rafischwartz
Rafi Schwartz
rafischwartz
Senior writer. When in doubt he'll have the soup.

Doesn’t the SPLC recognize some Black Separatist groups as hate groups?
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God damn it Minnesota has stolen Virginia’s thunder!
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I guess I can see supporting Moore if you really think the accusations are false, though it is getting harder and harder to rationally think that. What is really hard to stomach is the seemingly large number of “Christians” who really don’t seem to care whether the allegations are true. We have literally reached a Read more

It’s a self-perpetuating dynamic. As society polarizes, people will naturally withdraw into the social circles in which they feel the most comfortable. As polarization rises, so does tribalism. Our society is at risk of devolving even further toward this model of a bunch of mistrustful, hateful tribes. A tribal Read more

this is why we absolutely can not wait.... to eliminate the estate tax!

-Donald Trump Read more

Ooooh! A paedophile AND a would-be rapist? Roy Moore 2020, Breitbarters? Read more

what would be the grounds for the lawsuit? Defamation? Libel? Read more

But Islamic terrorists are the REAL threat here in the US guys. Read more

I’m sure there are good people on both sides of these hate crimes. Read more

Hate Crimes = Trump’s (and generally GOP’s) America. Read more

She believes in raising the minimum wage to $15/hour, and paid her campaign staff $15/hour! Imagine how much lovelier the state of the U.S. could be right now if all politicians put their money where their mouth is/practiced what they preached/insert whatever pithy saying here. Read more

Although I don’t live in her ward, I couldn’t be prouder of Minneapolis for electing Andrea! Hoping she can make those changes she’s fighting for and be the productive council member we need! Read more

So proud of my state right now! I’m in St. Paul, so I couldn’t vote for her obviously, but I watched the election here so closely it and it felt so personal. Something to be proud of again in this country. It’s been awhile. Read more

My medium-sized city just elected a tattooed, openly queer librarian to the city council, as well as another woman who works two jobs and whose platform was about accessibility. All the dems in town showed up at the same bar that night to celebrate. Every so often, someone would yell about the Medicaid vote passing, Read more

“We’ve still got investigations going on,” Moore said about his accusers, according to the Post Trump said about Obama’s birth records in Hawaii. “We’re still finding out a lot we didn’t know.” Read more

Suing is like stabbing. Those that threaten aren’t prepared to follow through.
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people who intend to sue do not typically threaten to do it first. they just fuckin do it Read more