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It will happen if there are several more mass murders. But I don't think people start rising up with demonstrations unless their lives are really on the line, like in 1968.

I'm not saying those are awful things, but damn that is just treading water at best. The FMLA is woefully inadequate. The moderation of the stimulus — reducing the spending that economists said we needed and substituting tax cuts for some of the spending — is what choked the recovery and denied Obama the credit for his (muted) success, leading to years of Republican gains in Congress and then Trump (including in Michigan, where Dems saved the auto industry!). After 16 years of Dem leadership over good/improving economies, we have ever-higher income inequality, and both Dems were replaced by Republicans. Green energy investment is abysmal and being rolled back under Trump at a time when the climate crisis is worse than ever. And I don't see how LGBTQ rights is even remotely attributable to moderate Dems. It happened in spite of them, and they were the last Dems to jump aboard the train after "evolving." Meanwhile Republicans have gotten massive tax cuts enacted over and over again over the last 40 years. Massive military spending and disastrous wars. Abortion rights greatly restricted across the country to the point where many places have no access. Extensive gerrymandering to increase their power while holding only a minority of voters. Massive deregulation across every federal agency. Decades of Supreme Court rulings. Republicans have achieved major structural change in every facet of government while we got... unpaid maternity leave. It's no wonder we keep losing. We need to return to the Democratic Party of the New Deal, the Civil Rights Act, Social Security, Medicare, and liberal Supreme Court rulings. That Democratic Party dominated American politics until the 1980s.

I don't get your position. I've been calling for public shunning of Trump voters as racists for awhile. (I just think public officials should leave that to activists and citizens rather than doing it themselves.) I've been arguing that we should treat them like the klan, and that they should be completely written off when it comes to national political strategy. You've opposed that, arguing that we shouldn't treat them like the Klan until there is a much larger, critical mass of anti-Trump support. That, until then, we should not publicly shame Trump supporters or write them off politically, but rather try to reach out to them to show them the harmful real-world impacts of Trump's policies on people they care about. But then Castro calls out a list of private citizen Trump donors as supporting white supremacy and you're like "100% fuck 'em." Did the shootings change your mind about how we should treat Trump supporters or am I misunderstanding something about your position?

The bothsiders here must be so proud of the president today.

It's not about a backlash in the future; it's about continuing the same patterns that have dominated over the last 30-40 years. Trump squeaking by is just a repeat of W squeaking by over Gore. Before that, yes, the GOP had 3 straight terms under Reagan/Bush. What are the top 3 successes of moderate Dems over the last 30 years? I keep asking and nobody ever answers. I really want to know, what are the achievements that even make it worth fighting for? The real answer to that question, I think, is "we denied Republicans a few years in the White House." And nominating Biden will just continue that approach, buying a few years until the next, even worse Republican. It's a loser strategy.

The list is 2019 max donations to Trump. They aren't embarrassed.

Lulz, my mistake. Well, not a good look for a Congressman either, IMO.

That's fine, and you can look people up on the donor database, or even circulate that info if you want. It doesn't mean a presidential candidate should use his platform to put retired Beth Harper's shit on blast for donating to Trump. That's bush league for someone who wants to be the leader of our country.

I really don't like candidates publicly calling out private citizen donors of an opponent, even if the names are public information. Bad move, Castro.

New Q poll shows Warren continuing her steady rise as Harris falls back to the pack:

I assumed that was by operation of statute, not that it is unconstitutional. Has the Court held that the 2nd Amendment prohibits the resale of older fully automatic weapon?

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Guess it's just what I happened to come across.

That's true, but he's also lying every time he tells you something without a "sir."

I've seen Beto and Biden all over the media post-shootings. Are the others putting themselves out less or just not garnering much coverage?

CNN is reporting that FBI is opening a domestic terrorism investigation into the Gilroy shooter. They've apparently uncovered digital evidence of a political motive.

What isn't straightforward is what the right consists of. The amendment preserves the right, but doesn't specify its terms or limits. It reasonably extends to the kinds of weapons people were allowed to have in the 18th century, and maybe modern versions that are qualitatively similar, but beyond that it's up for debate, as well as the circumstances under which you can bear those weapons.

That's good to hear. What if a governor doesn't certify?

Are you talking about flags flying from random houses and buildings, or like an "official town flag" sort of thing?

Just a reminder that Congress has to certify the election results before John Roberts can administer the new oath. That means Mitch McConnell controls whether the presidency changes hands unless Dems take the Senate. While it's hard to fathom, a coordinated claim of "illegal voting for Dems stole the election" could be an excuse not to certify.

That's what they told me too, but I think it's just marketing bullshit. Select now includes streaming, but they have "Select Lite" which doesn't. And Select jumped up in price $15 over the old 6 month deal price, while Select Lite is $5 bucks more than the old no-streaming Select plan.

If the right cares so much about preserving investments, why have they shut down so many medical practices that provide abortion services?

He can only do it with the support of the other Republican Senators, so it's more than one guy. It's 53. Two of whom are from Texas, one of whom can be voted out in 2020. That's how to stop it.

Much worse than those shitheads acting that way is the Senate Majority Leader's campaign condoning it at the event and then putting it up on Instagram.

Yep. Lindsay Graham openly flouted Senate rules the other day and nobody did anything about it. The Republican party is lawless. Nothing can improve unless enough of them are voted out.