This isn’t about toilet paper. In February, based on advice I was seeing from early alarm raisers, I bought a bunch of canned food and ramen, and other foods with a long shelf life. People were saying that the novel coronavirus would wreak havoc with food distribution and cause shortages. Now I’m starting to hear … Were we overreacting in February? (I don’t think so)
Listening to a podcast episode discussion McConnell’s judges, and it made me think of the premise of Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn. In the world’s backstory, a group of heroes went on a quest to defeat the Dark Lord ™. They told the world that they succeeded, and the world celebrated and went back to “normal life.” … Get ready to live in Mistborn
I’ve been saying for years, one of the things that scares me most about President Trump is when liberals focus on him as the problem, rather than the symptom. His presidency is enabling and committing countless harms, and getting him out of office (whether in 2021 or 2025) will curtail that somewhat. But I’m scared … Treating the symptom
In Indiana, absentee voting by mail is limited to a portion of the population – and requiring large numbers of people to stand in a cramped location for hours seems like a bad idea right now. As we’re all changing our day-to-day lives in response to COVID-19, we should start pushing now for the state … Indiana – start asking now for Absentee-by-mail in May
It’s dangerous to be a fan of a politician, but Sen. Warren is the kind of administrator & negotiator I want in my executive branch, and listened & responded to marginalized groups in a way that’s rare. She made the race to be nominee a better one, and she still gives me hope. Most days … Ok. What’s next?
You no longer have an excuse. In 2016, evangelical and Christian fundamentalist leaders said it was okay to vote for Trump, because he would give you the courts. You’ve got them now. From here on, if you vote for Trump you are voting for A man who wants to put children in concentration camps, where … What Kavanaugh means for evangelical/Christian fundamentalist voters
It seems strange that the NRA, chief proponents of the “good guy with a gun” myth, would appoint as president a person most famous for illegally supplying bad folks with guns.
And that a “fair hearing” includes “suffering consequences for the wrongs you have done” And that a “fair hearing” does not include badgering non-white politicians for their birth certificates And that a “fair hearing” does not include insisting political rivals (or former rivals) be investigated for crimes that multiple investigations from multiple branches of government … Everyone deserves a fair hearing
“The Resistance” is not the Democratic Party. “The Resistance” is not Indivisible. Indivisible is not the Democratic Party. “The Resistance,” as it’s commonly referred to, is like Anonymous – there’s no membership rolls, no policy platform. If you say you’re resisting, you are part of “The Resistance.” There is a Resistance Party that has a platform, … Tribalism and Branding Among Groups That Don’t Like Trump
I don’t want to believe that we’re at a point where the party in power is saying it’s “playing politics” for the opposition to demand they (those in power) do what they (those in power) said they (those in power) would do FOUR MONTHS AGO before they (those in power) get another extension, when they … “A failed state is a political body that has disintegrated to a point where basic conditions and responsibilities of a sovereign government no longer function properly”