Interested Milwaukee Citizen
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What's ironic to me about Silver's turn is that he literally wrote a book about how to be a better thinker and analyzer of data called The Signal and the Noise, and one of its essential points is that people who are experts in one thing assume they're experts in OTHER things. And well.......
November 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
What's ironic to me about Silver's turn is that he literally wrote a book about how to be a better thinker and analyzer of data called The Signal and the Noise, and one of its essential points is that people who are experts in one thing assume they're experts in OTHER things. And well.......
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This is genuinely funny coming from a guy whose entire life is an endless stream of bitching and moaning while he leads the party of divorced dads who are mad their families hate them
Trump: "If we die, we must die and we as men we die without complaining."
November 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This is genuinely funny coming from a guy whose entire life is an endless stream of bitching and moaning while he leads the party of divorced dads who are mad their families hate them
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this is not "everyone is twelve" theory. this is the slightly rarer but typically much more consequential "no one knows what lawyers do" theory
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
this is not "everyone is twelve" theory. this is the slightly rarer but typically much more consequential "no one knows what lawyers do" theory
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it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet
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tbh the fundamental issue with public safety in america is that there are so many guns that is extremely likely that whatever unarmed public safety outfits you have will lean heavily on the ones with guns for further protection
The police should be broken up into like four forces each with different responsibilities and applicant pools.
My take as well: We need everything from "social worker who can dodge a punch" to "SWAT team" because sometimes someone's having a psychotic break in public and sometimes someone has a gun and hostages. The police being our one-size-fits-all solution is pretty stupid in that light.
November 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
tbh the fundamental issue with public safety in america is that there are so many guns that is extremely likely that whatever unarmed public safety outfits you have will lean heavily on the ones with guns for further protection
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Eating a sundae with a long spoon is the height of decadence. The longer the spoon the more decadent it is. Ideally you shouldn't even be in the same room as the sundae
November 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Eating a sundae with a long spoon is the height of decadence. The longer the spoon the more decadent it is. Ideally you shouldn't even be in the same room as the sundae
Uh oh. Chicago Union Station is showing the wrong track for the Hiawatha today. There’s a Metra train at track 5 and it’s actually at track 9. Hopefully no one gets on the wrong train
November 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Uh oh. Chicago Union Station is showing the wrong track for the Hiawatha today. There’s a Metra train at track 5 and it’s actually at track 9. Hopefully no one gets on the wrong train
What’s so exciting about these results is how high turnout there was NJ/VA and PA.
Most off year elections (like special elections) see major swings due to super low turnout in which one party turns out but the other largely didn’t.
This more like midterm turnout, so I think it’s more predictive.
Most off year elections (like special elections) see major swings due to super low turnout in which one party turns out but the other largely didn’t.
This more like midterm turnout, so I think it’s more predictive.
Democrats won landslide victories in Georgia and Pennsylvania where turnout collapsed vs 2024. And won by larger than expected margins in New Jersey and Virginia www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
What’s so exciting about these results is how high turnout there was NJ/VA and PA.
Most off year elections (like special elections) see major swings due to super low turnout in which one party turns out but the other largely didn’t.
This more like midterm turnout, so I think it’s more predictive.
Most off year elections (like special elections) see major swings due to super low turnout in which one party turns out but the other largely didn’t.
This more like midterm turnout, so I think it’s more predictive.
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I’m so confused. His newsletter on the Senate vote and shutdown politics was quite good, while this is completely different.
I guess he’s trying to be funny in a way that would make the X ecosystem laugh
I guess he’s trying to be funny in a way that would make the X ecosystem laugh
the hipsters, they’re ordering double frufru mocha soy frappuccino. doesn’t anybody order a black coffee anymore
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I’m so confused. His newsletter on the Senate vote and shutdown politics was quite good, while this is completely different.
I guess he’s trying to be funny in a way that would make the X ecosystem laugh
I guess he’s trying to be funny in a way that would make the X ecosystem laugh
I definitely think there’s a big disconnect between how almost every Senate Dem thinks about their caucus and how everyone else actually thinks about them.
Senate Dems will see this vote as representative of the individualist nature of the senate.
But everyone else is blaming the whole party
Senate Dems will see this vote as representative of the individualist nature of the senate.
But everyone else is blaming the whole party
November 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I definitely think there’s a big disconnect between how almost every Senate Dem thinks about their caucus and how everyone else actually thinks about them.
Senate Dems will see this vote as representative of the individualist nature of the senate.
But everyone else is blaming the whole party
Senate Dems will see this vote as representative of the individualist nature of the senate.
But everyone else is blaming the whole party
Idk how to feel about the reality that 20% or so of the Senate Dem caucus are willing to cave on the shutdown like this.
Is 80% unity good? Should it be 90-95%? Should we account for the extreme disproportion of Democrats to Senators?
Is 80% unity good? Should it be 90-95%? Should we account for the extreme disproportion of Democrats to Senators?
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Idk how to feel about the reality that 20% or so of the Senate Dem caucus are willing to cave on the shutdown like this.
Is 80% unity good? Should it be 90-95%? Should we account for the extreme disproportion of Democrats to Senators?
Is 80% unity good? Should it be 90-95%? Should we account for the extreme disproportion of Democrats to Senators?
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
My one hope in all of this is that there are a number of other votes required before the government actually re-opens, which will likely require Dem assistance.
The backlash against this initial vote could sway them against approving the other necessary votes.
So this may work out after all
The backlash against this initial vote could sway them against approving the other necessary votes.
So this may work out after all
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
My one hope in all of this is that there are a number of other votes required before the government actually re-opens, which will likely require Dem assistance.
