I didn’t say Carter was the “worst president”. That’s a competition between Trump, Bush and Andrew Jackson (technically the only president to carry out the dictionary definition of a genocide).

Going back to FDR, the New Deal rebuilt the US economy for the working class. But he was still racists AF.

Bad policy must be examined and interrogated. But in this primary field, it is political suicide to come out guns blazing for Obama’s legacy. He continues to have a 93% approval rating among Democratic voters. That’s why things like the ACA have to be talked about as “compromised” rather than as failures even by…

So, I think you’re maybe reading some things into what I said that I didn’t actually say.

I don’t have strong opinions about him being fired or replaced. It’s a naked PR move on their part, and “morality clauses” are a thorny issue that could be argued over all day. But I do hope that he, and by proxy people like him, are able to go and get legit therapy and treatment for the mental illnesses, personality…

Mental illness or poor mental health (these are separate but related things) don’t excuse or justify maladaptive behavior. They simply explain it. If an alcoholic beats their spouse and kids in a drunken tirade, that person needs to be held to account. But we should still spare them at least some modicum of compassion…

It’s easy to talk about “mental health” when it’s someone like me who’s depression just causes them to shut down and hide away, or someone who’s anxiety can stress out or frustrate the people around them.

My spouse is NB, and I don’t love the neutral pronouns but I use them anyway because I love and respect the person.

What this world needs more of:

I could support a candidate who proposed a public option as a bridge to single payer. That frankly seems like the smart move. But Joe and other conservative Dems keep attacking single payer not on any practical grounds, but from the position that private insurance is for people that work and public healthcare is for…

That Ursula is Divine.

What scares me is that Trump knows he has tow options, go to jail or cling to power at *any* cost.

If I’m intuiting correctly, he’s voicing disdain for Abe and the ne0-Imperialists that have been on the rise in Japan. All I can say is that extremely polite fascists are still fascists and he’s right to call them out.

The move to 3D was a poor choice for this franchise. Fire Emblem used to feature some of the best sprite animation around. I would leave the battle animations on through out the entire campaign because I never got tired of them.

You mean the only one of his 15 accusers to bring a civil case against him has backed down?

Clinton, Trump, Acosta, Dershowits, Spacey and anyone else in Epstein’s little blackmail book should all rot in prison.

That shaking and disorientation reminds me of my uncle before his liver transplant. His kidneys were so taxed he was constantly on the verge of renal failure.

The greatest victory the GOP and neo-fascists more broadly have had around the globe is the conflation of “liberalism” and “liberals”.

I know we shouldn’t judge people base don their appearances, but I won’t be in the least surprised if they find Acosta’s name in Epstein’s blackmail book. He just has a face that tells me he likes to hang out in middle school parking lots.

Fans are by definition fanatical. Fandoms are by their nature toxic environments, where people often lose perspective and focus far too much emotional energy onto fairly inconsequential things.