Our billionaires used to have a deep sense of civic responsibility, and through great acts of service and philanthropy established public goods to be enjoyed by all. Rockefeller bought 11k acres for Acadia National Park and built the carriage trail system. Carnegie helped build over 1,500 libraries in America.
But sure…invest the money in Super PACs and NGOs to “beat back Marxism”. GMAFB. Sorry. They did this to themselves. Not a statement on policy, just that they FAFO.
“There's a storm coming, Mr. Wayne. You and your friends better batten down the hatches, because when it hits, you're all gonna wonder how you ever thought you could live so large and leave so little for the rest of us.”
It’s actually helpfully demystifying that Neera is behaving this brazenly. No hypotheticals about establishment cynicism on these issues needed to make the point, just open her feed.
Don't even understand what Frum's upset about these days — the Democrats are disproportionately influenced by him and his neocon buddies while the GOP is actually enacting the wettest of wet dreams for neocons with the Iran war
Guess the last target is any sort of leftist agenda
this lady has done interviews with CNN, the WaPo and the NYT with very serious journalists yet I have not seen even one question to her about if she has any regrets with founding "Ladies for Kavanaugh" and how she would feel if a group of female Platner supporters did the same
How disgusting. This woman is doing victory laps and clout chasing over someone else’s rape. She founded “Ladies for Kavanaugh” but now has the gall to act like she’s a Me Too hero.
I believe Jenny Racicot. I still do not believe Lyndsey Fifield.
Trump: I would be the greatest communist in history. I'd be right up there with Lenin. You got free rent for the rest of your life. Would anybody like to have a free house?
Thierry and Zlatan saying they wouldn't have become soccer players because of the costs of the American youth system, then seeing Lalas say it's a great system because it makes a lot of money for some people really sums it all up nicely
Mitch McConnell remaining technically alive for an extra three weeks because of a manipulative procedural maneuver is exactly how he would have wanted to go out.
Bill Simmons just opened his show by saying he didn’t have an immediate reaction pod to Jaylen Brown because he got a colonoscopy yesterday and thought he died when he heard the news, best to ever do it