He represents the same big-money, republican-lite neoliberals that have shaped the party for the last 15-20 years and have seen Democrats virtually eliminated from governance.

Right, but Perez was the Judean People’s Front candidate, not the People’s Front of Judea candidate. It’s important. Besides, the Dems can totally afford to have a congressman resign.

I strongly suspect that the majority of people who are furious about the DNC have literally never cared about who the DNC Chair was prior to 2016, and, had Keith Ellison been elected, gone on to not think about the DNC in any way other than “yeah, my guy got elected, awesome.”

“you think Eddie Money has to put up with this shit?!”

Conservatives just tend to be more realistic about the world, dog eat dog, get yours. Liberals are more idealistic, we can do better. The bigger issue is that one side is always proving that govt doesnt work in order to try to win some arcane ideological points. And hey, they succeed when in power, look no further…

“Hey maybe you haven’t been keepin’ up on current events but we JUST GOT OUR ASSES KICKED PAL!”

My first exposure to Bill Paxton as a kid was Apollo 13. And even there, playing a goddamn ASTRONAUT, he’s a doofus. He blows chunks 3 minutes into space, dicks around with the camera while broadcasting to Houston, and generally gives off a “why is he here but I’m glad he is” vibe. RIP.

“Game over, man!” is his most famous line/delivery from Aliens (and deservedly so), but my favorite Paxton line from that movie is when Ripley is yelling at him about how “this little girl survived longer than that by herself!” and he just goes “Well why don’t you put her in charge?!”

RIP. 61 is way too fucking young…

I’d feel good about this but let’s be honest. Once Chump and his cronies have strip-mined all of flyover country into the Pit of Isengard, looted the treasury, and fled to non-extradition territories; the people who voted R last election will blame it on the darkies or the lefties or rationalize it as a divine…

How’s it gonna be spring when it’s still winter? This book is stupid. [Shoots book]

It’s somewhat bizarre to watch these two parts of America doing nothing less than experiencing wholly different realities.


it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way – in…

That’s your problem right there.

Great blog, Albert, and perhaps an unintentional meta example of why we’re all so royally fucked.

THIS is an excellent story. Great journalism that susses out what’s really going on and explains it — pulls all the threads together.

I’m not defending Trump as a person one bit. But something you and many people failed to notice is how he was able to pivot his message from the primaries to the general. Most of his noxious stuff was said early on when all he needed was a portion of the conservative base. By the time late summer and autumn rolled…

I agree 100%. Articles like this one, and shows like the Daily Show and Samantha Bee, while lots of fun, keep us in our bubble of smugness. Sorry liberal America (of which I am part), but a lot of smart, non racist people voted for Trump. 45% of college educated women voted for Trump, for heaven’s sake.

Looking at national numbers is irrelevant. Neither candidate ran a national campaign, why would they? Take a look at Michigan, PA, Wisc. Turnout for Hillary in the pockets of those states where she should have dominated was abysmal compared to Obama.

As a Bernie supporter with a ton of Bernie friends, not a one stayed home, especially when it became clear she could lose. So I disagree with you there. But I appreciate the argument. There’s certainly some validity to it, really to it all. I think we can both agree that Clinton was a terrible campaigner and was…

While I agree there have are lots of low information voters, that has ALWAYS been the case. Many people can’t be bothered to become fully engaged in politics. Furthermore, this applies to both sides of the political spectrum. It’s the job of the candidate, the party, and their supporters to create and simplify a…

It’s honestly better to stop arguing with folks who are so deluded they actually think that a) Obama is a muslim and b) it shouldn’t matter if he was. He’s not, but who cares at this point. My dad, who I thought was reasonable about politics told me he was scared that the U.S. would succumb to Sharia Law under Obama.…