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the core problem with "just triangulate" is that polling shows Harris won "voters who knew what the fuck was going on", which pretty directly implies that you cannot fix whatever problems we have by changing facts. the problem is people who don't know facts.
It's common to hear that, if Dems are to win against the right, they need to shift their rhetoric regarding social policies towards the right. This is conventional wisdom for many. But I'll let you in on a little secret: There's actually quite a lot of data about whether this works, and it doesn't.
June 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
the core problem with "just triangulate" is that polling shows Harris won "voters who knew what the fuck was going on", which pretty directly implies that you cannot fix whatever problems we have by changing facts. the problem is people who don't know facts.
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More to the point, it takes one senator to deny unanimous consent for a time agreement. The House Dems, the federal workers, everyone opposed to the Schumer Surrender would be happy to have additional time to gather 41 no votes on final cloture. Any senator can do it.
2/ When you pass a bill in the senate you need to do cloture (60 votes) to start the debate and to end it. And there's things that have to happen between those votes. If those rules are all followed this bill won't pass until the beginning of next week.
March 14, 2025 at 3:11 AM
More to the point, it takes one senator to deny unanimous consent for a time agreement. The House Dems, the federal workers, everyone opposed to the Schumer Surrender would be happy to have additional time to gather 41 no votes on final cloture. Any senator can do it.
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i simply don’t understand how schumer could ever convince anyone passing the trump budget was a good idea. republicans are dancing on him. absolutely pathetic
March 14, 2025 at 4:17 AM
i simply don’t understand how schumer could ever convince anyone passing the trump budget was a good idea. republicans are dancing on him. absolutely pathetic
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Who will be the first top elected Democrat to come out and say that, next time the Dems have power, they will repeal the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, to prevent wannabe autocrats like Trump from using/abusing it?
March 14, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Who will be the first top elected Democrat to come out and say that, next time the Dems have power, they will repeal the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, to prevent wannabe autocrats like Trump from using/abusing it?
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Only takes 23 Senate Democrats to remove Chuck Schumer from leadership and replace him with someone willing to fight
March 14, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Only takes 23 Senate Democrats to remove Chuck Schumer from leadership and replace him with someone willing to fight
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You know, if your campaign was run so badly that 6 million people who voted for the corpse of Joe Biden decided to stay home, and felt disconnected from your political project, one would think the scrutiny would be on the candidate and their campaign that couldn’t energize people against a fascist.
6m ppl chose to stay the fuck home. So. Figure that out.
January 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
You know, if your campaign was run so badly that 6 million people who voted for the corpse of Joe Biden decided to stay home, and felt disconnected from your political project, one would think the scrutiny would be on the candidate and their campaign that couldn’t energize people against a fascist.
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We should get to shoot him again.
🚨NY State Trooper Thomas Mascia said he was shot in the line of duty, triggering a multi-state manhunt. Plot twist: Mascia shot himself for sympathy. There's more- He claimed he was shot by a Black man.
He & HIS PARENTS just turned themselves in Monday.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
He & HIS PARENTS just turned themselves in Monday.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Ex-N.Y. trooper staged his own shooting for attention or sympathy, prosecutors say
Thomas Mascia pleaded not guilty to tampering with evidence, false reporting of a crime and official misconduct. He has resigned, state police said.
www.nbcnews.com
January 31, 2025 at 12:30 AM
We should get to shoot him again.
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[team that employs a top 5 all time HC, the best DC of the century, and the best quarterback in human history keep making super bowls] something fishy is afoot…….
January 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
[team that employs a top 5 all time HC, the best DC of the century, and the best quarterback in human history keep making super bowls] something fishy is afoot…….
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Nothing could be as bad as 5 years ago when they spent the entire pregame discussing whether Giannis should seek a trade from the 27-4 Bucks and Stephen A emphatically saying he has to.
December 25, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Nothing could be as bad as 5 years ago when they spent the entire pregame discussing whether Giannis should seek a trade from the 27-4 Bucks and Stephen A emphatically saying he has to.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks can't fathom why they aren't playing on Christmas: 'Disrespectful'
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks can't fathom why they aren't playing on Christmas: 'Disrespectful'
While there was initial disappointment, it has turned into gratefulness over an unexpected chance to spend time with family on the holiday.
dlvr.it
December 23, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks can't fathom why they aren't playing on Christmas: 'Disrespectful'
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I know he's Giannis, but this note from @teamziller.bsky.social's newsletter today still made me go 😳
December 11, 2024 at 4:59 PM
I know he's Giannis, but this note from @teamziller.bsky.social's newsletter today still made me go 😳
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during the 2023 presidential primary, the legal team for a major GOP candidate threatened to sue me if i wrote critically about the candidate's wardrobe
The small flurry of threatened defamation suits is the latest sign that the incoming Trump administration appears poised to do what it can to crack down on unfavorable media coverage.
