Putting on a good show for all the Splinter progressives whose primary interest in politics is divorced from political reality (and math)?

Ding ding ding ding.

The party of “the federal government can work” does not get to involve itself in government shutdowns. Period. That is the consequence of taking that position.

“Unlike most nakedly ambitious presidential contenders”

“Framing motherhood as voluntary is fairly problematic for a lot of reasons, not least of which is the tricky economic/policy situation that sub-replacement birth rates result in, and framing the prioritization of family over career in service of motherhood comes perilously close to equivalency with the former.”

If the gap were evened out this hypothetical average American woman would likely be making very different decisions compared to an actual, average, American woman.

It’s not nearly as childish as what you’ve described.

The amusing part of this is that spending money on ignorant crap is a great example of why most people don’t end up wealthy despite having the means to do so. It’s not so much a reminder of income inequality as much as just how stupid a lot of people are with money.

“In the U.S., healthcare is very expensive. There’s a bevy of statistics to prove this—we spend $3.5 trillion a year or more than $10,000 per person, which is twice as much as other countries, for example—but you already knew that.”

“Not true if you have a match or your employer doesn’t offer after tax contributions.”

AOC’s 100% renewable generation by 2035 goal is plain nonsense to anyone with familiarity with how we generate energy today. Huckabee might be an assclown but in this case he’s a correct assclown. There are a boatload of technological, financial, and plain old process issues that make that goal unobtainable. Even if…

You know what you don’t lose over some technicality with your employer? Your personal retirement accounts...

Meh on the financing.

People want what they want now and they’re comfortable blaming the consequences on someone else (employer, economy, “the rich”, etc) later.

This is obvious if you think about it...

“Politics is not a game.”

Hopefully at least some of these people got laid off this week.

Rightfully so.

The Chicken Tax is protectionism. Plain and simple. Protectionism is in the wheelhouse of both parties.

Stuff like this is what happens when people have a delusional assessment of their importance/value.