A big chunk of the US population is quite literate in a language other than English. Another big chunk never got appropriate instruction for learning when you have dyslexia

The typical American worker has wages withheld and gets a refund, so yes

They’re afraid to insist on shoes that fit, but instead wear a size based on Trump’s guess. No way anybody in Trump’s orbit can be honest with him

A big chunk of the country prioritizes racism over almost anything else, and lives in the Fox Cinematic Universe, where this kind of thing gets mentioned once at 3am so they can say they covered it, and then never again.

The NYT didn’t even quote the statement initially, but paraphrased it to make it seem saner. They only added the quote to the article after pushback

So long a somebody else has to fight; he’s not out there fighting a buffalo himself.

They have minorites in both houses of Congress. Can’t actually stop anything under those conditions

Problem is that when you disperse research teams, it takes a decade or more to get back to where you were

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It just takes getting them out of power. That’s attainable

It doesn’t have to be that way; we could have a world where people don’t need to fight over energy resources because wind and sunshine are everywhere.

In a close election, tipping a few tens of thousands of votes in the right state could in fact alter the outcome. So they’d target the closest swing state, and pick precincts with large minority populations.

The problem is that just standing around is going to intimidate a bunch of US citizens who have dark skin

As far as anybody can tell, he made the whole thing up. The sharpies for signing are real, but likely are standard sharpies that somebody silk-screened a logo onto.

They’re quite trained. It’s just that they’re trained to levy war against America

A writer at the NYT tries that about once a year. Here was this year’s

The editors then give the article poor placement so few people see it.

At the rate we’re going, it’ll be cheaper.

What if the goal isn’t to win the game of rock, paper, scissors, but to give their buddies chances to win bets? The whole US attack on Iran looks more like that than anything else.

It is, but one that a shocking fraction of significant left-of-center writers are still on.

If you want to avoid them, there is some coverage in the Financial Times but this gift link expires after a few hundred clicks.

Ever since Lindbergh used the slogan as a pro-Nazi rallying cry