Nails it.

centrism has become - or maybe always was - more of a triangulation than a position. Other people believe things, think things, yearn for things, and I simply wait around to say “their thing, but less”

legitimately i think one of the core failings of centrist pundits is that they have come to define themselves by what they are against--to chart their intellectual course by who they think is being annoying this week--instead of by recourse to genuine principle

Yes, PLEASE, end the omnipresent Pause Episode, where 7 episodes’ worth of story magically becomes 8 because we spent an hour connecting dots in the past.

You do NOT want to see what he was sending from jeecrimes@gmail. com

Credit where due, fucking with air travel was genius MAGA move. It impacts upper & middle class and, more importantly, a powerful business interest. Starving millions of poor people doesn't piss off Wall St.

5/ Whether Republicans secure enough Democratic votes is NOT the only question here. It’s critical that if 7 or 8 mods vote with the gop to end this that the rest of the caucus vote the right way and make clear they think this was the wrong decision. If they don’t then “the Democrats” own this …

The problems with this are expansive:

- He squanders upper hands (see: Nov 2025)

- He will have created 40 days of national pain for zero tangible benefit to voters

- He assured Americans that once Trump polled in the 30s, Republicans in DC would break with him and pass good bills in Congress