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I just watched it. That is mindblowing.

Thanks!

Except when it emboldens Republicans. The worst thing that could come out of this election (besides a Trump victory) is a Republican party that thinks the problem with this campaign was Trump’s personality. It’s really easy to focus on all the superficially repugnant shit he’s said while ignoring the huge overlap with…

Well they abandoned it around late 2003.

What poll is this? (I’m not being skeptical, just looking for reading material.)

You mean besides full-throated racism?

wut

Sure. I’m not saying autoworkers weren’t racist in the 50s. Most people were racist in the 50s! My grandma, who had autoworkers as her father, brother and husband, is still kinda racist. (I assume they all were too, but they died before I was born so I can’t say.) But lots of unions were officially racist, and the UAW…

Yeah. The 50s also had a 92% top tax rate. That would be amazing!

It also ignores that some unions actively fought against racism. (I’m thinking specifically of the UAW.) The most racist and exclusionary unions were the brotherhoods of firefighters and police, which today are, well, yeah...

Hamilton’s not going away soon, right? (This is my way of saying I love the political stuff.)

Which is worse to read: Five Thirty Eight or the Ringer?

Sub-question: If Cousin Sal doesn’t make a joke every time he’s on the podcast, does it count as a Cousin Sal joke at all?

Did Volkswagen decide to save money by firing all the people who design dashboards? It’s like they had a blank dash in front of them and just went Fuck it and stuck an ipad on top.

I was expecting him to slip and face plant. I’ve never been so happy to be wrong.

A better question is who gets treated better: Shantel or Chantelle?

Demarcus and Shauntricius are pretty conspicuous, but the only Roys I can think of are black.

A lot of it is very context- and class-specific. Names take on different connotations in different places. My friend thinks “Chloe” is totally a stripper name, whereas I don’t, but I also lived for several years in Quebec where it’s much more common than in America.

This story sums up perfectly the two things I absolutely hate about the Clinton campaign (I should preface that I have already voted for Clinton, and this post is not going to end with a conspiracy theory and call for her to be in jail): they keep bringing back these 90s retreads and they keep shooting themselves in…