Starred for the sentiment and also for “Euromutt”, which I’m stealing and is much faster to say than “(Western) European Mutt.”

Anyone who says this isn’t straight up fascism, is a straight up fascist themselves. Our right to peacefully assemble, which means anything short of actually smashing shit up, is guaranteed by our 1st amendment constitutional rights. Don’t think for a second that this law will not be used by a federal agency at some…

My take on this:

Exactly. If you’re the minority in a deep blue or deep red state then that’s a disincentive to vote. I’ve got friends on both sides of this. I know Republicans in California who don’t vote because CA will never go red and I know Democrats in Alabama who don’t vote because AL will never go blue. I care a lot about…

“She also explained her concept of diversity when it comes to filling out the Supreme Court, complaining that there’s no criminal defense attorney on the court, none are experienced in environmental or education law, and the only civil rights lawyer is Ruth Bader Ginsburg.”

“I don’t have any intentions of pretending that we can get along with him,” Waters said. “He has defined himself, we know who he is, we know what he cares about and I don’t why any of us would try and make ourselves believe that he is anything other than what he has shown us to be.”

I, too, have little faith in a process that results in the current court having five Catholics and three Jewish members who have all graduated from either Yale or Harvard, and who are all from coastal states.

I believe her. Us biracial folk are all over the place in the looks department.

No, it doesn’t matter exactly what you say - they’ll record your call and your position on the issue in their system no matter what. The person answering the phone is not a legislative staffer; it’s an intern/staff assistant, so don’t be intimidated!

Yes. Those things are also going on. But Bannon is not before this committee - Mulvaney is. Forcing him to tacitly acknowledge the lies of his new boss for one brief moment does not stop the other work that needs to be done. Indeed, forcing these officials to confront the truth is itself worthwhile (as petty as this…

I mean, I can see where he’s going with it in his follow-up.

This is some petty shit and I am living for it.

“But I do have a question: if they can afford all those piercings, tattoos, body paintings, signs, and plane tickets, then why do they want us to pay for their birth control?”

Well, the problem isn’t fat PEOPLE, it’s fat WOMEN. Men can be fat because they’re allowed to have brains and make money. Women are for looking good, so it we’re fat we are completely irrelevant.

It’s pretty telling that being “fat” is considered such a powerful insult to these people. I’m also trying to understand how Republicans, by this logic, universally slim? Newsflash, dummies - this is America. Both sides of the aisle are fat. Get over it.

I’ve seen a few things about how the marchers are fat and it’s like ... so? I mean, clearly, to these people fat women aren’t human and thus don’t count. It still takes a certain level of stupidity to not be able to come up with a better insult than that. Like, it’s not saying our policies are wrong, that we’re…

I hadn’t seen this shot. They both just instinctually put their hands on her back to reassure her. Like they know she’s nervous, unhappy, pissed off at being ditched at the car. They knew.

I’m getting real fucking sick of the white-washing MLK’s legacy into push-over non-violence. It’s a false narrative so white folks can feel better about themselves. King was for direct action and people need to read the non-edited versions of his letter from Birmingham Jail:

Here’s the deal: either punching literal Nazis in the face is morally acceptable, or America has to stop jerking itself off over WWII.