I always seem to learn of things in media res so yeah I just figured it was another one of those.

Tragedy of the commons but everyone is the commons

When it comes to urban commercial real estate being vacant, a big part is often the simple fact that lowering rents goes against the interest of the landlords and banks, even if they actually would make more rental income. That's why it's rare:

postsuburban.substack.com/p/why-do-com...

Right, so a different D senator would be equally valid in your model. That's why it's "primary everyone" not "elect Rs".

they have more votes over the week. everyone should be calling their senators at 9AM tomorrow

Paul is never a decisive factor against Rs, he just likes feeling special

Gah, mea culpa. Just seems like he's been going along with votes a fair bit in the house and I misspoke.

Potentially all the terrible stuff and nominees he voted for? I'm really not certain but I haven't heard anything particularly great about him. Then again I'm not from Maine

You have outlets like the NYT just taking as a given the "open border policies of the Biden administration". It never happened! It's a complete and utter right-wing frame job.