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I don't think that would have worked either, as these trade deals never have in the long-term. There is a steady exodus away from the US being seen as a place to manufacture or sell anything, and unlike many other countries, those up high in business and government felt little incentive over the decades to keep any kind of infrastructure or systems that would keep America regenerating. They were happy to strip us bare. Trump is just accelerating the path, driving us right off the cliff. And even as China itself has faltered in the last few years, that is just making people see the whole thing as us vs them, not caring that us and them are just going off the same cliff at different speeds. This is likely down to Seoul saying that the US is resuming their war games. We were never going to have any "peace" with North Korea. Trump got a photo op out of it and that was all he wanted. The saddest part is the shootings have actually helped Trump. They've distracted from how much of his foreign policy and economic decisions have become laid in ruins. As each day passes I'm more sure he's going to win reelection.

We were playing a losing game with China anyway, as they were never going to want to really deal with us and spent most of Obama's last years in office undercutting or trying to degrade him. Taking some kind of action wasn't a bad idea. Unfortunately Trump has handled it terribly, as always.

Yet another who loves to espouse anti-gay and anti-trans viewpoints while leaving the house looking like she lives under a Glamour Shots.

He passed away in October 2017 (Warren Burton).

It's that time again with our "liberal" media friends. Mad TV put it best:

I notice he made sure to mention he got treatment in Kentucky this time. Another Texas Republican heads for the exits. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/texas-republican-congressman-to-retire-marking-the-10th-gop-representative-to-step-away-2019-08-05?mod=currencies

Nathan Fillion's shows seem to always have drama and unpleasantness.

Another mass shooting, this one outside a bar in Dayton. https://www.vox.com/2019/8/4/20753630/dayton-ohio-mass-shooting-oregon-district-gunman-what-we-know PBS Newshour recently went to Dayton.

I think the main issue at this point is beyond gun control and is into combating white supremacy. White supremacists will be able to get guns with or without stronger laws.

Did Viki really always have a romantic attraction for Larry?

In this case I'm relieved at the lack of faux-piousness. It inspires people to fight harder, and I do think the last few years have had more gains on the gun control front (even though I don't believe gun control will ever stop most of the worst attacks) than I thought possible in the last 20 years.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/29/cheri-bustos-democrats-diversity-1438867 https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/29/top-dccc-staffer-out-amid-diversity-uproar-1439525

Was he their primary funder? The bits I read about the DCCC situation, like some woman crying over the phone, were a mess. Why are they always so dysfunctional?

I see that Bernie Sanders successfully baited Liz Cheney into looking like a damn fool on Twitter. No matter how much media hype she gets, she's always going to be a waste of space...not to mention a waste of nepotism.

I agree, partially, but with social media and all the bots around now it's more difficult to ignore these types of attacks.

Someone at the Washington Post is trying to get Susan Lucci a guesting gig on SNL as Marianne Williamson. https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/08/02/who-should-play-democratic-presidential-candidates-saturday-night-live/ I don't see that happening (although her episode of SNL is absolutely fantastic), but it's nice her name is still out there.

To me the main time Ryan worked was his early relationship with Victoria. He furthered her story. After that point, he became an oppressive character who dragged women down. The only time this was properly used in the writing was when they had him drive Tricia around the bend. I think Kay Alden tried her best to write for everyone. I will say I don't think she did Ashley any favors.

It's also a seat they were barely holding onto even with Hurd. With voter suppression and gerrymandering they can find that seat elsewhere. It's one of those things that gets chatter in the media for a day or two but long term probably helps them as it means they are more of a unified party (unified in white supremacy). These tariffs are likely going to really hurt people as they crack down hard on more everyday items, especially electronics. I notice that we still never hear anyone talk about any alternatives to buying from China. Trump never says anything, the Republicans don't - no one does. It says a lot about how far gone our own industry is that everyone, including alleged "fair trade" advocates, just want people to keep paying higher and higher prices (with some farmers getting short term cash which they've said won't even help them) and waiting out China when it's clear China is not going to cave. I read that Russia is increasing their output of the stuff we sold to China. i wonder if Trump is really just doing all of this to help Russia. Similar to him ending the weapons treaty with Russia that now gives them more of a free pass to develop deadlier and deadlier items. Between the tariffs and the latest job losses (Lowe's), the economy is clearly going to crash soon. Sadly I don't even think that will hurt Trump anymore. So many people just don't care about anything. And when they do care, they care about the wrong things and blame the wrong people. And the media is more interested in lecturing Democrats and telling viewers how out of touch Democrats are - I've lost count of how many times they've been saying Trump has "won" the debates. They are already going all out for the Republicans and the election is over a year away.

The other thing I'll say about Kamala Harris is the attacks about Willie Brown are coming, and coming soon. I hope her team has a surefire way of dealing with them. I do wonder how many Republicans are secretly relieved to have Hurd go. It's just one seat, and most of the people in big roles in the party don't care about "diversity" or "the way of the future" or other jargon. They are happy to lock down the white vote and white male voices - and they have been very successful in maintaining power that way. More successful than they were when they pretended to care about diversity.

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/455702-michael-moore-urges-michelle-obama-to-run-against-trump I've never liked or trusted Michael Moore to do anything beyond get his name in the press. I hope that nonsense like the above can help everyone finally stop seeing him as having any valid opinion. Yet we will still hear all about how diverse the GOP is and how Democrats are the ones shutting people out.

He didn't fit in back then.

I think the problem is that it has nothing to do with Tituss. Murphy made these comments 30 years ago. Tituss likely felt he was being dragged into drama. I do think he's egging it on a bit now. I'd forgotten about that. So nasty. I was thinking of when he had Tony Goldwyn on and Goldwyn talked about how he had sex with his mother's friend when he was 15. Andy did say that was illegal, but he still kept the conversation going and the whole thing was just lurid and gross. The irony of him calling her a "cokehead" is Kathy Griffin later claimed he tried to push coke on her.

Andy has no morals and increasingly, no common sense. Our society tends to lionize that in gay men (especially white gay men). It's just camp camp camp, fun fun fun. Kiki, and whatever else.