Politics 101: Any issue that unites your base and divides theirs is a good issue that you should keep pounding.
made a similar point on the opinions podcast this week in response to the idea that epstein is a dead end. not only are actual voters interested in this but it divides the gop and puts pressure on the president. it would be political malpractice to treat it as a sideshow
The usual suspects are telling Dems that Epstein won’t win elections, get back to “affordability” and I think my head might explode. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
November 16, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Politics 101: Any issue that unites your base and divides theirs is a good issue that you should keep pounding.
made a similar point on the opinions podcast this week in response to the idea that epstein is a dead end. not only are actual voters interested in this but it divides the gop and puts pressure on the president. it would be political malpractice to treat it as a sideshow
The usual suspects are telling Dems that Epstein won’t win elections, get back to “affordability” and I think my head might explode. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
Force A Referendum On The Epstein Coverup
It divides Republicans much more than "affordability" or any other economic issue.
www.offmessage.net
November 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
made a similar point on the opinions podcast this week in response to the idea that epstein is a dead end. not only are actual voters interested in this but it divides the gop and puts pressure on the president. it would be political malpractice to treat it as a sideshow
Gotta love how Jon Karl and ABC News had this graphic ready to go *the very moment* that Hassett rolled out his Walmart anecdote.
November 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Gotta love how Jon Karl and ABC News had this graphic ready to go *the very moment* that Hassett rolled out his Walmart anecdote.
I think I’ve found an issue that will heal partisan divides and bring America together again: nobody likes these.
November 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I think I’ve found an issue that will heal partisan divides and bring America together again: nobody likes these.
1. Scandal politics win elections pretty often.
2. THIS scandal divides the GOP more than affordability or really anything.
3. If Dems want to win the fight (pry the files loose, rather than give up after Trump says no) they need to make a referendum out of it. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
2. THIS scandal divides the GOP more than affordability or really anything.
3. If Dems want to win the fight (pry the files loose, rather than give up after Trump says no) they need to make a referendum out of it. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
November 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
1. Scandal politics win elections pretty often.
2. THIS scandal divides the GOP more than affordability or really anything.
3. If Dems want to win the fight (pry the files loose, rather than give up after Trump says no) they need to make a referendum out of it. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
2. THIS scandal divides the GOP more than affordability or really anything.
3. If Dems want to win the fight (pry the files loose, rather than give up after Trump says no) they need to make a referendum out of it. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
President Trump on social media withdrew his support for Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Georgia Republican who has increasingly broken ranks with him. The split has exposed the divides within Trump’s MAGA base over the Epstein files and more.
Trump Cuts Ties With Marjorie Taylor Greene, Calling Her ‘Wacky’
The rupture exposed the divides within President Trump’s MAGA base over the Epstein files and more.
nyti.ms
November 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
President Trump on social media withdrew his support for Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Georgia Republican who has increasingly broken ranks with him. The split has exposed the divides within Trump’s MAGA base over the Epstein files and more.
this question is classist, no? Like it divides pee and poo into different classes?
November 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
this question is classist, no? Like it divides pee and poo into different classes?
Kindness.
Today is World Kindness Day.
Kindness is a fundamental part of the human condition.
Kindness bridges the divides of race, religion, politics, gender and location.
Kindness.
Today is World Kindness Day.
Kindness is a fundamental part of the human condition.
Kindness bridges the divides of race, religion, politics, gender and location.
Kindness.
November 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Kindness.
Today is World Kindness Day.
Kindness is a fundamental part of the human condition.
Kindness bridges the divides of race, religion, politics, gender and location.
Kindness.
Today is World Kindness Day.
Kindness is a fundamental part of the human condition.
Kindness bridges the divides of race, religion, politics, gender and location.
Kindness.
In the real world, where your hiring process is not 'first, I must only hire people who will never, ever move from Waterstones to Daunt's', you are in most roles having to look for fairly arbitrary divides between really good candidates!