Trump and His Picks Threaten More Lawsuits Over Critical Coverage
The small flurry of threatened defamation suits is the latest sign that the incoming Trump administration appears poised to do what it can to crack down on unfavorable media coverage.
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2024 at 8:29 AM
during the 2023 presidential primary, the legal team for a major GOP candidate threatened to sue me if i wrote critically about the candidate's wardrobe
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quick Saturday diversion: I need these people to understand that two of the greatest onramps towards believing in community and respect for other people are sports and playing any sort of games with each other
The thing is that if you really believe they’re Nazis you can’t then say “but they don’t affect too much outside of politics right?”
November 23, 2024 at 7:35 PM
quick Saturday diversion: I need these people to understand that two of the greatest onramps towards believing in community and respect for other people are sports and playing any sort of games with each other
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i grew up in an extremely white middle class neighborhood. in HS i was in AP classes, national honor society, did school newspaper, and played sports
guess which of those activities introduced me to most diverse group of people, in terms of race/class/life experience? bc it wasn’t newspaper!!!
guess which of those activities introduced me to most diverse group of people, in terms of race/class/life experience? bc it wasn’t newspaper!!!
November 23, 2024 at 7:42 PM
i grew up in an extremely white middle class neighborhood. in HS i was in AP classes, national honor society, did school newspaper, and played sports
guess which of those activities introduced me to most diverse group of people, in terms of race/class/life experience? bc it wasn’t newspaper!!!
guess which of those activities introduced me to most diverse group of people, in terms of race/class/life experience? bc it wasn’t newspaper!!!
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sport is the single biggest arena of public life in human society. refusing to engage with it - or even coexist with it - bc you were picked last in high school gym class is not merely depriving yourself of a common language spoken by billions, but also deeply antisocial behavior
The thing is that if you really believe they’re Nazis you can’t then say “but they don’t affect too much outside of politics right?”
November 23, 2024 at 7:28 PM
sport is the single biggest arena of public life in human society. refusing to engage with it - or even coexist with it - bc you were picked last in high school gym class is not merely depriving yourself of a common language spoken by billions, but also deeply antisocial behavior
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Also if anyone says sportsball they are getting blocked that is a personal policy that has never steered me wrong
November 23, 2024 at 4:06 AM
Also if anyone says sportsball they are getting blocked that is a personal policy that has never steered me wrong
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The thing is that if you really believe they’re Nazis you can’t then say “but they don’t affect too much outside of politics right?”
November 23, 2024 at 4:05 AM
The thing is that if you really believe they’re Nazis you can’t then say “but they don’t affect too much outside of politics right?”
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Both Me Too and Black Lives Matter were not just transparently righteous, they were also very large. Conditions of the political and information environment allowed large numbers of people to be mobilized around these justice movements. It can happen again.
November 20, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Both Me Too and Black Lives Matter were not just transparently righteous, they were also very large. Conditions of the political and information environment allowed large numbers of people to be mobilized around these justice movements. It can happen again.
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The lesson that Dems learn every single time they lose (& sometimes when they win) is that “social issues” are toxic, that the electorate is fundamentally and fixedly socially conservative. But this both ignores recent history and abandons the work of politics, which is in part about changing minds.
November 20, 2024 at 3:55 PM
The lesson that Dems learn every single time they lose (& sometimes when they win) is that “social issues” are toxic, that the electorate is fundamentally and fixedly socially conservative. But this both ignores recent history and abandons the work of politics, which is in part about changing minds.
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this is one of the fundamental problems with popularism. it can only ever be tactical, because in the long run treating polls as exogenous renders the whole exercise of politics deterministic.
November 20, 2024 at 4:22 PM
this is one of the fundamental problems with popularism. it can only ever be tactical, because in the long run treating polls as exogenous renders the whole exercise of politics deterministic.
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i still kind of can't believe he got away with january 6th
November 20, 2024 at 5:09 AM
i still kind of can't believe he got away with january 6th