Bros,

Like, there is no argument here. Trump is just making the exact same goofy proclamation Obama did last year. Some of you are so unhinged that you think it's a secret message of support for the rise of the celtic Fourth Reich. You've gone kookoo and it's Sad! imo.

If we ever do a Dave Chapelle-style racial draft, Irish-Americans should def try to pick up Barack.

Shaq and Eddie Murphy, tho.

Neil Degrasse Tyson - 2020

It's almost like after 8 years of aggressively doing absolutely nothing, the GOP congresscritters have forgotten how to legislate. I really thought that the Paul Ryans of the world would have had the entire republican agenda on trumps desk by now, but it seems like they haven't done anything?

I live in Tom Price's Congressional district, where there will be a special election to fill his seat. A young Democrat named Jon Ossoff is running and has been endorsed by John Lewis.

There was just an absolutely ludicrous attack ad on him on TV. It showed video of him in college being a silly college guy. Like just goofy college ****. That's it. Saying he wasn't "ready" to be a Congressman.

This is what happens when you don't have anything remotely close to dirt on a political opponent.

Lol. If this world doesn't suck beyond imagination that attack add backfires and gets him more votes.

I don't know a lot about him, but the little I've read, he seems solid and will most likely get my vote. Plus, if he's good enough for John Lewis, he's good enough for me.

I doubt he'll win, as State Senator Judson Hill (R) jumped into the race as soon as he possibly could and has a ton of name recognition around here. He's had signs all over the place every time he's run for office and he was the first candidate for whom I saw signs this year (and some are BIG signs) . I haven't seen any Ossoff signs, though at least he's finally running commercials.

I think they're just trying to say he's gay because he was in choir.

Man, this race is so important. If you can pitch in some resources, we really need to win this one. It would send a strong message to Congress to hold Trump accountable, at least I really think it could.

You ain't from 'round here, is you boy?

http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-d...-georgia-sixth

Should've changed his named to Jon Deere.

I'm DrModern and I endorse this message. In addition, all interest rates above 0 are usury.

The Kentucky GOP is sorry to say that longer bus commutes is just too great a price to pay for integrated schools.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...=.104f8a331648

Re: Ossoff, his own three ads after raising 2 million in donations are pretty weak and makes him come across as a phony.

Yesterday I saw Get Out, the new movie from writer/director Jordan Peele (of Key and Peele). Really enjoyed it. The movie is a horror thriller with some comedic elements mixed in. The hero is a black photographer from the city whose white girlfriend brings him to meet her parents and their rich white friends in the suburbs.

The first half of the movie derives all of its tension from the ordinary terror of being a black dude in a secluded area surrounded by a bunch of white people. I'm not black, but I have to imagine most of what happens in the first half is stuff black dudes go through on a regular basis, only shot and scored in such a way to emphasize the sense of anxiety and dread created by those experiences.

Like I said, the movie also has comedic parts, some big and some small. One small part involves a rich white dude at a dinner party asking the protagonist whether it's now actually an advantage to be black in America. They also shout out all the awval types by having a serial killer whose victims are exclusively black claim that he voted for Obama twice. It's pretty trenchant social commentary. None of the blatantly racist baddies in the movie ever say the n-word or talk directly about master race ****, but you can infer clearly from their actions that they view blacks' proper place as subordinate to whites.

Hopefully without spoiling too much, I can say that the last ten minutes of this movie are an immensely satisfying catharsis that outdoes Django Unchained. I highly recommend this picture.

Good review. I agree, Get Out was some extremely good stuff.

If Dems are dependent on people like Ossoff to make a comeback they are in deep dark trouble.

That's an unusual metaphor for a tax cut.

when i run for office i'm changing my name to Max Power

or Coca-Cola Ferrari, although that one does kinda sound a little too ethnic for the usa

Asian/Falcon 2020!

Quick guaranteed laugh.

The big joke here is that they're using language of "local control" while passing a state bill telling a city that they can't control their own schools.

The other big joke is that Plessy vs. Ferguson is effectively the law of the land again almost everywhere.

GOP has such massive control in KY, and it's the Trump wing, to boot. It's so dispiriting. I have friends who know me as "the politics guy," and they're asking what they should call their reps about. I have no clue what to tell them, because all this **** is passing in the general assembly by 2:1 margins.

Tell them to get on the e-mail list of their local Democratic Party org, or copy/paste Einbert's lists in the Resistance thread.