I wish we could have heard more of this Ted Johnson during his tenure at the Bulwark. I was excited for a Black voice in the mix when he first joined, and always craved more of his perspective given the right's manipulation of race to demonize any conversation that grapples with the white supremacist roots of our past and their impact on the Black American experience. Thank you JVL for continuing to bring Ted's insights into our dialog.
JVL: I mostly admire your writing and your suggested materials, but the Marvel Comic Universe is just that: A Comic. Whatever entertainment value it has is, in my opinion, all it has. You’re lead with MTG’s “projection”. I submit that Political Science associating its work product with Marvel is silly.
We should propose a trial separation, with a complete severing of finances. States can only have/spend what they pay - no more additional federal funding for anyone. I'm pretty sure the states who put more into the federal coffers (ahem NT/NJ/MA/NY) than they take out would be happy to keep the extra cash.
You're right, JVL -- great column from Ted. I congratulated him over at WaPo too, and I'm happy to report that I wasn't the only Bulwarker doing so. He knows that his friends have his back.
I bet MTG doesn’t recall the disaster that was the Articles of Confederation. The U.S. adopted the Constitution because allowing states the power she wants them to have didn’t work well.
Hey JVL. I’m definitely a fan - and I know that like a dozen people have already commented on this - but I too feel the need to register my great surprise at the fact that you didn’t know there’s a trans (pride) flag. I’m a bit shocked, actually, and kind of disappointed - I’ve been left wondering to myself *how* an intelligent and well-informed person could possibly be unaware of it. (I wouldn’t be surprised if Tim Miller was a bit shocked, too.) I don’t identify as LGBTQ, but in my particular corners of the internet, it’s fairly basic common knowledge, taken for granted. I think you’re great, dude, but I hope that going forward you remain aware that your knowledge of trans issues may have some real holes that need patching.
Stay cool, friend :)
P.S. I just noticed - Charlie’s article from yesterday has artwork with a variation of the trans flag! That appeared on the site the *same day* you asked “is there a trans flag?” 🤔
Greene discourages me. I think it's not just her complete stupidity and lack of any cogent understanding of anything. It's that she is so smugly proud of herself. She thinks she's a pioneer thinker and trailblazer.
MTG is ridiculous 🙄. Seriously. What utopia does she think red states are? Has she bothered to look at crime statistics in the poor red states?? 🤔 somehow I doubt it. Every single republican that brings up red vs. Blue on crime constantly says blue has the highest crime rates, and they're wrong. Poverty breeds crime, guess what states have the highest Poverty levels? Guess what states continue to be gerrymandered to stay poor and be controlled by people who don't have their best interest in mind? MTG is an effing clown show. She's a traitor. She needs to be removed from congress.
"States that have the highest rate of gun-related deaths – counting murders, suicides and all other categories tracked by the CDC – included Mississippi (28.6 per 100,000 people), Louisiana (26.3), Wyoming (25.9), Missouri (23.9) and Alabama (23.6). The states with the lowest rates included New York (5.3), Rhode Island (5.1), New Jersey (5.0), Massachusetts (3.7) and Hawaii (3.4)."
They sure disprove the old "more guns, less gunshots" point of view most recently claimed on the floor of Congress by Rep. Boebert. I don't know if she realizes that anything said there is preserved for posterity making her stupidity a permanent record.
Wait, Ted's not with The Bulwark any more? What'd I miss?
I wish we could have heard more of this Ted Johnson during his tenure at the Bulwark. I was excited for a Black voice in the mix when he first joined, and always craved more of his perspective given the right's manipulation of race to demonize any conversation that grapples with the white supremacist roots of our past and their impact on the Black American experience. Thank you JVL for continuing to bring Ted's insights into our dialog.
JVL: I mostly admire your writing and your suggested materials, but the Marvel Comic Universe is just that: A Comic. Whatever entertainment value it has is, in my opinion, all it has. You’re lead with MTG’s “projection”. I submit that Political Science associating its work product with Marvel is silly.
We should propose a trial separation, with a complete severing of finances. States can only have/spend what they pay - no more additional federal funding for anyone. I'm pretty sure the states who put more into the federal coffers (ahem NT/NJ/MA/NY) than they take out would be happy to keep the extra cash.
You're right, JVL -- great column from Ted. I congratulated him over at WaPo too, and I'm happy to report that I wasn't the only Bulwarker doing so. He knows that his friends have his back.
Here's hoping we can find a way for the GOP and the country to divorce from MTG.
Well we can always drop a piano on her.
I bet MTG doesn’t recall the disaster that was the Articles of Confederation. The U.S. adopted the Constitution because allowing states the power she wants them to have didn’t work well.
Recall? I'm willing to bet she's never heard of it.
Yes there's a trans flag actually. 😊
Hey JVL. I’m definitely a fan - and I know that like a dozen people have already commented on this - but I too feel the need to register my great surprise at the fact that you didn’t know there’s a trans (pride) flag. I’m a bit shocked, actually, and kind of disappointed - I’ve been left wondering to myself *how* an intelligent and well-informed person could possibly be unaware of it. (I wouldn’t be surprised if Tim Miller was a bit shocked, too.) I don’t identify as LGBTQ, but in my particular corners of the internet, it’s fairly basic common knowledge, taken for granted. I think you’re great, dude, but I hope that going forward you remain aware that your knowledge of trans issues may have some real holes that need patching.
Stay cool, friend :)
P.S. I just noticed - Charlie’s article from yesterday has artwork with a variation of the trans flag! That appeared on the site the *same day* you asked “is there a trans flag?” 🤔
MTG - "First President of Gilead."
I'd like a National divorce from MTG - AND Kevin McCarthy. . .
Greene discourages me. I think it's not just her complete stupidity and lack of any cogent understanding of anything. It's that she is so smugly proud of herself. She thinks she's a pioneer thinker and trailblazer.
I'm pretty sure that the list of divorce policy proposals was generated by ChatMTG.
JVL, loved "irony is dead". Do you think she even knows what irony is?
She thinks it's the opposite of "rusty. . ."
😂 😂 😂
"But he that sows lies in the end shall not lack of a harvest, and soon he may rest from toil indeed, while others reap and sow in his stead."
MTG is ridiculous 🙄. Seriously. What utopia does she think red states are? Has she bothered to look at crime statistics in the poor red states?? 🤔 somehow I doubt it. Every single republican that brings up red vs. Blue on crime constantly says blue has the highest crime rates, and they're wrong. Poverty breeds crime, guess what states have the highest Poverty levels? Guess what states continue to be gerrymandered to stay poor and be controlled by people who don't have their best interest in mind? MTG is an effing clown show. She's a traitor. She needs to be removed from congress.
"States that have the highest rate of gun-related deaths – counting murders, suicides and all other categories tracked by the CDC – included Mississippi (28.6 per 100,000 people), Louisiana (26.3), Wyoming (25.9), Missouri (23.9) and Alabama (23.6). The states with the lowest rates included New York (5.3), Rhode Island (5.1), New Jersey (5.0), Massachusetts (3.7) and Hawaii (3.4)."
This is Pew Research
here is the link: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/02/03/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/
Too bad facts aren't your friends if you're a rightie these days.
They sure disprove the old "more guns, less gunshots" point of view most recently claimed on the floor of Congress by Rep. Boebert. I don't know if she realizes that anything said there is preserved for posterity making her stupidity a permanent record.