i’m almost in awe of his ability to be granted the high ground and then methodically and deliberately slide his way all the way down so that he’s arguably looking up at one of the most flagrantly unethical and corrupt journalists in modern american history.

part of it is that any time a halfway-charismatic politician gets trump alone he will give away the farm, we saw this a few times with *chuck fucking schumer* in his first term

prog-sphere campaign staffers continue to be a massive liability for candidates

I know search has greatly degraded but if you ask this on a public forum instead of googling "what is burning a CD" you're too dumb to live lmao

Looking at both the "fascist" exchange and the jihadist/Stefanik comment you get the sense that Trump views all of politics as "character you play on tv." Which tracks with his long history as a tv celebrity and WWE regular.

what i suspect here is that for Trump himself, accusations of fascism are viewed as "keyfabe" by either side

It’s also part of their belief that Zohran is more than a Mayor Elect

They aren’t in contention

He’s not going to run against Trump.

He’s not going to be pushing or blocking bills in the house or senate that could show up on Trumps desk

The Dead? Phish? Goose? or like a general thread, band unspecified

wait, i heard they took the trigger language out of the prop bc the texas thing was a done deal?

Yes, important to note that disappearance of ACA supplemental premiums will push employer health plans up as the higher prices force younger people out of the larger pool of insured people. THIS IS HOW INSURANCE WORKS.

what percentage of the left is just ex-evangelicals that swapped out the rapture for the revolution

There's really no way to protect the people from themselves in a democracy, tbh

There's problems in the GOP, the media, and the Democratic establishment (in that order), but the fundamental problem is the moral rot in a citizenry that doesn't immediately reject a candidate like Trump

What this statement is really doing is showing that you're consuming mostly people complaining about Democrats instead of what is actually happening, and that should make you concerned about who you're listening to.

underrated how the de facto prohibition on discussing the substance of policy among political reporters means they are primed to focus on culture war nonsense

Side note: It's pretty rich to complain that Kat's opponents are getting money from out of state.

a lot of people refuse to accept the fact that roughly half of all voting age Americans choose to vote for Republicans in any given election and will perform the most insane mental gymnastics to avoid doing so

any demographics that vary any further than +/-5% are outliers!

damn, so you’re saying this while fully realizing that white voters in the state put up Assad numbers for republicans, and are in the majority demographics wise? why do you believe that your neighbors are temporarily embarrassed bolsheviks, or that there’s an untapped trove of progressive voters?

Its wild to see Olivia Nuzzi get this treatment while if I break the ethics rules of my profession I'll never be a CPA again

"you voted for bigoted culture war first pols statewide but also the pro-choice referendums. What are your reasons for voting for GOP pols despite agreeing with a lot of Dem policies"

"Oh, you know the reasons."

Also, when states go R+50 statewide but also win D priorities win as standalone ballot measures, like the abortion referendums, the bigotry should be *more obvious* but it seems to confuse casual observers instead, despite there already being a tweet explaining it.

If Elizabeth can figure out how to make like 10% of white southern GOP folks vote Democratic, the Democratic Party would give her so much money, she and many of her descendants would never have to work again. Load-bearing "if", though

the extent to which journalists will circle the wagons around even members of the profession who have serially violated every professional ethical standard possible is astounding

You were kicked off a website for a few hours. You were not "disappeared" a thing that is currently *actually* happening to real people who are not you. Go touch grass and get a fucking grip.

I’m sorry, how do you take someone seriously after they characterize a three-day suspension as “be[ing] disappeared”?

The reality, folks, is that journalists believe their readers are stupid and *they're* the real truth-tellers.

Us unwashed plebs just *don't know* what goes into *real* investigative journalism.

Like, ya know, the obviously bogus plagiarism claims by a far-right smear artist about Harris's book.

“With great power comes great responsibility” is the core moral of what is fundamentally a famous picture book for children. It is quite naturally far too complex a text for our media betters to comprehend.

This is the Challenger Disaster of ethics in media.

tbh, i think that they were trying to do it by the book as much as possible to avoid the appearance of politically motivated persecution, but i really wish that there was a whistleblower that stood up as well. ☹️

i’m like 90% sure it’s bc it was for ongoing prosecutions of, say, maxwell and other associates, and was under seal as a result, but open to correction if that’s not the case (can’t remember where i heard it)

It all would have been much easier if, as would have happened if we were remotely a serious country, it all ended with the Access Hollywood interview.