marceline

I remember how people on Mediadomain used to call her "Squooshy" because of the way her face contorted when she was trying to do serious acting. She's a much better actress now. One who's constantly working. I feel like she has played a wife, girlfriend, or victim on ever first responder show for the last ten years.

I had no serious opinion about Gillian but this is really cool.

I will never forget or forgive the way these people treated Black elders. These weasels booed Elijan Cummings when he was speaking about his father who was a sharecropper. That flipped a switch in me that can't be undone.

Except when the magic solution doesn't appear those people will go right back to blaming Democrats instead of their own unrealistic expectations.

I hope that people realize that if we pass the For The People Act it theright wing will immediately file a million lawsuits against it and may actually be able to block parts of it being implemented while it winds its way through the courts. I can see that a lot of people on the left think it's just another magic wand that will magically make everything okay. Which is the same thing a lot of them thought about impeachment. Too many on our side really haven't internalized that there's no finish line in this race.

I just had dinner tonight with a friend who's a teacher and this is a big concern. The right wing is going to go all in on tearing apart education and trying to indoctrinate kids with white nationalism.

Those lawsuits don't matter. He's just using them to fundraise. Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube all say in their terms of use that any lawsuit against them needs to be filed in California. Trump filed in Florida. The suits will get thrown out because of that.

The events of this week have shown just how ridiculous "Do Something" Twitter is. Sandy is melting down.

I'm seeing this all over the web. Every Biden success, makes the Beltway press crazy. There are too many people out here who still can't bring themselves to admit that Joe Biden might actually know what he's doing. They investment in the "Dems=weak/McConnell=master of the universe" narrative has completely become gospel among a segment of the left. It's basically Stockholm Syndrome. Your hope will be rewarded. Donald is doing a rally in Ohio this weekend.

I love it! GH has become a dumping ground for every ABC soaper who needs a check. No reason to stop now.

Let's see if he also goes on Fox News. McConnell never does press unless he's desperate.

Good news!

Not only that. Biden's judges and cabinet nominees are being confirmed. The DOJ just came out with a plan to address domestic terrorism. Hundreds of insurrectionists have been arrested and charged. Harris has negotiated numerous agreements with Northern Triangle countries that address the root causes of migration. Biden's overseas trip has been a rousing success so far. We got bipartisan support on the AAPI Hate Crimes Act and Juneteenth is about to become a national holiday. The only reason to feel like nothing is happening is because one is invested in feeling that way.

Dems can't play the game as ruthlessly as Reps because our side will turn on us. 2016 should've been the final lesson in how capricious and treacherous the left is. Ever since Biden got elected our side has done nothing but bitch, moan, and complain.

Gosh. Who could've predicted such a thing? 😏

This pathetic clown isn't running in 2024.

I'm just tired of people who are ostensibly on our side looking for reasons to attack Democrats. For example, y'all know I love Joe Biden but personally I disagree with his summit with Putin. I think it would be better to shun and marginalize Putin in every way. That doesn't mean I think Biden's weak. I just disagree with him on this. Merrick Garland is another example. The leftists saying that he should step down and Sally Yates should replace him are vapid ass-holes running an op. I'm not even going to get into AOC stepping to Kamala Harris. Sandy is going to regret that.

I'm not sure. We're in uncharted territory. If he does end up in prison, it will have to be part of a plea bargain. A trial would tear this country apart and radicalize his followers even more. I know some people say they are already radicalized but it would be so much worse. We'd be looking at suicide bombings. I think a better outcome is asset forfeiture for Trump and continued deplatforming as part of a plea bargain then go after his family and enablers like Bannon and Stone and focus on the Republicans who supported the Insurrection. Once Trump is dead, those are the people who will continue to be a threat. Admittedly, this is just me blue-skying. I don't know how feasible any of it is.

Whenever people talk about Trump going to prison I always ask how they think he'd get there. Aside from the fact that putting a former president on trial would be a terrible precedent, (y'all seriously think Repubs wouldn't trump up some charges against Clinton, Obama, or any other Democrat?) how do people think a trial would work? Where would the trial take place? What kind of security do they think the judge and prosecutors would need? Imagine being a juror? That's a death sentence or at least it would ruin a decent person's life. I've done jury duty and I consider it an obligation and necessity but I wouldn't serve on this jury for anything under the sun.

They can't do that. They can't come out and say "we're taking this action because we think it will make it easier for Carroll to get him another way." That's exactly the kind of thing Barr would've done. That makes it political.

I'll just say this: the framing of this as the "Biden DOJ" is a red flag that the person writing this is not acting in good faith. Trump is a private citizen now. The DOJ shouldn't be involved in his defamation case. It looks to me like Garland is trying to shut down the involvement of the DOJ because making the US government the defendants pretty much ends the case. Then Carroll can go after Trump as a private citizen.

File me under people who think Sinema just isn't that smart and obviously being advised poorly. I don't see her as a closet Republican though.

If we nuke the filibuster then the left needs to show up to any and all elections. Keeping Republicans out of power needs to be job #1 and I'm not confident that will happen. I'm just going to be honest: I think that white progressives will hand the government back to Republicans. In 2010 they sat home and gave Republicans the House. In 2014 they gave the Republicans the Senate. And in 2016 they handed us over to the Nazis. They wanted us to lose 2020 and are already positioning themselves to sabotage '22 and '24.

The better Biden does, the more the Doomers will ramp up.

Gonzalez...I know. He represents the district where my mom lives and where I grew up. I hate having to be grateful for him but my mom is behind enemy lines so I'll take what I can get.