Certainly not the Dems. That’s the whole point. And yet even still, voter turnout was around 50% which is not too far from national trends for elections in non presidential years, and he only got slightly over half of that vote. Now consider also gerrymandering, voter suppression and the fact that the Libertarian…

I think Beto is going to come really close to taking Cruz’s seat. Well, rephrase that. He has a chance at it if he runs a smart and uncompromisingly progressive campaign. I don’t think he’ll actually win this time, but it will be close enough that I think the DNC will notice. On one hand, that’s great. On the other,…

I think we agree on most things Semilla. I’m not saying there are more bigots in other places- rather that this is an American problem that is shared across the states. The white supremacists who want to establish an ethnostate have picked eastern WA and OR for that, and they are active there despite being in states…

Nonsense. The rational thing to do is to build a party up from the base, not just pay attention during presidential elections and ignore everyone the rest of the year. You can’t ignore a place for years on every level and then campaign for president every four years and expect results. I don’t know where you live, but…

Look, it’s not complicated. Look at a map of the US. The rural areas are mostly red. The urban areas are mostly blue. Now look at a map of Texas and you’ll see the exact same thing. So why are all those seats red? What’s the difference? Well it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see that Texas is huge, that the…

Yes. I’m so sick of this blaming the people when the DNC literally did not even bother campaigning in Texas AT ALL. And no Dem runs for many of the seats. And even still, every major city in Texas plus the entire valley is blue. The liberal politics in TExas have turned leftist- people are desperate for leadership.…

Almost every state in the country was red in 2016 presidential. Texas is no different from any other state in the country on this measure- it has blue cities in red rural areas. The difference is that it’s bigger and has more populated rural areas, not that it’s more conservative or more red. And locally, it’s highly…

Texas is red countryside with blue cities- just like everywhere else in the country including whereever your state is. Houston is blue, probably way more diverse than your city, a science and university center, with a black dem mayor following its lesbian dem mayor. It’s a liberal place.

Specify it’s the GOP, not Texas, OK? Houston is a blue city, university ad science center, minority-majority, mayor is a black dem, mayor before him a lesbian dem, etc. Doubt any of these people support that shit. If you think the GOP can’t do this to your community too you might want to look around the country. We…

Yes that’s all true, but people seem to shrug off her massive war mongering and fuck ups- not just a senator voting for Pat Act and Iraq and Afghanistan- but also as SoS destroying several governments around the world. Honestly, I don’t even think she’s less evil than Trump. Just less stupid.

Really? Regional perhaps, but for us, it was stuffing when you stuff it inside the bird and dressing when you bake it separately.

Honestly, I think that as terrifying as the world is right now, it would be even more terrifying if people just let themselves believe that Trump and these other assholes in control are complete and total unabashed idiots who are winging it based on nothing but their current whims and a desire to stir up approval and…

Honest question here, what good shit? She’s been in politics for decades so I’m sure there is good shit, but I honestly can’t think of any right now.

He’s a germaphobe. He’s actually incredibly prissy and high maintenance about loads of shit. So weird that he’s famous for being this tough guy man of the people bullshit. He wouldn’t sit on your couch. He wouldn’t pet your dog. He probably wears a different MAGA hat every time. 

Nah. The hurricane has nothing to do with it. In the first place, the pardon was planned already, the trans ban too- both he’s mentioned recently. In the second place, he’s not strategic or smart enough to think of that. But most importantly, I don’t know why people keep saying he’s doing these things under the cover…

IMO, the time for contacting your local legislators is over. It does no good. We need a general strike. That will never happen. So we need to pressure big business to boycott, protest. They did for the bathroom bills, and the consequences of the loss of business is the only thing that stops state legislators for…

Can he legally end DACA himself? I’m not super familiar with it, but was it passed by Congress or by EO? Can Trump just choose to end it?

In certain areas, 35 inches of rain will stand and cause problems. Generating electricity will be the least of your worries as your house will be flooded and you will be standing on the furniture if you stay put. In most places, the rain will wash to lower ground and through creeks and bayous, etc so the main risk is…

You probably aren’t from the region? First off, most places don’t flood. The ones that do, you’re going to have to evacuate. For the vast majority of people, they will lose power but not flood. Even if their towns flood or the streets flood, most houses don’t. We’re talking millions of people- they aren’t all going to…

Actually, if anyone gives a shit (and if you don’t, fine, it’s fun), these pics capture split seconds when he’s just looking in that direction, and Melania and others do the same thing. When they are actually looking directly at the eclipse, they are in fact wearing the glasses. The pics are misleading. The whole…