So excited to see this!! which will be delayed by a week because my work schedule sucks. Sigh.

The kid and I JUST saw it. It is an absolutely beautiful film. It really has an extremely nuanced storyline while also delivering on superhero spectacle.

“Why would banks not want to make more money from any customer they can find who is qualified?”

I work at a local bank, and we actually have to document every denial, and there are like, three (white) people who have to go over it and make sure it was denied for approved reasons and that we didn’t approve a loan with similar credit standings for a white man. I have no illusions that this actually prevents any…

Saw a story on PBS Newshour tonight. It was horrifying to listing to the woman describe her experiences with being denied over and over again for a home mortgage, despite her obvious financial qualifications. What a world, what a world! https://www.revealnews.org/article/for-people-of-color-banks-are-shutting-the-door-…

Relevant:

No it totally didn’t. Don’t worry. Not sure if my tone seemed mean, but I was simply explaining my thoughts. Not reprimanding or trying to be a bitch. Personally, I just think that a lot of people are getting pissed at Dems. But they didn’t start this whole thing. Trump did. He rescinded DACA. He’s where your…

I don’t refer to myself as Hispanic, since I am Mexican-American, but I don’t speak Spanish. But as a Latino American, her actions resonated with me. I may be biased because I like Nancy. I think she gets a bad rap, but actions like this show me that she at least gives a shit. There’s not much she can do considering…

I think the key is keeping the momentum going. The reason why I don’t see this as effective is because often the Dems will do this kind of thing, then flake or lose their spine. We do need a diverse group of people going forward that are charismatic and bold.

On both the left and the right there is a maniacal insistence on talking about politics as though Democrats are in power, so every evil thing the party that controls all three branches of government does is somehow Democrats fault for the left (who have a problem, I assume, grasping the concept of one number being…

One of the frustrating things is seeing progressives talk about how Democrats “refusal” to fight hard enough for DACA makes them not want to vote for Democrats in November. I can understand the sentiment (I may have even argued that one of the benefits of a shutdown over DACA is signaling to the base willingness to…

The problem is their base rewards that, and the Democratic base doesn’t. They can’t use the same blue print because they’re appealing to two completely different sets of people.

Really the Democrats need someone that can energize the public more than anything.

With a month still out until DACA ends the Republicans have no pressure to address it anyways. Everything has a time and place.

Basically all we have right now is cheap political stunts.

I mean honestly, even if they did shut down the government, the BEST case scenario even then is just to get a bill on the floor to debate. But even if the bill does miraculously pass both the House and the Senate, Trump would still need to sign it; and he’s said over and over he won’t, and he welcomes a shut down…

To all those who will scoff at actions like Pelosi’s, and accuse the Democrats in Congress of lacking the will to pursue progressive goals, this is what it’s like when you are the minority party in the House and Senate, and have a Republican (???) president and a conservative judiciary. You do what you can to win…

That photo at the top - the left-most Marine must be REALLY tall to tower over the 6'3" (honest) President like that.

I want to see him dead already. Enough is fucking enough.

I’m a nice person. I don’t hate people. This baboon is truly the first time in my life I have ever really, truly hated someone. It’s not a good feeling.