November 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
In the real world, where your hiring process is not 'first, I must only hire people who will never, ever move from Waterstones to Daunt's', you are in most roles having to look for fairly arbitrary divides between really good candidates!
Mahmood’s word-salad to camouflage a vile move by government. If immigration is causing divides fix the divides not the legislation.
“on article 8 of the ECHR in particular the right to family life ..we want to constrain in legislation the way that that is applied in immigration cases” Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood tells Sky’s Trevor Philips
Who would have imagined we would ever hear this from a Labour government
Who would have imagined we would ever hear this from a Labour government
November 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Mahmood’s word-salad to camouflage a vile move by government. If immigration is causing divides fix the divides not the legislation.
Forget about politics and religion, nothing divides the nation like who wants the heating on or off, or whether a window should be open or closed, in a shared office.
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Forget about politics and religion, nothing divides the nation like who wants the heating on or off, or whether a window should be open or closed, in a shared office.
You see stuff differentiated on age (pensions and childcare) and location, but almost never on stuff that sits across political divides.
November 17, 2025 at 10:09 AM
You see stuff differentiated on age (pensions and childcare) and location, but almost never on stuff that sits across political divides.
This DHS video uses language that divides describing those who “properly assimilate” while excluding others, and portraying opponents as “radical supporters." This is autocratic rhetoric that contributes to polarization and weakened democratic norms.
x.com/steadystate2...
x.com/steadystate2...
TheSteadyState on X: "The DHS statement uses language that divides people into insiders and outsiders — describing those who “properly assimilate” into “our way of life” while excluding others, and portraying political opponents as “radical supporters” of “illegal immigrants.” This is automatic" / X
The DHS statement uses language that divides people into insiders and outsiders — describing those who “properly assimilate” into “our way of life” while excluding others, and portraying political opponents as “radical supporters” of “illegal immigrants.” This is automatic
x.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This DHS video uses language that divides describing those who “properly assimilate” while excluding others, and portraying opponents as “radical supporters." This is autocratic rhetoric that contributes to polarization and weakened democratic norms.
x.com/steadystate2...
x.com/steadystate2...
my Dean (who used to chair the English department) sends an email to William & Mary faculty every F & divides it into a top part everyone should read & a “below the line” creative musing that is optional. I look forward to it each week.
I wish more administrators were creatives.
I wish more administrators were creatives.
November 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
my Dean (who used to chair the English department) sends an email to William & Mary faculty every F & divides it into a top part everyone should read & a “below the line” creative musing that is optional. I look forward to it each week.
I wish more administrators were creatives.
I wish more administrators were creatives.
The Bible leaves no room for disbelief without punishment.
Its framework is exclusionary by design — belief divides salvation from damnation.
That’s not divine wisdom, but the mark of an insecure, dictatorial deity who fails to grasp that faith cannot be forced.
Its framework is exclusionary by design — belief divides salvation from damnation.
That’s not divine wisdom, but the mark of an insecure, dictatorial deity who fails to grasp that faith cannot be forced.
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The Bible leaves no room for disbelief without punishment.
Its framework is exclusionary by design — belief divides salvation from damnation.
That’s not divine wisdom, but the mark of an insecure, dictatorial deity who fails to grasp that faith cannot be forced.
Its framework is exclusionary by design — belief divides salvation from damnation.
That’s not divine wisdom, but the mark of an insecure, dictatorial deity who fails to grasp that faith cannot be forced.
Kansas congressional delegation divides along partisan line on bill ending shutdown | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg
Kansas congressional delegation divides along partisan line on bill ending shutdown • Kansas Reflector
In Kansas delegation, five Republicans vote to end government shutdown. State's lone Democrat votes "no," calls for relief on health care costs.
kansasreflector.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Kansas congressional delegation divides along partisan line on bill ending shutdown | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg
SF newspapers have been stereotyping Chinese American voters as NIMBYs rather blatantly after Prop K but it's the same generational age divide that all other demographics deal with. When white voters have gen divides its understood in those terms but when non-whites do it its like a race thing.
