Trucker friends are wondering aloud if we're entering into a Freight Recession.

@MentORPHEUS Same question. Would there even be any democrats you would vote for seeing how things are and the fact you live in the most liberal state of them all?

@slutmagazine I can't even relate to the concept of "Voting [party.]" I consider each candidate and proposed legislation on their own merits and vote accordingly. If there are no candidates or outcomes I accept for a line item I will leave it unvoted.

@MentORPHEUS Wish the same could be said for the dude who ran over a woman at the Charlottesville.

@MentORPHEUS I find it too much of a coincidence they are changing 50 year old precedent now when everything is falling apart.

@slutmagazine I agree with the "both parties work for the same people" part. I'm saying "they" don't need to set up elaborate (read: resource intensive yet without guaranteed outcomes) plans "to distract the voters" like you're suggesting. Abortion's main universal political utility is its power to attract, engage, and retain young voters; that is the primary long game at play here. People find their own distractions just fine without assistance much less central planning and direct steering.

@MentORPHEUS Are you going to vote Democrat at this point with them pushing for the stuff they already have?

@slutmagazine It's been a long damn time since I've watched or caught any of their acts. Stewart was okay as I recall, though I wasn't a fan of his show's formula and pacing so would only ever watch him because someone else was. Colbert has that Saturday Night Live reputational curse of "Used to be better." He seemed to get insufferably smug and snotty when The Colbert Report was peaking and I have no idea what he's talked about in recent years. Oliver... didn't make an impression on me; I can't remember a single thing he said or even that I ever watched his act really.

@MentORPHEUS If only it were as simple as that. Once you realize both parties work for the same people then you will realize that these kinds of issues are used to distract the voters from what's really important.