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"Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts." ~Daniel Patrick Moynihan

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RB @ratherreadabook.bsky.social · 11h

Except that millions of American voters are *perfectly fine* with people like Davis. Just look at Sefanik, who became *more* popular when she became less serious and more like Trump. The creepiness of millions of American voters (many of them in rural places) is an untold story in 2025 America.

RB @ratherreadabook.bsky.social · 11h

It doesn't get said enough that some academic administrators in red states *like* what Trump is doing and will use it to cut programs they never wanted anyway.

RB @ratherreadabook.bsky.social · 15h

Trump 2.0 is a real object lesson in how one's immediate successors as president shape the legacy of the prior office holder. I would argue Biden did a great many important things as president, but he didn't accomplish the most important thing - preventing Trump from ever holding office again.

RB @ratherreadabook.bsky.social · 17h

So glad to hear that Susan Collins has concerns.

RB @ratherreadabook.bsky.social · 17h

You couldn't pay me enough to live in a red state now. Even purple states are problematic. Thankful I live in a sane, blue state where we have our share of wackos, but nearly to the extent red states do.

RB @ratherreadabook.bsky.social · 1d

If he was really pragmatic he would simply call himself a New-Deal type Democrat.

RB @ratherreadabook.bsky.social · 1d

What a shocker that a disgraced journalist will exploit her own ethical failures to make a buck. Anyone who buys that book is only reinforcing Nuzzi's own narcissism.

RB @ratherreadabook.bsky.social · 1d

Last time: Yes, many youth don't like centrists. So what? Most of the time youth voting is well below every other age group, which not only votes more often than young people but also tends to be more centrist. And yes - Obamas WAS centrist (far more so than Biden).

RB @ratherreadabook.bsky.social · 1d

Nice job, but I hope you are not too banged up and wishing you a speedy recovery. (I realize the only time anyone ever uses the word "speedy" is when it precedes the word "recovery.")

RB @ratherreadabook.bsky.social · 1d

LOL - you mean centrists like, say, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama - the last two Democrats who got elected president? They may not like "centrists" but millions of others do - and they vote in much higher numbers than young people do.

RB @ratherreadabook.bsky.social · 1d

Goofy losers only get elected when there are enough other goofy losers who vote for them.

RB @ratherreadabook.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, but that is NYC. Which is fine. But *nationally* Trump won both white men *and* white women and made gains with young Blacks and Latinos. That's a problem!

RB @ratherreadabook.bsky.social · 1d

This article should be required reading for anyone thinking about getting a Ph.D. in history and who desires a career in academia. Or, they could just read your three words and save themselves the trouble.

RB @ratherreadabook.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Trump is president (again) and got more of the "youth vote" in 2024 than he got in 2016.

RB @ratherreadabook.bsky.social · 1d

Talk with more older people, who vote at much higher rates than younger people.

RB @ratherreadabook.bsky.social · 1d

I like Mamdani, but someone needs to tell him (although it's probably too late now) that describing himself as a "democratic socialist" is not a good idea. Lots of people (and not just Republicans) have an instinctual and negative reaction to that word, even if they don't understand it.

RB @ratherreadabook.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder that the majority of white women voters voted for Trump rather than Harris, despite Trump being caught on tape saying "grab her by the p....." and multiple sexual assault convictions. It's not just American men that are the problem; it's also American (white) women.

RB @ratherreadabook.bsky.social · 1d

No group is more cowardly or cares less about the humiliation of their own colleagues than the White House press corp.

RB @ratherreadabook.bsky.social · 1d

Trump appeals to millions of people not *despite* what he says or does (like his demeaning comments about women and his behavior toward them) but rather *because* of it. And it doesn't help that the majority of white women voters voted for this guy.

RB @ratherreadabook.bsky.social · 2d

Getting real tired of people who voted for Trump saying "I didn't expect this." Really? Why not? He has talked openly, and constantly, about ending the ACA. These people are just showing they are low information voters and now we are all paying for it.

RB @ratherreadabook.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks! I liked your list as well. I'm also ordering LIVING IN CEMETERIES and look forward to reading it!

RB @ratherreadabook.bsky.social · 3d

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary - M.R. James
The October Country - Ray Bradbury
Night Shift - Stephen King
The Dark Country - Dennis Etchison
Alone with the Horrors - Ramsey Campbell
Teatro Grottesco - Thomas Ligotti
Gateways to Abomination - Matthew M. Bartlett
Creeping Waves - Matthew M. Bartlett

RB @ratherreadabook.bsky.social · 3d

I have pretty much given up on red state America. They would continue to vote for Trump (or one of his acolytes) *regardless of what he says or does*, because most voters in these states believe *anything* Trump says, no matter how insane or un-American. They are all about resentment and grievance.

RB @ratherreadabook.bsky.social · 3d

Let's all hope that this damage caused by Trump disproportionately affects the health and the lives of the 77 million people who voted for this. Our only way out of this national nightmare is for these people to learn the hard way so they don't make the same mistake in the future.

RB @ratherreadabook.bsky.social · 4d

Who among us could have predicted that the second Trump administration would be a dumpster fire, given that the first Trump administration was dumpster fire?