It seems like except for a few exceptions, being elected changes whoever is elected. There are so many where I don't know what happened to them or what got to them.
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Also, all our electeds are basically hostages right now and not free. Let’s free them.
aug 28, 2025, 2:14 am • 0 0 • view
I've watched the arc a few times. I don't think it changes people too much. It reveals them for who they are. Sometimes though, people come in very ignorant about the mechanic of governance and before they can get a handle on things they are inadvertently trapped in the system.
aug 28, 2025, 1:34 am • 13 0 • view
I'm curious what happened with Andy Kim, House obviously isn't exactly the same as Senate but it seems close enough to be going in already more or less familiar with the ropes. Somehow went directly from breaking the ballot line bullshit to becoming another useless Senate Dem.
aug 28, 2025, 2:49 am • 2 0 • view
Also Gallego
aug 28, 2025, 2:50 am • 1 0 • view
Well Gallego was apparently just doing a Sinema where he wanted to replace her as the elected self-enriching grifter from Arizona, which is maddening in terms of how do you deal with not being able to know they're doing this until after they're in and then you're stuck with them for six years.
aug 28, 2025, 2:54 am • 1 0 • view
Dude was so thirsty for years…maybe that’s a 🚩
aug 28, 2025, 2:56 am • 0 0 • view
Not sure what's going on with Kim but it's not nearly so obvious as with Gallego.
aug 28, 2025, 2:54 am • 1 0 • view
I don't really get it either. I do know the senate is a very very different chamber than the house so there is that.
aug 28, 2025, 3:06 am • 2 0 • view
I don't know enough about him to know what he wants. But it probably doesn't help that Cory Booker is currently super influential in the caucus right now and he feels like he can't piss him off too much.
aug 28, 2025, 3:07 am • 1 0 • view
A lot of the decisions made at the start are super important and a lot of people who think themselves reformers come in and don't understand which decisions are important and why. Then before they know it, they are reliant on the wrong people for the wrong things.
aug 28, 2025, 1:36 am • 26 2 • view
Are there resources for reformers to learn which decisions are important? Any books you recommend?
aug 29, 2025, 7:02 am • 0 0 • view
As an outsider, I have also seen this time and time again. The institution wears the best folks down. And it’s intentional. And happens in a LOT of state capitols too.
aug 28, 2025, 2:24 am • 7 0 • view