This country has a little over a year to get used to the idea that he is not going to leave office peacefully. 

there’s plenty of research that shows VP picks do nothing for turnout. the VP does not matter at all

Every single white person who complains about Baltimore does not actually live in Baltimore, and never has in their entire life. 

Cognitive dissonance is the operating principle by which all of politics operates today.  

Most Democrats believe in this exact logic in that they don’t want their taxes to go to anyone else’s children - especially poor brown ones.

David Roth inventing the Proper Pronouning Of Things encapsulates all that is terrible about the world right now so perfectly.

Why not? Millionaires will fund your PAC, you can stay around until New Hampshire, get free media coverage, and then transition that into a cabinet post or a lucrative TV contract. It’s all so awful now, and there is no coming back from any of it.

George Bush literally won the next election running explicitly on restoring dignity and honor to the office.

I can’t tell if this is a bit. Is this a bit? This is written like a suburban wine-mom who binges MSNBC all day. This has to be a bit.

you impeach bc it’s the right thing to do and establishes that the rule of law still exists - not bc of 2020.

I’m a broken record on this, but Democrats currently in power would rather Trump win a second term, than have Sanders become president. The Iron Law of Institutions: people in power within an institution would rather keep power, but lose the presidency (or Speakership, ahem), than make the world a better place if it…

It’s not insane to become so petty and awful over the course of decades (every Trump voter over 65 accomplished this), but from all accounts he was a terrible child and teenager as well. Very rare to be such a gigantic piece of shit seemingly from the start of life until the very end. Amazing.

The danger is always that they COULD charge you for the time it takes to find the records and compile them for you. That cost could be more than you would have wanted to pay. This is a state-by-state statute. You can usually file a request to not have to pay based on your financial status, or how the docs would be in…

Here is the relevant passage about how fucking stupid this program is from their website:

I’m a teacher (and not a TFA person, but someone who specifically went to school for it) and I kind of get what he is saying, but it is still a program that already exists. If you teach at Title I school for a certain number of years, you can get up to 16,500 forgiven from your loans if you teach in a high-need…

he’s not going to leave the white house when he loses next year

The Border by Don Winslow. I read one of the other books in this trilogy about the drug war and found it surprisingly more dense and full of ideas than I thought it would be. New book is just as good.

I hate the Cardinals, Red Sox, and Patriots because their fans are loud racists. Not because they win. 

Are they going to completely eliminate the beer/snack guys who walk around? This is arguably my favorite part of a baseball game, and not even joking, something that fosters community among your seatmates (you pass the money along and they pass back your beer or dog, along with a dad joke).

I’m a high school teacher in PG County, Maryland and in the wake of Chris Brown beating up Rihanna, his support among the girls in my classes became greater. Not all of them, mind you, but his supporters INCREASED and many said she hit him first and so she deserved it.  Same phenomenon here and it sucks.