Republicans and Other Stuff

 

• You know the depths to which the Republican Party has sunk when Liz Cheney is becoming my favorite GOP House member.

• Cancel Culture is not a thing. When I read an essay that uses it as a part of its argument, I stop reading. It's just an intellectually lazy way to think you've proved some point.

• The Repubs never really believed in all the anti-science bullshit they spewed. It was just a way to justify policies they favored. Guess what? Now their base actually believes this stuff for real.

• The new LA County DA has promised to eliminate cash bail and re-evaluate sentences in thousands of past cases. Recently elected local prosecutors across the country--Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis, and now LA (and I am sure others)--are more valuable for progressive policies than federal initiatives. Most prosecutions are done at  the local level, and local prosecutors are the ones working for the police departments instead of the public they serve.