I think protocol dictates it. She’s not just a person, she’s a Head of State. Equivalent status, in our case the POTUS, gets invited. Tragically Trump is also not just a person. (and a wretched one at that.) He’s a HoS too.

I’d say Lebron gets a pass for now considering the fact that he’s in fucking China right this moment. But boy do Harden and Russ come across as shameless apologists. I mean fuck, at least just shut the fuck up.

Splinter is shut down?!?

First they made us wear seatbelts and I said nothing...

Is his brother writing a book length response?

So don’t fuck Ellen?

Yeah. So?

Fair enough. But at least be honest then. Those “I need to study it further” deflections are pathetic.

I actually think the President would best serve the country’s interests by not saying ANYTHING at all. Unlike Kerr and Pop, or even AOC and Sasse, the President is entrusted with managing our relationship, often an adversarial one, with a world superpower.

This is the equivalent of looking around first before telling a racist joke in a bar.

As a life long Braves fan how DARE they curtail my RIGHT to chop. Fuck that, it will not stop me! I plan to chop...

Hey guys, I just want to say WOW! I just realized today that it turns out that Nixon fella, he was kinda a jerkface!

The 3rd Jonas Brother? I’ve been saying that for years. Ronan is DEFINITELY the father.

While I agree with most of what you say, that 5 year difference between male vs female is life expectancy as a whole, from birth. Much of that difference accounts for the fact that throughout their lives men have shown a greater propensity to die than women in many ways. But once both reach 70 the expected life…

That stood out to me too. It’s one thing to be in denial. But to be aware of the potential consequences and still not care is just bizarre.

One of the valid criticisms of the right is how susceptible it’s supporters are to magical thinking, the belief that if you repeat something often enough, no matter how obviously false it is, then it becomes true. It’s scary actually.

Yawn! Not defending Trump, at all. But this letter pales in comparison to some of the shit Nixon pulled during Watergate. The process moves slowly, but this letter won’t stop it, if anything it hurts. In the end Trump will fall if and only if the GOP dumps him en masse. This bullshit chips away at this.

More than half of the country now supports impeachment and it’s growing. Hell 30% of Republicans even do, which is astounding. Meanwhile Trumpsters are hanging themselves with their own rope making crazy talk on TV. So how in god’s name are they “controlling the narrative?” In know it’s early, but so far this process…

History has shown that in the real world “actually communist” nations don’t really exist. Well maybe Cambodia came close, but it didn’t work out too well.

I don’t lend much credence to a single poll, particularly a national one. That said, based on almost any polling anywhere (except South Carolina) all indications are it’s a two person race.