The pathetic thing is that this performative whining will actually work on Democrats, who are pants-pissingly terrified of looking partisan even when their base is flat out DEMANDING that they be partisan.

What has engaged the Democrat base is righteous fury. That’s what swept us back into control of the house, the recognition that this country is circling a drain and it’s time for those responsible to finally encounter some roadblocks. That we were barely finished celebrating when the old guard fell back into our usual…

I wish I shared your optimism, but what I fear is going to happen is just a repeat of 2016 but worse.

We already tried that, and America voted for the toddlers. This is not a country that appreciates logic and nuance, this is a country that appreciates tough talk and doubling down.

...and we’re going to lose it.

Would Democrat voters want to see Democrats fighting this administration in every way possible? Yes, obviously. The election of some many progressive firebrands to the house in 2018 was a clear message to the party to start fighting back, so OF COURSE our perpetually hapless idiot party is instead fighting back…

Remind me again how the Benghazi and email business worked out for the GOP? What’s that, absolute control of all three branches of government for years until we barely regained control of one half of one branch only to decide we didn’t want to be too pushy about this silly “rule of law” thing? Yeah, the American…

No, cowardly scurrying away from every possible fight is what makes getting him out of office less likely. He’s going to win re-election, and he’s going to win easily. This gutless abdication of responsibility (not to mention the way the Democratic leadership seems more interested in defending themselves from…

I’m just so goddamned tired.

He’s getting re-elected no matter what we do, so we might as well try doing the right thing for fucking once. There’s nothing to lose.

I was trying to get my wife into gaming, which isn’t usually her bag, and so I was wracking my brain to think of something fun and colorful that we could play cooperatively and then I remembered good old PSO. I think it’s the first game she’s tried that she actually enjoyed.

Bloodlines is one of my favorite games of all time, but I never have much faith in sequels to beloved cult classics being made by different developers. (For example I want System Shock 3 to be good so badly I can TASTE it, but I’m not getting my hopes up even with Warren Spector’s involvement.)

I loved the end credits song too, got me in to Lacuna Coil.

Fuck off with this bullshit, Cletus; no one is buying it.

ICE and CBP are where the people too stupid and racist to become cops end up, and this administration’s actions have whittled away all but the absolute worst in both categories.

Oh by all means, PLEASE tell me more about how Jewish people feel about Democrats. This should be hilarious.

Trump could dig McCain up and host his very own Cadaver Synod and every Republican, including Meghan McCain, would loudly condemn it and then vote for him again in 2020.

Doc, I hate starting a post with “please ungrey me” but I’ve been grey at Kotaku for years and know that this might not get seen by the poster otherwise, but I feel like it’s an important thing to bring up.

Newsflash: that voting block is only pissed off about the mostly nonjewish far-right speaking for them. With the exception of the extremist whackjobs at AIPAC who have ALWAYS been far-right exactly no one is buying this “oh man the Democrats are antisemitic now, it’s totally them and not the party that keeps trying to…

Yeah, considering Sanders is the only one with an established track record of blowing this thing off even back when it was an unpopular move I’ve got a lot more faith in his principles here than most of the rest, who we’re just going to have to wait and see if they’ve actually evolved on this or are just doing the…