President Obama had a supermajority at one point. 60 Senators. He had the Senate until 2012. He couldn’t get anything through because of filibusters, the same thing Dems will do for the next four years. All of us Dem voters just had our opinion on the filibuster changed. The GOP only has 52, so they’ll never get…

You’d think after Obama has so much trouble getting anything done that we’d all realize that the President doesn’t have unlimited power.

Are you crazy? People will lose healthcare. Free speech is being curtailed. Science is being attacked. States are trying to pass laws that allow cops to shoot protesters, civilians to run them over, and law enforcement agencies to sue them. Hate crimes against non-white people, Jews, and Muslims have increased. They…

I read it more as her trying to acknowledge her privilege and the limits of her own perspective, but I can also see how one can read it more as ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The ACLU has filed a FOIA as to the tax returns in order to check it against the Emoluments Clause in the Constitution. They are doing amazing work, right now, and sending them a donation is high on my list, today. It’s a selfish thing. Someone out there is protecting my rights.

This is ludicrous.. It’s also financial incentive to arrest more people during a protest, and/or to use more expensive and unnecessary means in response. In addition to, you know, violating constitutional rights and effectively threatening people against protesting.

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…

But then we get Pence/Ryan: a ruthless theocrat and a ruthless Ayn Rand libertarian. That seems just as bad or even worse, because they’ll have zero conflicts with their own party.

WAIT A SECOND.

He looks like extra extra crispy fried shit.

I think we can choke that up to good posture vs. slouchy piss golem.

He’s a blowhard, but he’s also pretty stupid. He has no idea what any of this policy means or is about, and he has no inclination to learn. So he’s just going to do what they tell him to do from here on out. It’s not deference, it’s ignorance.

Lately I find that I’m angry all the time. To the point that I forget why and I stop and wonder what I’m angry about. And then I remember that president trump is destroying america/our democracy and all of our lives.

Nothing to do with anything but he also lies about how tall he is.

He’s really just turning out to be a lapdog for the establishment right, isn’t he? Grover Norquist’s “we just need a guy who can use a pen.”

No they aren’t less than, and as liberals, we self sabotage when we start telling people you aren’t doing enough. It’s not enough for you to protest one issue unless you are out on the streets protesting every issue. You don’t have to explain yourself or justify yourself. You felt impassioned this weekend and that’s…

I’m of two minds on this. On one hand, yes, where was this level of visible outrage around black lives matter and standing rock? On the other hand, does the very nature of being a woman automatically include you in the outrage of ALL disenfranchised peoples? Is one only given “cred” when they express outrage and…

I read the Tweetstorm the woman from Indigenize OU, and she brings up some very valid points about white people in the crowd wearing Redskins caps and not taking them seriously. Those criticisms are serious and do show that a lot of the people marching suffered from intersectional blindnesses that need to be pointed…

Uh... you know that diverse groups have diverse opinions and people get to voice them. Progressive people tend to get this. It’s not “infighting” or “eating your own” or whatever else detractors want to call it. Our diverse movement can support and respect multiple opinions at the same time - even ones individuals…

I don’t know. I think that Beyonce has done a lot creatively and artistically to push feminism into the mainstream-specifically issues for women of color. She has really put it in our faces and isn’t afraid to be associated with the message. TSwift continually dips her toe into the pool, but usually when it best…