That might be it, but it might be something else.

It might be that the Obama Administration and Clinton by extension tried to create a facade of transparency and fairness when in reality, they were being horribly vindictive and persecutorial (meant it that way, not prosecutorial) with respect to whistleblowers.

We saw a TREMENDOUS acceleration of Wikileaks action AFTER Clinton’s answers regarding what she thought should happen with Edward Snowden.

There is NO WAY Wikileaks would have gone after the DNC or Bernie Sanders in the same way they went after Clinton.

I think in large part this was a massive FUCK YOU to the huge hypocrisy of the Obama Administration and by extension, the Clintons.

Clinton would have no problem jailing reporters and prosecuting intelligence officers who raise issues of constitutionality.

I really don’t know if Assange gave a shit about the ramifications.

But, ya know… it’s so much easier for the corporate media to call Assange a misogynist than to actually think about what Assange is and has done and where Clinton stands and where those intersections lie.

I swear, we have the laziest fucking media.

Yeah… he eviscerated Wall Street.

He needs to eviscerate the media in the same vein.

That you call Noam Chomsky a low information pseudo-intellectual is…well…just wow.

That’s just so counterfactual, I can’t even…

The denial is strong with this one.

bnw wrote:

Mackeyser wrote:

Well, I live on the Gulf Coast of Florida.

And I’m here to tell you that the insurance companies just rezoned the entire state and moved the flood zones significantly…in a way that reflects directly the climate change models.

Now, why would they do that unless their actuarial tables reflected the actual risk of climate change to be real? Based on actual loss as measured on world wide climate, not just local variables?

Money. They want to make money with as little risk as possible.

So, they used the Climate models for shits and giggles? The raise in premiums was pure greed, but the risk allocation was exactly matching the climate models..what…to troll environmentalists?

/smh

— X — wrote:

Mackeyser wrote:

See, I can see why people voted for Trump. He was the ONLY remaining candidate who actually spoke the words that the economy was rigged and politicians were liars.

M’okay. Problem is that nothing he said about actual governance has any chance of actually happening. As in…NO CHANCE. I don’t have to “give him a chance” because I’m not in Congress. However, if I listen to Ryan and McConnell and look at who it looks like Trump will appoint to key positions… HOLY SHIT. He didn’t drain the swamp…he flooded it.

I was asked if I tried to understand Trump’s positions, and if I actually knew what they were. That was condescending enough, but I let it slide. I was also told that none of his policies will work at the same time I was asked to verify that I knew what his policies even were. You just used a shit-ton more words to tell me the same thing, and then “M’okay’d” me dismissively because, and I quote, “I can see why people voted for Trump. He was the ONLY remaining candidate who actually spoke the words that the economy was rigged and politicians were liars.”

That’s not why I voted for him. I don’t vote for sound-bytes. But thanks for thinking me that shallow. If he doesn’t get all of those things done, then I will have learned my lesson. But at least I will have given it a shot. In the process, I don’t need to be slapped on the hands with a ruler before he even takes office by people who can read tea leaves, though. I can tell you that much.

So with that, I think I’m done talking politics. There’s no balance of intellect or morality here. There’s everyone, and then the few who aren’t everyone. You guys win. Scales are tipped in favor of your superiority. And I don’t deserve to be hopeful about the future, because that’s just delusional apparently. Also, there’s no point in debating against opinions based on speculation. How do you even have those conversations? “Nobody’s done anything before, so nobody will do anything in the future.” Oh. Okay. Got it. Case closed.

I’m just gonna genuflect real quick and then find my way out. Because at this point, I can honestly see the benefit of surrounding yourself with like-minded people. It’s also nice to have hope and people like to think that they’re making good choices or that their opinions matter. This is just a constant reminder that I’m apparently a moron (and any number of “ists”). So, yeah. No thanks. And you know what the worst part is? Any of you could have seized the opportunity to teach me about your ideologies and use persuasion and tact to make me, at minimum, a sympathizer. Instead, laughs and condescension because … my opinions.

“Okay, I laughed at this”
“That’s a nonsensical statement.”

Awesomesauce.

I think you misunderstand me.

I probably had harsher critiques for Hillary.

And I get super frustrated to the point of getting angry that it’s impossible to make a point without having to equivocate. It shouldn’t be necessary.

I wasn’t condescending to you. I was challenging you on your points. I thought those were fair game.

