On topic, trans rights are definitely a tricky issue for the left to navigate since it's a fissure running through the left and also generally between younger and older feminists, *and* it'… (View Post)

The main reason for not wanting to put more people's lives under the control of an immigration bureaucracy is that anyone who's ever experienced an immigration bureaucracy knows that it… (View Post)

I posted this a while back but The Hill has a run-down on who McConnell might be able to flip if he goes after Trump. I feel like they had to be quite optimistic just to get to the "few votes sh… (View Post)

Japan has quite a strong strain of pseudoscience. Air conditioners by otherwise reputable manufacturers are marketed for producing "minus ions", and there's all this left-over Nazi stu… (View Post)

I don't think the US/EU alliance is personal. The military commitments are a little bit historical, but generally the US doesn't mind having a military presence all over the place, if you w… (View Post)