Larry Sabato belongs in the same bunch with Frank Luntz and John Kasich.
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Larry Sabato belongs in the same bunch with Frank Luntz and John Kasich.
The Boys aren't going to let Trump up into the tree house till he abases himself in a way that is directly proportional to what he requires from his own sycophants. That's okay because he's already demonstrated his willingness to take it up the ass with an audience. Putin, of all people, knows this.
Just a reminder that mailing voting uses all paper ballots. Also, due to differing state and local elections and candidate names, no more than 10 or 20,000 people ever get the same ballot configuration, the ballots are identifiable as genuine, and cheating would require too damn much coordination.
Point taken. Moral relativism and the price of life you know..
Yes it does, and I've been screaming for the on-air Talent to mention that every time the word tariff comes up for months now. Thank you for doing the same. Push back relentlessly
BOOM BABY
The Boys aren't going to let Trump up into the tree house till he abases himself in a way that is directly proportional to what he requires from his own sycophants. That's okay because he's already demonstrated his willingness to take it up the ass with an audience. Putin, of all people, knows this.
Trump always needs to have one layer between himself and the strike point of his policies to maintain some kind of idiotic plausible deniability. Motherfucking dildo...
It's sad that many of the affected funding slugs go towards helping people survive. Seems like Trump don't even play unless it involves the opportunity to kill some people. The Supreme Court is fully complicit in the 300,000 starvation deaths Trump has caused through denial of funding.
Just like when Georgia jacked up the voter suppression efforts by an order of magnitude in 2022, and black voter participation went up instead of down. Take that, buttheads.
Trump has long espoused a belief that each human is endowed with a finite amount of energy, and you shouldn't exercise because you may run out before you're done living. Maybe his supply is running short due to all the high-energy hating.
Trolly Moly!
I meant imperil, not Imperial.
Compared to the all-out war on knowledge going on now, the soft-core anti-intellectualism of the George W Bush Administration seems quaint.
In Trump 2.0, instead of firing his problematic appointees and thereby admitting he was wrong about something, he appoints them to ambassadorships.
For "Economics Fantasy Power Couple of the Year," I nominate Justin Wolfers and Natasha Sarin.
about mRNA all along. No fucking way.
No one is better than Trump at occupying both sides of an argument simultaneously, but when he touted operation warp speed last week on the same day his own administration defunded mRNA research, that became untenable. Maintaining this stance would require Trump's tacit admission that he was wrong
They came up to me with tears in their eyes and said, sir?
Mike Lee believes that all Democrats or liberals or whatever deserve death under the Mormon Doctrine of blood atonement. Under this somewhat arcane Doctrine, they believe that if you, by your actions, unwittingly Imperial your mortal soul they have a duty to kill you. Praise Jesus.
If you take the pill, It'll make you shrill. The fetal personhood crew made good on their part of the devil's bargain and held their fire while Trump tried to obscure their alliance. Payment is past due, and their commitment is unwavering. CAMPAIGN MESSAGE ALERT: Codify Roe and expand the court.
CAMPAIGN MESSAGING ADVISORY: Dems should run on an assault weapons buyback plan, with or without an outright ban. There are 20 million assault rifles in America, and if we bought them all back at 5K per, it would cost $100 billion. That would be money well spent.
and and the Fellas know that he is so easily manipulated that they can troll him at will with impunity- so let's start with an international photo op! Thank you sir may I have another? The word of the day is wedgie.
Two founders and one probationary member of the dictator's Club getting together for no reason other than to laugh about how badly Trump wants to be a part of this gang. Trump's application has been denied, haha. Trump is thirsty for inclusion at levels that no one's ever seen before,
Moral compass...
He's exactly the kind of candidate we need, as long as he's on board with filibuster carve outs and expanding the Supreme Court
White House Deputy communications director Jeff Bezos says....
and refunded, or buy paper check, to the American taxpayers exactly like tax refunds or stimulus checks. Cocktail napkin math says a family of four would get back something like $800 to $1,000, assuming the importers passed along 60% of the Tariff to their consumers.
