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I think a lot about a pre-election SNL in 2016 where Trump said, “I’m winning polls taken in Cracker Barrel parking lots.” SNL writers didn’t realize that would be enough for him to win.
December 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I think a lot about a pre-election SNL in 2016 where Trump said, “I’m winning polls taken in Cracker Barrel parking lots.” SNL writers didn’t realize that would be enough for him to win.
Pulls a rare feat of treating both religious faith and skepticism with respect
December 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Pulls a rare feat of treating both religious faith and skepticism with respect
The train is key here. Easy to get on and navigate there from any other point in the city.
November 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The train is key here. Easy to get on and navigate there from any other point in the city.
I suspect the real truth is Brexit has simply made economic growth next to impossible for any ruling party, but admitting a mistake is hard, and that’s something the British and her former colonies have always shared in common. youtu.be/IbhEPtUseeM?...
Longstreet tells Fremantle Britain lost the War of 1812
YouTube video by Cpl. Gadway USMC
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November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I suspect the real truth is Brexit has simply made economic growth next to impossible for any ruling party, but admitting a mistake is hard, and that’s something the British and her former colonies have always shared in common. youtu.be/IbhEPtUseeM?...
This is a still from the AYBS episode Shoulder to Shoulder where the men are enraged that they have to share their department space with the women.
November 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This is a still from the AYBS episode Shoulder to Shoulder where the men are enraged that they have to share their department space with the women.
Most voters who strongly oppose abortion just aren’t gettable for Dems. But successful pro-choice ballot initiatives in states like Kansas we have evidence of some red state voters who are moderately pro-choice but vote mostly GOP. Dems should prioritize trying to reach those voters.
November 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Most voters who strongly oppose abortion just aren’t gettable for Dems. But successful pro-choice ballot initiatives in states like Kansas we have evidence of some red state voters who are moderately pro-choice but vote mostly GOP. Dems should prioritize trying to reach those voters.
True. And you can make a case that was an important part of him winning. But his profile is pretty unique and hard to replicate. And you have Beshear winning an equally red state with a pro choice stance.
November 3, 2025 at 12:57 AM
True. And you can make a case that was an important part of him winning. But his profile is pretty unique and hard to replicate. And you have Beshear winning an equally red state with a pro choice stance.
There are plenty of other issues where in certain districts and states it makes sense electorally for Democratic candidates to moderate out of strategic necessity. But it just isn’t the case for abortion anymore.
November 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
There are plenty of other issues where in certain districts and states it makes sense electorally for Democratic candidates to moderate out of strategic necessity. But it just isn’t the case for abortion anymore.
Important to note that the pro-life Dems in Congress were gerrymandered out of their seats or defeated by Republicans. We don’t have much contemporary evidence that running a pro-life Dem expands the map much for Dems. And many red states have voted pro choice on ballot initiatives.
November 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Important to note that the pro-life Dems in Congress were gerrymandered out of their seats or defeated by Republicans. We don’t have much contemporary evidence that running a pro-life Dem expands the map much for Dems. And many red states have voted pro choice on ballot initiatives.
There were folks who voted for her in 2020 and Biden and Harris. Path to beating her is flipping those folks and that’s a hard nut to crack. But that should be the focus of this primary: what candidate has best shot of doing that?
October 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
There were folks who voted for her in 2020 and Biden and Harris. Path to beating her is flipping those folks and that’s a hard nut to crack. But that should be the focus of this primary: what candidate has best shot of doing that?
Relatedly, I think this is why we don’t know what the political impact will be of the GOP’s cuts to ACA subsidies. Mitch McConnell says “they’ll get over it” but we’ll see.
October 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Relatedly, I think this is why we don’t know what the political impact will be of the GOP’s cuts to ACA subsidies. Mitch McConnell says “they’ll get over it” but we’ll see.
It‘s really interesting that Arkansas, West Virginia, and Kentucky went in on Medicaid expansion from the beginning because they still had Dem state government, but when the GOP took over those state governments they couldn’t get rid of it because it was too popular.
October 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
It‘s really interesting that Arkansas, West Virginia, and Kentucky went in on Medicaid expansion from the beginning because they still had Dem state government, but when the GOP took over those state governments they couldn’t get rid of it because it was too popular.