Also, text is a tricky thing. I dunno if it was in the phrasing or how you chose to read what I wrote or what, but I can tell you that my tone wasn’t intended to be in the manner in which you received it.

Maybe that preamble was needed after all. As I said before, don’t confuse my stridency for authority.

I can break it down in a few sentences.

Trump promised stuff. It’s not a matter of “hoping” he fulfills his campaign promises. There are real structural and political impediments that make doing so either virtually or actually impossible. These are the “known knowns” as Rumsfeld would say. Part of the critique of Bernie’s programs for example, was logistically how he would implement them.

Well? It’s no different for any candidate who once they’ve won the office has to transition to governance. Governance is a real thing, there are limits based on the Constitution. There are political considerations from both parties. There are processes which must be navigated.

The LAST thing I want to do is drive someone away from the conversation. So if my stridency did that, I apologize. I can work on that. Maybe…hopefully….sometimes.

Edit: as for “Okay, I laughed at this”….I did. The idea that either party would do fuck all with ethics reform…is laughable. I’m not laughing at you. I’m laughing at the idea that ANY major party would do anything about ethics reform. I, personally, would love ethics reform. Real and true reform. As for “That’s a nonsensical statement”, I could have phrased that better. I didn’t mean for it to be dismissive (if you’d heard me say it, it wouldn’t have sounded dismissive, but text doesn’t allow for much context), but more definitional. Your statement about defeating Islamic fundamentalism once and for all is sentimental, but isn’t something that can have a foundation in policy or be logistically implemented in any real way. Not unless we as a country take responsibility for our role in world events and the US refuses to do that. Like I said, we kill 85 totally innocent people with a drone and the government literally says…nothing. But in the absence of being able to talk in person, as I said, I can do better about communicating not just the message I want to convey and the facts I want to convey, but also the tone.

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Was just in the ER with my first Ophthalmic migraine last night so I’m admittedly not at my best.

Best I can do is note a few things.

1) Focusing on Al Gore rather than the findings of actual climate scientists diminishes the seriousness of the critique. Al Gore is basically a concerned citizen who tried to assemble the scientific consensus and present it to the masses. Essentially, it’s focusing on the messenger vs the message and it’s disingenuous.

2) On topic, I really don’t care about what the temperatures were 65 million years ago. We currently have MOST of the population of the earth living within 100 miles of a coast line. So rising sea levels is a massive cause for alarm. We cannot just move Rio de Janeiro, Miami, New Orleans, New York, Washington DC, Shanghai, Hong Kong, London, Sydney, and a HOST of other major coastal cities.

3) What doesn’t get much discussion are the rising levels of disease interaction as the tropical band width increases. Diseases that used to be restricted to a fairly narrow band near the equator and stayed there because the rest of the world was too cold…are now migrating much farther north and intermingling with other viruses creating the crucible for the next super pandemic. And thanks to the US not nationalizing the manufacture of vaccines (the vaccine manufactures gave the ultimatum that they’d leave and do all manufacturing off shore leaving the US without in the case of a pandemic, so the Congress caved and granted vaccine manufactures with blanket immunity from all prosecution. Fracking being the only other industry with that distinction. A vaccine maker could distribute actual disease and not suffer a nickel of liability)… we have this crippled vaccine structure which doesn’t test and does a terrible job of developing new vaccines…because there is no incentive. They get paid massive amounts to produce the same old stuff and there’s no legal penalty if any of it causes damage. As we saw when H1N1 happened…and I know because I when CNN announced there were 6 confirmed cases in Florida, I was informed that *I* had Swine flu. I dunno where in the top 20 or so I fell, but I was up there. And there was no vaccine for my family. They actually wanted my family to stay home. They’d likely get it, but the spread would stay within our home. So, I’ve actually had to live through how they deal with a new virus. When something actually big hits due to the collision of diseases that normally aren’t outside the tropics and diseases like avian or swine flu…look out. That will solely be a function of ONE of the changes wrought due to Climate Change.

4) The Joint Chiefs said that Climate Change is the single biggest threat to our national security. Just look at Syria. Even if the factions stopped fighting TODAY, all of those refugees couldn’t go back. Why? NO WATER. NO PROSPECT OF WATER. As the Joint Chiefs pointed out in their brief, access to resources, chiefly among them clean, potable water will cause mass migrations which will lead to significant regional instability. That factions will use this instability towards their own ends won’t change the underlying cause.

