GMac

Agreed, DD. They both break my heart.

It was just reported that the victims in Charleston were each shot 5 times. The oldest victim 10. I have no problem reiterating...white supremacists do not deserve to exist. DR has claimed to be a part of this group, and if they had officially denounced him I may think differently. But silence is golden and they are complicit in this crime. I'm so fuckin pissed right now.

Where I live in FL, it's a pretty mixed community. There are a lot of minorities and a lot of rednecks in this town, so I always see yard signs for both candidates but usually more so for the republican. I didn't think much of it at the time. But looking back, in 2008 and 2012, I had Dem operatives knocking at my door very early in the election season and continuing about once a month, someone would come a-knockin. In between that, the phone would ring, 1/3 robo calls and 2/3 a live volunteer. This year - no knocks on the door. Nada. And 90% of the phone calls were robo calls. The lone exception when a live volunteer called my home asking for my vote was either the weekend or Monday before election day. When I told her I was supporting Hillary, she was noticeably happy ("Oh, WOW! Thank you" or something like that). She then said it had been a very rough day on the phones but didn't elaborate. Guess now we know why she was having a rough day. And btw, I don't know about where y'all live, but once a republican wins the White House, quite a few people around the neighborhood adorn their houses in red/white/blue lights at Christmas time. Apparently they only feel patriotic when their candidate wins, which is funny ain't it? How does one's patriotism depend on their party's success? Do y'all see that where you live?

Ain't that funny how that works? I wish Kanye would just go back to makin good azz music and fuc the rest. IDK who takes the man seriously anymore but back in day, I fell out the chair with his GWB comment lol. He shoulda stopped there...

Holy [!@#$%^&*]. The last month has been a complete clusterfuck

Will they even acknowledge that he's a failure? Or will they watch or consume any news that doesn't kowtow to how "great" he is making America again? That's equally scary. I see what you're saying though. President Obama legitimately tried to do things for the betterment of this nation. Congress went against him simply because there was a "D" after his name and I truly believe to a larger extent, the color of his skin. It's sickening. In the end, he is still consequential.

And come to find out (surprised - NOT) that Trump and that alt-right rag that Bannon hails from, called President Obama out for not getting intelligence briefings (he was). http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-once-wrongly-criticized-obama-not-attending-intel-briefings-n694631 Trump is a pathological liar, yet he was able to cast Hillary as the dishonest one. Thanks, MSM. And another happy report from Trumpville. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/intelligence-agencies-distressed-trump-s-rejection-findings-russia-n694686 What in the total hell are we in for, yall...

Fuc.

Usually, yes. Reports that Trump supporters don't believe or trust the "liberal media" might undo that theory. Will the MSM will grow a pair when it comes to calling out Trump on his bullshit is another thing that will need to happen. I just don't know if historical trends will hold with the Orange Menace in the WH.

Honestly, y'all. The last few days of news has me feeling more and more hopeless. Dylann Roof's trial, the Walter Scott mistrial, the Trump transition, the "heartbeat" bill, fake news, Russia, white supremacists. Its all all so depressing

This guy is fuckin scary. He's said he doesn't believe in sanctions, denies climate change and stands opposed regulatory agencies. The icing on the cake, he has zero experience. SoS is a role for a seasoned diplomat, not a rich oil executive. I mean, what the total [!@#$%^&*] is this?? If there's a plus side to him, looks like he's LGBT friendly (at least a little) and has supported Common Core in the past. DJT has loaded his cabinet with rich white guys. I haven't done any comparisons, but this has got to be the whitest administration in what? 50 years? And most probably the wealthiest one ever. These people are gonna do a number on this country. That's fo sho.

It's sickening.

The thing is, how have the republicans become so much better at PR than the Dems? Is it because of the need to appear "fair and balanced" bullshit? Recall GWB's stunt on the aircraft carrier. The "Contract With America" and now with Carrier. Not to mention, DJT's many conflicts of interest with his businesses never seem to resonate. Yet when the ACA was being crafted and after it passed, zero positive press coverage. At the time, I was thinking why Obama wasn't out there selling it. Ditto historically...republicans shout to the roof tops of giving tax breaks, the Dems should be shouting back, equally loud, that they are for the rich and businesses. Until the left is able to discredit every underhanded thing the right does, things look grim. The left has to devise a plan, somehow and someway against impossible odds, to make the white poor and working class realize that the right's priority is rich Wall Street businesses. The people that have been appointed to the cabinet are scary. DJT has filled almost every spot with people that don't believe in it's purpose. It makes no fuckin.g sense.

This is so infuriating and terrifying all at once. I simply can't wrap my mind around how republicans hold such contempt for things as crucial as clean water and air. Let them go to Flint. You know if they had water flowing into their homes that wasn't crystal clear or tasted funny, they would howl. For [!@#$%^&*].s sake.

Ahhh. True. He does sound messy scary. I suppose when President Obama took office, and he appointed someone that believed in protecting the environment, clean water, clean air...republicans were pissed?!?!? Because, how dare you give me water to drink that won't result in uncontrollable diarrhea or lead in my bloodstream. Ugh.

Why doesn't this surprise me. He's given an anti-environmentalist the reins of the EPA, a charter school advocate the Education post and now this. http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/08/news/economy/andrew-puzder-trump-labor-secretary/ I can't understand how things that logically wouldn't be politicized, are. Why are things like climate change anathema to the right?

IA that there were probably more educated republicans that voted for DJT than was originally forecast, the (white) working poor were/are big DJT voters. My family is from rural north FL, and they overwhelmingly vote republican. It still amazes me to see a family of 4or5 riding down the street in a 1990 Ford Escort with the back bumper taped on...and a Trump bumper sticker Just sayin. The trailer park is Trump country.

I don't feel they do. At all.

The other day, I had posted on my FB the story of the American Vanguard poster that showed up on Purdue's campus claiming that white supremacists "we have a right to exist". When I shared that, I added a post stating that I don't believe they do have a right to exist. So, a few of my "friends" took issue with that and called me out, saying "they have every right to exist". One of them was surprising, the other not so much. How did we get to a time when white supremacists are being defended? It's crazy. I've defriended their asses in the meantime.

The Surgeon General isn't a member of the military. "General" in name only.

All morning, CBS News was gushing GUSHING about Trump's "saving" the jobs in Indiana. It was nauseating. Gail was horrid. Not to mention how they went on and on about Pelley's upcoming interview with Ryan on 60 Minutes this Sunday. The way the media are falling over themselves to kiss Trumps ass. If Hillary would have won and held a rally like he did in Cincinnati, they would be raking her over the coals right now. It's sickening.

This is fuckin scary

Yea, that Tara episode this week was horrid. The character is a D-Lister at best, and has never been fleshed out enough for the audience to give a [!@#$%^&*] about her. She's spoken more lines in this episode than in her entire history on the show. And for me, all this episode did was expand the (already sizable) plot hole with The Saviors. There's yet another group that they have been terrorizing for apparently quite some time, yet Alexandria was blissfully forgotten/unknown/ignored, etc. I suppose Carol has been roasting marshmallows, knitting and masturbating this entire time in her little house with the white picket fence.

Gotta admit, I had to do a double take when I saw that avatar. Agreed. Why and how did the environment become such a partisan issue. It makes no sense.