Erykah has been a pick-me, patchouli scented, dictator entertaining fraud for a long ass time. I celebrate her green tea scented dragging.

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again - harassing the writer of an article in their own comments section should earn a person an automatic permanent ban, no questions asked.

Plenty of identity politics in conservatism. Trump’s victory relied largely on appealing to white identity politics.

The media directive, here, is that we’re supposed to somehow be more angry in how she’s handled this than the actual bigots who are out here calling her Pocahontas and war whooping and shit.  You know, ‘cause reasons.

Yes, I thought it was curious that HuffPo’s piece implied not only that all Native people must agree but those who had spoken up about their distaste over the entire affair “didn’t count.” It’s a complicated issue but I’m already consistently seeing this turned into “actually, no legitimate criticism took place and if…

The good way to respond would’ve been this:

She has no idea what tribe she’s related to. DNA tests don’t show that, and all white people who claim to be native based on family lore say they are Cherokee for some reason. I think it’s because of the appearance of some famous Cherokee stars in the early part of the 20th century (like Will Rogers) when Westerns…

My beat is literally Native American issues, so I’m not quite sure how to ignore one of the biggest Native issues being discussed in mainstream American politics and do my job. (And you best check the archives before you tell me to cover ‘actually important’ issues.)

It was overblown until she joined in.

I’m glad to see there’s so many comments hounding the Native American guy for having opinions on issues that are important to him as someone of native descent. It’s a good look.

At the end of it all, I just see this is a real missed opportunity for Warren to use her DNA test as a way to engage with tribal leaders and give them a voice. This could have been a way for Warren to make this about the modern Native American experience rather than about her. Her video could simply have been her…

Lot of people being really shittily dismissive of this. Everyone should take a look at the syllabus linked to get a better understanding of why you shouldn’t be acting like this is nothing. Saying “it’s just science” or “DNA doesn’t” lie ignores the fact that those parameters have been defined by people outside…

I simply do not understand how Warren, who seems to be an intelligent and capable person, has bungled this issue so badly from the moment it first came to light. 

There are lots of pieces of advice that basically boil down to “you have to respect everyone’s opinions and feelings,” which on the face of it is really good advice, but I’m beyond sick of it being used to justify the most outlandish and insane (read:racist, homophobic) behavior. I don’t have to respect anyone’s…

“Follow your heart.”

He was facing a 24-page NDA, and was waiting for the momentum train to pull into his station. It’s not an excuse, but it is a reason. The dam is definitely starting to break now: Michael Cohen turning into John Dean, David Weisselberg getting a cooperation agreement, The Blue Wave. And the signs of fracturing of…

And also the dread knowing there are smart evil people staying quiet and using these clowns. 

Sometimes I stop and think about how much worse things would be, and how much more awful shit this administration would be getting done, if they weren’t the governmental equivalent of a slapstick comedian continually falling down an up escalator.

The reason conservatives won’t take any of these Russia/Perjury by Sessions/Conflict of Interest problems seriously is because they KNOW they were losing their shit over Obama for no damn reason so they think it is the same now. Thats why so many say things like “well we put up with Obama now its your turn.”

I think this is pretty spot-on and is something I’ve been saying to folks for years now. It really hit home to me in the closing weeks of the 2012 election during the peak of the “unskew the polls” phenomenon. The rubes were eating this shit up as usual, but then it became obvious that plenty of actual power players…