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Alec
@alectewig.bsky.social
Political Science PhD student at Columbia researching Political Behavior/Psychology
It's hilarious how this analysis completely relies on just pretending like the impact of big money in politics doesn't exist. It's like saying clearly the prisoner doesn't want to leave their cage because they're still in there, completely ignoring the lock on the cell.
April 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
That whole thread is filled with multiple people who are confidently painfully wrong about everything they are saying
March 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Apparently, Reagan voters used to say something like, "if only Reagan knew about x bad thing happening in his administration, he would surely jump in to stop it!" I imagine the exact same thing is happening constantly for these people.
March 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Yeah, he was forced to make a statement because he's a leader of a party that's nominally supposed to defend liberalism
March 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I knew she would be too feckless to do anything real
February 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
We need to be able to recall corrupt politicians like Adams in NY.
February 14, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Nah, the double y really adds pizzazz
February 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
1 out of 50 Jews being assaulted for being Jewish seems quite high I'd say
February 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The funniest is "they're always causing trouble everywhere they go" which was (and is) said ad nauseum about Jews.
January 26, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I talked to a number of people who insisted things couldn't get worse. Yes, they can get much worse.
January 26, 2025 at 3:29 AM
It's weird how they argue that simultaneously Palestinians don't exist and are the same as Jordanians/Syrians/etc. and are a uniquely and inherently bad people.
January 26, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The Beatles is one of the best band names of all time. Concise + pun on beat and beatnik. Timeless.
January 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM