A lot of us still want to believe that the left and right will eventually unite and everything will go back to normal.

Once most of us start acknowledging reality, I think there are simple steps progressives can take to move forward without republicans.

The best way to stop trolls is to stop feeding them. If we don't give them any food, they got no reason to complain.

if they ever existed. There's always been fuckery, but what happened last year was beyond anything we've seen, and nothing will be done to stop it because they ended up in power.. they didn't win, but there they are, and with comrade gorsuck on the SC, well, you know.

and we might as well give up.

but we could sure use a rock star right about now to get people who don't vote and don't engage to rise up and do both. The only reason the system could be so rigged was because nearly 50% of eligibles didn't bother to vote. Voter suppression takes it's toll for sure, but it's not the whole picture.

With all the skullduggery happening, who has their eyes on Russia? They aren't going anywhere.

I wasn't sure it was going to pass until I heard about the phase-in. That's how they're trying to escape political consequences.

In 2018, they'll cite current statistics to show that few people have lost coverage and ignore the fact that millions will in the following few years....

which was also unpopular when it was passed.

The claims of grand conspiracy are more than a little silly.