Rare example of something that balances comedy and genuine horror. As a liberal, the EPA as villain stuff doesn’t bother me because it’s supposed to be a comedy(and a fantasy). As you say, these guys are bumbling pest exterminators. It’s a comedy not a treatise for good government.
October 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Rare example of something that balances comedy and genuine horror. As a liberal, the EPA as villain stuff doesn’t bother me because it’s supposed to be a comedy(and a fantasy). As you say, these guys are bumbling pest exterminators. It’s a comedy not a treatise for good government.
Pundits who write on politics are either 100 percent right or 100 percent wrong. You must only say nice things about the pundits who are 100 percent right and when you don’t do that it definitely means you support Trump.
September 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Pundits who write on politics are either 100 percent right or 100 percent wrong. You must only say nice things about the pundits who are 100 percent right and when you don’t do that it definitely means you support Trump.
There was also a genuine split between liberals and conservatives among Southern Dems. Both maintained a commitment to segregation, but the liberals were more in tune with FDR economically.
September 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
There was also a genuine split between liberals and conservatives among Southern Dems. Both maintained a commitment to segregation, but the liberals were more in tune with FDR economically.
He said “prove me wrong” but he was not doing this as a Socratic practice. The Socratic way is to ask questions and thoughtfully evaluate BOTH one’s own positions and the opponent’s positions.
September 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
He said “prove me wrong” but he was not doing this as a Socratic practice. The Socratic way is to ask questions and thoughtfully evaluate BOTH one’s own positions and the opponent’s positions.
-This left him less vulnerable than Biden to economic populist attacks and better able to fend them off. And helped him keep voters behind him when there wasn’t immediate and full recovery from the Depression. He helped voters see things would only be worse under his opponents.
September 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
-This left him less vulnerable than Biden to economic populist attacks and better able to fend them off. And helped him keep voters behind him when there wasn’t immediate and full recovery from the Depression. He helped voters see things would only be worse under his opponents.
A key thing FDR understood but modern liberals don’t is the power of grievance in electoral politics. FDR very deftly communicated how the entrenched economic “royalist” continued to try and stifle his reforms while he was in power-
September 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
A key thing FDR understood but modern liberals don’t is the power of grievance in electoral politics. FDR very deftly communicated how the entrenched economic “royalist” continued to try and stifle his reforms while he was in power-
Notable that minus the food stamp part virtually every complaint in ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ could be leveled at the MAGA running of DC right now.
September 18, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Notable that minus the food stamp part virtually every complaint in ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ could be leveled at the MAGA running of DC right now.
Indeed. It’s sad.
August 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Indeed. It’s sad.
He’s also written about being bullied in school and how he was the weird artistic kid into British alt bands. Which makes it all the weirder that he became this big defender of the purity of white southern culture.
August 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
He’s also written about being bullied in school and how he was the weird artistic kid into British alt bands. Which makes it all the weirder that he became this big defender of the purity of white southern culture.
Wow didn't know those details. Awful. I was struck by how quickly they gutted public filing recently, which would benefit lower income workers so much. It's ludicrous how they are able to get away with their populist poses while legislating for the super wealthy.
August 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Wow didn't know those details. Awful. I was struck by how quickly they gutted public filing recently, which would benefit lower income workers so much. It's ludicrous how they are able to get away with their populist poses while legislating for the super wealthy.
Slashing taxes and starting billion dollar wars is a great way to wreck the balanced budget you inherited.
August 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Slashing taxes and starting billion dollar wars is a great way to wreck the balanced budget you inherited.
This was typical of a lot of Dem messaging that year. Hit big energy, big insurance, trade etc. It was pretty effective, just from voters' feeling that things weren't going well and needed to change. Many GOP candidates, of course, have run that same horse since. www.youtube.com/watch?v=G19e...
Heath Shuler Campaign Ad
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August 14, 2025 at 2:20 AM
This was typical of a lot of Dem messaging that year. Hit big energy, big insurance, trade etc. It was pretty effective, just from voters' feeling that things weren't going well and needed to change. Many GOP candidates, of course, have run that same horse since. www.youtube.com/watch?v=G19e...
That sounds right. I was still in college. My red southern district ousted a long term Republican for a Dem and the ads were constantly hitting the Republican over gas prices and the like.
August 14, 2025 at 2:11 AM
That sounds right. I was still in college. My red southern district ousted a long term Republican for a Dem and the ads were constantly hitting the Republican over gas prices and the like.