I agree that nothing these teens do will shake the GOP congress into passing even the flimsiest of gun regulations, but your last point is what this is about: the VOTERS. All of a sudden, “the voters” is going to include some of these kids (and their peers) and a whole host of other people who have been politically…

My subscription is about to renew and that’s pretty much the only reason I’m not cancelling it.

My subscription is about to renew and that’s pretty much the only reason I’m not cancelling it.

I’m team cat and I admit I can’t resist a bichon. I just want to hug this little cloud. How is he even real?

THIS. She prob couldn’t even get into Pepperdine law school, which is at least a real school.

This. I was raped as a teenager and it’s been 20 years. I don’t think about it all the time or anything, but if you ask me if I’ve forgiven the rapist, I can’t say that I have. I’m not consumed with anger over this and my desire for vengeance has waned. I don’t actively wish him ill will, but I’m pretty sure that he’d…

Most of us don’t really know that the rest of the developed world has it way better.

10/10 Melania does not care. If anything she’s prob glad to outsource that particular wifely duty.

What? His affair with Marla Maples was hugely public.

I acknowledge that hypocrisy exists, but it’s not as if Trump wasn’t already a publicly documented adulterer.

Except that this wouldn’t have kept him from being elected. He was caught on a hot mic admitting to sexual assault and his supporters didn’t care. In fact, many of them would probably like him even MORE for getting with a porn star and treating his wife like garbage. That’s part of his appeal.

I’ve been waiting for someone to pitch this since the 90s are so back rn!

Oh, they are totally still at “the mall” (and by “mall” I mean newer-style “lifestyle” outdoor shopping centers and these re-branded not-mall buildings). I moved to the Valley and was struck by how there are roving packs of teens at every one of these establishments.

As one of those former teenage girls who always had crushes on inappropriately older guys, I totally get it. This is part of why it is so important that we be able to count on the actual adults, espcially those in positions of authority, to know that this is all kind of fucked up.

Yeah I don’t know that I love the outsider billionaire governor of CA either, quite frankly. Is there a dearth of more qualified gubernatorial candidates? I guess I’m just scratching my head as to what someone like Tom Steyer brings to the table that our actual politicians don’t. Why isn’t Gavin Newsom a better choice?

Running a government for 300+ million people is a pretty complex task. I do think it’s a bit naive to think that it doens’t require any specialized set of skills. I don’t think it’s impossible for an outsider to successfully transition or that policians shouldn’t have any work experience outside of politics, but for…

Who cares? It seems to me that conservatives are always the ones going on and on about American exceptionalism. Why not be exceptionally kind for once?

We’ll take his money (we being Democrats) and all but I do not want yet another old white rich dude wtih zero political experience thinking he should be president. That is the last thing we should be doing in 2020 (also, sorry, Oprah).

Oh yeah, I stopped traveling for Thanksgiving years ago when I had a work conflict and then I realized how wonderful it was and I’ll never go back! No airports, no road trips, just adults, cooking on their own time, having dinner either at home or with friends, where everyone genuinely likes each other and there is no…