Think I might spend this one being mean and weird

Everyone’s a critic, if you will

A disturbingly large majority of people (surely including myself, more than I care to realize) understand themselves, especially politically, in terms of who they are not, far more than who they are

See also men and women, white and POC

“Leftists” are 99% of the time liberals who define themselves in oppositions to the left-center

You see the same pattern play out on the right with the “RINO” accusations

Abacus

No idea, lol, but decent chance he’s a literal duke

The liberal media is having a field day, but a discerning eye will notice they didn’t release the hundreds of thousands of emails in which Trump said, “Thank you, Mr. Epstein, but I must respectfully decline your child prostitutes”

DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT

Basically, the only thing I haven’t yet seen an elected Democrat accuse other Democrats of, is believing Republicans’ promise of a vote on the ACA, but in the absence of a coherent, consistent message from the party, that’s the narrative dominating the coverage, at least here on Bluesky

Instead, we’ve got serious people accusing their colleagues of cowardice (possibly kayfabe, in a big-tent kind of way) and accusing leadership of ineptitude (rightly or wrongly, and almost surely sincere)

Married to a known cardiologist