We know what you did. People are going to die because of your acquiesence.

By caving, Dems further the illusion that the shutdown was their fault to begin with.

And the people they think they’re saving with SNAP almost certainly have ACA plans. This is delaying even worse pain.

All dems that vote for this need to be primaried.

Yglesias is intellectually lazy. His algorithm is to take the median opinion of left and right to present a compromise forward. This worked reasonably well when both parties were moderated. It falls on its face in the face of radicalism.

i don’t think you can maximin vote share with polls and spreadsheets, and i think it is a problem that the most prominent and influential political commentators right now are more devotees of data than experts in narrative

People decried Uber for losing many billions of dollars over many years, but they eventually became profitable. The same players think the same thing will happen with AI. But the difference is the tech ecosystem has *way* more cash to shovel into the furnace this time around.

The comments attached to the article are depressing. I have a strong suspicion that if Platner is elected, he will make a heel turn like Fetterman. They are cut from the same cloth.

When it comes to the landscape of the discourse, I believe that you should always lead with principles. Not because people are principled but because it's easier to reiterate core principles than policy, which can be complex and confusing.

Centrist Dems: we need to build a big tent coalition to be successful.
*Voters elect a candidate left of center*
Centrist Dems: No, not like that.

Cheap is leaving a paltry tip. This is theft. The entire thesis of today’s GOP revolves around force. And because there’s no one forces them to pay, they will continue stealing.

His analytics tell him this is the media edgelords consume the most. So now he’s inserting far right religious ideas into them, in an effort to continue to consolidate the GOP’s control over this demographic.