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In this case it's not even the New York Post making stuff up, it's directly from the administration.

Basic psychology. People HATE being forced to give up something they're used to, even if they aren't satisfied, just on the promise that this new thing is going to be better. Especially when the experience (+ propaganda) is that government doesn't work great and getting it wrong could kill you.

Given that he can't really *do* anything and doesn't have the protection of an elected office or money to pay for security I don't think it's a bad thing that he isn't in the crosshairs right now.

He isn't campaigning, he's building. And nobody knows what voters are going to want in 2-3 years.

So?
Different roles, different personalities, different strategies. AOC, Senators and governors are elected officials with at least some power to actually confront Trump. Some are good at trolling.
Trying to reach people who aren't informed and partisan for Democrats is different.

Which wasn't even really true btw, he explained the general outline of many different policies, including the reasoning that led to that policies, and answered every question in detail in his numerous town halls.

I think in April 2019, before or immediately after he'd announced, he didn't have much of a website.
But aside from not having the resources yet to have written plans ready it was a deliberate strategy not to go into too much detail at the beginning of the campaign.

You don't need the information. For others it might be new.
This is a list of arguments some people might use when talking to their conservative family.

The guy who said that the specific policies would come later (when he actually had a staff of more than 5 people) and who rolled out one plan after the other, hundreds of pages of White papers, and who explained of those in detail at a dedicated event with questions from the audience.

YOU do understand it. You aren't the audience for this post though.

That said, diverting funds appropriated by Congress for specific infrastructure programs to ATC tech would be wildly illegal. And you can be certain that he'd already have been indicted if he'd spent one $ wrong.

I know what Duffy is claiming in order to hide his own incompetence. He doesn't provide any data though.
You can look up all the grants awarded under Buttigieg. The only way you can get to those numbers is by calling everything "DEI" that includes some measures to help disadvantaged communities.

Was Pete is doing is proposing pragmatic next steps, refusing to pander and over-promise, and framing his policies in a moderate/conservative language. Looks like this "disguise" is mainly working on some on the left.

It's a little discouraging how much people on the left ignore actual policies in favor of vibes. Pete's labor plan might have been to the left of Bernie's and while the left didn't like his higher education plan Bernie's was objectively more regressive.

Nice try. Those $80 billions on "DEI initiatives" are highways, tunnels, bridges and airport infrastructure that aren't exclusively used or built by white people.

If you plan a (mostly) public system you have the option of paying it through taxes, which would mean an overhaul of both the healthcare and the tax system at the same time AND every empolyee renegotiating their contract, or you can do it via a public insurance with a lot less risk and interruption.

If you ban private insurance people will pay out of pocket, which leads to less sharing of the burden.
Then there's the risk specifically in the US that in a nationalized system (or one run by states) the decision on what to cover and what not gets based on ideology rahter than science.

Almost every (good) healthcare system in the world has at least additional private insurance. B/c no matter how efficient you make it you'll never be able to cover everything people would want to have.
People who can afford it will ever try to pay for better service (or food or any other stuff).

You got the basic principle wrong. Democratic leaders might endorse candidates or urge people to run but in the end it's VOTERS you have to persuade. All kinds of voters, not just young people online.

At least under normal circumstances and against a hostile SCOTUS.
Some of the rules did stick *because* they were done the right way and they got airlines to settle for huge fines rather than fight them.

Do you have any idea how large, rules and a large bureaucracy work? The process of rule making takes years, by law.
Similar with enforcement actions. In order to win in court you have to do investigations and the Secretary condemning a company publicy in advance is a sure way to lose.

Can we stop yelling and agree that in *some* disciplines trans girls who went through male puberty and didn't have HRT might have some biological advantage over cis girls? And that parents wondering whether that's fair should at least be allowed to ask that question without getting called MAGA?

Hey, you just threw trans people under the bus by agreeing that the leagues should decide the requirements for each sport. The only acceptable position is "trans girls are girls, there can be no restriction".

Do you really think it helps trans rights to tell parents that they are bigots for wondering whether a trans girl with male height and testosterone competing with their daughter is fair?
When 20% of the population agree with you on an issue you can't just yell at all the others. You have to persuade

It started a lot earlier though. Essentially the moment he got any traction in the poll, even before this official announcement.

This kind of takes has been a subculture on its own since 2019, memes, slurs and all. To the point where some (senior) staff of other candidates have publicly declared that destroying his career was their ultimate goal in life.

I'm rather certain that he believes in it.
How to react to people "changing their minds" is a complicated question. I'd say the higher up the more contrition and atonement has to be shown. In addition to prosecuting actual crimes of course.

Like volunteering for a shelter for victims of domestic abuse, providing evidence for abuse in a nursing home while interning for a Black investigative journalist, and being sent on diplomatic missions in Afghanistan rather than just being a driver.

Pete might be of very few politicians were journalists digging deep into the past find "secrets" that make him look better rather than worse.

Now that got me blocked fast ...