Bottom line is this. Global sea level has AlREADY risen 9 inches. That wasn’t supposed to happen for decades. The latest NOAA report puts the worst case scenario at 9 feet sea level rise within the next 20 years. Do you have any idea how much disruption that will cause?

YOU may not lose a home, but most of southern Florida…disappears. The outer banks of North Carolina? Gone. We joke about Washington DC, but logistically, it would be a nightmare having to relocate the seat of our national government. And we would if we saw 9 feet of sea level rise. Moreover the added energy available for storms would allow for the creation of storms we’ve never measured before.

It’s a mistake for people to think in geological time because we don’t exist in geological time. The last ice age, we wore pelts and hunted bison and mammoth. Now, we use sensitive electronics and make jokes about exercise. We do not have the infrastructure of the economy to move 10s of millions of people. And that’s just in THIS country. That doesn’t take into account the political unrest and fallout caused by the potential dislocation of HUNDREDS of millions of dispossessed around the world due to Climate change.

And this is from the very sober, mission-oriented Generals and Admirals of the Joint Chiefs.

I’m against NAFTA

All trade agreements have to be ratified through Congress and they have no appetite to change it because…they’re still bought by the corporate interests who benefit the most. There is ZERO chance he fundamentally changes any trade agreements.

I want to limit U.S. hegemony by not being the world’s police anymore

That’s an excellent sentiment. If only the people he was appointing weren’t the most hawkish of the hawks. James Woolsey is in consideration for heading the CIA? Really? Well, if you want to limit US Hegemony, then guys like Woolsey would be at the bottom of the list. The fact that he’s likely going to head the CIA shows that we’re going to be getting deep into things around the world. Again. Buckle up.

I’m for term limits on Congress

That would require legislation from Congress. Never. Happen. Moreover, if you term limit Congress, you put the functioning power of Congress further into the hands of lobbyists because it takes a fair bit of time to learn how the organization functions. People think legislation is easy. It is not, even without the fundraising.

I want ethics reform to limit lobbyism

Okay, I laughed at this. The last Republican who gave a single damn about ethics was Eisenhower. That’s a fact. Moreover, the fact that the “outsider” just appointed or will appoint mostly lobbyists to key positions is proof that the revolving door isn’t remotely about to close. I’d LOVE for that revolving door to be forever locked shut. Unfortunately, it was reinforced as a path to power.

I want to eliminate health care monopolies like we have now

This is really going to suck. Paul Ryan will finally have a President who will allow him to try and dismantle Medicare and move Medicare to private insurance vouchers. And the appointments at the FTC will only make the corporate merger environment more fertile. Same with the SEC and other agencies. So, rather than eliminating the monopolies, they will only be made stronger. There will be fewer companies offering less for more. Why? Because they can. Moreover, the collusion will go unpunished because anti-trust is rarely prosecuted in Republican administrations (check for the 20 years of Reagan, Bush and Bush). I despise these monopolies. However, they’re only going to get stronger under this current administration. All of the appointees firmly establish this path.

I’d like to destroy Islamic terrorists once and for all

That’s a nonsensical statement. That’s like saying you’d like to destroy racism once and for all. It’s an excellent sentiment, but not one that can happen in reality. Example: We slam people Arab countries who want to harm us, but when we kill 85 innocent people with a drone strike, we don’t even say a word. We don’t apologize…not even a my bad. The families of those innocent victims have legitimate grievance against the US. However, because there is no venue for legitimate grievance, we foment radicalization (note: this isn’t the only avenue for this). But keep this in mind: The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Such statements like yours above is such a statement. A good intention that leads logistically to no good. That’s not to say that we shouldn’t address the underlying causes of radicalization. We should.

I want decisions like legalized marijuana and abortion to revert back to the States

Well, I’ll save my full rant about why Federalism sucks ass for another day, but this is, but one of a million examples. States rights? really? All states rights really net in 2016 is the unequal application of the Constitution between the member states. Moreover, almost all of the most divisive issues have to do with religious based issues. Well, I’m a devout Christian and I DO NOT want to live in a Christian Theocracy or a Christian based government of any kind. So I take issues with States that continuously try to legislate religious doctrine which is mostly what States rights have devolved into. I mean, marijuana from a scientific perspective may be everything from a superfood to a bonanza to alleviate suffering and help heal brain and spinal injuries. Thanks to religious opposition, we can’t have that. States rights and all.