Hey hey. It's billions. Exact number unknown at this time but hundred billion is close enough. So, here we go: the hundred billion in the treasury was paid by American importers. Each importer or retailer passed on a variable but known percentage to their shoppers. That amount could be divvied up
Trump says that if the treasury has to pay back the $100 billion or so that his tariffs have raised, it will throw us into a depression. For perspective, 100 billion is 1/300 of our annual GDP, and only 1.3% of our annual budget. That's nothing. The economy won't notice, and Trump is full of crap.
For further useful analysis of this problem, check out Frank Zappa's unpublished essay for Newsweek in 1981 about America being the country that chose cheese. He put it on the album cover for 1981's, "You are what you is." I tried to share it here, but my old disabled ass suffered a tech defeat.
to know they are being talked down to? One can only deduce that they have eaten the feces willingly, and screw anyone who doesn't think that that's okay.
That whole convo about the dumbing down of society, and realizing that it really is that bad, is at odds with the whole conversation about how to talk to Trump voters without offending them. If they are too stupid to know they have been fed feces by Trump, how are they smart enough
I'm waiting for any of these so-called negotiations to start. We may have to make do with another continuing resolution without concessions, for the same reasons we did so back in the spring.
to know they are being talked down to? One can only deduce that they have eaten the feces willingly, and screw anyone who doesn't think that that's okay.
Yeah, like saying that he fired Lisa Cook, without the caveat.
Okay Democratic party bashers, bedwetters, and whiners, if you want your prospective fighters to fight for you, then stop telling them that they are stupid and they suck. Momentum is developing nicely, so let's bolster their courage as they regain their footing. Let's fucking go.
That whole bit with Liz about the dumbing down of society, and realizing that it really is that bad, is at odds with the whole conversation about how to talk to Trump voters without offending them. If they are too stupid to know they have been fed feces by Trump, how are they smart enough
That's why it is so important to push back hard against the notion that there is any crime emergency that requires intervention of any sort above and beyond what is customary.
for saying, "factors IN play," instead of the widely used, "AT play." That goes with "set foot" instead of "step foot," and "couldn't care less" instead of "could care less," among others. The bastardization of our precious colloquialisms is out of control.
Damn dude, fantastic hit. There is a lot of frustration on the part of constituents who blame their representatives for not doing things that they have no power to do. We all need to do what we can, and stop regretting impossible might-have-beens. As a prescriptivist, I have to give you points
the filibuster for any reason. I think the message is far more inspirational when we highlight that we came within two votes of grabbing the brass ring and that with pledges to carve out the filibuster from all Senate candidates going forward we can guarantee success when we regain Trifecta power
I love Mallory McMorrow and I hope with all I have that she will be the next senator from Michigan. But, piling on about the Democrats failure to codify Roe is unwarranted and unhelpful. They tried, and it would have been done, if not for Manchin and Sinema. Those two adamantly refused to carve out
No one's ever seen anything like it because it's at levels that no one's ever seen before.
per year, so for each one of the many shots they remove from the schedule they will save a nice chunk of change. As an added bonus RFK will get to vaccinate fewer people so he'll be happy but not satisfied. Miller is all over getting this done due to his obsession with public charges.
The dog is barking some about the vax committee meeting coming up. There is an underreported Financial element that implicates Steven Miller as well as RFK. The vaccines for children program pays for all the vaccines on the schedule for any baby with or without insurance. The VCF costs $5 billion
combined with the citizenry going about their daily lives casually, as though the bastards weren't even there. The more picnics with troops in the background the better.
It has gotten more than a little annoying to hear the punditry continually asking what are you going to do about the troops, as though the mayor might meet them at the city limits with an armed Force. His order was sensible and realistic. All I can see is organized peaceful protest
If the Democrats can regain both houses of Congress, they can reclaim their tariff Authority and end this financial insanity. The courts could string the Tariff decision along till after the election so we could give the midterms a national angle by running as a team dedicated to ending tariffs.
