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My comment regarding the ownership of AN has been scrubbed. What I didn't note in that comment is that the ownership is anonymous. Make of that what you will.

Addendum: the edit option seems to have disappeared, at least on this thread (for me).

I guess this is where we're giving feedback about the new site. I second the request for more info on navigating the changes. I, too, find the site extremely glitchy. I'm assuming that this is due to being a work in progress. My questions so far: E aIs the break room being phased out? Am I the only one getting ad popups on every page? Very intrusive. I don't think my phone is infected with something icky because scans come up blank and AN is the only site that does this on my phone. ‘‘Tis a mystery. Will continue to investigate.

Your writing style is similar. Welcome to AN's politics chat.

Beerman?

Glad to hear that I'm not the only one. There have been multiple overhauls of the site in the last 20 years. I 've never seen it this glitchy.

Thank you - still my shero!

Me, too. I ditched both cable and broadcast tv years ago. I just pay for internet service through which my smart tv gives me access to online content. YouTube is free with a paid option to go ad-free.

Depends on the commentary.

I'm not a "member" - I'm simply subscribed to their YouTube channel. It's free and (if you can't stand the idea of listening to principled, center-right conservatives) reversable. I dare ya! My fondest fantasy discussion is between Sarah Longwood conservative), Rachel Maddow (poli-sci PhD and center-ish progressive) and Heather Cox Richardson (professional historian and self-described Lincoln conservative).

Please check out this edition of "Illegal News" on the Bulwark YouTube channel. Sarah Longwood and Andrew Weissman have a riveting discussion of, among other things, this war with Iran. It is titled "Trump knows his election order is illegal. That's the point!” ETA: The second half of the podcast is a discussion of trump's threat to take over control of elections.

Your post and the post you quoted is a splendid example of the distinction I tried to draw between discussion of opposing opinions and gratuitous vitriol used to dominate/intimidate other users into shutting up. Yes - you get back what you give.

WBZ used to play it every Thanksgiving, too. I stopped listening when they changed to an "updated" version. And here's my non sequitur for today: Alice's Restaurant was a real place run by Alice Brock in Stockbridge, MA. My late spouse worked for her for a while (with a rubber chicken hanging out of his back pocket).

More than a few students don't actually want to be nurses. They need the degree and the license in order to get into anesthesia or NP school.

Gotta address that burning straw in the middle of the room. Regurgitated gossip and propaganda is not opinion. Name-calling is not opinion. Neither is deliberately demeaning and personally directed sarcasm. They are either bullying tactics or an inability to do effective reality testing. Mostly, I ignore the nonsense, but sometimes my reality pushes back.