I feel like Colbert is being asked this question for the first time and is kind of thinking it all out aloud which is unfortunate in an interview.

He’s acting like there’s no process that got the resumes in front of him to begin with. Like, do white men just have winged fairies attached to their resumes and woopsie they just landed on your desk?

while Clinton was favored on immigration, dealing with international crises, sending U.S. troops overseas

Also, 1) national polls are less important than swing state polls where Clinton is performing well, and 2) Quinnipac has been criticized in the past for underpolling POC.

Thank you for posting this. I hate seeing people flip out over one really good or really bad poll. The average is what matters and Clinton is markedly ahead. Unfortunately, this is the best metric we have until we start getting consistent polling of the individual battleground states.

I was going to say, yesterday I read Clinton was pulling ahead by larger margins.

In the end, I’m still fairly confident for a Clinton win, but even if its 6 points, that seems WAY TOO CLOSE. The fact that 40% of America is willing to vote for this clown, even if it is just voting with their usual party, just makes me feel ill.

I would like to talk about the trunks. Look at these damn trunks. They could have smuggled in dozens of better jokes inside these trunks.

3. The shirt. Oh the shirt. It is so bad. Bill, you are 46-years-old, about 25 years past your expiration date for forming a grunge band.

So many thoughts:

More people were watching C-Span than the debut of Any Given Wednesday so Bill Simmons should probably just delete his account.

I didn’t see this right away and I called Dr. Hern’s office to ask how I could donate money directly to the practice. I had a fifteen-minute conversation with Dr. Hern himself. In addition to being a hero, he is a very humble and cool guy.

I’m still pissed and heartbroken about losing Dr. Tiller. Making a donation today, thanks.

jia, want to thank you for writing this. i am not a mom, have never been pregnant, but was moved to tears by your words and the way you spoke with elizabeth. this story is so important,and i’m glad you were the one writing this. thank you.

Here’s a link to Dr. Hern’s clinic for anyone interested in offering support directly to the people who work there, and here’s the National Network of Abortion Funds. The George Tiller Memorial Fund specifically goes to late abortions.

I’m not a crier. I rarely cry. But I cried now. What a brave woman. What a scary country we live in. I just dearly hope it doesn't get any scarier than it already is for anyone who is not a cishet white man.

Yes, because pedantry will bring the hundreds who have died as the result of gun violence back from the dead. It doesn’t really matter what the thing is called, and splitting hairs about terminology does nothing except draw attention away from the actual issue, which is scores upon scores of innocent people being…

You are correct. It is not the same type of rifle Hitler is given credit for naming. It does clear rooms and kill many people like an assault rifle, though, so I am going to let it go.

She’s not mocking prayers, she’s deriding people who offer up prayers and do nothing else. Or, to quote the scripture passage that she referenced: “Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.” (James 2:17)

This isn’t about people like you (who sounds AWESOME btw) it’s about the lawmakers who say that specifically to deflect any sort of accountability or do anything in the wake of these tragedies. I hate that the shorthand is “thoughts and prayers” because we all do this in the wake of tragedy, but this isn’t about your…