djanyreason.bsky.social
Armchair amateur electoral politics analysis that comes to the banal predictable conclusion "Dems don't know how to win elections" = Block
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On this specific step - you're handwaving a *lot* of critically important questions. Ex post, yes, we should have done a lot of things. Ex ante, when you don't know Trump will return to power (and given how close the election was, you don't), you're crossing a lot of rubicons you don't want to cross
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"The House Voted Not to Impeach President Trump"
Huh, I guess everything he's doing is okay...
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I don't think low-engagement voters will necessarily interpret it that way
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*spawn some fights
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A Father's Day? Absurd! That will never happen - not in 34 days!
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This is a very good idea so long as it doesn't end up in front of Aileen Cannon
(which is to say - I think this is smart, clever, and correct; and also we need less focus on clever legal arguments and more focus on raw power moves)
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This is true
and also
The second biggest gender gap is Gen X / second biggest outlier is Gen X men - I don't think Max is wrong to note a big problem with the high proportion of shitty Gen Z men is their parents are shitty Gen X men
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Doesn't work face-to-face you say...
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That the Senate Dem Leader, Whip, and Campaign Chair all voted "against" over 75% of the caucus, yet strangely all retain those jobs
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Wilhoit's law
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
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MY himself seemed to indicate a 'radicalizing' moment for him (my word, not his) was having a piece spiked at Vox because, in his view, the EIC thought it was accurate but not 'nice', or something similar. He then started talking about how campus cancel culture was a threat, actually
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This is an interesting application of this principle - there is, I think, a degree of both push and pull in the case of MY - as he slowly drifted in one direction his social circle also drifted, likely in response to his drift. Chicken or egg?
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True. Biden should also have passed the Everyone Gets A Pony Act examinedlife.typepad.com/johnbelle/20...
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I'm not sure when that chance was - Manchin and Sinema were both hard no's in 21/22
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Twain-pilled
www.thoughtco.com/corn-pone-op...
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A fake no vote, using caucus leadership as cover to deceive your constituents, as your thread makes perfectly clear.
Resign. Give up your seat to someone who has the courage to fight.
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The Leader, Whip, and DSCC chair voted against over 75% of their caucus and none are going to lose their jobs.
The correct response to that fact is "Everyone is getting primaried over this"
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Sincerely, from a Chicago resident:
Fuck you
Shut the fuck up and retire
Go away. Let someone with the courage to fight take your place.
You are done. Fuck off and leave
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He still thinks the base are idiots he can con
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Schatz wants to be in leadership some day. If you look at the difference between House D's and supposed Senate D "no"s, it's pretty clear a lot of Senate D's want the CR to pass and don't want to get blamed for voting for it. Schatz is walking the plank to build goodwill.
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And yes, by Democrats, I mean all Democrats. The entire Senate caucus. Because they should absolutely be revolting against Schumer over this right now. But they’re not going to because ultimately they’re fine with this.
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Are you calling on Schumer and Durbin to resign from leadership? If not, then you are just being an opportunist, using the handful of 'yea' votes as a smoke screen to let you deceive your constituents
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Unless you are willing to call on @schumer.senate.gov to resign his leadership position, you are a liar who is trying to deceive his constituents. SHAME ON YOU
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Unless you are willing to call on @schumer.senate.gov to resign his leadership position, you are a liar who is trying to deceive his constituents. SHAME ON YOU
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Unless you are willing to call on @schumer.senate.gov to resign his leadership position, you are a liar who is trying to deceive his constituents. SHAME ON YOU
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Unless you are willing to call on @schumer.senate.gov to resign his leadership position, you are a liar who is trying to deceive his constituents. SHAME ON YOU
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Unless you are willing to call on @schumer.senate.gov to resign his leadership position, you are a liar who is trying to deceive his constituents. SHAME ON YOU
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They're selling you a dollar in 2029 for 45 cents today. It's better read as a bet about inflation.
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A request - in honor of this skeet, on the occasion of Ke'Bryan Hayes 51st game of 2025 (if it occurs), will you write a substack evaluating how ZIPS has held up for the Pirates season, as well as your reaction to it? I think that would be an interesting read
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Clicked, saw the byline... yeah, that tracks
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This is an interesting take, when considering whether any of the named parties in this post had any hand in the planning or execution of the incident that actually incited the current conflict and genocide occurring in Gaza
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Honestly, Biden should just order it released as an Official Act under Trump v. US
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I feel like my options were better when Netflix was a red envelope company, even if it meant I had to wait a few days
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I feel like this is abstracting past the "is a hot dog a sandwich?" question here - like, you can buy a cuppa at a gas station or a bowling alley, but if I invite you to go hang out at a coffee shop you're gonna be chuffed if we pull in to a BP