Schwartz was an English lit major at Yale (class of ‘09). An earlier bio indicated that she moved to Paris shortly after graduation. One does not just fall off of the turnip truck and into Yale, off to Paris and then into career writing for the Nation and the New Yorker. She is not without talent, but many talented…

I’m a woman and I’d love to see our first female president and I’ll vote for Hill if she gets the nom. But like... the policy differences between Obama and Hill were a lot smaller than the differences between Hill and Bernie. I dont think you can really compare the two.

How horribly rude of me, thinking that I had a fucking right to engage in the political processes of this country. Must have missed that day of civics where they went over how we're obligated to go with the safest choice, lest we be kicked out.

Of course, the common refrain you hear against all of this is that if we try to go too far left, too hard, too soon, it’ll spark a backlash that’ll erode what progress we’ve already made.

Can we knock it the fuck off with the ‘Sander’s supporters are naïve and think he’s magic socialist Santa Claus who will enact his entire platform with a wave of his magic wand’ narrative? Seriously. Like, we fucking understand political reality. We know that a good portion of Sander’s platform is going to be…

This one, from the original piece at the New Yorker, is almost unbelievable:

Along those lines are the people praising her ‘pragmatism’, the same pragmatism that led her to support the Iraq War and to be against marriage equality. I’d much rather have a Democrat as President that just vetoes the shit out of everything the Republican House and Senate send their way* (and accomplishes nothing…

Or as if it matters at all. There’s not a lot they can pull out of the bag in terms of opposition that they didn’t try on Obama, and Obama got quite a lot done. So, whatever. Whichever Democrat wins would have the same problem, which has already been proven to be not-insurmountable.

thinkpiece idea: “man who has been in congress for 20 years just doesn’t understand how congress works”

Undecided voter here who is trying hard not to get involved with internecine Democratic turf wars, but-

After Dana’s placement, Sara was initially allowed to see her daughter for one hour each week with the brief help of her own mother and the supervision of a social worker.

Why do you say that? He polls better with republican voters than she does. He has a lot of cross-over appeal to poor republicans.

I much prefer when people just say, “I’m voting for her because she is a woman” (I’ve had several people tell me this here) rather than do the femsplaining Hillary-stan dance, to me, a feminist.

I can understand why you’d prioritize reproductive rights but again, you’re choosing to distinguish between the candidates on an issue they’re identical on, and dismissing the issues on which they are polar opposites.

he has a 100% pro-choice voting record, so I think it’s silly to suggest he doesn’t “care deeply” about the issue or is only doing what “he knows he’s supposed to”. That’s unfair and you know it.

Ignoring the politics between NARAL and Sanders because both democratic candidates are committed to getting rid of the amendment; this is awesome!

Rule 18: Once you have put something down, you are never going to pick it up again. So put it down where you want it to stay.

I’d be mad if I paid for first class and got moved to coach too.

Yeah, blacking out the ENTIRE EMAIL is certainly going to make this better for them. It has to be so bad for them to have done this. Unimaginably bad. I can’t wait to see what they did.