i don’t see how she’s moved center? although she is indeed free of revolutionary talk, her actual plans especially opioid epidemic, taxing the rich, health care, blue new deal, climate, rural issues/agriculture, anti-corruption, etc would bring us by far the furthest to the left. i have to admit to quite a bit of head…

Thank you ❤️ Me too. Every time I hear of a story like this, it makes me physically ill. It’s just too close to home.

IDK I thought the “sweeping reform candidate with ACTUAL FUCKING STEP-BY-STEP PLANS” was a pretty great niche but what do I know

if that had anything whatsoever to do with this particular subject, then sure. We are not doing so great with our muslim community. Then again not a lot of countries really are. At least our borders aren’t closed to them.

But that has nothing to do with the subject. I wasn’t saying France would be perfect if we sorted…

Nothing says “a fair, honest and transparent process” like saying “witnesses? nah, we’re good.” 

That was a beautifully written article, particularly this last line:
“Because if you wanted to encourage a culture of rape, the best way to do so would be to endorse and honor the most visible members of society who have been accused of rape.”

I think Kobe’s closest comparison is OJ—another man who was accused of violent crime against a white woman. In both cases they weren’t held legally liable but didn’t get off so cleanly in civil cases. (Kobe settled, OJ lost.) And both came about as close to confessing as it’s possible to do without actually…

Yes! If someone is empathetic enough to understand that it would be hard for Vanessa Bryant or her kids to have Kobe’s rape trial rehashed right now ... surely they’re also empathetic enough to understand that it would be hard for any sexual assault victims (but especially Kobe’s!) to read these fawning posts that…

I pointed out this article on twitter that called Kobe to account too because we can mourn his, and the other people’s premature deaths, due to the way they died and still talk about why sports stars get away with criminal acts.

I was born in the US to Chilean parents of mostly northern European heritage. Their families both emigrated to Chile in the 1800s and they strongly identify as Chilean and Latin American. I have light skin and my father’s English surname (my mother’s is German.) I very much want to claim my Latin American roots but…

For me, one of the biggest indicators of the cult of personality wrt Bernie is the lack of support for Warren.  She believes in the same kind of shit that he does, but is much more skilled at actually getting things done.  Hell, she created the CFPB even before she entered Congress and that’s much much more than…

The cover story also lends itself to this alternative picture very nicely.

Anyone else immediately assume that the photographer and/or tailor took secret pleasure in making him look as terrible as possible? These patriots deserve credit.

It’s really bad tailoring. It looks like an off-the rack suit an entry level 25 year old salesman would buy from Kohl’s or JC Penny. A rich 40 year old with a real tailor would never have his jacket snatched in so small in the waist that there’s no drape, which also exposes the passe hip-hugger low rise trousers (very…

You can put pressed flowers and leaves in frames. If you’re creative, you can arrange them in bouquets

I would very much like to applaud Gigi Hadid for not trying to escape jury duty; one of the most important privileges we hold as Americans. And I mean that. 

Thank you! Hell, you can buy dried eucalyptus. You don’t even have to buy fresh and dry it yourself. 

Or just buy pictures of plants! You can support a local artist and not kill plants at the same time!

This is me, pointing out that pothos plants don’t require a ton of sun, are cheap, and are hard to murder. Also, if you have pets that might mess with plants that are down low, a pothos looks cool trailing down from the top of a bookshelf or kitchen cabinet.

All this plastic junk comes from processed fossil fuels. We need to stop making and consuming unnecessary plastics.