That’s basically my whole point. In order for America to function as it nominally has been, without descending into some sort of theocracy or kleptocratic authoritarianism, the Democrats need to play hardball and actually work to shore up democracy-even if that means their individual careers may be on the line. But…

So what you’re saying is that we voted and even though the Democrats won, they’re still the minority party in the Senate?

I mean, there are solutions. Extreme ones, to be sure (expand the Supreme Court, add term limits, get rid of the filibuster, etc), but America is in a position right now where we have one party of extremists who are willing to break the rules, and another party of moderates who won’t even hold the extremists…

Somehow there’s never the votes. Somehow there’s always a Manchin or a Sinema who’s ready to take the hit so we don’t have to actually make any progress. I agree that not voting is gonna make things worse, but it’s pretty hard to justify “voting will make things better” at this point. The modern GOP is an amoral death…

Please, please, please, please, please actually read what I said.

You gotta work on your reading comprehension, champ.

I hope Democrats, especially centrist ones, take this to heart. For too long, the Democratic response to any injustice has been “VOTE!”, as though they were totally incapable of action until they had a supermajority in every level of government. Well, we can see how well that is working out. I’m hoping that…

If we were to move to sex-based entry into bathrooms, that would actually make things easier. Any old dude could simply claim he is a trans man and is *forced* to use the “female” restroom. The idea that gender ID allows anyone to enter a restroom is a solution in search of a problem.

I found out about it via Twitter, and eventually it seemed like at least one comment was on each article that was lingering at the top of the feed on the G/O Media websites.

Something like 0.5% of people who transition will then go on to detransition, and you’ve had multiple friends do so, and then commit suicide?

It’s Casimir Pulaski Day, a trans/intersex/American-Polish icon and Founding Father!

Kinda weird to include that Sam Elliott is from Sacramento in this article.

I dunno, there are plenty of refineries in the Bay Area, and last I checked they’re rounding $6/gallon.

Same, I find that muscle memory and the occasional discussion in the comments are mostly why I’m here at this point.

I mean he’s a good start but how do we know if he wants to hurt trans children?

I wish that were me.

On the one hand, hearing people act as though $4/gal is some nightmarish new high is amusing to me as a Californian. On the other, that amusement is mostly a distraction to keep me from weeping at my local $5.50/gallon gas.

That’s some damned good news for a Monday morning!

If anyone is wondering why the articles seem kinda sparse today, check out the union’s website:

Citation needed on that claim about the children’s hospital, because that sounds like BS.