You’ve got to admit that it’s been turned into a pretty silly and degrading series of security theater and discomfort though, right?

So you’re good with being treated like cattle when you’re flying?

The terrorists accomplished exactly what they wanted. This is what Bin Laden’s plan was.

It’s in the Declaration of Independence:

I’ll try to say this succinctly and elegantly:

And yet, it may be enough. trump is that bad. His appointees are that bad.

It is inherently self-limiting.

That may be successful.

They’re a party that can only exist by running against something

This was kind of inevitable. They’re a party that can only exist by running against something. Their actual policies are largely so unpopular that they can’t lean on them, especially given how poorly they’ve managed the federal government since they took absolute control. They have to run against somebody, and they’ve…

We’ve heard this “The younger more tolerant and enlightened generation is going to sweep those dinosaur conservatives from power” bullshit since the 60’s and look at where we’re at today as a country.

I doubt the Democrats would have raised taxes on anybody making less than $250k, though I suppose it is possible. The real problem is that Republican spending cuts on things like healthcare, education, infrastructure, and environmental protection actually hurt the economy in the mid and long term. I’m sure that social…

If we decide to be defeatists, we will be defeated. I know from seeing your posts the past few years that’s the kind of mentality you tend to take, but this still is in our hands. If we spread abject negativity about the people who support a majority of our causes, it demoralizes and disincentivizes the voting public,…

Boy, you’re going to feel dumb when Republicans let the sunset provision on ALL of your taxes cuts expire in a few years in order to keep the lid on the rapidly rising deficit caused by the corporate tax cuts.

While I don’t place much faith in the inherent virtue or w/e of younger generations, I do very much think that the process you’re describing hinges on people becoming socially and materially invested in maintaining and reproducing the status quo of the cultures in which they live. As fewer and fewer people have access…

Ask the DCCC.

I think it’s more that the democrats lack a real constituency. They don’t represent labor. They don’t represent the left. They don’t represent anyone outside of a very small group of self-selecting third way types who are what... maybe 10% of registered democrats? You can see that they’re being dragged kicking and…

“People might think you might flip the House and Senate this November, but you guys always find a way to mess it up. You’re somehow gonna lose by 12 points to a guy named Jeff Pedophile Nazi Doctor.”

Sure, they’re the opponent for a little while, but after it’s all over we should be cordial.

It’s all a game to these people. Cillizza views Trump and his Goon Squad the same way the Pelicans view the Warriors. Sure, they’re the opponent for a little while, but after it’s all over we should be cordial.