I’m against common core

Me, too. It will likely be removed or altered, but they won’t eliminate the endless, mindless testing. Why? Because that would mean trusting teachers to teach and holding both teachers and students accountable for actually learning. Well, many conservatives can’t separate teachers from the teacher’s union, so now all teachers suck. As well, far too many parents on every end of the spectrum refuse to hold students accountable. And honestly, a lot of students don’t see the point when the economy has been so systemically rigged against most of them remotely tasting anything beyond being a roommate or living with their parents forever.

I’m strongly in favor of immigration reform

Okay. Does that include H1-B Visa abuse? I’m asking. Also, demonizing immigrants is likely to cause a massive brain drain as something like 70% of the STEM PhD candidates are foreign, most deciding to stay in the US. I absolutely agree that we desperately need immigration reform. I mean the legal pathway is so archaic and fundamentally broken that it can take more than 20 years to navigate. It makes the old CA DMV seem like a Tokyo bullet train ride. So, while I agree that the SYSTEM needs a massive overhaul, I have massive doubts that anyone in this Administration will give one iota about reforming the system when they gain political capital demonizing immigrants who generally have very little and can misdirect the ills of a complex economy onto poor immigrants.

I’d like to see him audit the Fed

You and every single critic of the Fed on the right and left. Guess what? It’s NEVER, EVER, EVER going to happen.

See, I can see why people voted for Trump. He was the ONLY remaining candidate who actually spoke the words that the economy was rigged and politicians were liars.

M’okay. Problem is that nothing he said about actual governance has any chance of actually happening. As in…NO CHANCE. I don’t have to “give him a chance” because I’m not in Congress. However, if I listen to Ryan and McConnell and look at who it looks like Trump will appoint to key positions… HOLY SHIT. He didn’t drain the swamp…he flooded it.

Alan Grayson commissioned a full nationwide poll 2 days after the election. Cross tabs and everything.

Bernie trounces Trump. So much so that Bernie would have won Texas. Let that sink in. We haven’t seen that kind of beating since Reagan in ’84.

The media went for the paycheck and literally wouldn’t let anyone else have the mic because Trump got ratings.

Well, so did the White Ford Bronco. The media used to have a sense of perspective and responsibility regarding the narrative. The media gave Trump over $2B in free media…BEFORE THE PRIMARIES WERE COMPLETE.

The political inertia from that was massive.

Lastly, I’m familiar with all sorts of conservative, liberal and now progressive thought having been a conservative growing up and as a young adult. Seriously, bnw, the only thing that’s off-putting is treating this like it’s a team sport.

Honestly, the partisanship is just bullshit. The parties are bullshit. If you think the campaign rhetoric wasn’t bullshit… well, it’s all been saved, we can revisit it in 6 months or a year. And for the equivocation crowd…because that’s another bullshit American thing because principle’s been dead in this country for decades now… Obama’s been getting slammed around here for 7 plus years. I was his biggest supporter when he initially got elected and it wasn’t long before I was calling him, I believe it was a “sellout fuck”.

So, and it’s just me, but I’m totally cool with anyone speaking to their beliefs and principles. Differing views are cool.

That taunting stuff is small minded horseshit and if you want to be treated seriously and your ideas treated seriously, just don’t do it. Basically, the whole partisan schtick is just…tired, small-minded and thoughtless. It’s on the intellectual level of cheerleading.

If you wanna do that, fine. Just understand that the aspirations for the discourse of this site is MUCH, MUCH higher than that. Bring your best and treat everyone with respect (which of course, you are completely capable of doing) and we’re all golden. Diversity of ideas stimulate vigorous debate.

But, honestly, that taunting or team-first pom-pom waving shit won’t just get old… it’ll be taken as being openly aggressive and hostile and treated accordingly. The reason for that, just to be clear, is that I can’t think of anyone here who is partisan. I mean, I can’t think of any partisan Dems… well, maybe Waterfield, but had Hillary won, I’m certain he wouldn’t have been doing an end zone dance.

I’m reading Inferno, the Dan Brown book now. Good read.

There’s a math issue in it. Almost feels like an homage to Michael Crichton.

