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It's wild how the tail wags the dog vis-a-vis Israel and the United States

I'll be interested to see what the Michigan primary results look like and what pressure, if any, is applied to Biden re: the results. I think the White House's position on the way Israel is prosecuting this conflict is becoming increasingly untenable. And nobody actually believes the line that...

They have not. They've quickly set a timeline for Trump to respond to DOJ's petition, but haven't agreed to take up anything yet. I think they will though.

It's not a problem. It's preposterous to suggest a former president can't be jailed b/c of the secret service. If we were thinking of a violent crime, like rape or murder, nobody would really be questioning whether prison would work for a former president if convicted. People just don't...

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I think he’ll end up picking Whitmer

You. Maybe there’s a better term for it, I don’t mean any offense by it. But not really interested in playing this game.

I guess. I understand if people view Biden as a part of a system that needs far more drastic change than he is ever likely to push for w.r.t. banks, corporations, inequality, etc. I just think if Biden is your standard for "evil" - then we have a different feeling of what that word entails, or...

Nobody is asking you to celebrate Biden. Nobody is saying that he deserves the same place in history as Ghandi. But if you're deciding whether to vote for Biden, Trump, a third party, or not at all, and you're being asked to distinguish between 1) their records and 2) the probable results of...

I think this is mostly fine. The problem I have with it, and many on the far left in general, is that this reasoning doesn't account heavily enough for the fact that norms, attitudes, and culture changes over the years. And so can politicians. There are those who are ahead of the curve, and they...

We should go back to how bat shit crazy it is that people think that members of the “squad” should be considered for VP

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http://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/21/tara-reade-biden-expert-testimony-274460 This is crazy if true

Klobuchar is pretty "meh" to me. I've really never understood her appeal.

I’m a prosecutor. I have handled (and tried to verdict) adult sexual assaults. I have prosecuted cases that relied almost entirely on the word of the victim. It’s a case-by-case analysis. The tone, character, genuineness, etc. of the accuser matter a ton to juries. Those same qualities in the...

Why shouldn’t he be running in the primary?

And that’s fine. I don’t recall you explaining why it’s more likely that Biden assaulted her than she is not being truthful, but whatever. You’re going to believe an accuser if they weren’t in a position of power vis-a-vis the accused, and that appears to be what you’re going to hang your hat...

I think part of the issue is the GOP gives 0 fucks about sexual assault, and in response many on the left feel a moral imperative to handle such allegations in a more responsible way. They just haven’t figured out how to do that, and in light of the way the right handles it, those same people on...

Dems cannibalize themselves in way with these sexual assault allegations that goes way beyond giving accusers a chance to be heard and examining the facts.

Saying that the MeToo movement is in some respects an over-correction against a history of unchecked/unlitigated sexual harrasment/assault is not saying it should be dismantled. It's totally understandable how/why it happened. The scales were tipped in the other directtion for so long and so...