Juliajms

I hope Ronan Farrow drops them like a hot potato, assuming he's not under contract. They did him dirty.

I love Robert Reich. I think he's for Bernie Sanders because he really believes in the progressive agenda especially economic justice for the poor and working class. At the same time, he has also spoken highly of Warren and has said we have to get behind the nominee. That's the difference between legitimate progressives and the nuts who are Bernie or bust. Even worse, Bernie or they will make us all pay by voting Trump. Another difference is that Bernie really is an ideologue. Carville was right about that. It's all about economics and class for him. I think he really believes that economic justice will fix all of our ills. He doesn't acknowledge the intersection of race/gender/poverty. It might be more precise to say he will when pressed, but he tends to shift the discussion right back to economic inequality in general. I can even understand why he believes these things. It's a type of intellectual, white tower way of thinking, but it doesn't connect to many people's experience of the world. RR always acknowledges the extra challenges faced by women and non whites.

Why the hell would she ever put herself or her family through that? Mostly when people say they are not going to run I roll my eyes, but I believe Michelle Obama.

Let's hope so. It seems like things are coming together for Biden. We'll see.

^ I just saw that, along with this:

Yeah, even though it's hard to get people pumped for a primary, I thought this time might be a little different. Guess not. Seems like that might be a good thing for Biden.

Maybe his day will come down the road.

"Teachers left,” Brown said. “They were crying and they were offended. Their faces just look disgusted. I know they had a talk with him after, like, 'That's not okay.'" I wonder if they didn't intervene because they were worried they would ruin their students chances? I don't know. It's weird that they left their students with this guy, even if they were upset.

I hope Warren stays in because she is probably weakening Bernie.

Thank goodness Biden won this one. Hopefully donations will roll in now. Of course! I had a feeling you two would be prepared.

Are you counting Biden out? I'm still hoping he can pull it off. I basically agree that Bernie isn't as bad as Trump, but does the bar get any lower? If Bernie is the nominee and he picks a reasonable VP I'll be more in favor. I remember actually liking Bernie four years ago, but his nutty followers have really turned me off. Plus I'm not as naive as I used to be.

Yeah. He has done a lot of f*cked up things, but this easily cracks the top 50. So irresponsible, it's unreal and the Fox crowd just eats it up.

Of course. Glad to hear your family is protected. Just in case anyone needs a laugh. To me this isn't funny for the obvious reasons. It's more just the absurdity of where we are. Please let tomorrow be the start of Biden's recovery.

It's also body destroying and leaves people in pain for a life time. I hate that anyone has to do this kind of work. I fully admit that I wouldn't (and frankly couldn't). I guess the good news is that legal immigrants move away from this work very quickly. Almost anyone with papers can get an easier job, thank god. It's awful to think the undocumented are being exploited. There has to be a better way. Maybe a guest worker program with rights (breaks, slower work pace) and benefits. Of course, that is a dream under this admin.

^ The combination of incompetence and tendency toward authoritarianism is truly frightening. We are lucky that the disease itself doesn't seem to be "the big one".

Yes. I was also thinking of your mom.

^ Just a smidgen off topic, but I hope anyone here over 65 will consider getting a pneumonia vaccine and/or encourage your elderly relatives to talk to a doctor about it. From what I've read a lot of the corona deaths are in the elderly who are developing pneumonia.

Maybe whichever one of these folks is still alive come November will be the winner. What a grim thought. Continuing with that theme this really takes the cake:

This is just next level bat$hit crazy. It's pure intimidation.

Not surprising, but still. "When we find them" pretty chilling stuff.

God yes. If only these people cared more about beating Trump than they do their own egos. Steyer and Bloomberg are the worst. If they would just put their money into Biden's campaign they could save this country a lot of heartache. I'm not saying they owe us that, btw. I just wish that if they were going to get involved they'd do it for the greater good, instead of making things worse. Amen. I'm glad Elizabeth Warren took a shot at him over the way he treated his female employees. Bloomberg is just as disgusting as Trump when it comes to the way he talks about women, that is if even half of that WP story is true. I guess we should be grateful be didn't assault a couple dozen women or knowingly hang out with a billionaire pedophile. 😒

🤣 I feel like Warren is the only one who knows what she's doing at this point. We had so many candidates and things have still gone to hell in a hand basket. I don't even know who or what to blame. The Sander's cult of personality? The insane amount of money Bloomberg and Steyer are throwing around? In any case, what a mess.

And yes, just what the world needs further destabilization due to a pandemic. Leave to the genius in charge to have cut the CDC.

Most of these ideas aren't really about getting anything for free. Hillary is the one who brought the idea of universal healthcare to the forefront 25 years (or so ago) and few people see her as a socialist. I think her idea of lowering the age of medicare was better, btw. I also think fixing up Obama care is way more realistic. In any case, healthcare wouldn't be free. The people who use it are taxed for it and that is largely the middle class. The exception might be the very poor. Still, let's not forget that taxpayers are already paying for these folks when they go to the emergency room. I know where of I speak, since I was one of them as a kid. I ended up in the emergency room twice and spent a week in the hospital for something that could have been treat much sooner as an outpatient, if my mother could have afforded insurance or a doctor's appointment. The same can be said for nearly any of these programs. "Free college" would not be free any more than public k-12 is free. Universal pre-K, which I think should be more of a priority than college would not be "free". Anyway, Bernie is talking himself right into a world of trouble with this Cuba nonsense right before SC, so I'm not writing off Uncle Joe just yet. There is still hope.

Political discourse is in a coma (I can't bring myself to say it's dead) right now. How we got here I'm not sure. At the same time I admit I'm guilty on some level, since I just cannot stand to discuss issues with most Republicans at this point. It's much easier to differ and discuss with my fellow Democrats, but you can see where some people are having a hard time even doing that. As for free college, that is not going to happen in the U.S. any time soon. I do think we should discharge people's loans about the time they are on Social Security. I would even say there should come a point where people can discharge private (not government) loans in bankruptcy, before we end up with another financial crisis, but there are so many issues I see as more important (healthcare) and all of them are out of reach with the Senate we have. That thought occurred to me as well. It does seem paranoid, but at this point anything seems possible. He has to know he can't win.