The backlash against this initial vote could sway them against approving the other necessary votes.
So this may work out after all
The backlash against this initial vote could sway them against approving the other necessary votes.
So this may work out after all
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Two-thirds of Democrats say their own party makes them feel frustrated. By far the most commonly cited reason is that the party is not pushing back hard enough against Trump. www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Two-thirds of Democrats say their own party makes them feel frustrated. By far the most commonly cited reason is that the party is not pushing back hard enough against Trump. www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
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Giving up after concrete results show your strategy is working may be the most on brand Democrat thing ever, really gotta hand it to them
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Giving up after concrete results show your strategy is working may be the most on brand Democrat thing ever, really gotta hand it to them
This is the real kicker.
If the 8 cavers were able to actually achieve a real win out of this mess, they would probably have a lot more support, even from those most negatively affected by the shutdown.
But instead their sacrifice was literally for nothing.
If the 8 cavers were able to actually achieve a real win out of this mess, they would probably have a lot more support, even from those most negatively affected by the shutdown.
But instead their sacrifice was literally for nothing.
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This is the real kicker.
If the 8 cavers were able to actually achieve a real win out of this mess, they would probably have a lot more support, even from those most negatively affected by the shutdown.
But instead their sacrifice was literally for nothing.
If the 8 cavers were able to actually achieve a real win out of this mess, they would probably have a lot more support, even from those most negatively affected by the shutdown.
But instead their sacrifice was literally for nothing.
As someone who actively canvassed for Harris and voted for her in Wisconsin (and likes to travel abroad) I hope that these people recognize how difficult their countries often make it for those of us who might not want to be associated with American idiocy to live elsewhere
American travelers are hearing a lot of political hot takes from strangers these days.
https://cnn.it/4owkO11
https://cnn.it/4owkO11
November 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
As someone who actively canvassed for Harris and voted for her in Wisconsin (and likes to travel abroad) I hope that these people recognize how difficult their countries often make it for those of us who might not want to be associated with American idiocy to live elsewhere
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Dems are very proud of themselves for their “savvy” willingness to tell their base to simmer down and let the experts work. What they don’t seem to understand is the intangible, but very real, damage that does to the enthusiasm of their voters, who feel abandoned. And then the “experts” fail!
The Dem base wants the shutdown to continue because it’s the only time we’ve felt like our electeds were representing us: trying to squeeze the GOP instead of squeezing us to accept concessions; directing their anger at the Republicans instead of at their own voters for wanting them to resist
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Dems are very proud of themselves for their “savvy” willingness to tell their base to simmer down and let the experts work. What they don’t seem to understand is the intangible, but very real, damage that does to the enthusiasm of their voters, who feel abandoned. And then the “experts” fail!
Tbh, significant to me that the Lt. Gov of Wisconsin, who previously flipped a GOP district in the suburbs and is running as basically the moderate establishment pick, focusing on health care, is saying this sort of thing after that vote.
Tonight’s vote may have ended the shutdown — but it sent Wisconsin families the bill.
Senate Democrats had a choice: stand firm for working people or cave to political pressure. They chose wrong.
Senate Democrats had a choice: stand firm for working people or cave to political pressure. They chose wrong.
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Tbh, significant to me that the Lt. Gov of Wisconsin, who previously flipped a GOP district in the suburbs and is running as basically the moderate establishment pick, focusing on health care, is saying this sort of thing after that vote.
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I think tonight shows why “moderate to win elections” is a real risk
the big divide in the Dem caucus, as many have noted, has been less moderate vs progressive than fight versus don’t fight
but it’s not a coincidence that basically everyone in the “don’t fight” camp is a moderate
the big divide in the Dem caucus, as many have noted, has been less moderate vs progressive than fight versus don’t fight
but it’s not a coincidence that basically everyone in the “don’t fight” camp is a moderate
November 10, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I think tonight shows why “moderate to win elections” is a real risk
the big divide in the Dem caucus, as many have noted, has been less moderate vs progressive than fight versus don’t fight
but it’s not a coincidence that basically everyone in the “don’t fight” camp is a moderate
the big divide in the Dem caucus, as many have noted, has been less moderate vs progressive than fight versus don’t fight
but it’s not a coincidence that basically everyone in the “don’t fight” camp is a moderate
“The filibuster is designed to protect Republicans from voters, while punishing Democrats for winning”
Yes, that’s really bad
Yes, that’s really bad
I'll just say that a lot of Dems are principled opponents of the filibuster and/or believe that in the long run going to a majority-party-rules Senate will produce better policy are underestimating the policy changes this Congress and this president would likely pass after a full nuke...
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
“The filibuster is designed to protect Republicans from voters, while punishing Democrats for winning”
Yes, that’s really bad
Yes, that’s really bad
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See, I think the counterpoint is people elected a government, they should get the government they elected. Requiring a super-majority of a chamber whose representation is already unrepresentative leaves the government unable to respond to changing needs or demands and breeds cynicism.
I'll just say that a lot of Dems are principled opponents of the filibuster and/or believe that in the long run going to a majority-party-rules Senate will produce better policy are underestimating the policy changes this Congress and this president would likely pass after a full nuke...
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
See, I think the counterpoint is people elected a government, they should get the government they elected. Requiring a super-majority of a chamber whose representation is already unrepresentative leaves the government unable to respond to changing needs or demands and breeds cynicism.
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the angry base has been right and the savvy "calm down" caucus has been wrong every step of the way for the last 10 years
This seems significant
November 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
the angry base has been right and the savvy "calm down" caucus has been wrong every step of the way for the last 10 years