Biden pulled American troops out of Afghanistan and got endless crap in the media with very little credit for having the guts to do it.

I was just thinking that. It’s Pleasantville except Tobey Maguire’s character rejects personal growth to be a neo-Nazi.

The reality is, for a certain type of person, “male” and “white” and especially “white make” is neutral. It’s the norm. It’s standard. And anything else is a deviation. They do not question the standard, only the deviation.

And he turned to me and said, “Why do all the female members have female press secretaries?” I was caught off guard and mumbled some reply. But that has (obviously) stayed with me. Because I knew he’d never say that if a room full of male Congress members had a room fully of mostly male staff.

I think the logic would be that Republicans have to fully own the weight of their policies with being able to shift blame to “Democratic obstruction”. Not sure I agree but that’s my guess.

Yes indeed. The Lutnick family in fact:

talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/lutni...

a reasonable follow up question would be
'then who in your administration does'

That is incorrect. Cities and counties get sued all the time for actions of police officers and routinely pay millions in settlements.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

And then this is a total cop out. “I appreciate I have no evidence for the attack I made. What I meant was something else. The point is Democrats are bad”

bsky.app/profile/nich...

I’m old enough to remember when we got a “free” plane from Qatar that will cost taxpayers $1billion to upgrade.