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Economic historian. Employed by dogs, cats, and goats in the PNW. KU Jayhawk.
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“Your job as Democrats is to lead the opposition to Trump, which means making Trump unpopular. Right now there are two governors on Trumpism: The courts and his popularity. You can’t influence the courts, but you do have input on public opinion. Stop wasting it.” www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-win...

submitted 16 days ago • 23 comments

1/ OK, Democratic members of Congress in the US Senate. It’s time for some tough love. I am aware your pollsters and consultants tell you things like “the American people want us to work together” and “ focus on prescription drug prices in the economy.”

submitted 21 days ago • 831 comments

It is astonishing that mainstream media is covering this like it is a shruggie vibe 🤷‍♂️

submitted 21 days ago • 2054 comments

The folks obsessively posting about egg prices for the past few years have gone strangely quiet just as egg prices hit an all-time high.

submitted 31 days ago • 1264 comments

And if Democrats can't make political gains on this, they're even worse at politics than I thought.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

"Our decadence has grown so fat and wobbly that one part of the country is now choosing soft authoritarianism at home while another group is too dim to understand the differences between liberalism and authoritarianism."

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11 teens have been arrested for beating two men they had lured using a gay dating app. Activists and police warn the attacks are part of a larger social media trend where straight teens and adults target and lure gay men for assault. www.advocate.com/crime/illino...

submitted 50 days ago • 1054 comments

Editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes has quit from the Washington Post after editorial interference of a sort she never previously experienced at the paper. open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...

submitted 51 days ago • 14 comments

The sad reality is, the overwhelming majority of Americans don't know there's a voter for the Speaker going on, don't care & won't be able to name him after the vote. This is what happens in a country where civics education is no longer universal. Its absence lets darkness settle in over democracy.

submitted 51 days ago • 1361 comments

Orwell's prescient description of a typical MAGA in his novel 1984.

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

New friend was disappointed that I couldn't give him treats.

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 93 days ago • 23 comments

"Donald Trump has revealed the true character of the American people to our enemies, yes. But he has also revealed it to our allies. That is useful information for them to have."

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