The alt right certainly seems to be looking toward Putin, Trump, and Le Pen as the new Axis.

A. No, it means with voters outside the bubble of the Dem primary, like, you know, the general election. Derp.

He is hugely popular, in the general populace, not just the insular bubble of Democratic primary voters. Which is what wins a general election, you know. But hey, keep defending your shortsightedness. All I can say is; we told you so.

Yes, this was a piece on This American Life. IIRC, she actually (after much hounding) recanted and confessed to lying. But she had been telling the truth. So sad. https://m.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/581/anatomy-of-doubt

Jesus. I almost hope she made it up, because if she’s being charged and prosecuted for the crime of being a hate crime victim ... I can’t even imagine.

I taught special ed kids who would write like this aged 14.

I assumed the kid was trying to “disguise” his or her handwriting, a la ransom note, so she wouldn’t know who it was. High school kids are clever like that!

Really? Cause it just looks to me like someone trying to hide their handwriting.

Jez should create a living document of all these stories. There are already hundreds and it’s been four days.

Oh, it was class. But it was also plain old ignorance. Find me a sentient observer of the economy who thinks that rural and rust-belt America will be awash in factory jobs within 4 years. There aren’t any, because that type of job is gone, forever. Trump knows that, but he is great at repeating the same bullshit over…

I have students asking me if their DACA status is secure, making preparations for deportation of family, and generally living in fear. Colleagues are offering to take in children of undocumented community members should that horrific time come. I have Muslim students scared to wear any visual evidence of their faith,…

I’m also a numbers person :) and the one I found interesting was that more registered Democrats voted for Trump than registered Republicans voted for Clinton.

Actually yes, I think people do like Trump. Lots of us know someone like him. He reminds me of my uncle in all honesty.

And she is unpopular with me, all of my friends and a large portion of the country. Less popular than Bernie.

The people here are unbelievable. And they say Sanders voters were denying reality. Waaa! People should make decisions exactly like how I do and we should base a nationwide political campaign on that premise!

My favourite statistic,Trump actually got less votes than Romney did in 2012 and he still won, Hillary might have won the popular vote with a meager 200,000 people, but people don’t realize how low the turnout was for her among democrats and independents. She was nowhere close to Barack Obama numbers. Several states…

Obama won the popular vote. Both in 2008 and 2012.

As a woman of color, I’m scared shitless of the rise of white nationalism in this country and how it will embolden bullying and hate crimes.

LOL at butthurt libtards

But half of your party is only a small fraction of the population, so you lose. That is reality, your ‘win’ was a phyrric victory.