It's Official: 'The Resistance' is being co-opted
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 03/23/2017 - 12:01amIf you were wondering if the anti-Trump Resistance was going to turn into the Tea Party Of The Democrats, wonder no longer.
Make America Great Again, out of the Barrel of a Gun
Submitted by Big Al on Wed, 03/22/2017 - 9:50pm
GOP's Health Care Solution: Destroy Medicaid
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 03/22/2017 - 6:00pmObamacare has a lot of problems. That's the good news.
The bad news is that Republicans have a solution: Eliminate health care for the poor.
The role of empathy in human thought. How did we evolve separate value systems?
Submitted by don mikulecky on Wed, 03/22/2017 - 5:42pmThe human mind is not as flexible as we might like to think. The most obvious place to see this is in the political sphere. Knee jerk responses to frames are the norm, not the exception. The most common place to see this is in the mass media. Political propagandists have known this for centuries.
The Evening Blues - 3-22-17
Submitted by joe shikspack on Wed, 03/22/2017 - 3:52pm
Can't go more than a week or two, it seems
Submitted by Robyn on Wed, 03/22/2017 - 1:30pmSomewhen near 4:15 local time in Baltimore this morning, witnesses heard someone screaming for help. Then they heard gunshots.
Two black men were seen running from the scene. They climbed into a dark colored car and took off.
Wells Fargo investment update
Submitted by Nastarana on Wed, 03/22/2017 - 9:23amhttps://www.thenation.com/article/these-cities-are-divesting-from-the-ba...
It started in Seattle. Divestment has now spread to San Francisco, Santa Monica and Davis, CA. And is pending in Albuquerque and Raleigh, N.C. Who would have thought this movement would go to NC?
No Ballot Left Behind or, Is Our Voters Learning?
Submitted by Phoebe Loosinhouse on Wed, 03/22/2017 - 8:47amThis is an open discussion to ask:
What were your own biggest lessons/ takeaways from this last election? I'll kick off with a few of my own:
1. Who could have ever predicted that we would have an election that culminated in the selection of two candidates from both major Parties that subsequently found themselves in the center of FBI investigations? Good job, Democrats and Republicans!
Who says the Republicans aren't blind and dumb also?
Submitted by Alligator Ed on Wed, 03/22/2017 - 8:30amAfter a year in which everyone is moaning Democrats unadulterated stupidity, intransigence and just plain greed, Republicans are showing that they can also be quite stupid. We already knew they could be heartless, but also incredibly stupid.
Lest You Worry that Democrats Will Remain Clueless, . . .
Submitted by dance you monster on Wed, 03/22/2017 - 7:50amthey are telling you right now that they will.
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-03-22/democrats-big-don...
