GMac

I'm a lurker these days but I absolutely HAD to respond to this... +1000

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IDK but it's feeling more and more hopeless as the days go by. After Trump's "performance" and the G20, responsible media outlets across the country should be sounding the alarm bells for the way he cozied up to dictators, not accolades for walking his fat ass 10 steps into NK. His press conference was a train wreck. His private talk with Putin was barely covered. Ditto with China. Why TF is no one questioning what happened in those talks? Why isn't the media relentless in pursuing official transcripts of these discussions? Where is the outrage that the President of the United States spent more time with DICTATORS than our supposed allies?!?!? It's sickening. It's [!@#$%^&*] like this and the lack of true, real journalism that's going to give this disgusting excuse for a human being another go-round in the oval office. The Democrats have fielded a brilliant field of candidates, most of which would make an excellent chief executive. It's sad that they are fighting a losing battle.

+100

Honestly, I was fixin to come in here and vent (it's been awhile since I've posted anywhere on this site). But... I'm feeling pretty defeated these days, politically. I suppose I've never really gotten over the fact that somehow people elected that thing into the white house. And after everything he's done over the last 2 years, he still has over 40% of people supporting him! What in the fresh fvck is that?!?!? Don't get me wrong. I'll be dragging my liberal ass to the polls in 2020 but I've run out of energy for debating what shouldn't be debated in the first place.

Andrew Gillum wins A first for Florida. His Republican opponent is a trump bot.

@j swift I tend to agree that Hollen would have been the best choice to play Trish. The story you mentioned for the character sound interesting and while she was never written as antagonist, I could see the conflict with Mindy and Alan that you mentioned. I'm not anti-Marj, she just wasn't right for the role of Baroness Alexandra von Halkein. She just didn't have the nuance to play the character's grey areas whereas Beverlee excelled (but TBH, what actress could have taken over that role? I seriously doubt anyone). I LOVE @Khan's idea to tie her into the Lewises, I can picture Marj now playing a somewhat trashy Tulsa aunt now. I must not have been watching around the time of the stories you mentioned with Jennifer Richards; I don't recall any of that or maybe I'm just getting old lol

Talk about an interesting social "experiment". It's too bad no one engaged him in a conversation because he has a very valid point. Caucasian Vs. Redskins and White Privilege

+1000 Makes complete sense and you're absolutely right. There's no argument to be made otherwise, hence the radio silence from the opposing viewpoint. :-)

The right loves to come back to the Bernie martyrdom well, don't they? Why is there always push-back from the republicans on "how to pay for something" when it's on the subject of healthcare, education, unemployment benefits, social security (you know, the programs that benefit everyone and not just the rich), but nary a peep about how to pay for the huge tax break they just gave the wealthy or the border wall??? @juppiter So the "how to pay for it" argument is hogwash.

What a delicious irony sandwich for trump. He threatened fabricated recordings to both Comey and a newspaper and now we have REAL recordings ready to kick him in the nuts. I love it.

Hopefully not for very long. In my little rural part of NE Florida, we've started seeing some good ol boys adding to their MAGA bumper stickers with the Russian flag. They are completely and hopelessly brainwashed. I'm afraid to know how far Trump would have to go to lose their support, and I'm not sure I want to find that out.

Bravo!

I knew he didn't believe a word of that weak backtrack bs he said yesterday. Trump says Russia "no longer targeting" US

He was impressive and came across like the educated, factual one in that chamber. I saw some clips on a few news feeds I follow, and I was literally cheering him on.

Y'all see that the WH had extended an executive order from 2008, declaring a national emergency over the North Korea threat? Is North Korea a nuclear threat or not? It boggles the mind the amount of lies, disinformation and propaganda that trump gets away with.

Un.fuckin.believable! Just when you think it can't get any worse, somehow it does. Clean water, asbestos, human rights...eh, who needs that [!@#$%^&*]...

From everything I've seen today, this "agreement" the two signed is a non-specific, broad bullet-point style one page memo (for lack of a better word). The media, specifically CBS This Morning, are gushing. Don't get me wrong, if this does indeed lead to long-lasting peace in Korea, that's a win for everyone. But something still strikes me that this was all just too easy. There are manipulations behind the scenes that haven't been revealed yet but I'm sure Putin has a hand in this. In the course of 2 days, trump has aligned himself with a communist and disavowed our allies. The MSM are ignoring it.

It's all too convenient for me. Trump has fallen ass-backwards into this "summit" with NK, as Kim Jong Un has made all the overtures that actually mean anything. I still believe that Putin has something to do with this and has arranged the "summit" purely to boost Trump's image and status as president. Trump knows this and knows the outcome has been set, hence he's "winging it". The fact that more Republicans aren't calling him out for the disgusting way he's treating our allies is maddening. He's coddling Russia and blowing off the G7 to kiss communist ass. I mean, what in the fresh fvck is going on. Where is the outrage? The right had a hissy fit when Clinton normalized relations with Vietnam and Obama went to Cuba! But they're OK with Trump's behavior now?!?!

No words. It's below that rich white woman to step foot in a public school. Heaven forbid she has to go through something so traumatizing. Kinda like Pruitt flying First Class. Why should they bother with people that are second class citizens. This administration makes me sick.

I can't imagine what that's like but as a white guy, it pisses me the fvck off every time I see a story like this. WTF is wrong with white people these days. It's sickening. My bf is from Puerto Rico and I can tell you that since Trump's election, he's noticed an uptick in people treating him differently. Happened just yesterday in Wal-Mart. He was using self-checkout and an older WOC employee was helping him but out of nowhere, this white lady that was also working that area stood next to him to make sure he wasn't getting any freebies. Even challenged him on something that was missing the price (he already gave the other employee the price). He had enough and told her he didn't want any of it and left the store. She told him he would have to put everything back to which he said "watch this" and walked away.

I see what you're sayin. Let's see what happens. I saw that on CBS This Morning today. The animation was disturbing. I feel so sad for these families not only for the death of their sons/husbands/fathers, but to know it was completely avoidable doubles down on the hurt. This is what, the 3rd or 4th military fiasco under Trump after just a year and a half in office? Where's the Benghazi crowd now?!?! Hypocrites.

Is anyone else still scratching their heads over Kim Jong Un's abrupt change of heart? I don't subscribe or really give much relevance to conspiracy theories, and this is pure speculation on my part...but it seems to me too good to be true. Trump's popularity was on the steady decline, or at least stuck in no man's land. Out of the blue, after a year of trading insults and threats, now these two inept leaders are best buds? Like I said, this is purely speculation on my part, but I can't help but think Putin has his hands in this somehow. He needed to give his American puppet Prez a boost so he made some agreements with Un and voila. Just sayin. Although a nuclear free Korea would be wonderful.

What a POS

So is the 40% number a hard line? It's scary to think what Trump would have to do to lose the support of these people.