Absolutely staggering stuff. I don't even get what she's saying - or trying to say - she knows how the nation was founded and so she understands that her children don't deserve healthcare? I mean what the fucking fuck? I'd love to have the chance to interview her and ask her to unpack that argument, the steps that take you from the first line to the last. It really seems as though it can't possibly be real... perhaps it's not, I dunno, but I have seen people say the same things (more or less) on Twitter and in other places.But then Ocasio-Cortez spoke, followed by Bush, and I saw something truly terrifying. I saw just how easy it would be, were I less involved and less certain of our nation’s founding and its history, to fall for the populist lines they were shouting from that stage
I saw how easy it would be, as a parent, to accept the idea that my children deserve healthcare and education.
I saw how easy it would be, as someone who has struggled to make ends meet, to accept the idea that a “living wage” was a human right.
Above all, I saw how easy it would be to accept the notion that it was the government’s job to make sure that those things were provided.
Black Democratic voters, in last pre-Iowa Quinnipiac poll
Biden 49%
Sanders 17%
Bloomberg 7%
Black voters, in post-Iowa poll
Biden 27%
Sanders 19%
Bloomberg 22%
The entire team prosecuting Roger Stone abruptly resigned from the criminal case on Tuesday after the Justice Department said it planned to reduce the recommended sentence for Stone, a longtime Trump associate.
The Justice Department on Tuesday said it was pulling back on its request to sentence Stone to seven to nine years in prison after President Donald Trump blasted the sentencing proposal as "a miscarriage of justice."
The revised recommendation doesn't ask for a particular sentence but says the one that was recommended earlier "does not accurately reflect the Department of Justice’s position on what would be a reasonable sentence in this matter" and that the actual sentence should be "far less."
What do you think that the chance is of him (Trump) refusing to accept an electoral defeat?
Strong, but I also think there was a possibility of it in 2016.
I didn't bother reading the article, but this George Monbiot headline popped up on various feeds the other day and I remember thinking yeah, that's pretty much how it feels at the moment.
‘Try to stop me’ – the mantra of our leaders who are now ruling with impunity
A culture of impunity is spreading around the world. “Try to stop me” is the implicit motto in nations ranging from Hungary to Israel, Saudi Arabia to Russia, Turkey to China, Poland to Venezuela. Flaunting your disregard for the law is an expression of power.
Slight difference between now and back then is that he wasn't already the president!
He surrounds himself with excellent people, takes thoughtful decisions, measures results, changes his mind when necessary, has an ethical core and doesn’t let ideology get in the way of pragmatism. And in this season of nonstop harping on the rich, he’s a reminder that starting great businesses is good for America, that great wealth can also do great good, and that you should never judge the moral worth of a person by the size of his or her bank account, no matter how small or large.