I have no reason to doubt that this incident happened, although the timing of the letter is a little unfortunate (at the last minute), and although the fact that the alleged incident happened a long time ago when both parties were presumably minors, it doesn’t make it less horrible—but it probably makes it less…

Generally, I wouldn’t get into any kind of argument that tries to explain away the deaths of 3000 people (or 6,000,000, for that matter)—it’s always tragic no matter the circumstances. Did Trump/FEMA do a good job of handling the hurricane and its aftermath? No, it wasn’t really a priority for his administration, and…

So we don’t necessarily have an issue with (wealthy) corrupt officials, and those with ties to organized crimes in their home countries, but Canadians that have legally smoked marijuana at any point in their past, or those who work in a legal industry in their home country can be banned for life?  Good job, guys!…

Although the article did say that it’s a “Senior Administration Official” rather than a “Senior White House Official” which greatly increases the number of possible individuals. 

I guess if nothing else, figuring out who this “leaker” is is going to consume most of the Trump admin’s bandwidth for the next few days—so maybe that’s a (small) win.

Isn’t this the same group of people that also believes conspiracy theories that the moon landing never actually happened, and was filmed in a soundstage somewhere on earth?

Sexual assault on college campuses is a serious issue that does need to be dealt with better, however I don’t see it as a bad thing that they also establish standards of due process for how these cases are tried. Otherwise, it lends credence to the idea (whether true or false) that these are Kangaroo courts. I don’t…

I mean, these people were brought into the spotlight by their associations with Trump, and lots of shady dealings surrounding the campaign. It seems likely that Rick Gates and Paul Manafort, whose activities were known to federal law enforcement prior to the Trump campaign, probably would have ended up being…

Although the judge’s behavior during the trial probably makes it difficult for the defense to say that he was unfair to their side, or improperly biased the jury against their client. Most judges are pretty cranky individuals, some are just more colorful with their remarks than others.

Isn’t most of this “luxury housing” that’s being built condos and homes, not rentals? Perhaps if more rental housing were built it would have a more direct effect on keeping rent prices lower.

Who really fucking cares what Manafort did with the money or what kind of lavish life he lived? It wouldn’t matter if he gave all the money to St. Jude’s; he would still be standing trial for the same crimes.  

Trouble with a capital T,

Wow so it’s basically The Music Man, but much more fucked up. If only Kris Kobach could sing and tap-dance.

Is Trump finally about to divest himself of assets? Otherwise it’s hard to understand such a shameless giveaway to the wealthiest Americans, getting nothing in return, and probably not serving any greater economic purpose.

Although “Socialism” has many different styles and definitions—ranging from Soviet-style centrally planned economy, to the more market-based socialism of China, or perhaps even the social democracy of Scandinavian countries, which are more focused on social welfare/the social safety net than actual control of the…

Although the Republican party still manages to maintain plausible deniability (with many of their own voters, anyway) that they’re not a party that stands for racism/white supremacy, even though they do so in practice. They’d have a much harder time doing that if they actually called themselves the “White People’s Fun…

I still don’t understand why the party’s name includes “Socialist”, which is fraught with all kinds of historical baggage and conjures up images of Soviet-style communism/socialism for so many (even though the DSA has historically opposed Soviet-style communism/socialism). I would have chosen a newer, more awesome…

It’s entirely possible that they were in the park that night, and were causing mayhem (I don’t know either way. Even if they were, it doesn’t mean that they raped Trisha Meili—which the evidence seems to suggest that they didn’t (or at least it doesn’t suggest that they did, which is the state’s burden to prove)—so…

these writings seem fairly anodyne as far as Trump’s judicial nominees go, or maybe I’ve just gotten desensitized. I mean, at least one of them has routinely compared abortion to slavery, one suggested that electric shocks should be punishment for some crimes, one once defended the “Original KKK”, one referred to…

Journalism doesn’t seem to be one of those industries that has the same problems typically associated with unionized workforces (teachers, auto workers), possibly because there’s a code of ethics that is either enforced externally (you can get rid of people who violate this code, or who are otherwise ineffective), or…