Unfortunately, no, voters didn’t get what they signed up for. Many of these Republicans - including especially our Governor - ran as “moderates” who were only interested in balancing budgets and providing good management. Liberals didn’t fall for it, but the majority of the state’s swing voters did. They’re just as…

Yeah. My worry is that we’re still going to be stuck with anti-anti-discrimination lawsuits provision, the part that prohibits municipalities from raising their minimum wage above the state’s, and all the other bullshit that the “bathroom” part overshadowed. This was a masterful effort at fucking over NC residents,…

North Carolina is not a “red state.” It is a purple, swing state that got fucked when progressives refused to participate in the 2010 election. Republicans took control of the statehouse for the first time since Reconstruction, and started passing everything ALEC gave them. McCrory ran as a “moderate” in 2012 against…

Never read the comments. I live in NC, and I honestly don’t know ANYONE who supports this (even amongst my few Republican friends). I do know lots of people who have been active in protesting it, though. And I realize that all of this is anecdotal, but polling also shows that more NC voters disapprove of the law than…

It also screwed over disabled students and adults in several new ways. It undermines all anti-discrimination measures.

NOT JUST LGBT people. ALL North Carolinians are forbidden from suing employers over discrimination. ALL municipalities in the state are forbidden from making their own wage & discrimination determinations. This bill was a giant power grab (and a giant F U to the liberal cities), and the “bathroom bill” aspect was just…

Please don’t conflate our asshole legislators with “North Carolina.” The people of this state DO NOT support this bill. No one is celebrating more than us!

True. My son attends Chapel Hill High School, which is nationally ranked (in the top 250, which is pretty good for a public school). Governor Jim Hunt, who served 4 terms in the 80's and 90's, did a lot to propel education as a priority in NC. If Gore had been elected, Hunt would almost certainly have been Secretary…

The NBA has already said they won't have the 2017 playoffs in Charlotte if this law is in effect. We've lost millions already and stand to lose many, many millions more.

For what it’s worth, our Attorney General, Roy Cooper, is the Democratic candidate for Governor in the fall (he’s running AGAINST McCrory). He has already stated that he will NOT defend HB2 in court. So it will also be interesting to see how/if McCrory tries to get around the fact that the bill is hugely unpopular…

This bill used transphobia as a cover. It was/is really about sticking it to the “librul” municipalities in the state, especially Charlotte, Durham, and Chapel Hill/Carrboro. In addition to the stupid bathroom provision, the bill also stripped away ANY local control over anti-discrimination measures, and made it…

I believe - and hope! - that is true. I'm just shocked by the number of people I personally know who live in conspiracy land. And it's really not isolated by generation (I'm Gen X). I know plenty of Boomers and Millenials who are equally raving. Still, I think you're right about their small numbers.

I think Duckworth would make a great VP pick for Clinton, but there’s no way the Dems are going to risk a probable Senate pick up. I think Gabbard has a future in the party, for sure, but needs a little more time.

Tammy Duckworth endorsed Hillary Clinton. Maybe you're thinking of Tulsi Gabbard?

Awesome. I missed out on being a Bernie Bro because I’m a Clinton supporter. Glad to know that I can *also* be a little boy for thinking Larry Wilmore is funny. My husband is going to be so surprised when he gets home tonight!

Facts don’t work on the Green Tea Party any more than the other one. Do you know how many times I’ve tried logic and facts in anti-GMO, anti-vax, anti-fluoride type conversations? I mean, I choose to live in a hippie enclave because the schools are great and I like being able to recycle everything, but sometimes it…

Now that's funny!

There are a lot of funny people on The Nightly Show. Different people like different stuff. I think Mike Yard is hilarious, and you couldn't pay me to watch anything on CBS. That's the way humor works.

I also loved it during Obama’s film piece when he said “F*(bleep)* you, Chuck Todd!”

It wasn't the jokes about President Obama that they didn't like - it was ANY joke about the media. Or white people. I thought it was AMAZING and I'm a liberal (and white). The people in the room were just too in thrall to themselves to have a sense of humor.