Ben Kyber
@bpkybe.bsky.social
Trial and Appellate Lawyer in Richmond, VA. Girl dad. Teacher's husband. Music obsessive and vinyl collector. HMFC, Chargers, Padres, and Richmond Spiders fan. Beer, wine, and whiskey enjoyer. State of global democracy worrier.
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With all due respect, Senator, from someone who's supported you for decades at this point: This is spineless and embarrassing, and it's offensive that your comms staff thinks we're stupid enough to buy this nonsense explanation for what amounts to total capitulation.
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
With all due respect, Senator, from someone who's supported you for decades at this point: This is spineless and embarrassing, and it's offensive that your comms staff thinks we're stupid enough to buy this nonsense explanation for what amounts to total capitulation.
Explanation #2 is that they're trying to build a non-competitive autocracy, and they don't care about the political wisdom or popularity of their actions because they don't think it'll matter one way or another.
These two explanations are not mutually exclusive and both seem likely to be true.
These two explanations are not mutually exclusive and both seem likely to be true.
November 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Explanation #2 is that they're trying to build a non-competitive autocracy, and they don't care about the political wisdom or popularity of their actions because they don't think it'll matter one way or another.
These two explanations are not mutually exclusive and both seem likely to be true.
These two explanations are not mutually exclusive and both seem likely to be true.
These people leveraged inflation and the public decline of a sitting president into a 1.5% popular vote win and interpreted that as confirmation that they're political geniuses (they're not) and a mandate to do whatever they want, no matter how stupid and unpopular. That's explanation #1.
November 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
These people leveraged inflation and the public decline of a sitting president into a 1.5% popular vote win and interpreted that as confirmation that they're political geniuses (they're not) and a mandate to do whatever they want, no matter how stupid and unpopular. That's explanation #1.
"Who Will Move Our Weight When We're Gone?"
July 26, 2025 at 12:27 AM
"Who Will Move Our Weight When We're Gone?"
What they have in common is a willingness, that Democratic leaders in Congress lack, to vociferously fight back against Trumpism. For some voters, it's about ideology. No question. But for the median Democratic voter, it's about willingness to stand up for first principles. That's the lesson.
June 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
What they have in common is a willingness, that Democratic leaders in Congress lack, to vociferously fight back against Trumpism. For some voters, it's about ideology. No question. But for the median Democratic voter, it's about willingness to stand up for first principles. That's the lesson.