Funny you all should bring this up…

edit: sorry if I double posted this. Thought it got lost…

Posted this on Facebook. Tried to post this before, but it didn’t work, so here goes gain. This forums software…argh. Anyway… I included a preamble which you all don’t need, but here’s the whole post.

Just got back from the Trump Protest in Sarasota and wanted to share some thoughts.

A primer to my posts to those that don’t know me (normally I post in forums):

1) my posts are long. If that’s not okay. Don’t read, but don’t complain about the length. I hate bumper sticker sloganeering. I want to get into the weeds on issues, so I take the time and space to articulate my thoughts.

2) I am very thoughtful and mindful. I don’t come by these thoughts cavalierly, nor are they unsupported by facts, evidence, logic, reason and substantive deliberation.

3) I want to be part of a conversation. Don’t mistake my stridency for authority. If I’m wrong, I’ll be the first to admit it. What I have is enthusiasm, not ego.

4) What governs my drive is principle, not politics, partisanship or personal gain. I won’t take the time or space to articulate every instance where I’ve lived my principles.

I dunno how this foray into social media will go, but… here goes.

So… just got back from the protest. I have some thoughts.

Firstly, I’m always heartened when individuals exercise their rights under the Constitution, especially the First Amendment. To me that is key to fulfilling the promise of the Declaration of Independence which was the preamble to our democracy and ultimately a promise of our principle and promise, which states that: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. So to see people across this land exercise their rights…and be ABLE to do so. Well, I was heartened.

Secondly, based on the appointments, it’s clear that Pence is setting himself up to be the next Dick Cheney. Virtually every appointment looks to be a hard right Conservative and many are actually against much of what Trump ran on. Many people opposed Bush not realizing they were really fighting Cheney. Well… when people think they’re fighting Trump, they’re really going to be fighting Pence and the hard right. We haven’t seen the kind of fight we’re going to need since the 60s. NOT KIDDING. We are going to need MILLIONS in the streets on a weekly basis to truly drive the change that must happen.

Thirdly, I’m sorry that this didn’t happen sooner. Yes, Bernie had YUGE crowds, but we knew in freakin’ MAY after that disgrace of a primary season that the DNC had no faith in democracy. At least the Republicans had faith in democracy. They were willing to let their party burn to the ground, but…they let the people who showed up at caucuses and primaries decide WITHOUT anyone at RNC HQ deciding the outcome. Contrast that with the DNC essentially trying to fix the outcome for Clinton even as solid data came in that Hillary looked weak against Trump, but Trump would get roflstomped by Sanders. Heck, Alan Grayson did a poll two days after the Election and Bernie wouldn’t have just won… Bernie would have won TEXAS!!! Think about that. So while we’re fighting, we have to ALWAYS remember that half measures often count for nothing at all. Buh-bye corporate sell-out Dems.

Fourthly, I’m mixed, though I pass for white. I’m a Service-Connected Disabled Vet. I could sit back and hope to protect my trans child under my umbrella of supposed “protection” or privilege or whatever. But actually…I can’t. Because…until, we’re all free, NONE OF US IS FREE. And that’s just not abstract. Hey Bush and Obama fans. Here’s a reason why those of us on principle hated Patriot Act. Suspension of Habeas Corpus for one. And the killing of the Dallas shooter was the first use of a drone (technically a bomb bot) against a US citizen on US soil. How long before THAT line is crossed by the DOJ, NSA, FBI, CIA or other Federal, State and Local agencies under President Trump. And how long before we see a return of Extraordinary Rendition, Torture, Black Sites and the like. Think that’s crazy? Did anyone not see what the Boston PD looked like after the Boston Marathon bombing? They looked better equipped than our troops were during the Surge in Iraq.
The culture wars are just the beginning. Couple that with authoritarians who have access to the least accountable, most powerful and secretive intelligence apparatus on the planet and…well, there is serious cause for concern. We MUST support our Constitution. ALL of our freedom depends on it.
Lastly, in many ways the fog has been lifted. In ways great and small, the racists, corporatists, the political manipulators… all have been exposed. And all, but the racists prefer the fog of obfuscation and misdirection. The clarity of this moment must be recognized so that people of conscience can truly see what is happening and act accordingly (and no, signing an online petition isn’t “action”).
In the coming days, there will be distraction, diversion, dismissal and derision. That cannot be allowed to stand. Clarity and focus must be maintained.

