Bear Pit: now the sole domicile of politics at LuLa

[digitaldog]

And now for the comics:

[Robert Roaldi]

You kind of have to admire this effort to explain the recent anti-Haitian lunacy, https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/09/18/jd-vance-springfield-scapegoating-00179401 , as if it's part of some long-term well thought philosophical plan. They even drag Peter Thiel's undergrad studies into the picture. I think they're trying too hard.

An old interview re-surfaced in which JD Vance is in favour of government action to thwart women travelling to different states to obtain reproductive health care. I wonder which philosopher thinks that makes sense.

[digitaldog]

Trump pushes for a shutdown if lawmakers can’t pass bill targeting noncitizen voting:GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump ramped up pressure on Republicans on Wednesday to shut down the government unless lawmakers can pass a controversial bill targeting non-citizen voting, a move that comes just hours before the House is expected to try, and fail, to pass a six-month funding plan that includes the voting measure.