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Lauren Boebert is probably the most non-elite member of the GOP in Congress (high school dropout, series of blue-collar jobs, etc.), if we want to be strict about it. And note that that didn't impart virtue on her.

Greene is a small business tyrant! She went to UGA! Her father passed down his general contracting company to her. She's the archetypal local elite who often winds up in Republican politics.

MTG might be a bigot who’d deport every immigrant but at least she didn’t go to an IVY or god forbid a law school lol. These people are so cooked.

No, he made an unsupported assertion. He did not use evidence. That the Trump administration made an ad and claims it was decisive doesn’t make it so.

at this point you have to acknowledge that there is no way that these guys don't try to mess with the 2026 midterms. there is absolutely no respect for the legitimacy of the opposition

A screenshot of a video is a pretty big tell because it means the audience can't actually play the video to see if it contradicts the summary. Disappointing.

This can't be the read Scott Horton, can it?

Watters is bad enough that there's no need to make stuff up. This correction has nothing to do with Judge Goodstein.

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It doesn't look like his statement has anything to do with Judge Goodstein. It's about another case.

Her twitter files reporting, if you want to call it that, is particularly bad because she just stopped the story there. No real pushback to Musk’s moderation, which is clearly worse.

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I'm a little confused. How do retention elections determine control of the court? In most states, losing a retention election means the governor appoints a replacement, and Shapiro is a Democrat.

LOL, no, you're good. Sometimes I see houses for sale out in Monroe and get tempted by the prices, but it's Monroe.

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Trolling is one thing, but sincerely sending AI videos of people’s dead parents to them being alive thinking you’re doing something kind is insane, and I imagine a relative of any super famous person at this point has dealt with it

Oh, totally. What I think we are on track for is kind of a 2006-2008 repeat, with 2026 being the normal thermostatic backlash and 2028 being the one where the bottom really falls out.

I think they’re doomed to the midterms, but not because of the shutdown. They’re weighed down by an incredibly unpopular president and poor economic numbers.

They are, but why would Republicans want to make the economic vibes worse going into a presidential election cycle?

what do people think about letting Trump send out more stimmies? said the absolute dumbest Democrat serving in federal office

It is ironic that outcome (2) would probably be best for Democrats even though the press wouldn't frame it that way.

And the thing is that, while extending the ACA subsidies will probably prevent the *worst* midterm outcome for them, everything else is still happening. Nothing is going to make the more popular between now and then.

I know that the state's Democrats absolutely did not want Option C when it's pretty easy to create a safe Democratic seat in Salt Lake City. But I also feel confident McAdams could at least win an R+2 district. We'll see what the judge decides.

Do you know where?

How was Sanders kneecapped by the DNC in 2020? He intentionally ran with the idea that he'd get only a plurality because he assumed the moderates would remain split. When they consolidated, he didn't have a backup plan. That's not being kneecapped. That's just losing.

I also don't think it was edgy. If you grant the premise that gender-affirming care is necessary health care, then prisoners are entitled to that health care.

There's no real evidence that Harris' position on trans inmates had anything to do with her loss, which voters overwhelmingly said was about the economy and inflation.

Seems like they're tempting the judge to strike down the map and impose one of her choice, because as far as I can tell, this one might have *one* competitive district in a blue wave year but is otherwise still four Republican districts.

This is bad and not backed up by any data. At least when the new ACIP recommended splitting MMR + V that was backed by some evidence for better safety and it was already basically clinical practice to give them as 2 separate injections. Separating MMR into 3 shots will just reduce compliance

They literally just fought a Supreme Court case for the right to racially profile. It was in the news!

I think it will be a great city for my daughter to be *from.*