November 14, 2025 at 6:35 AM
SF newspapers have been stereotyping Chinese American voters as NIMBYs rather blatantly after Prop K but it's the same generational age divide that all other demographics deal with. When white voters have gen divides its understood in those terms but when non-whites do it its like a race thing.
Everything Trump has done has damaged the US. He hasn't added to the nation in any way. He further divides the US people, he has alienated allies, embraced enemies like Putin and Xi and he has wrecked the economy. Just like he did the first time around. Is anyone surprised?
November 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Everything Trump has done has damaged the US. He hasn't added to the nation in any way. He further divides the US people, he has alienated allies, embraced enemies like Putin and Xi and he has wrecked the economy. Just like he did the first time around. Is anyone surprised?
Pope Leo's first papal trip signals desire to bridge Catholic-Orthodox divides religionnews.com/2025/11/14/p...
Pope Leo's first papal trip signals desire to bridge Catholic-Orthodox divides
ISTANBUL (RNS) — An upcoming visit between two of Christianity's most prominent figures is a welcome sign that reflects what's already happening in many churches in Turkey.
religionnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Pope Leo's first papal trip signals desire to bridge Catholic-Orthodox divides religionnews.com/2025/11/14/p...
I think one of the divides in the party is between people who want to win an election and people who want to win power.
November 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I think one of the divides in the party is between people who want to win an election and people who want to win power.
Only Gavin Newsom is positioned to bridge the divides he’s created in between different constituencies in his own party
J-MART, on Newsom:
“.. Ask yourself: How many other potential candidates .. can transcend the political-pop culture divide ..?
“.. there may not be a modern political figure who was simultaneously so well-positioned to be his party’s nominee ..”
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
“.. Ask yourself: How many other potential candidates .. can transcend the political-pop culture divide ..?
“.. there may not be a modern political figure who was simultaneously so well-positioned to be his party’s nominee ..”
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
November 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Only Gavin Newsom is positioned to bridge the divides he’s created in between different constituencies in his own party
*extremely centrist voice* Hmmm, methinks the lady has forgotten her Latin! Caveat emptor, my dear! It means that we have more in common than that which divides us. But don't worry your soft little girl brain about it, darling. I can teach you
November 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
*extremely centrist voice* Hmmm, methinks the lady has forgotten her Latin! Caveat emptor, my dear! It means that we have more in common than that which divides us. But don't worry your soft little girl brain about it, darling. I can teach you
5/🧵 Race divides the Democratic Party more than it does Republicans. Young Republicans remain almost as racially resentful as older Republicans. But among Democrats and independents, massive shifts. White Gen Z independents have lower racial resentment than Boomer Democrats.
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
5/🧵 Race divides the Democratic Party more than it does Republicans. Young Republicans remain almost as racially resentful as older Republicans. But among Democrats and independents, massive shifts. White Gen Z independents have lower racial resentment than Boomer Democrats.
“Proper” and “improper” syntax and grammar are real markers of class divides. But those divides are less important than the one between those who want to communicate with people, and those who want to communicate their own superiority.
November 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
“Proper” and “improper” syntax and grammar are real markers of class divides. But those divides are less important than the one between those who want to communicate with people, and those who want to communicate their own superiority.
‘Do you believe in fairies? If you believe, clap your hands!’ ~ J M Barrie.
@racheldeering.bsky.social here for the rest of a fairy dusted #BookWormSat
🖼️ Arthur Rackham
@racheldeering.bsky.social here for the rest of a fairy dusted #BookWormSat
🖼️ Arthur Rackham
November 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
‘Do you believe in fairies? If you believe, clap your hands!’ ~ J M Barrie.
@racheldeering.bsky.social here for the rest of a fairy dusted #BookWormSat
🖼️ Arthur Rackham
@racheldeering.bsky.social here for the rest of a fairy dusted #BookWormSat
🖼️ Arthur Rackham