The cult is coming apart at the seams.

I hope the Senator can bring him home. Let's not forget that all the others taken to that Salvadoran prison also did not get due process and should be considered innocent until proven guilty. If kidnapping to a foreign prison is all that's required to dismiss due process, none of us are safe.

Fight like hell, Bernie. My livelihood depends on clients who require medicaid. My practice will be wiped out if Medicaid gets cut.

It's not quite that simple. The election showed a huge rise in support for the AFD (the far right extremist party), winning 20% of the vote--more than they've ever had by a large margin. The winning party is also conservative. This represents a severe jump to the right for Germany.

Do we separate art from artist, or avoid the art as punishment for artist's sins, especially with living artists like Rowling and Gaiman? Maybe not wanting to support them financially makes it okay to pirate these fallen artists' work. Do we see them as human with grave faults and extreme talents?