i cannot emphasize enough that this is how the society in The Culture novels, which he claims are his favorite but probably only heard about from Grimes, deals with murderers.

it is an anarchist utopia in the far future

Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job

he's not just the whip he's an albatross

imagine your "whip votes" guy is the guy who caves on everything always

It's funny that for all of its cultural cachet, the most relevant bit for our present moment is the "not a wartime consigliere" scene and the Democrats refuse to see it.

I'm an entrepreneur!

Trump: I will personally send you a check for $2000!
Idiots: 🎉
Insurance premiums: go up $4000

I don’t want to post a ton of identical looking screenshots and this isn’t worth it’s own thread but

Gosh yay everyone’s an entrepreneur of their own health care lucky us

Colonel Angus

Plus he's a nepo baby

I probably shouldn’t bother with smugly gloating concern trolling.

Yes, Constitutional democracy, rule of law, and separation of powers lost again, this time with a more desperate move due to limited options.

But Dems are upset about it, and that’s what matters. Glad you’re enjoying it, Josh.

I guess I need to add that pundits have to get out of a normal democracy mindset too.

It’s been a decade of democratic backsliding, and nearly a year of rapid descent. Writing as if it’s 2013 or 1995 is out of touch. Either ”I have my head in the sand” or “I like this but won’t say so directly.”

At a literal level, their stance relies on actual ignorance of progressive political positions because they have to keep pretending everyone to the left of Angus King is engaged in magical thinking.

Begala’s criticism of Mamdani’s vote share is so disingenuous! Yes, the candidate facing both Republican and intra-party opposition in a high turnout election did not perform as well as candidates running essentially unopposed in low turnout ones.