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I'm not a very religious person, but any faith I do have means I have to hope that Ilhan Omar will be safe after Trump decided to ramp up the efforts to make her a national hate figure. He has endangered her life and the lives of all those close to her. This is our President. And we can't even be surprised, which is the worst part of all. This is just what America now is. And, deep down, has been all along.

@I Am A Swede

It did exactly what Zucker wanted. Zucker is a Trump fan. He bragged about the money Trump was making him. CNN has profited beyond measure from a Trump Presidency. They cannot be trusted.

RIP Justice John Paul Stevens. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/us/john-paul-stevens-dead.html

If there was ever a succession, the government would likely lay waste to any blue states and take them over. I also have my doubts as to how "blue" many blue states are. A number of them, like Oregon, are full of militias and arch conservatives.

Thanks.

Sherry Was the circus with Jane Krakowski?

I thought Ryan was very detrimental to Nina as a character (and me as a viewer...). It's a shame Gregory didn't want to stay.

I have a lot of issues with the likes of Splinter, but generally they saw the coverage as half-assed and hesitant, or enabling. I'd tend to agree. https://splinternews.com/the-failing-to-accurately-describe-racism-as-racism-n-1836376695

Sally had a bad hand at AW, as she was a recast of an actress who had made a strong impression in the role, and she was handed a misogynist, ugly storyline that mostly called for her to be victimized. I liked her work. I thought she had a sweetness and vulnerability about her and she made me care about MJ even though the writing did not. I'm sorry to hear she's gone. She was clearly a great person, especially if a co-star of 30 years ago was still a part of her life.

The main people who are pushing Trump, like Miller, don't want any immigration - at this point I'd say they don't even want rich white people, as those people can just as easily stay where they are and bring over cash and kickbacks. I no longer believe there is any unintended consequence with this administration. Sadly more and more 'developed' countries are facing this type of backlash. I remember hearing about the harassment and abuse immigrants have faced in the UK post-Brexit.

I saw her complaining about being put on committees, saying that she is, in so many words, being given busy work to distract her. No, that's her job. That's what she ran to do. I think she was naive enough, as many on the left are, to believe that she could go in and just make huge changes, the way extremists on the right do. It was never going to be that simple. I think Pelosi has made a mistake in being so free with the press about her issues with AOC and the other new Congresswomen tied to her, but otherwise much of the anger toward her seems to be a complete lack of awareness of the limitations Democrats face in Congress. Shouting "do something" on Twitter isn't going to lead to impeachment. And the idea that we need to impeach so that it will show the public how tough Democrats are misreads the public attitude. So many people don't get that Trump is much more popular than media coverage or common sense would suggest.

This piece is a great example of why so many gay men hate themselves, feel isolated, and end up losing everything to drugs and body mutilation. It's not because they came out at a late age and didn't get to "grow up," it's because they feel even more rejected in a community that was supposed to understand them than they did with the friends and family they left behind. If you read those lines you'll see that his viciousness is not about Pete Buttigieg (who is, to me, a vanity candidate and more than deserving of criticism on his record and vacuousness - things that this piece barely seems to cover), but about any gay man who did not have the appropriate experience of debauchery. If you haven't been tricking and haven't been exploited by older men then you're dangerous, you're unreliable, you're inferior to straight men. I'm reminded of that Queer as Folk episode from the first season where they made a production of having wooden twink Justin at the mall with his mother, luring older men into the toilets as she stood outside the bathroom and looked on in bewilderment. The material represented the winking to two worlds that a piece like this represents - straight viewers were supposed to be horrified, while gay men were supposed to understand and enjoy that this was the true, shameless life of the homosexual male. I often hear straight people say that only gay voters support Buttigieg. When I hear that I respond that they are generally the last to support him, and pieces like this are a good example of why. Buttigieg represents "respectability politics," which many gay activists resent, but he also represents a world that doesn't have all gay men defined as depraved or damned. This is taken as a personal affront by men who wallow in this world and tell themselves they just have to be this way because that's what being gay is about. I do believe that someone who has lived the sheltered life Buttigieg lived stands a chance of spinning out of control once he gets on such a level of fame, but that's true of anyone, gay or straight. A straight white man would never have a piece like that written about him. I'm disgusted that this man has written books for children. I'm disgusted that the New Republic would casually print words about 15-year old boys going off with 50 year old men and treat them as a rite of passage and as the everyday acceptable reality for gay men, rather than what it often was - activities of desperation and abuse that left deep scars. And I'm disgusted that I can't even be surprised that such virulent homophobia is still so normal, most of all in the gay community, because I know if I go on Twitter I will find all sorts of gay men praising this sicko to the hilt. I think this quote sums him up better than anything I can say. https://twitter.com/ColinMylrea/status/1149804792652488704

Someone worse will replace Acosta. I have a feeling Mulvaney and Miller did this.

The scene where Neil and Tyra (and naming dull-ass Eva's character that says it all about MAB) had sex in the club was one of the coldest, deadest moments I can remember on Y&R.

Neither did I. Wow. Well it was nice they gave him a cameo.

Unfortunately most of this social awareness was lip service.

I don't mind Kenya, but her return, along with the various returns of Nene (who never should have been brought back on the show) and the disastrous return of Kim Zolciak, reinforce how little the show has managed to develop new faces in recent years. They have dull as hell Eva, where the best thing I can say about her is her consistency (she's been dull as hell for most of her career in showbiz), and...who else?

Denise Nickerson (Amy Jennings/Collins) was taken off life support tonight. Her family have started a gofundme to help with death costs.

Denise Nickerson, who may be best known as Violet in Willy Wonka but who also appeared on Dark Shadows and Search for Tomorrow, has been seriously ill for some time. Apparently she was just taken off life support. She has no insurance, and a friend is asking for donations to help with death costs.

McGrath is making the same wishy-washy mistakes that Alison Grimes did 6 years ago. https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/10/politics/amy-mcgrath-mitch-mcconnell-vote-confirm-brett-kavanaugh/index.html I just can't pretend that she has a chance.

The BBC carries so much water for the right and the attacks against Corbyn were so absurd for so long that it's made him something of a god to many on the left. There doesn't seem to be anyone in the UK to turn to, as the Lib Dems are mostly opportunistic vipers.

It's down to Boris Johnson, the British Trump (although he's probably smarter - which isn't saying much). What a toxic duo they will be.

The Democrats tried in 2014, but the candidate they ran, who on paper seemed strong, turned out to be a disaster (she wouldn't even say whether she voted for Obama). I don't think they'll have much luck this time either, given that Kentucky is a hate state, but I hope I'm wrong. It looks like another female Republican candidate who was getting push from the media, and from some in the party who want to elect women, went down in flames. https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/09/north-carolina-gop-women-candidates-1402263 https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/09/greg-murphy-wins-north-carolina-runoff-1577764 It's time for everyone to just admit the GOP hates women. Even most of the women in the party hate women. The party is built off the corpses of girls and women.

Ross Perot has passed away. One of the first political figures I have clear memories of, and a great example of the sideshow politics that would define the '90s. https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/09/h-ross-perot-dies-1402875 This will always be one of my favorite SNL sketches. https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/joyride-with-perot/n10313