Thanks to all the recommendations here at Jezebel we ended up watching the show last week. Loved it! Though I thought the bit with the troll at the end was not exactly perfect; I feel like it should have drawn a bit more from the actual Lindy West piece on meeting her troll rather than just using it as a “Look at…

Actually, I worked with immigrants who couldn’t afford lawyers and used nonprofits like the one I worked for :)

No problem! And yes, it’s not just anecodotal, it’s also this map the WaPo put together of where asylum seekers who had been through the El Paso Annunciation House shelter went to after release. As you can see, people are heading to lots of other destinations!

America is the richest fucking nation in the entire history of the goddamn world. We can do these things. We just lack the political capital and/or spine to do them.

Well her director successor (setting aside the fact that her actual direct successor is Clare Grady, the Undersecretary of DHS, who now has to get fired in order to clear a path for Trump’s choice) is Kevin McAleenan, who is no nazi. He’s not great, but he’s also not a bigot, and I’ve always gotten the sense from him…

I’m still fucking pissed that the GAO gave that building to Trump. It’s one of the nicest buildings in DC, a beautiful Richardsonian Romanesque building that is gorgeous inside and with a clocktower that is technically a park so you can go get a gorgeous view of the Mall for free.

It’s a huge game, but very good! Play as Kassandra; better voice actor and also there’s something a lot more fun about her than Alexios.

Yeah, but I found the setting uninspiring (I actually don’t particularly enjoy pirates) and the naval combat very meh. I can totally see how they refined the formula to get Origins out of it! And definitely a large part of it for me is that I was into Ancient Egypt a lot as a kid.

Wow, I’m with you. So many people loved Black Flag but it was just so... tired to me, and I gave up halfway through. As a result, I never bothered picking up any of the other games. Like you, gave Origins a try over last Christmas and fell in love with the game, particularly the Egyptian setting which I adored.…

I am so for progressive agendas, and actually passing them and getting meaningful change.

I find this stuff endlessly fascinating and look forward to reading the book!

Oh please, Brooklyn hipsters are sooooo 2010.

Naaaaah.

This is why Terrace House is best. They have a normal life and just show up on camera a few days a week.

This sounds like a closer to AAA version of Sir, You Are Being Hunted, no?

They had a full year!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Thanks!

Love Lindy West’s writing. Her piece on why Love, Actually is a terrible movie is still one of my favorite takedowns of a movie ever written and I guess that means I really should check out Shrill! Anyone else watched it and can recommend?

While I agree it’s DOA in the Senate, it’s actually very important to get bills like this passed by the House early so that support can be built. Actually writing bills and getting Democrats to agree on bill text is an important step now. While nothing will actually change in the law until 2021 at the earliest,…