This is what you get when you combine RFK Jr's darwinian eugenics with Steven Miller's obsession with eliminating "public charges." Caring for, and prolonging the lives of, the weak and infirm among us not only pollutes the gene pool, but it cost too God damn much. They are Nazis.
Oh my...
It's hard to see the signs through Trump's blizzard of bullshit, but they are there. The fact that Trump was elected at all tells us that voters need to feel the bite before they start paying attention. The generic ballot polls and special elections tell us what they're seeing when they do wake up.
Science is truth, and Truth is both the foundation and the pillar.
Your whiteness will never protect you from what the patriarchy has in store - Brittany Packnett Cunningham
Yay! You bring a level of nuance to the internecine squabbles of the Democratic Party as it tries to find the path between substance and virtue signaling, constructive energy and nihilism. I am okay with Hakeem supporting Zoran without endorsing, big tent and all, curious about how you see it.
If the Democrats can regain both houses of Congress, they can reclaim their tariff Authority and end this financial insanity. The courts could string the Tariff decision along till after the election so we could give the midterms a national angle by running as a team dedicated to ending tariffs.
Amazon Fulfillment employees, due to their highly vigorous work regimen, should be well prepared to thrive in the wake of the trumpian Jihad.
requires, we should celebrate understanding that we can fully support a candidate whose range of views may not fully align with ours. If Hakeem Jeffries feels he can support Mamdani despite disagreeing on campaign tactics, we should declare victory and move on. Any purity test is a harmful wedge.
There is no need for the NYC mayoral race to be seen as a proxy for the national debate going on in the Dem party. No Dem is against Mamdani's policies, but some are definitely uncomfortable with the boldness of his campaign promises. If we are going to be the big tent party that our current time
Tourette's attack....
I want to know what you are referring to so I can laugh also
RFK Jr. wants to make America healthy again by reducing our population to only those who can survive trial by medical ordeal. This is eugenics. He claims evidence supports diluting whichever vaccines black people will still be allowed to receive. Begin the era of "The Great Culling."
Not a word till Ken Paxton comes clean.
The sky is purple. Right?
And Prinzip is a 15 year old girl?
Double whatever.
Hypothetically, let's say they come up with the formula to determine what percentage of the tariffs got passed along to the American consumers. Whatever that total amount is can then be divvied up and refunded the same way they sent out the stimulus checks. That ought to work, right?
in fraught times like these, I could have sworn I detected a look of trepidation on his face. Of course, doing what I just suggested would make him a target - I wonder what you and / or he would think about any of that. As America's trusted and cherished documentarian, he would be the perfect choice
PSA Style documentary, just five or 10 minutes, demonstrating the security of our elections for easy consumption by the American public. Around this time you had him on deadline for an interview and when you remarked to him that we the country need people like him to raise their voice
Hello. When Chris Krebs said the 20/20 election was the most secure in our history that was the truth. I always felt that we should refuse to give an inch to the notion that our system is in any way vulnerable to fraud of any kind. I thought it would be perfect to have a short form Ken Burns
I was staring at my timeline when this popped up. Watching the chairman and Simone right now, waiting for details. Come on come on come on come on come on
It was bad before citizens united. This is thermonuclear.
When you kill off all the people with suboptimal immune systems, then the make America healthies are what's left over.
Neither did the Waffen SS.
Too late, shithead.
Is toast for sure, because I don't see anything happening between now and November 2026 that is going to make the Republicans any any more popular. Farmers have to choose between competing in the world market, or accepting a bailout check and living their lives dependent on the largesse of trump.
Yes Molly, I believe that Anne Seltzer's poll tapped into a vein of discontent that has now erupted like a boil on the ass of Iowa. In the last hour David Drucker made an assertion on MSNBC that Joni Ernst was not vulnerable. That's delusional. Whoever defends that seat, now that Joni has bowed out,
Fucking traitors
Trump and his minions intentionally find the most offensive example of their most offensive policy to rub America's collective nose in. That's right sports fans, he's arresting someone who wants to save your house from burning for a goddamn misdemeanor. To troll is the goal and up your ass. Nihilist
Trump and his minions intentionally find the most offensive example of their most offensive policy to rub America's collective nose in. That's right sports fans, he's arresting someone who wants to save your house from burning for a goddamn misdemeanor. To troll is the goal and up your ass. Nihilist
My god, did David Drucker really just say that Joni Ernst is not vulnerable? It doesn't matter who is defending that seat, they are effing toast. That vein of discontent that Ann Seltzer's poll tapped into is now made manifest. Any Republican who won by less than 20 points is vulnerable.
