It’s a laughable “component” of the IC.

I learned this after drilling for a weekend with a MI CPT who saw on FB that the DPRK had launched an all out nuclear strike on Japan and “The Media was hiding it” so he kept on looking on JWICS for the evidence.

The Divine Teachings of ‘Fucking the Text Man for Texts’ melmagazine.com/en-us/story/...

Basically the entire country shifted a tiny bit more to the right from 2020 to 2024 and that made all the difference.

And it was mostly people's [wrong] perceptions on inflation that made the difference. Something Harris could never effectively counter as the incumbent VP defending the admin.

but many of those same people treat neoliberals as human agents and reactionaries as a force of nature

Like, it's great that Mamdani's smile creates better vibes than a scowl, but maybe Ezra can talk about how huge swathes of the electorate were completely unaware what tariffs were or why people were so upset with "Bidenism" despite it producing massive material benefits?

Maria has been accused over the years of fabricating her story that she had gone to the FBI. After finding the document in the trove, I called her. She broke down in tears.

“I’ve waited 30 years. I can’t believe it. They can’t call me a liar anymore.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...

Or, in a handful of cases that make up the bulk of what few competent personnel they can get their hands on, you're a completely hollowed out apparatchik who is incapable of seeing any life for yourself outside of Republican politics, and will go along with whatever if need be.

Like Wiles or Rubio.