Lackluster Blockbuster
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It's super weird how "what wins elections" is always exactly what the denizens of opinion pages already believe.
“Politicians should do what wins elections” is asinine for moral reasons but also, no one knows what will win an election! Yglesias et al keep acting like there’s some obvious set of policies or words that will guarantee victory but Harris basically did what they wanted and she lost.
4. Yglesias instead seems to implicitly argue that politicians should only do what wins elections, virtue be damned. One wonders what he thinks of those foolish 1850s abolitionists. As Condleeza Rice once said, politics is the art of making the impossible inevitable. That ain't this.
December 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
It's super weird how "what wins elections" is always exactly what the denizens of opinion pages already believe.
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“Politicians should do what wins elections” is asinine for moral reasons but also, no one knows what will win an election! Yglesias et al keep acting like there’s some obvious set of policies or words that will guarantee victory but Harris basically did what they wanted and she lost.
4. Yglesias instead seems to implicitly argue that politicians should only do what wins elections, virtue be damned. One wonders what he thinks of those foolish 1850s abolitionists. As Condleeza Rice once said, politics is the art of making the impossible inevitable. That ain't this.
December 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
“Politicians should do what wins elections” is asinine for moral reasons but also, no one knows what will win an election! Yglesias et al keep acting like there’s some obvious set of policies or words that will guarantee victory but Harris basically did what they wanted and she lost.
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A reminder for people who listen to centrist think tanks:
- In 2012, VP Biden took a political risk and spoke out in support of gay marriage.
- That went okay, so Obama followed suit.
- Voters who'd previously opposed marriage equality were inspired to change their minds.
Leaders need to LEAD.
- In 2012, VP Biden took a political risk and spoke out in support of gay marriage.
- That went okay, so Obama followed suit.
- Voters who'd previously opposed marriage equality were inspired to change their minds.
Leaders need to LEAD.
shit like the ban on gender affirming care (and it is a ban and we should call it that) is why democrats cant be mealy-mouthed bigot lite on this issue. its why theres a problem with people like gavin newsom giving ground on this issue.
this has to be a line in the sand.
this has to be a line in the sand.
December 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
A reminder for people who listen to centrist think tanks:
- In 2012, VP Biden took a political risk and spoke out in support of gay marriage.
- That went okay, so Obama followed suit.
- Voters who'd previously opposed marriage equality were inspired to change their minds.
Leaders need to LEAD.
- In 2012, VP Biden took a political risk and spoke out in support of gay marriage.
- That went okay, so Obama followed suit.
- Voters who'd previously opposed marriage equality were inspired to change their minds.
Leaders need to LEAD.
Planning a Christmas party and I've received 2 "yes", 3 "no", and 14 "if only in my dreams." How does one plan for this!?
December 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Planning a Christmas party and I've received 2 "yes", 3 "no", and 14 "if only in my dreams." How does one plan for this!?
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lmfao. chatgpt skipping the middleman and just sending you directly to the scammers now
December 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
lmfao. chatgpt skipping the middleman and just sending you directly to the scammers now
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i love that a significant portion of the population of the world believes in demons and the devil and satan. they just think this stuff is real and it genuinely scares them
December 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
i love that a significant portion of the population of the world believes in demons and the devil and satan. they just think this stuff is real and it genuinely scares them
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I feel the clients now using GenAI to do stuff and going "good enough" when they used to nitpick at every last detail is due to them finding out all those nit picky changes take time and work they cant be bothered to put in.
December 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I feel the clients now using GenAI to do stuff and going "good enough" when they used to nitpick at every last detail is due to them finding out all those nit picky changes take time and work they cant be bothered to put in.
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Monthly subscription rates will climb and the quality of service will decline, that's the implicit plan! But it sucks *right now* which is kind of fucking everything up for them
November 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Monthly subscription rates will climb and the quality of service will decline, that's the implicit plan! But it sucks *right now* which is kind of fucking everything up for them
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There should be a newspaper that is good.
June 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
There should be a newspaper that is good.
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'the apparatus of power is mourning him, therefore he must be someone worth mourning.' this is made funnier by that the right was able to keep this up for all of a week before forgetting about Kirk.
November 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
'the apparatus of power is mourning him, therefore he must be someone worth mourning.' this is made funnier by that the right was able to keep this up for all of a week before forgetting about Kirk.