I joined the US Navy because I wanted to continue a family tradition of service, to support and defend the Constitution, to serve my country….all of it.

I still want every last person in this country to be able to live their truth. I want part of that truth to be what is enshrined in our Declaration of Independence…the self-evident truth that as an American…as a human being… that all are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

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I’ve been really even handed here.

But… if I had to wager… I’d bet dollars to donuts that the shooter was the Trump supporter.

All right.

So… it’s scorched earth. Literally.

Got it.

Game on.

Let’s be clear.

I’m not defending Trump. Nor do I think he was virtuous in all of this. The opposite of that, actually.

But… TWO people stood outside of factories that have closed or were about to close and spoke DIRECTLY to the worries and concerns of workers.

BERNIE…and…Trump.

Of course it was all a show.

But think about it. Clinton didn’t even care enough to do the show part…

Oh, I know.

The point was that Trump was actually speaking to people’s real concerns. Carrier REALLY moved a REAL factory to Mexico…during this election. Ford is REALLY moving a REAL factory to Mexico…just after the election.

Clinton’s hands are all over those trade policies and rather than admit the obvious, she couldn’t repudiate her Wall Street ties.

So, ya know what? God Bless. She can retire with her many, many millions and fly around on her private jets taking millions for the Clinton Foundation.

What she can’t do is say she believes in the science of Climate Catastrophe while being all in on at LEAST a full 50 year commitment to Natural Gas as a transition from coal. Especially in light of the NOAA report that we may see as much as 9 FEET of sea level rise in 20 years…not 200 years…TWENTY. And thus far, we’ve outperformed every single worst case scenario.

What she can’t do is say she’s for working people while selling the preposterous trade deals around the world.

What she can’t do is say she cares about children and bring up that child in Syria while never mentioning all the innocent children killed by drone strikes in Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan and other places.

What she can’t do is stand with John Lewis and criticize Republican voter suppression and then turn around and disenfranchise her own opponent’s supporters by the hundreds of thousands.

What she can’t do is complain about being unfairly portrayed or maligned while engaging in the slimiest character assassination.

I think many knew what Trump was…and what he wasn’t.

I surely didn’t vote for him. NEVER would. Unlike Clinton apologists, tho, I hear why people would.

And honestly, anyone who entertains “anyone who voted for Trump is a racist” is part of the problem.

I don’t think that, Billy. I think X is onto something.

I live in Central Florida and the visceral hatred for the establishment is palpable. I KNEW Trump was going to win Florida WEEKS ago. It was so clear.

Last week, Trump would hold rallies and thousands would attend. Clinton held a rally north of Tampa without any of the big name surrogates…so no FLOTUS, no POTUS, no Joe Biden, no Katie Perry, etc. She drew LESS THAN 300. Are you kidding me? In the final week of one of the most contentious campaigns in our nation’s history in perhaps the most contested swing state…she couldn’t get 300 supporters to show up for a rally??? Really???

Lots of people in the rust belt and the deep south have been deeply impacted by NAFTA, CAFTA and other really horrible trade deals. I’ve talked with plenty of people, Dems, Reps and totally not political people at all who felt compelled to vote for Trump because they felt that if someone didn’t do something about these trade deals, their children would be part of a permanent underclass.

What the Dems failed to do is focus on the economy and the real issues. Hillary couldn’t because she believes in the very mechanisms that caused many of these ills and will cause further damage. And the Democratic political machine wasn’t willing to do what the RNC did and go hands off and let the people decide from day one.

Are there some racists who are Trump supporters? Yes. Have many racists used this to come out from cover and put their beliefs and behaviors on display? Yes.

Doesn’t change that the fights are the same as they were before and with the aging population, if the Republicans want to start a culture war with this aging, browning population, they really risk a severe swing to the left (which is what Susan Sarandon was talking about).

I get the alt-right concern and racist concerns and as someone with a trans child, I’m already reading stories of trans/gay hate crimes and people who are just being complete racist assholes. To say I’m concerned is an understatement. I’m IN this fight to the last cell of my body.

But it wouldn’t have been this way if the fucking Dems had actually believed in democracy in a real way. Yet another reason why my HATE for Clinton is REAL.

We have President Trump because she was too ambitious to allow for a fair fight that might have allowed for a President Sanders.