No, Republicans Aren't "Party Over Country"... It's WorseListening the Bulwark’s “Next Level” Podcast (sub needed) from yesterday, and the hosts repeated a meme/talking-point that really grates on me. …
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January 2023

Apparently, Mike Pence had his own home searched for classified docs, which of course got found. I had a creeping suspicion that we’d end up with a wave…
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Freddie deBoer is a great heterodox thinker, and you should totally subscribe to his (mostly-free) Substack. Today, though, he’s got a take that I think…
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In response to a question laid out in Matt Yglesias’ mailbox: Do you think that the racial depolarization of voting patterns will change the ideology of…

December 2022

Why Headline Writers Should All Be Fired
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Michigan Is An Opportunity For RCVIn today’s Atlantic piece about Warnock’s Georgia win, they mention that Michigan is the most reachable for Trump out of the 5 purple states tha…
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November 2022

Tail RisksBiden says “no imminent attempt” to invade Taiwan. While I share his hope, I don’t know if I share his optimism. This is one of those areas wher…
Quick TakeawaysRE last week’s discussion about Democrats’ overreliance on “losers”, does Abrams’ repeated failure to win statewide seal her fate in the party? …
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From The Comments: Plots vs. PartiesAll good points, but I think your conclusion is still wrong. The fishing expeditions are indeed a strategic objective, but not the lone one. Sat…
Published!Got a letter to the editor published on the big local news blog here in Norwalk CT. Probably a lot of local politics jokes you guys won’t get… b…
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Superstar LosersThe Atlantic had a good article yesterday. I’d expand this past just Beto and Stacey — the latter of whom I’d put more on the edge between "winn…
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October 2022

Wellp.Cue the GOP accusations that the Pelosi attack was a liberal false flag… in 5, 4, 3, 2…
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