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It just occurred to me. He was always cited as a SCOTUS short-lister, but that ended since he adopted the "based" persona. Then I remembered "he led the opposition to Trump at the 2016 RNC" and the two facts kind of gelled.
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I think I figured Lee out - he wants to be on the Supreme Court.
He has a VERY narrow path there, but it depends on Trump not being able to get a true henchman through, but not trusting full-on FEDSOC judges.
Lee's outrageous behavior is a sign of fealty and a demonstration of Trumpist will.
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That's what I get for getting my news from social media
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That's fine, and frankly a standard 4th of July parade with some corny music is a relief, but it'd be neat if they displayed some new kit, at least.
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That video just screams "why the fuck am I here on a Saturday?"
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The parallels between the late 40's/early 50's and today are freaky.
The original anti-NATO sentiment amongst US pols came from isolationist GOPers who were pre-occupied with Chinese communists (becauae they had axes to grind against State Dept. China hands).
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Mix-and-match, customized algo-driven content feed. Media evolution, not revolution. It'd just be awful. But it'd be crack for the brain.
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That capability would probably be there, but I was thinking intro prompts like "what do you like?" "where are you active?" And then a customized video/audio/text dashboard pops up based off of however many private or public profiles you plug in. Your Spotify, your YouTube, your Twitter.
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Using your argument about a permanently-fractured media environment as a jumping off point, something that leans into that, "Me-vee" or some stupid such name.
An AI agent to create/curate your own tailored multimedia feed after a few cueing prompts. Atomize us even further.
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This doesn't mean your interview *matters*, or whatever, just that he goes in genuinely wild and interesting directions when he gets knocked off-track.
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Very parital dissent - if interviewing Trump himself, digging your heels in and interrogating lies becomes *interesting*, just because you don't know where it's going to go. The Jonathan Snow interview got pretty wild, and he flat-out told Leslie Stahl, I think "I lie about you to discredit you"
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"Now don't include any weird capitalizations or anything. We want everyone to know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, the boss didn't write this one."
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I need to see more photos before I can decide if this is an improper emolument or not.
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Don't think that was Hayes's point. But yes! Dozens of us!
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I'm not going to mock the UK for settling a trade deal with the US, they need to get clear trade arrangements with us before they go in to deal with the EU, but not what I would characterize as "major".
(Of course, I'm so loath to give Trump credit that I'm not exactly an impartial observer)
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Feels like this is Britain clearing the decks so they can focus on finalizing a trade deal with the EU.
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It's Britain, which is lol-worthy.
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Actually, I guess *that's* the key - does a token concession do it, or does it have to be something real and substantive?
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Guess it depends on how much pain the Chinese want to cause before dialing things back. Don't think the admin reels things back without at least a token concession (the whole "never show weakness" hang-up).
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Looney? LOONEY? Are we Canada-punning?
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"Gotcha" video clips three layers deep is so easy to do with Rubio, but no one does it. You can literally tee up an entire interview with him refuting every argument he throws out via old clips. That no one does it is quite a choice.
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First poll I've seen where be's below his first term level at this point.
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That's my gut feeling, but I don't trust my gut.
The guy's survived so many self-destructive moves, I can't rule out him sensing his political survival at stake, and doing a heel-turn on his most signature issue.
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Hegseth is still there and, at least right now, so are the tariffs, so there's going to need to be some follow-up, if this is more than an attempt to own a couple of news cycles.
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Catch-all term introduced because it was gender-neutral (!!!) and service-agnostic. About 25 years ago, I think? Maybe 30?
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Generic ballot of D+10 is when fun things start to happen (in the Senate)
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Bill Kristol seeing his name become an epithet for people he grew up with and worked with for more than a half-century is probably a bit traumatic.
The guy's a happy warrior, but making the turn he did has to be gut-wrenching. Wish libs would offer a bit more grace.
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So folks were supporting him for the stupidest, most hollow reasons imaginable, and that support is evaporating upon contact with reality. Sucks, but veeeeeery predictable.
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Just Cause II. If you do it, it needs to end with Bukele in the back of a C-17 in cuffs.
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It would help if the name "Noriega" started popping up in speeches.
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Can't imagine posting this stuff helps stabilize things:
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The "respectable right" is going to have it's own "come to Jesus" moment soon on free speech stuff. The left is dealing with that now, but there's very little appetite to admit that some speech you hate is, actually, protected, on the NR/Dispatch right.
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But at least he's smug about it
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Because of this?
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Anyone who knows anything is saying we're already turbo-F'd, but our Congress is made up exclusively of people who don't know anything and don't want to, so reconciliation takes priority over the omni-mess, and Lawler is saying "we'll give this some time to cook".
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...of Zimbabwe
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www.wsj.com/opinion/cana...
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Here's his whole post:
x.com/GaryWinslett...
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Gary Winslett on the other site made a good point - office jobs or coding or whatever isn't the only alternative to a job on the assembly line. You can go into heavy construction for a good wage, you can work in the energy sector.
There are lots of "manly", hands-on jobs out there still.
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A true safe harbor in uncertain times
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I'm not even trying to be all "rah rah" here. I mean, look how quickly all this stuff just happened. And look how quickly we went from the post Afghanistan doldrums to leading a multinational coalition like it was 1991.
We're stuck for now, but one solid response to one crisis, and we're back.
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A lot of the doomer pronouncements out there really seem to discount just how *quickly* things change once the wind is at a movement's back. Even serious harm can be reversed in an 18-month period if the entire force of a society is pushing for that change.
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Republicans removing tariff powers from Trump over his objection and veto is pretty much the "we're entering a depression" scenario. A 200 bps rate cut won't do much to fix things at that point.
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Waltz is in a Catch-22. Speak out to defend himself, he likely goes up against someone with greater juice in Trump-land. Stay silent, he gets attacked by the Trumpist Ultras, and eventuall goes under the bus.
Miller or someone probably said "use Signal to keep our comms away from the Deep State".
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Uhhhhhh.....
"Building 7 Boutique?"
Absolutely cursed.
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(He's gonna lose a primary despite the RFK embarrassment)
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If they make it in like this, definitely need to sprint to get TPP passed before the zeitgeist shifts again.
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I'm sure he'll still be in to the group chats, though
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No Sienna or no donuts?