Jeff Beal

Think Big

Act incrementally

It is possible that we have drifted off your main point, so let’s get back to that. If Bernie is supposed to stop trying to reform the Democrat party, what should he do?

You have been the one saying democrats don’t do enough to support their socialist candidates, so I don’t feel like me using the word “capitalist” was in any way changing the subject. I also didn’t say we should use the Trump model, only that it is an example of changing a party

It’s not like socialism and fascism are the only options. You’re buying into the same black and white binary that Trump has used to build power. A nation that is more free and less fascist is a better nation, even if it is still capitalist.

You’ve told me what it isn’t (“coloring in the lines”) but not what it is.

What is the plan to take Congress away from Republicans in 2026? Is it the Democrat Party or a Third Party? Are the acronyms you list even political parties? Because I don’t know what they stand for.

I would also add that *Trump* is a contemporary example of one of our major political parties being reformed. It’s not infeasible that we see a more explicitly progressive Democrat party; it’s just going to take a lot of work

Ok. I’m listening. Show me how a third party takes control of the House in 2026

The most likely path to reform the country runs through the Democrat Party. There’s no viable path to an effective third party

There is virtually no difference between subsidizing insurance premiums and sending money directly to households.

Any household who chooses to use that money on anything but maintaining their (now more expensive) insurance premium is taking a very risky bet. And we’ll end up bailing many out

YouTube video by impalaboy Latham Motors - Nampa, Idaho - Dave Campo

My brothers and I can still quote these ads (including phone numbers) from Latham Chrysler Plymouth Dodge in Downtown Nampa

youtu.be/KMopp6gA3Xk?...

How many thousands of employees were just laid off? And we are blaming them for not working?

The villains in Atlas Shrugged were the CEOs who made deals with the government to shut down their competitors

John Galt was an engineer, not a founder or CEO

(The premise of Atlas Shrugged is flawed, but even it doesn’t agree with today’s right wing)

There were other cultural issues. It seemed like very few people liked the way the organization worked, but even people in a position to change it (Directors, VPs, Principal Engineers) seemed to be resigned to accept the status quo

I'd run Scrum process successfully for six or seven years on other teams *at Amazon* (AWS, Alexa) and people on Prime Video would tell me "that's not how Amazon works"

A big part was that I was trying to follow Scrum principles to get the engineering teams out of the trap of overly ambitious deadlines (which almost inevitably leads to quality problems) and had zero support from leadership to change deadlines when story points and velocity showed it was necessary

Fun fact -- about five years I had the option to lead the team at Prime Video that was supposed to be responsible for enforcing this sort of quality control gate in the catalog. I ran, not walked, away from the opportunity.

What he calls "elite labor" (the few of us who receive a salary that allows us to thrive) have more in common with who we traditionally call "working class" than we have with our billionaire employers.

We are ALL the employed class, and we need to fight for each other.

"the real economic divide is not between elites and the working class, but within the elite itself: between those who live on capital and those who live on labor, even elite labor"

This is where I think the author misses the true realization I have had in the last few years

I'm on the higher end of income for the employed class, and this bargain has mostly held true for me, but it has taken a ton of work, moving across the country multiple times, and it definitely didn't always feel like it was working out.

Zohran’s Park Slope Populists Conservatives shouldn’t write off the economic pain of New York City’s downwardly mobile professional class.

This is from July, but new to me. As a software engineer (Though not a New Yorker) there is a lot that resonates, especially this:

"They grew up being told that education was the path to a stable, meaningful life."

www.commonplace.org/p/zohrans-pa...

Any person with Transgender family members has been asking this question for eight years.

(Importantly, it’s clear in context that this clause is limiting the power of impeachment, not providing blanket immunity to the President or any other Office.)

Art. 1 S3 Const. “Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office … but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.”

Just a reminder that there is *no way*, even under Trump v. United States for the Supreme Court to read immunity from impeachment, or from prosecution for crimes for which a president is impeached.

> But in fact, today voters resoundingly rejected Trump and Trumpism, and tomorrow, politics will be a whole different game.

🎉🎉🎉

"Highest rated" -- even if true -- only means that people watched it. It doesn't mean that it improved people's opinions of the subject

So... What are the treasonous president's approval numbers like this week?

Was just thinking the same thing. Glad the first thing I saw opening Blue Sky was this

“You either have an extractive elite — an oligarchy — or you have a productive elite — an aristocracy — in every society,” he said in an interview in his office in Scottsdale, Arizona.

👆 is utter nonsense.

"Nonfiction" is a stretch

"I don't know anything about that"

"but it was you answering the questions"

"this is the first time I'm seeing that. "