But why go out of your way to reassure those voters that their reasoning wasn’t racist?

Bernie, they are uncomfortable because they don’t see Black Americans as equals. Because they’re racist. These midterms seemed to prove that racism works for many on the right. Because they’re racist.

Except he’s way less attractive the an actual turtle. Turtles are kinda cool. McConnell is like an Island of Dr. Moreau - type thing.

“The Republicans set out to ‘repeal and replace’ Obamacare but ended up being defined by the Democrats to devastating effect this cycle,” Dan Eberhart, a Republican donor and fundraiser, told the Post.

I have often gotten connections in DEN in the past 10 years and generally liked the airport. Then I actually flew to Denver (no problem there), and discovered that flying out of DEN is an Orwellian nightmare of long, winding lines for security alongside cheery posters telling you “If you were a real traveler and had…

Denver probably drops down a few because of the “how easy is it to get there” criterion. It’s way out in the boonies on the far edge of the metro area. It’s not hard to get into the city on the train, but it will take 40 minutes.

McConnell isn’t going to do shit to be bipartisan - he’ll try to pass something only Republicans want and then say that the House won’t be bipartisan if they don’t do everything he says. Meanwhile he and the Republicans will keep talking about “presidential harassment” to stir up fury for 2020. 

I’m surprised DEN is as low as it is. I regularly fly there, either directly or to make a connection, and have rarely had issues, even weather related. Easy to get into the city by train, shuttle, car, etc., and easy to get around. They have some nice shops, too.

He’s also the former chair for a witness on the investigation he’s now over-seeing, which seems like it could be relevant.
https://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2014/07/matt-whitaker-chair-sam-clovis-campaign-state-treasurer/

Mueller knew this was coming the minute Sessions recused himself.  I’m not too worried; I imagine there’s an entire network of FBI investigators that aren’t going to let this die.

Right, every time one of these shitbirds leaves, the question is just how much worse will the replacement be.

Yup. If you feel like you’ve been running uphill in the snow for two years . . . that’s what fighting to save your democracy feels like.

It’s easy to say “what’s the big deal” when talking about Game & Watch fire attack in the abstract, but its operating in several real world contexts, including centuries of genocide, oppression, and ongoing discrimination against indigenous people. For just as long, stereotypes have been used to denigrate and deny…

I think (s)he’s referring to the hearings that Republicans called to accuse social media of censoring conservatives.

Marathon, not a spring. Etc etc etc. I think people are just kind of coming down from the high realizing that now we have to 1) hold the House, 2) win the Senate, and 3) oust Trump in 2020. Get to work, people.

EXCELLENT post, and something I had not thought of (the House investigating this shit). I am really glad that finally run-of-the-mill white liberals are paying attention to the suppression of minority voters (which, to be fair, they only got wise to when they realized it affected their agenda).

Sadly, this time the Russians are actually trying to help the Reich and it’s beloved fuhrer win.

If they can do Benghazi hearings for 4 years, we can do this for 2. Don’t stop at one hearing. Don’t stop at one committee. Don’t just investigate Georgia and Kansas, where the suppression was obvious. Investigate anywhere and everywhere and don’t stop.

But don’t both the mainstream parties broadly support Israel? Is this just about moving the embassy to Jerusalem, or is it also Trump’s fairly in-your-face Islamophobic stance as well? Don’t they give a shit about his dog-whistle antisemitism, or is that okay because he only aims it at left-wing Jews? And where the…

There’s a time and a place.