Juliajms

I'll agree that we shouldn't reject them because of their bloodline, but it certainly does make me skeptical. I know people people who come from an established political family have a network of donors and other connections that will give them a leg up. I'm just not comfortable with that. What are the chances that two people from the same family are truly the best America has to offer? That said, I can't argue that we would have been better off with a second Clinton or even a third Bush than with what we have know. Lord knows, I'd be grateful for either one of them about now.

Does Joe K? I guess we'll know more about who is interested in a few months. They'll have to start fundraising.

I can't get excited about a member of a political dynasty. It reeks of oligarchy and we need to be getting away from that if we can. It may be too late. If I were to forget his name is Kennedy, I would say I'd like to see him become more seasoned first. Obviously, if he's the candidate I would vote for him, but I'd rather see Harris, Biden or Booker get the nomination.

Did this shameful SOB just use a grieving African American family to go after the undocumented? Yes he did. What a cynical, awful thing to do.

That is f*cking insane.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/29/senate-trump-20-week-abortion-ban-316002 I'm disgusted at the way the Republicans keep trying to chip away at abortion rights. Luckily they failed this time.

So the White House is denying that Trump was involved in the Deputy Director of the FBI stepping down. I don't believe them. https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/29/politics/andrew-mccabe-fbi/index.html

Coincidentally, I'm reading "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander right now. It's terrible to realize how far the injustices go. Not that I ever doubted they existed, but the pervasiveness is absolutely shameful. As for Bill Clinton, I wonder if he really understood the consequences his crime bill or his welfare reform bill. Do you know if he's spoken on these issues much recently? I know Hillary apologized for the super predator remarks.

They've really been so successful with this, it's sad. The whole "alternate facts" concept was been very useful for them along with Fox brainwashing. I've always seen them as having influence on the nutty fringes, but I'm starting to see that was wishful thinking.

I think it depends on how you define that. I would say that if you compare the US to most industrialized western societies we are a deeply conservative country. That doesn't mean there are more Republicans in our country. All you have to do is look at how hard it is to maintain any kind of social safety net to see how deeply our puritanical roots go. A lot of people still believe that if you don't work you shouldn't eat. Even Bill Clinton went in for catastrophic welfare reform. When was the last time an admitted atheist was elected to office? The people who are elected are largely trying to codify their religious beliefs. Then you have our schools, where some kids are still being taught Creation. It's insane.

That theme sure takes me back. I would have been about 9, but I was watching.

People being arrested for leaving water and supplies for migrants. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-border-patrol-chooses-a-new-target-a-volunteer-helping-migrants/ar-AAvcF1e?li=BBnb7Kz

Yep. The porn star scandal for instance is hardly a blip on the radar. Is it even a scandal? I think occurrence is more accurate.

The seeds of 45's rise were sown long ago, but I admit I didn't see it. I kept thinking we were in the darkness before the dawn.

We are a very dangerous and unstable time. It's really odd to see how desensitized some people are to the corruption in Washington. I guess that happens when there is something insane happening multiple times a day.

An article on Florida possibly restoring voting rights to felons. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/01/florida-will-vote-on-restoring-voting-rights-to-1-5-million-ex-felons/

^ Ugh. I only made it a couple of paragraphs. What a pig.

Are we seriously going to spend billions on a wall?

I think we can hope that people who were complacent last time are motivated enough to vote this time too. Trump was right that some people will stick with him no matter what he does though. It's pretty astounding.

Like I've been saying for awhile, he's stupid and bad. Just look at how he keeps coming for Haiti. Somewhere in the 80's he heard the CDC's comments about Haiti being one of the four H's of AIDS. So here he is in 2018 saying all Haitians have AIDS and trying to keep them out of the US. His intellect is so crystallized that new information isn't able to permeate. I can't believe we are being led by this idiot. On that note, I'm thrilled that Conan O'Brian is in Haiti trying to counter 45's narrative.

^ You would think someone like AB would be close enough to celebrity to realize that unless you know someone well personally, you don't know them. I'm certainly disappointed when people I admire are shown to be predators, but ruined a dream? She needs to grow up STAT.

And this is the internet where people get to respond to your opinion. I wasn't snarking at you. I was presenting you with reality. Since you can't handle that, I'll put you on ignore.

It's always a little sad when someone I've liked has their head up their ass. And I feel bad for ED as well. As a mother you just cannot trust anyone it seems. I saw the article in The Atlantic characterizing it that way. I read the whole article the original woman wrote and I didn't see it as revenge porn at all. I do see it as a bit of a different issue. I think women are really taught to be too nice. I can think of a few times when I was young when I wish I had just walked away, instead of being polite. I also think men are taught that it's ok to keep pushing someone even after they've said "no". That isn't rape or assault, but I do like that people are talking more about what consent really looks like.

What proof do you have of this? You really think "they" have the cure for cancer and have managed to hide it? We all have the right to believe what we want I guess, but that sounds like conspiracy theory to me. Especially since American big pharma is not the only one doing research into these diseases. How about all the vaccines disease and the diseases that have already been cured? There is more money in managing every illness we have a vaccine for. Just like vaccines big pharma would make a mint of the cure for cancer. Not that cancer is one disease anyway.

One of the headlines for this article is MLK III attacks Trump. Meanwhile he says "We need to work on this man's heart". I cannot think of a more generous perspective. One that is entirely unearned. https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-apos-am-not-021030789.html