why is there a man in here

My parents are voting for Trump. I’m voting for Hillary for them. They may not know it or even understand, but they made me who I am. They taught me that all people have value and that I should care about others. They told me that I could be anything I wanted to be. They taught me to think critically and to seek out…

I’m in tears. I’m 41 and voting with my 22 year old daughter. Everything I’ve done since her birth has been to assure that she has a better life, a brighter future. I was raised by my grandma and she was so angry. Her greatest dream was to marry an executive. She never wanted children but had 2 by 22 within 2…

I am 64- This is my current Facebook status: I was the third person in my district to vote this morning. My hand shook and my heart pounded when I filled in the oval for the Clinton Kaine electors. My vote is for me, and it’s for my country. But even more than that, my vote is for my four granddaughters, and for my…

My mother hates Hillary Clinton and my grandmother was going to vote for Trump because of abortions. But my grandmother always dreamed of going to college. Instead, she worked as a secretary in a college until she met my grandfather who dragged her out to a farm. There, my mother dreamed of going to college to study…

Every dude in this post (except Drew) is that tedious asshole in your undergrad polisci seminar who won’t shut up about how they *get* politics and you don’t.

“Before he can confront racism in the city he lives in and the school he goes to, he must first solve the complex racial problems of a city he has absolutely no connection to, other than occasionally playing road games at Marquette and/or UWM.”

I think saying you’re “holding your nose” to vote for a presidential candidate is just a weird way to put it. What you’re doing is voting for someone who you don’t entirely agree with because of the only two options that will come to pass, you know one is better than the other. It’s the same thing most of the…

I wish it was a surprise that all the female staff are upfront about voting for Hillary while a lot of the (mostly white) male staff either aren’t voting for either candidate because they’re not in a contested state or have to “hold their nose” to vote for her.

It’s astonishing isn’t it?

“Voting is fine, but it’s not enough about me. How can I make it less about other people and more about my perception of myself?”

You can borrow these.

Not enough hands, stars, likes, upvotes, or any other kind of acknowledgement of HOW TRUE THIS IS. Sing it! I want to unleash a million anecdotes from my life about this, but there are so many, it would be hard to choose. And the rage I feel when bringing forth the abundant memories is not worth the stress. Deep,…

With the shitshow I had to deal with at work today, combined with the debate bs, I’d have to raise all my fingers AND my toes!

Within the last 12 hrs?

And nowhere near enough stars

I don’t have enough hands.

That drove me crazy! Ughhhhh.

I totally get what you’re saying and actually almost didn’t post this because I was thinking about this exact sentiment. However I work in a state governmental agency and have to deal with Republicans allll the time. Some are good-intentioned but somewhat inept or easily influenced, which is kinda how I feel about…

What a non-story. GWB is a fucking dolt, but it’s been clear for some time that the Bushes and Obamas have genuine respect and affection for each other. Personally I find it encouraging that powerful people on clearly opposite sides of the aisle can still have this sort of relationship. Maybe someday we’ll actually be…