I am convinced that if there was a vote that we could get a really good universal health care system (like Germany or Finland) AND better public transportation network where all we’d have to give up are the fucking guns, it would not have a chance of passing.

jesus sister in law was an EMT for 4yrs before going into emergency medicine, and not a single person she worked with was allowed to conceal carry. You must live in an ass-backwards state.

Let’s be honest, he still has a good chance of getting off. 

I think it’s 50% being scared about everything because of a high consumption of Fox News and 50% just itching for someone to set foot on your property so you can get your gun off... also due to an over consumption of Fox News. 

William Randall Franklin reportedly opened fire on the two men coming onto his property for help. Both Cauthen and the driver, who has not been named, were also armed and returned fire. All three men were hit by gunfire at some point, leaving Cauthen dead and sending both Franklin and the driver to the hospital for…

And hilariously there are still people who are against body cams. The only reasoning I’ve ever seen anyone use is “they’ll just turn them off” and like, make that a punishable offense then?? There’s literally no reason not to want police officers to have body cams unless you are overtly against holding them…

Yup, cowardice and paranoia are very much part of the equation. 

Hey, just because you’re not a chickenshit coward afraid of your own shadow and will fire at anyone or anything because you’re so paranoid doesn’t mean... er.. shit, I don’t know how to finish this sentence, so I’m just gonna end it...... here.

This country’s gun culture is fucking off-the-rails absurd. 

Yeah, “texting while driving” is an actual crime.

The amount of outright lying exposed by cops since the invention of the bodycam is truly startling. They know they are being recorded, and yet still lie constantly and commit crimes, to the point that basically anything before, say 2010 or thereabouts, we should assume all the cops lied all the time, about everything.…

“To cover up his tracks, the 28-year-old told investigators he had been looking at texts sent by colleagues”

Then we should encourage him to eat more cheesburgers.

I assume they’re going to crown one of his clueless sons, now that the Republican Party has no identity outside of the Trump brand.

It wont end after 4 years if he’s still alive.  There’s zero chance he’s giving up the throne before he’s worm-food.  We’re lucky if we’ll even get actual midterm elections in 2 years.

And I appreciate the air-quotes on “objective” there because lately the Right thinks that means their lies need to be given equal time with the truth. And it’s not our fault Trump can’t open his mouth without lying.

I’m up in Canada and I can say there is plenty of nervousness here about what’s to come for the US.  Unfortunately we are tied to the US in more ways than we care to admit and will ultimately suffer right along side you as Captain Creamsicle does his worst impression of a president.  This will be a long 4 years ahead…

We really should take a look at how much shit we buy though. Like fuck Trump and everything he stands for, but also, maybe we need to temper our consumerism just a tad.

Can I say how much I appreciate the take on these news stories - you’re not trying to be “objective” or “non-political” because no one can afford to be at this point. Keep calling out the bullshit, and don’t let the idiots off easy.

The US is the largest consumer country in the world. Any tariffs, either set by the US or another country, negatively affects the US a lot more than the other country.