Dear President Trump, I understand you have a busy day ahead, including meeting with "ObamaCare Victims" at 12:45 this afternoon. Who comes up with this shit? I mean really -- if the only way you all can think to sell your version of a healthcare bill is to over-dramatize problems with the existing one it … Continue reading Who comes up with this shit?
Racism
A heavy-hearted rant
Dear President Trump, I love this line by Samantha Bee's head writer, Jo Miller: "I feel a rant coming on..." There's more to the sentence, but this part says it all for me. Nearly every day for the last 100+ days I've had rants wash over and through me and I don't see them stopping … Continue reading A heavy-hearted rant
Access is key
Dear President Trump, Fairness and equity are or are not realized and enacted for all sorts of reasons, but one of the most critical is access. Nearly all of the problems I laid out yesterday about our electoral process have to do with access and how it is manipulated by a small moneyed group. Therefore, … Continue reading Access is key
Stopped clocks are right more often than you
Dear President Trump, It has been true from day 1 of your presidency that there are more scary things deserving of comment coming out of your administration than I can count, but lately I've been feeling almost like I should just pull something randomly out of a hat to write to you about. There's so … Continue reading Stopped clocks are right more often than you