Anti-prostitution laws: legislating control over our bodies?

Do you think progressives would be more receptive to prostitution legalization if the issue is framed as respecting an adult's decision to control his/her own body? Forced labor/slavery would still be criminalized just like it currently is in every other line of work.

Is it fair to associate "Johns" as "human/sex traffickers"?

For example, society doesn't associate illegal drug users with drug trafficking.

I'm just looking for opinions, not trying to undermine the issue of human trafficking.

Prediction: Mueller's full report won't be available to the public for decades.

I believe the findings will be so disturbing, so damaging to the country, that the AG won't release the entire report to the public. And, I think future administrations will also keep the full report hidden.

Instead, the public will get a massively redacted version of the report.

Bad news for California's High Speed Rail project.

It looks like Gov. Newsom is pulling the plug on the project. I am very disappointed...close to depressed about the current situation.

Pelosi played Trump like a fiddle!

My prediction: Trump will never sign a bill that lacks wall funding.

So where does that leave us? Here's a scenario:

1.
GOP Senators are pushed to the brink by angry constituents (yes even Mitch). They form a coalition with the Dems to pass a veto-proof bill w/o wall funding.

2.
Pissed off Trump says screw this and claims the entire legislature is corrupt. Then he quits. Akin to taking your ball and going home. He views this as a face-saving "out" where he can proclaim he is still a "winner."

It's possible that Buzzfeed's "law enforcement official" source is a Trump sympathizer...

...and intentionally disclosed bad information to discredit the Mueller investigation. It doesn't mean that the entire Mueller investigation is flimsy.

I am puzzled as to why Mueller would publicly dispute the accuracy of the story though. Even if the Buzzfeed story is false, why would it hurt the Mueller investigation to just remain silent? They've remained silent since the beginning.

Bad feeling if this shutdown does not get resolved this week, it won't get resolved ...

... until Trump is out of office. Trump likes the attention even if it is negative attention. It feeds his insatiable ego.

Fully automatic gunfire on NYE

It was nuts out here.

That NYC subway attacker is a lawyer! Seriously!

I couldn't believe it when I found out a few minutes ago. But, I checked her bar membership and it is true! It brings more shame to my profession .