The more I read about Michael Bloomberg, the more I question who was the ding-dong in the Democratic Party who wished for “a Democratic candidate who can beat Donald Trump” on the damn monkey’s paw?

May her every step be in the dark, in bare feet, onto a Lego.

Well, a lot of times it’s obscured by how living standards are framed. For instance, a lot of economic statistics like living standards or income are described in terms of “household income”. This is an understandable impulse; forming households, economically-speaking, is good precisely because it creates a lot of…

It’s been more than a decade since I’ve voted in a Nevada primary, but my recollection of the process was that anyone who supported a candidate with less than 15% of the vote had the choice of either changing their initial ballot to a candidate with 15% or more support, or leaving. So as a general rule, unless that 8%…

I’m going to be perfectly honest here; I’m not deeply invested in figuring out how we pay for it, nor in having an itemized plan in place.

Absolutely every story I’ve ever heard suggests that Tom Hanks either really is a genuine teddy bear of a human being, or he’s got a Manchurian Candidate campaign going on behind the scenes. Even as cynical as I am, I’m not willing to believe the latter until I can see some explanation for it.

I have similar feelings, though they in turn largely revolve around the omission of any form of class antagonism, even when that’s what the film is entirely about. Like, if she owns that little shop, then selling it at the prices that were available in the Upper West Side commercial property in the late 90's would…

Just chiming in to say: kudos to your mom for being better than her own mother.

Fair enough. I wouldn’t technically compare him to Bull Connor; “stop and frisk” is meant to put a patina of respectability on what he does that separates him from Bull Connor. He doesn’t openly turn firehoses and dogs on people; he just puts black people in positions where they’ll get shot, over and over. But that is…

Agreed in full. One of these people is a multi-billionaire who can be counted to veto anything that might harm his pocketbook.

I guess there is an outside chance, not great but possible, that this is effectively the Republican Party calling in the cavalry. By most accounts, Hope Hicks didn’t have many skills, but one very valuable skill was the ability to get Donald Trump to walk back the glaring stupidity without apparently having to resort…

Worse, the thing is, that’s actually a structural argument in favor of Sanders, not against. Literally, the argument why we, progressives and liberals in the party, must compromise and vote for the mealy-mouthed moderate, is because that is necessary to get the votes of people who won’t vote for everything we want.

This entire ecosystem, which appears to be getting bigger every day, was bankrolled and built by people who have concluded the only way to reform the system is to build another one where the simplest form of healthcare is a saleable and aspirational experience, not a service. And definitely not a right.

I think Warren’s just catching it from all sides at once. Contrary to what you might think from the Bernie Bro narrative, young white women with a college education are some of Sanders’ strongest supporters. In the AOC demographic, Sanders has been kicking the crap out of all comers for a while now. But if you look at…

But a big part of her weakness as a politician/campaigner is in not anticipating that in the first place.

“Now, I don’t know what else I have to say about it, this is the teaching of the church. The Canon Law of the church, the Second Vatican Council, and the First Catechism of the church. I don’t know what more evidence I should have to present,” Bucci told WJAR.

I don’t feel like that’s a very strong argument. Warren has absolutely been harmed by a misogynist double standard, but she’s also not a very skilled campaigner or politician. Clinton never got nearly as much credit for her skills as a politician as she deserved, but Clinton was way better at this than Warren.

The only technically accurate answer to that question is “Not be black in America.” Which he really couldn’t do.

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