We’ve already been declared “enemy of the people” by the fake president and any other member of the American Taliban death cult that we happen to disagree with.

Shooting tear gas into a home* is so vile. No room for it to blow away, permanent damage to the house, making it completely unsafe to even remain there for days later for this man and his family. This is what happens when you see the people you’re supposed to be serving and protecting as enemy combatants to destroy.

“Okay, the Minneapolis PD have lost control of the situation, send in the state patrol to help quiet things down.”

I’m a white liberal and my father was a cop. Speaking for myself, the only answer I have when I see the riots is simple: if the police hadn’t killed George, this wouldn’t be happening. And everyone knows if his murder wasn’t captured on video, shit wouldn’t have been done about making sure the murderers wouldn’t be…

I’m a white liberal. I say burn it all down to the fucking ground.

that last quote is the truth... I feel even deeper heartbreak when the buttoned-up media response to riots is “well aaaaactually, this does little to bring justice”

All of the chain stores and franchise businesses have huge umbrella insurance policies. Their total losses will be <0. People horrified at them being burned and smashed and willing to kotow the cops have just told you who they are, listen.

reading white liberals condemning the riots have been frustrating. black people have to constantly read and watch their community be horribly brutalized and straight up murdered, by those who swore to protect you no less. not only that, they have every single thing in life stacked against them. imagine having that…

If the cops ever take me out like Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Sandra Bland, et al. I want and give full permission for people to riot and loot as many corporate chain stores as possible and burn as many police stations as they can all throughout the nation, in the my name and in the name of justice. I want people to…

Love, respect, and solidarity to those rising up in Minneapolis, LA, Memphis, and all over this miserable country. If you want to help bail out those arrested, please contribute here: https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/donate

It strikes me how often people will use a “well I never had ... so why would you need it?”-type excuse. It’s in your story here, and in the story you commented on:

I had to basically be invaluable during legislative session to get the “ability” to work remotely until the day I was induced despite the fact that my doctor wanted me to start my leave around 34 weeks when I started to have preterm labor.  I gave birth overdue and worked up until the last minute - only a week…

When I was pregnant while working at a GOVERNMENT agency, my female boss was horrible to me. I asked to work from home for the last two weeks before my due date, because others got that perk, and here is her response:

HR works for management to protect the company. The sooner people realize this, the sooner you will understand the true role of your HR deparment.

In my house growing up, swearing was seen as a healthy way to vent feelings of frustration. Swearing at someone (unless clearly joking) was a no-no. Swearing about the state of things in general was (is) fair game. I can’t think of any more appropriate reason to be swearing right now.

right? WTF is this horseshit? Oh, McGrath is a moderate Democrat? The horror! Since when is opposing the elimination of private insurance “kinda shitty”? A decade ago Medicare-for-all and no private insurance wasn’t even the median Democrat position, and now a moderate Dem with a military background running in fucking…

Giving healthcare to illegal immigrants is voter kryptonite. The writers so far up each others echo-chamber butts that they have no sense of what most people in this country want or don’t want. Trump sucks but Jesus, going full Socialist is a dead-end street.

Anyone who can take the Senate floor away from that evil turtle is good enough for me.  I don’t care if she’s Manchin’s long lost twin and won’t hang with the democrats on key votes. For now, just unseat that asshole. 

She “kind of sucks” because she’s only moderately left and doesn’t support the asinine Medicare for All “proposals” that are out there?* That’s all it takes for someone to suck? Good grief.

*I work in health policy. I am 100% in favor of universal coverage and single payer. The current Medicare for All proposals are…