It’s a low hurdle to clear, but I certainly hope for her sake she is.

Oh, I read plenty of dystopian fiction in high school, but I thought it was just that: fiction. And I read plenty of history, but I thought we’d learned from it.

“As if it’s a big plus that he reads books,”

In response to the outrage at her comments, Pirro invited Omar to appear on her show.

I’m more interested in the shitty people who took the bribes. I’m getting tired of this faux-shock “ooh hey look rich people try to bribe people for the kids!” stuff.

I’m so tired of watching right-wing personalities go about their day-to-day lives and wonder if it’s satirical performance art.

Very good! In all of those countries, the majority of the citizens use publicly-funded healthcare, yet none of those countries are actually socialist. That’s kind of the point.

Man, that’s so true. I just got back from visiting literally every other developed country on the planet, and you know what? They’ve all fallen down the slippery slope into full-blown socialism! The OECD is no more: it’s been renamed the Organization for Economic Stagnation and Socialism!

Right. of course. I’ve all but given up trying to use anything close to the real definitions of words with Americans. It’s not like it’s just Trump who doesn’t understand what it means. The GOP has spent the last 40 years intentionally misunderstanding what socialism is, because they need their voters to make the same…

So, you always have to be careful with it, because you know you talk about single-payer, it sounds very seductive—single-payer—say what you want, but it’s a very seductive thing.

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Yeah, that’s the first thing that jumped out at me. I just wish it had any affect. The GOP horde will have no problem with this whatsoever. They’re so conditioned to accept Trump contradicting himself within the same sentence that this won’t even register.

I mean, kudos for you, I guess? I see something that definitely could be a kick or a knee, but it could also be a steward being jostled around by a crowd of people, all of whom are bigger than he is.

Ah, so “socialism” just means “anything that liberals support that terrifies old white people” now. I didn’t realize we’d gotten there already. So, I’m assuming, civil rights, environmentalism, gun control, health care: these are all being lumped with progressive taxation plans in being mislabeled “socialism” now.

“If you want to deal with budget deficits, you’ve got rapid growth, which means keep the tax cuts in place. We believe the 3% growth rate of 2018 will continue in 2019 and beyond…I think the other element is always to limit spending, and the president is proposing roughly a 5% across-the-board reduction in domestic…

I still can’t see the attempted kick... I’m not defending the guy, I’ve seen the clip posted above and nothing else, but I’ve watched that four or five times and I still don’t see a kick. I see the shove and I see that he’s clearly exasperated, but I just don’t really see a kick. But again, the above is all I’ve seen…

Your comment is as horrifying as your screen name is delightful. 

“I thought [thing], and so does everybody else if you get an honest answer.”