I read that piece about the woman in Indiana, and she said she voted for Trump because it had to be done “for the economy”. Like, she was tired of full employment and continued GDP growth.

I remember during the primaries around a year ago, a local radio show had a panel discussion about the primaries, and a local woman (Bernie supporter) when asked: “do you believe Hillary will be better on women’s issues?” Said no, Bernie would. I shouted “are you kidding me?!” at the radio, and the host of the show…

Yes, good point! It’s right there in the name! It tells you everything you need to know!

So the question is why does that anti-establishment anger more often turn into Republican votes than Democratic ones? If voters were really honest about their interests and their desire for change, wouldn’t it be more logical to vote Democrat?

He said that? I hadn’t heard that, but that’s mental.

I can’t stress this enough: every time I heard someone (including Bernie, and I like Bernie) talk about ‘the Establishment’ during the election, my head nearly exploded. Republicans have controlled Congress for most of my life. They ARE the establishment.

I’m telling you this as a business owner: I hire people when I have work that needs to be done, not because my payroll taxes have been cut.

Yeah, I think the gate agent made a mistake. I have flown nonrev before via a friend who works for an airline, and they told me about the policy up front, so I didn’t have a problem with it, but I don’t think the gate agent should have made this call.

I think Hannity really thought Koppel was going to say “no, but...” when he asked “you think I’m bad for America?” Joke’s on you, Sean.

This idea that taxes somehow reduce employment has been disproven. Companies hire people because they need them to do work. Taxes come after that.

I mean, I guess if we wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt, we could say he was answering the question in response to AI in particular, but yeah, if we’re talking about automation in general, that has clearly been happening for some time now.

A LOT of chatter on Twitter from former IC, especially NSA, about how serious this is. Remember, this guy has a degree in agriculture. What the fuck is he doing as chair of Intel?

He doesn’t have the political capital. I don’t think he realizes just how far he has fallen since taking the oath.

Nunes is fucked.

That could be it, as I tend to tweet less than I like or retweet. I use Twitter as more of an observer.

I assume you’re counting Louise Mensch among those, and I was following her on Twitter...until a few weeks ago, when she blocked me, which I found odd. John Schindler and Adam Khan seem to be providing a lot of the same info, however.

I would like to ask her this: “really? Then how do the French do it? They bring in seasonal workers every year for the harvest, pay them a decent wage, provide housing and meals for them, and still sell wine at prices that consumers can afford.” I’ve visited chateaux in Burgundy, Bordeaux, and the cellars in…

Ok, but it says right in the text that you posted that he was registered as a lobbyist, which is different to what Flynn was doing, and not the same as what the FBI is now investigating the campaign for. If Trump has evidence that anyone from the Clinton campaign worked with the Russians to try to influence the…

I hear people talking about those things every day as well. There’s room for both. In fact, political satire can sometimes be a more powerful force.

No. That’s part of the deal. They wanted to be the party in power, and the deal is that we now get to make fun of them. It has always been that way, and shall always be that way.