the absolute shittiest thing abt these times and that orange guy is the tribalism that's turned everyone (online anyway) into froth-mouthed reactionaries when we have real problems to address

a (corrected from "the") shitty thing about these (dangerous) clowns is that we *should* be talking about rates of immigration, not in terms of (fake) race but of cultures, and they've jammed up the debate such that it's impossible to have w/o risk of accidentally supporting their end goals

I can't believe we're even having this discussion tbh

"I grew up in California in 1970s" -- me too, and we moved to AK where the difference in air quality was striking. If you want a present day reminder of what the air was like in CA in the 70s, all you have to do is take a day trip across the border to Tijuana. It leaves a film on your windshield.

Yeah, this should never have been carved out of ACA. But then, most of the good stuff was carved out (or hacked off) ACA by the time it passed.

Most conservatives (yes, there are still many compassionate ones) want MFA, but they want the charity aspect acknowledged. I'm (more than) willing to concede that in pursuit of the shared goal.

I think it was the candidate. I think AOC's great, but for NYC, and I think a more moderate D would have won this in TN. The ads and robocalls/texts Rs ran the last week were all "she's the AOC of TN".

yep, and it will continue to erode Trump's castle wall, as more and more Rs feel comfortable defying and criticizing him