RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."
This is fatal levels of poaster poisoning. He saw one too many Americans cheering who didn’t know Brazília is a planned city shaped like a plane.
He can’t take much more.
The elections are on next Tuesday, and so much is at stake, including the soul of the Democratic Party when it comes to transgender people.
I am asking you to leave a very small number of races blank in which a Democrat has embraced extreme anti-trans hate.
I make my case here.
Can you put that in a word document?
Copilot: yes
Can you put that in a readable word document i can share with others as an attachment via email?
Copilot: no
I think people intuitively understand that democratic candidates tossing trans kids to the wolves is not only morally repugnant but also politically ineffective, otherwise they wouldn't freak out every time someone said they weren't voting for a democrat who did this
The Diplomat season 4 episode 2: they fly the President to CVN 71 which is the Theodore Roosevelt. On a call later they say it was the Gerald Ford, CVN 78. I’m available for parties.
*when a dem is in power* The tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants
*when a republican is in power* criticizing the government is treason actually
“Even if Democrats win control of Congress, lawmakers can do little about prices that are uncomfortably high — and will stay that way even as the rate of inflation is expected to slow.”
“So what is the answer to voters’ angst? Time. People eventually acclimate to the price level,” Bernstein said.
Scoop: White House lawyers are weighing preemptive mass pardons for junior staff, sources says
Under discussion: Pardoning everyone involved in deportation, war, or trade policy
www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/w...
A helpfully clear exchange here
Hasan: "So your argument is that [Minnesota ICE protesters] should stay at home because immigration is a salient issue for Donald Trump. Opposing ICE is only going to help Trump. Wait until we win the election in 2028."
Yglesias: "Yes that is what I would have said"
"Bottom line: Democrats are delusional if they continue to believe good policy is sufficient to win elections. Republicans correctly realize good policies and effective governance are not even necessary to win."
@schaller67.bsky.social | @atrupar.com in a zinger Public Notice.
New in PN: Strong & right
"For decades, an article of faith among party apparatchiks was that if Dems simply published detailed policy platforms & then ran on those policies — or clever bywords like “affordability” or “abundance” — voters would swoon.
Wrong. And Dems are finally figuring it out."
well, on the one hand AI has made things significantly worse for everyone in almost every capacity that it has touched. But on the other hand, the dumbest guy you know can send emails nobody reads really fast now. So it's impossible to say whether it's good or not