O’Rourke just completely dodging the question and Guthrie calls him on it.  Read more

Beto time, baby. Read more

(Just in case anyone is not aware, the moderators for tonight and tomorrow’s debates are NBC anchors Lester Holt, Savannah Guthrie, Rachel Maddow, Jose Diaz-Balart, and Chuck Todd.) Read more

“We weren’t aware there were trolls and bots [in 2016].” Read more

Three minutes!

Hoo boy, they’re at the podiums. Read more

As I wrote, she has done objectively good work on Indian Country issues slightly before and since the DNA test. But the issue doesn’t start or stop there. And it’s the sentences following the ones you quoted that undergird a lot of my issues with her handling of the issue over the last seven months: Read more

This was fairly well covered by the NY media when it happened, but its roots stretch back a long way. Read more

Yeah, I didn’t catch wind of that until I spoke with a Democratic aide after the piece went up. Also, minor note, but they don’t own the casinos; they get paid to lobby for a company that does. Read more

Now this is a good comment Read more

It me. (I probably hung around Marchman too long—I can feel the urge to back his anti-AC takes already.) Read more

I just might! Read more

Thank you! My main caveat is that I have laundry in the basement of my building; I also cook dinner at least 5 nights a week and cook both breakfast and lunch ~4 times a week. The laundry can pile up in the basket and I’m fine with it, but I get extremely anxious over a dirty kitchen. Read more

From what I understand, it’s a callback to Iron Man when Tony is building his first suit:

Yes! In the opening, where as they normally show a montage of MCU clips within the “Marvel Studios” logo, they did the same thing but with a montage of Lee’s cameos in the movie, which was very sweet and nice. In the film, he shows up reading the script of “Mallrats” on a train Vers boards. Read more

Hey there! Prior to you linking me to the NPR story, I had never heard of this phrase’s other uses and connotations, but given the history of the phrase, we’ve since changed the text to read, “calling it like she sees it.” Thanks for bringing this to my attention. This was a good bad-faith comment. Read more

Thanks! And no worries, I totally get where you’re coming from. I think the tough part for the media/media-adjacent Native folks interested in discussing this issue is knowing that party loyalists on either side can bend the issue for their own argument and entirely exclude the Native perspective—for those in the GOP,… Read more

Mr. rides again!, glad to be of service. Read more

Buddy, you sure love constantly commenting on these Warren articles about how unimportant this issue is to you, personally. Maybe—and this is a suggestion—just don’t read them! Read more