Andrew Naughtie
@andrewnaughtie.bsky.social
Journalist, writer, Edinburgher. US Politics and other stuff besides.
The most cynical read on it would be that it was a way of responding to Bernie without going meaningfully left, but I don’t buy it – mainly because HRC began her 2007 campaign with a call to look after “invisible Americans” whose government had left them behind. NYT coverage below. 2/🧵
November 2, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The most cynical read on it would be that it was a way of responding to Bernie without going meaningfully left, but I don’t buy it – mainly because HRC began her 2007 campaign with a call to look after “invisible Americans” whose government had left them behind. NYT coverage below. 2/🧵
Of all my 2016 analysis bugbears, this is the hair trigger. It’s inane to analyse this section of the speech without including the *immediate next section* in which she comes out with almost exactly the “unheard anxiety” thesis Klein et al have been pushing ever since. 1/🧵
November 2, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Of all my 2016 analysis bugbears, this is the hair trigger. It’s inane to analyse this section of the speech without including the *immediate next section* in which she comes out with almost exactly the “unheard anxiety” thesis Klein et al have been pushing ever since. 1/🧵
I did the same and it “caught itself” – then came up with an excellent description of what it is:
“A glorified pattern-spotting text blender”
“A glorified pattern-spotting text blender”
August 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
I did the same and it “caught itself” – then came up with an excellent description of what it is:
“A glorified pattern-spotting text blender”
“A glorified pattern-spotting text blender”
Debut Bluesky contribution: I've finally left The Platform Formerly Known As Twitter. Thank god. Something tells me the withdrawal won't be especially brutal.
January 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Debut Bluesky contribution: I've finally left The Platform Formerly Known As Twitter. Thank god. Something tells me the withdrawal won't be especially brutal.