When she said we are all going to die, I immediately translated that to mean screw it I quit.
Hello and how are you. Can you offer any inside into who is best positioned to poach Joni Ernst's seat? I've been wondering if she would decline to run again and rumblings seem to indicate that may be happening.
Don't forget that the budget deficits caused by the big ass bill have automatically triggered a 4%, that's 47 billion dollars worth, cut in overall Medicare services in 2026. Looks like they're going to pay for it with big hits to fewer people, instead of small co-pay increases to everyone.
Don't forget that the budget deficits caused by the big ass bill have automatically triggered a 4%, that's 47 billion dollars worth, cut in overall Medicare services in 2026. Looks like they're going to pay for it with big hits to fewer people, instead of small co-pay increases to everyone.
filibuster for the purpose of codifying Roe, taxing the rich, and restoring voting rights. They denied the American people access to paid Family Leave, federally funded child care, and middle class tax cuts.
I'm all in on blue no matter who, because this is an existential election coming up, but I still want to know where any Senate candidate stands on filibuster reform. Widespread dissatisfaction with the Dem party had its origin in the refusal by Joe Manchin and Kirsten Sinema to carve out the
A kickback on denials? The cruelty is the point with cash incentives - oh yay!
If we want to be a big tent party in more than just a performative sense, then we all need to get used to rubbing elbows with people that make us a little uncomfortable. Purity tests of any kind are out. If someone wants to support Zoran Mamdani but not endorse him, fine. Anything else is nihilism.
So many unvaxed and unmasked Republicans died in the second year of the pandemic in Florida that the state did not register a drop in excess deaths from the first year. They then co-opted those data, through asshole Surgeon General Ladapo, to falsely claim that the Jab doesn't work.
One would do well to remember that covid vaccine uptake peaked at about 70%, leaving a plenty large enough pool of unvaxed for the virus to burn through. It raged in Florida after the jab was available, killing Republicans at a rate of about three to one over Democrats.
If the wildebeest can keep its place in the middle of the pack while crossing the river, they will be safe from the crocodiles.. you're on your own motherfuckers.
a return on investment proposal showing that increased productivity would pay for the repairs in less than a month, but management still refused to invest. It's amazing how many people in power, in all levels of society, are unable to make the correct decision when presented with an easy choice.
I work for 15 years and a metal shop in Las Vegas. In the summer it was over 90° in the shop, and two of the five swamp coolers were broken. With all five working, the temperature dropped to the mid 80s and productivity increased significantly. Using some conservative estimates I put together
They're going to go all the way down, insisting that you not believe your lying eyes.
If you take Mike Johnson's stance to its logical conclusion you're going to end up with issuing a pistol to every citizen when they reach 12 or 14 years of age, and rely on their good hearts and the grace of God. What could go wrong?
The chancre in chief.
So many unvaxed and unmasked Republicans died in the second year of the pandemic in Florida that the state did not register a drop in excess deaths from the first year. They then co-opted those data, through asshole Surgeon General Ladapo, to falsely claim that the Jab doesn't work.
One would do well to remember that covid vaccine uptake peaked at about 70%, leaving a plenty large enough pool of unvaxed for the virus to burn through. It raged in Florida after the jab was available, killing Republicans at a rate of about three to one over Democrats.
Very inspiring to see such a thoughtful and eloquent person stand up and speak out, most likely at great personal cost. The other two CDC heads, especially Dr Jernigan, seemed somewhat battle rattled by the enormity of what they have taken on. God give them strength, with Dr Demetre leading.