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If the GOP endorses racism, or transphobia, or dictatorship, they believe that these ideas must be, at least in part, acceptable ones - because to recognize them as unacceptable calls the whole process of power into question.
November 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
If the GOP endorses racism, or transphobia, or dictatorship, they believe that these ideas must be, at least in part, acceptable ones - because to recognize them as unacceptable calls the whole process of power into question.
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DO: Run as a progressive with an actionable agenda.
DON’T: Pull a gun on a pregnant woman in a parking lot
DON’T: Pull a gun on a pregnant woman in a parking lot
Katie Wilson wins Seattle mayoral race, incumbent Bruce Harrell appears to be preparing to concede
The exciting race for Mayor of Seattle can now be called. With almost no ballots left to count, challenger Katie Wilson has an advantage that incumbent Bruce Harrell cannot overcome.
The exciting race for Mayor of Seattle can now be called. With almost no ballots left to count, challenger Katie Wilson has an advantage that incumbent Bruce Harrell cannot overcome.
Katie Wilson wins Seattle mayoral race, incumbent Bruce Harrell appears to be preparing to concede
The exciting race for Mayor of Seattle can now be called. With almost no ballots left to count, challenger Katie Wilson has an advantage that incumbent Bruce Harrell cannot overcome.
www.nwprogressive.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:31 AM
DO: Run as a progressive with an actionable agenda.
DON’T: Pull a gun on a pregnant woman in a parking lot
DON’T: Pull a gun on a pregnant woman in a parking lot
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Better Call Saul is even better on a rewatch. Realizing that Chuck is often *specifically* resentful of, and seeking to undermine, Jimmy’s ability to connect with elderly people. Because of their mom
November 12, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Better Call Saul is even better on a rewatch. Realizing that Chuck is often *specifically* resentful of, and seeking to undermine, Jimmy’s ability to connect with elderly people. Because of their mom
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November 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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probably something an innocent man would do
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
probably something an innocent man would do
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"This a purity test" is something disinterested people say to block any tangible improvement in the world. It is always bad faith & people who use it should be discounted as serious political actors.
Folks demanding political / ideological purity fail to see that this is no longer a movement belonging to the left / liberals. This is an opposition against fascism. By definition it must be big tent. Failure to grasp this: see divided oppositions in Eastern Europe as your failed examples.
October 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"This a purity test" is something disinterested people say to block any tangible improvement in the world. It is always bad faith & people who use it should be discounted as serious political actors.
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girls don't want boys girls want mashed potatoes
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
girls don't want boys girls want mashed potatoes
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While we're at it, why do we pay for a fire department when most houses don't even burn down.
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
While we're at it, why do we pay for a fire department when most houses don't even burn down.
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One of the talking points I keep seeing from Democrats is that part of the deal is that it will "ensure federal workers receive back pay" but that's the existing law!
That's not something you've won in negotiations. That's just the letter of the law. You don't get to claim that as a win.
That's not something you've won in negotiations. That's just the letter of the law. You don't get to claim that as a win.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
One of the talking points I keep seeing from Democrats is that part of the deal is that it will "ensure federal workers receive back pay" but that's the existing law!
That's not something you've won in negotiations. That's just the letter of the law. You don't get to claim that as a win.
That's not something you've won in negotiations. That's just the letter of the law. You don't get to claim that as a win.
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“You can sit in a basement with weird people and say weird things. It’s a free country.”
November 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
“You can sit in a basement with weird people and say weird things. It’s a free country.”
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i hope this election cycle empowers everyone the next time a centrist liberal says to drop pro-trans and pro-immigrant rhetoric to enthusiastically tell them to shut the fuck up
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
i hope this election cycle empowers everyone the next time a centrist liberal says to drop pro-trans and pro-immigrant rhetoric to enthusiastically tell them to shut the fuck up
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Schumer had a chance to repudiate the gutter racism and Islamophobia of Cuomo's campaign and he just fucking didn't. And that is disqualifying. He should be ashamed and we the voters should make sure he feels that shame.
Reporter: Today is election day in New York City. Did you vote for Mamdani or Cuomo?
Schumer: Look, I voted. And I look forward to working with the next mayor to help New York City.
Schumer: Look, I voted. And I look forward to working with the next mayor to help New York City.
November 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Schumer had a chance to repudiate the gutter racism and Islamophobia of Cuomo's campaign and he just fucking didn't. And that is disqualifying. He should be ashamed and we the voters should make sure he feels that shame.