Now you’ve got me thinking that neither you nor I are appropriately considering the possibilities of God Mode.

You wouldn’t just go straight to a unicameral legislature, being that you’re  in God Mode? That’s what I’d do. I’d get rid of the presidency too.

Signaling with your vote is still useful information.

I’ve seen some back of the envelope tallies based on exit polls from some states, and it didn’t so like looked like youth failed to turn up in absolute numbers so much as the oldies came out in droves compared to ‘16. Could be a good sign, right?

So clearly you hate the proletariat! For your punishment, I sentence you to read an article admonishing those who would call the electorate stupid while also kind of calling the electorate stupid.

“Mr. Vice President, please get off the table!”

So what? It’s an ideological blog. Don’t like it, go away.

Having this amendment would be better than not, just like not having the Second Amendment would be superior to not having it. But it’s not like you couldn’t legislate around it. Legislating publicly funded abortions and more robust anti-discrimination statues with a Democratic majority in both houses, as well as…

Why Your Team Sucks: American Cheese

But know one really knows what the ramifications of those reactions will be. I don’t think I’ve seen uncertainty exploited like this in a major campaign in my lifetime. It’s probably a symtom of polarization: as partisan turnout becomes increasingly more crucial than persuasion, keeping the coalition intact will be…

It took me a while to figure this out, but this whole discourse is really just an elaborate strategic gaslighting exercise by primary partisans to intimidate the opposing factions using what Dylan Matthews has coined “Ventriloquist’s Tense”. Basically, Prominent Supporter A of Group A threatens Group B that if…

“Greta Thunberg on Line 1, Wendy.”

“Justice” means whatever we want it to mean, so there’s no reason “just compensation” has to mean “whatever Towers Watson determines the highest bidder would ask for”.

But when you realize that the land trust will still have to spend at least $500,000 to buy the house, it really highlights the scope of the housing crisis.

These are the types of cases that prison abolition/reform types lose support over, because there really isn’t any reason to lock her up except for retribution. It isn’t going to deter anybody from the same crime, and unless you want to play armchair psychologist and finger her as a future mass killer over some really…

It was a clumsy, valueless thing to say publicly in a tight election year, much like AOC waxing philosophical about her place in the Democratic party last week, that weakens the brand in the short term. But I don’t think she’ll be saying this kind of stuff in October (AOC I’m not so sure about). Everybody just needs…

Nobody will give a shit about this in two weeks. This is just a way to get performative Twitter dorks to yell at each other.

Well yeah, I did the same as you on both counts. I’m talking more about the paste-eaters on Red Rose Twitter. Which maybe means we’re kind of on the same page because I think it’s just (some portion of) Bernie fans trying to gain leverage by blowing smoke. I just find it irresponsible. If they really do intend to sit…

I just wish the Bernie Army would whip it out and admit they won’t vote for anyone besides Bernie. All they do is speak in ventriloquist’s tense about how if we don’t nominate somebody who will excite the masses (guess who that would be?), “people” will not turn out in sufficient numbers for the Democrat to win.

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