthews and James Carville - were spectacular. The pundits have had the same refrain for months: he can’t win minorites, he can’t unify people, the…
It’s kind of astonishing to me, after 2016 and all the ways it should have demonstrated that political elites are out of touch with the American electorate, something like 95% of people paid to talk about politics have no idea what they are talking about, and are completely unable to place anything about the current…
This.
ahhh dubois. the BEST!
I used to fall into that trap too. It’s vicious. I can point to very real examples of racism and sexism personally hurting me (as every woman probably can!). It took some soul-searching to make the jump from “intersectional feminist” to “seizing the means of production is a feminist goal.” MLK’s writing shortly before…
This is faux liberalism in a nutshell. Marginalized groups are kept that way through ingrained economic disparity. That is one of the primary, if not the primary, mechanisms by which racism, sexism, homophobia, etc, is institutionalized and perpetuated. When a person is worried about paying the rent they don’t have…
How can anyone who is anti-Trump be okay with this guy? So he gives money to charity. That’s great but it does not erase his racist, homophobis, transphobic, misogynistic ways. He is a more honest, generous Trump but he is a version of Trump nonetheless. Another billionaire going to buy an election. I can’t get past…
Tim Gunn and Isaac Mizrahi should be fucking ashamed of themselves. The way that so many celebrities are falling over themselves to endorse this piece of shit is ridiculous. Of course Judge Judy thinks a revolution isn’t necessary. She’s a rich white woman. Everything’s going great for her.
If I were Bernie I would be spending almost every minute of the next two weeks in California. He has a real shot to deny every other candidate of reaching the 15% statewide threshold which would virtually ensure him a huge overall victory on Super Tuesday. I think that’s his cleanest, most reasonable path to getting…
The worst thing about the establishment support Bloomberg is getting is that there is absolutely no good reason for it. I’m not much for trying to predict who is “electable” or not, or who can win over undecideds in Trumpville or whatever, but if you’re going to play that game, nothing about Bloomberg screams “Winning…
1 and 3 I’m not sure why you’re confident Bloomberg wouldn’t do those. On 2, some confidence would be more warranted, but if Republicans control the Senate and are willing to block any and all nominations, am I certain he wouldn’t just give in and start nominating conservative judges? I’m not, after all, he’s not…
The environment, maybe, although I don’t trust that he wouldn’t sell the environment out if he was convinced real action to stop climate change would bring down quarterly GDP growth by half a point. On guns, he would almost certainly stop at pushing for increased background checks, and probably use gun control as an…
FWIW, that is 100% some weird troll who has decided to “Well, actually” the concept of working-class struggle this afternoon. https://twocents.lifehacker.com/1841787573
Oh dear, sounds like you don’t understand what I mean by medical bills.
Well I’m not a single person, I’m the parent of a teenager with significant mental health needs so basically if I wasn’t married we would be FUCKED since my health insurance is 1/3 of my take home pay :) Not to mention I’m slightly under 30K if we’re being honest.
“I feel like you’re the boogeywoman of the right, and I’m the boogeywoman of the left,”
I’m one of those 60% of Americans and damn hearing everyone in the audience gasp like that kinda hurt my feelings lol. I knew it was bad but they just really made me feel worse. Damn!
“ I was also hypercritical on ridiculous positions they took like supporting dictators in South America.”
This site continues to have the dumbest analysis of politics on the internet. A truly amazing feat. She’s disappeared because no one wants to talk about a fourth place campaign, and she has done absolutely NOTHING to endear herself to or gain the trust of POC communities. I see you glossed over the fact that she…
Warren torpedoed her campaign when she followed the advice of her ex-Clinton advisers and abandoned her progressive policy positions to shift more to the center.
