USA, Black Friday 2015
I’ve had the TV on MSNBC for a few hours today as background noise for some chores & cooking. There have been a total of five topics covered at length: Black Friday shopping Chicago protests about...
View Article15% of All Supreme Court Justices in History Were Confirmed in Election Years
Hat tip to the always-amazing Igor Volsky of Think Progress for doing the math on this. His Twitter page has been a treasure trove of interesting information regarding the issue of replacing Justice...
View Article"Hillary Has Been Talking About Issues Important to African-Americans for 40...
The lies just don’t stop.The man pictured above, South Carolina State Representative, Minority Leader, and Clinton Surrogate J. Todd Rutherford, today told MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts:If you want to talk...
View ArticleWhy did MSNBC Erase Killer Mike's Comments About John Lewis?
First, if you haven’t seen this killer interview by Killer Mike with Joy Reid (video below), it’s a must-see. Really powerful — imho even more so than the one Egberto Willies has had on the Rec List...
View ArticleBecause We Aren't a Single-Issue Country, I Support Bernie
We have so many urgent issues facing us in this country: The global disaster of climate change and the imperative of developing clean energy Racial injustice and structural racism Whether the guiding...
View ArticleMy Letter to President Carter
Dear President Carter, During the 1976 primary season, as a freshman at the University of Oklahoma, I sat in a gymnasium and listened to you speak about your vision for this country. A few months...
View ArticleNo, Donald, Nobody's First Amendment Rights Were "Shut Down," or Even Affected
Donald Trump, his surrogates and sycophants have been on TV and radio since last night talking about how the thousands of evil leftists “shut down the First Amendment rights” of his supporters.No.No,...
View ArticleView From the Ground - WA Caucus
I just got home from my caucus in South King County, a zone of relatively small and less educated suburbs of Seattle. This area is purply mauve — our Congressional rep for several terms has been...
View ArticleUnqualified vs. Disqualified
Hillary Clinton has a great resume to submit in support of her application for the job of President of the United States. I don’t think any rational person would dispute that, and Bernie Sanders is a...
View ArticleTrump: Best Brain and Words, Strongest Leader, Smartest People-Picker,...
Report on Day 1: 1. Most-watched speech of the night — the one most crucial to achieve the convention's goal of humanizing the candidate — is plagiarized from Angry Black Wife of Most Losingest Weakest...
View ArticlePolls: Trump's Trust Gap on Policy "Unprecedented in the 21st Century"
Quick: On which of these issues do the American people trust Donald Trump more than Hillary Clinton: Criminal Justice Economy Foreign Policy Immigration Social Issues Terrorism Answer: It was a trick...
View ArticleDear Donald Trump: Forcing people to do something isn't "Leadership."
Making someone do something by giving them no other choice isn’t “leading” them. Leading is when you convince people to want to do it on their own.You seem to be confused about the difference between a...
View ArticleUPDATEDx2 Trump on 9/11: "My building was 2nd-tallest in Downtown Manhattan,...
Warning: For strong stomachs only.You go along through life, and you make assumptions. For example, you think you know what the word “vile” means. You think it’s safe to assume that on 9/11/01, even...
View Article#FreeloaderTrump Built His Empire Through Crony Capitalism - NYT Finally Does...
The mythology of Trump needs deconstructing.Today, the New York Times (yes, that New York Times) took a big step in the right direction with this piece: x#FreeloaderTrump#TrumpFraud#WhatsTrumpHiding...
View ArticleI Don't Want A President Who Was #GradedOnACurve
There are a lot of definitions of insanity. Here are some examples that have been gnawing at me lately:It is insanity to say that, because Donald Trump is demonstrably ignorant on a wide variety of...
View ArticleTrump Apology Checklist: P***yGrab, done. Next: Ivanka Piece of A**, Naked...
To listen to Donald Trump’s hostage video apology, you’d think the “pussy-grab” video was the most freakish piece of bad luck ever to hit a Presidential campaign: This guy, who respects women more than...
View ArticleFeel like crying happy tears? Listen to Canadians #TellAmericaItsGreat
Don’t know about you, but the past week has felt pretty brutal from where I sit. Thinking about the positives of this country — other than our amazing FLOTUS, of course — hasn’t been something I’ve...
View ArticleUPDATED: How do I face my Muslim students tomorrow?
The tears have finally broken through.I’ve been fighting them all evening. But until a couple of minutes ago, they were staying in my eyes where they belong.Then I thought about the scene right after...
View ArticleOne of the Best Things About the Election of the Orange Horror
Never again — never, ever again — will Republicans be able to oppose one of our candidates on the basis that he or she doesn’t have enough experience to be POTUS.I am seeing people write on this site...
View ArticleA Dangerous Somali Immigrant
In my work, I get to know a lot of Somali immigrants. Let me tell you about one of them. I’ll call her Halima (not her real name).She arrived in the U.S. about 3 months ago. She and her brothers moved...
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