“He is using the truth to tell a lie,” Miller says of Trump. “Or at the very least to mislead

It's more than a little ironic that the Professor would say something like that since that's exactly what he's doing.

He is right on one thing, the research is clear. It's a racial group's rate of violent crime that is ultimately the determining factor in the rate of police shootings. That's been confirmed by multiple studies time and time again, yet because it destroys the narrative it's ignored.

They can have all the votes they want, Puerto Rico isn't becoming a State anytime soon. Congress would have to approve it (which isn't going to happen), and the President would have to sign off on it (which isn't going to happen). So their vote is purely symbolic.

I'll just sit here and wait for the outrage from the Democrats over a foreigner attempting to meddle in US Politics. I'm sure they'll be along any second now...

Please Guardian, keep telling us how a militant Bernie Sanders supporter is doing this because of Donald Trump- a man who he said he would gladly murder.

Yeah, that's about what I expected.

You've definitely earned this one Adelle.

And once again the top article on the front page is another "Muh Russia" story with nothing but bullshit allegations and not a single shred of evidence.

I'm a conservative, Trump-supporting, Republican on the Internet... trust me, I've made my peace with the downvotes. lol

I know you and I disagree on ideology most of the time but this isn't even ideological, it's basic fact.

If you can't understand the difference between the McDonald's Corporation (MCD), and the individual franchise owners (franchising being one of the most common business models on the planet), as distinctly separate entities, then none of the rest matters. And the fact that you would say something as ridiculously absurd as: "Franchisees aren’t struggling. Fast food franchises make tons of money, apart and aside from their sheer money laundering capacity" is pretty indicative that you're well out of your depth here.

Yes I do.

And I think if you ever hired them, you would fell a responsibility

Yes, I do feel a sense of responsibility for my employees, all of them.

I've got a few hundred people who are relying on me to keep my business running, not only because they need to make ends meet, but because they want to buy houses, and start families, and take vacations, and send their kids to college, and retire someday. All of that is predicated on me being able to keep the business open and profitable. "That's my responsibility to my employees.

As many as it takes.

Many "not us" are doing everything they can to just make ends, the bills, that ladder never ends.

Okay, fair enough. Do me a favor though, explain to me why- as a business owner, that's my problem.

If an adult finds themselves in a situation where the only job they're capable of getting, and holding, is a minimum wage job at my fast food restaurant then that's unfortunate, but it's not my problem. I'm not responsible for the choices they've made that have led them to that point, nor am I responsible for the circumstances of their life that led them to make those particular choices. So why is it my responsibility as a business owner to subsidize either their poor choices or their bad luck?

How is a New Jersey carpetbagger doing so well in Montana of all places?

You're not supposed to be able to live on it. It's a low-skill low-wage job, not a career.

It's such a ridiculous notion that I almost wonder if the whole "Fight for $15" movement wasn't started by companies that make the automation equipment.