Wrong. Try again.

It’s not homophobia. The joke is that Trump is secretly in bed with Putin, who has this strongman reputation more convincing than Trump’s own. Go police bathrooms or something.

Democrats could accomplish a lot by using the fear playbook. For example if you say DeVos is gonna fire a lot of public school teachers, people will yawn, because don’t we hear all the time how bad public schools are? However, if you tell them DeVos is coming for LITTLE TIMMY’S TEACHER, they’ll fight that, because as…

Michael Lewis explained this in the 80s in Liar’s Poker. Greed is a factor in supporting Trump, as it is for investment decisions, but the much greater factor is FEAR. Republicans either believe, or prey on those who believe, that “the other” is coming for them and their children. Gun sales spiked all through…

Pop. Are you from the Midwest? I grew up in Detroit, and that’s what we called it.

Or LBJ and Lady Bird. Or FDR and Eleanor. Or Truman and Bess, who didn’t even move to D.C. Or JFK and Jackie, even. But in every one of those cases, you could still see the respect and admiration in which they held one another.

I dunno...this is a simple game: you throw the ball, you hit the ball, you catch the ball. You got it?

Only submariners.

Joke, son.

Or that you are, amirite??

You’re a dunce.

Holy fucking God.

Swing and a miss!

Hoo boy...

Today’s news: DeVos, Ailes, Flynn, Trump. The Republican Party is simply a collection of evil people is all.

Most of it will go to for profit ed companies, who will take the money, shortchange the students while paying themselves giant salaries, then declare bankruptcy two years later and move on to the next town.

A stupid electorate helps them immensely, especially an electorate ignorant of science and civics. Meanwhile, their kids go to expensive private schools, paid for by their grifting.

You should have to have put in ten years as a teacher before you can become Sec of Ed.

It’s not even the funniest moment in that episode.

Rein in. Not reign in.