Okay someone sent around a memo with some crazy poll numbers (also the senate is loaded with smooth brains)
We need a complete shutdown on “No Tax On…” proposals until we can figure out what the hell is going on
Maaaaan, this sucks.
It remains wild to me how popular central planning becomes among economists when the topic is immigration
You are either insufficiently or too pessimistic and I can’t decide which.
I mean the growing mine threat doesn’t count as “shooting” does it?
He’s auditioning 🙃
This is just astonishingly great reporting.
All of the crises the White House has claimed over the last 14 months were planned in advance. All of them.
And however much contempt you have for media outlets who reverently relayed Trump's claim to have no relation to Project 2025, it isn't enough.
one fun thing which Doug Wilson believes is that it is Biblically mandatory -- not optional, but mandatory -- for a Christian society to permit slavery.
if she misspoke and thats what she meant fine good whatever
but its still the same problem as all the other proposed wealth taxes, they dont actually address inequality
a 2% wealth tax is sustainable tax policy, but we dont need sustainable. we need to soak the wealthy, thats The Whole Point
James Baume told me about it!
I wish no harm to the ruling class.
My enemy is the American people.
Also like 15% of the country, for another referent.
The POLITICS (tm) that will occur if Iran somehow actually manages to sink a U.S. Navy vessel will create discourse hitherto unimagined by man or beast.
It was very clear that the Biden Administration assumed that the status quo in Israel/Palestine could be maintained indefinitely, and had no idea what to do when that blew up in their face.
Ron Johnson opposed the expanded child tax credit that dramatically cut child poverty, but he did just vote for a $6000 senior deduction.
We’re all trying to find the guy that did this.
Tale of two petrostates.
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Yeah well I mean, >85% of Democratic voters think this is a stupid fucking idea, >75% think negatively of Israel, and even >80% of Democratic members of Congress weren't stupid enough to vote against the WPR.
Sorry but you're a sucker if you think you can just cry and appeal to "the big tent".
For comparison's sake, the entire National Park Service costs $3 billion - a year.
again its really weird that evidence that Trump raped at 13 year old girl is growing
and its not only not a top story, its a barely covered story
Shockingly, the parties less aligned with reactionary calls for nostalgic nationalism receive more votes than others from populations that are excluded from the locality’s conception of proper citizens.
This is a cause for concern, obviously.
This is literally a sermon millions of progressive Christians across denominations hear regularly.
Every day, I am reminded that nobody knows we exist, so I'm delighted to see the media actually listening for once.
It was also kind of a *thing* happening at the time? Like it all fits. And at least a few people writing in living memory of the alleged death claim to have known him or known people who know him.
We’ve got a lot less evidence for a lot of historical figures we accept exist.
Talarico is literally just riffing on Matthew 25 here. I’m sorry Senate Republicans are upset by the Gospel?
This is going to be a symbol of this era, I can already tell.
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I don’t even mean that, frankly I think a lot of countries will play optimistically because US power is too central to their operations. But what can THIS administration offer the Iranians they would trust?
Right, but what long term offer could we offer that any non-insane person would trust.
I think we’ve gotta do something about payment processors.
My lawyer brain is stuck on the provision that allowing anthropomorphic characters is contingent on their knee orientation.
Some dude at Visa is like “the fur is fine, and I agree Disney’s Maid Marian was hot, but knees are sacrosanct. The line must be drawn here, this far, no further”
