I see a lot of people making points about video games. And I have to say one big reason I have had a long career in public service was an early obsession with Sim City. So it certainly matters!

I’ve been trying out Deezer and I like it so far, definitely sounds better than Spotify

The clearest path to viable majorities is probably Matt Yglesias shutting the fuck up

Like seriously Baboo Ceesay is the man. Not many people I would root for in a badass-off with Tim Olyphant but he more than makes the cut.

The quality of a Yale education.

Jury nullification FTW

A CR absolutely plays into the administration’s hands too, since it would just extend everything where OBBB left it so that should be out of the question.

The moment when Christopher Walken asks him why he’s dressed like Batman cracks me up every single time

I think it matters for him because he’s not Trump. The figures in the Trump administration do not see eye to eye on a lot of things (immigration being about the only exception) but are held in check by Trump’s center of gravity. Vance would have to work to control them, and he won’t.

He is also absurdly lazy. Besides the constant vacations and his lack of enthusiasm for campaigning when he was running for Senate, he allegedly barely showed up to his Venture Capital job because he was too busy plugging his book.