Obviously, she could do a lot better and be more frank with her expression of contrition (the fact that she kept falling back on canned platitudes is telling), I think she does an okay job here. She says many of the right things. Her next step should be to demonstrate that she understands why those things (e.g., I… Read more
WTF is wrong with the Democratic Party? Read more
One of my good friends is Lumbee. One of the many state recognized tribes in NC. They’ve been fighting for decades, and could really use all the help they can get. Read more
I’m glad that Nick covered this, because I saw the tweet this morning and then Googled the bill and was still confused. The state vs. federal recognition thing is trash. Cherokees are the only Natives federally recognized in North Carolina, but I think there are eight nations at the state level. Read more
As somebody from the mountain-west (Which I call anything west from New Mexico/Montana onward) she can fuck right off. Read more
oh my god that tweet happened in 2019? like, the same year we’re currently in, only 4ish months ago, and not 3 years ago like it feels like it in my head? Read more
“Removing it, Skowhegan middle school tutor Gloria Gordon said, would take rights away from non-Native American students who want to keep the mascot.” Read more
A lot of reviews used the word “satisfying” to describe the movie, and before I saw the film I thought it was being used as a backhanded compliment. For some reviewers it might have been just that, but having seen the movie, “satisfying” is by far the best way to describe it. It’s not a perfect cinematic achievement… Read more
The movie was flawed, for sure. The first act did drag a bit. Actually, the second act kind of did too. Time shenanigans must be ignored. Black Widow’s sendoff felt too small. Read more
Especially frustrating that he is criticizing one of the only voices that actually matters in the discussion of Warren’s DNA test. Nobody on the left should give half a shit about what Trump or anyone else in the Republican party has to say about it. Or what the other candidates have to say about it. But we do have to… Read more
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JP Morgan Chase donations to federal candidates in 2018: Read more
Even 160 years later, the American government is still trying to back out of treaties and tear them up. Maybe if we taxed our own population appropriately we wouldn’t need to try and wring every dollar out of a terribly impoverished people, who are only impoverished because of our actions.
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Even if the premise of the Politico piece were sound, doesn’t it cut more in favor of Warren by showing that she isn’t being influenced by her corporate donors? Read more
This pretty much summed up my feelings as well, Nick. It was a fine, maybe good, definitely not great MCU film, and I think you’re spot on about the “frustrating and insufficiently informative flashbacks.” I have no problem with in media res storytelling, provided that it’s done correctly, but this felt like a movie… Read more