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Indeed. You are one of the people responsible for this being true. You've done good work in recent years, but I've still never seen you repent for you lies & exaggerations back in 2016.
December 17, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Indeed. You are one of the people responsible for this being true. You've done good work in recent years, but I've still never seen you repent for you lies & exaggerations back in 2016.
This man was a terrible monster on the environment, on labor rights & on LGBT rights. Don't valorize him.
December 17, 2025 at 4:45 AM
This man was a terrible monster on the environment, on labor rights & on LGBT rights. Don't valorize him.
He also had some better domestic policies than Cato.
December 17, 2025 at 12:16 AM
He also had some better domestic policies than Cato.
*shudders* I really get liking the Gracchi brothers or Julius Caesar. I can even get idealizing Augustus or Cicero. In a very limited sense, I can respect Cato the Younger... but SULLA!?!
December 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
*shudders* I really get liking the Gracchi brothers or Julius Caesar. I can even get idealizing Augustus or Cicero. In a very limited sense, I can respect Cato the Younger... but SULLA!?!
Thank you, sir! Your view is my view as well. I’m not a resident of AZ, but as a hater of Sinema… thank you for opposing her corporat evilness!
December 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Thank you, sir! Your view is my view as well. I’m not a resident of AZ, but as a hater of Sinema… thank you for opposing her corporat evilness!
TLJ opportunity to tell a different political story than the original trilogy but Johnson just chose magic reset to rebels v empire. TLJ does some really fascinating stuff with Rey & Luke & Kylo but everything else (the whole political setting) was very safe or poorly thought out (Finn & Poe).
December 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
TLJ opportunity to tell a different political story than the original trilogy but Johnson just chose magic reset to rebels v empire. TLJ does some really fascinating stuff with Rey & Luke & Kylo but everything else (the whole political setting) was very safe or poorly thought out (Finn & Poe).
It failed very, very badly at executing that though. The film was 1/4 brilliant and 3/4 absolute utter garbage.
December 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
It failed very, very badly at executing that though. The film was 1/4 brilliant and 3/4 absolute utter garbage.
After Hillary lost and then Biden won, I thought going more conservative on immigration was correct electorally, but 2024 made me reconsider the lesson of 2016 and the lesson is never cede ground to the right.
December 16, 2025 at 4:37 AM
After Hillary lost and then Biden won, I thought going more conservative on immigration was correct electorally, but 2024 made me reconsider the lesson of 2016 and the lesson is never cede ground to the right.
And best or second best (to Harris) performance with Asian Americans too looks like: www.npr.org/2017/04/18/5...
Trump Lost More Of The Asian-American Vote Than The National Exit Polls Showed
Less than one-fifth of voters in the fastest-growing racial group in the U.S. supported Donald Trump in the 2016 election, according to new results from the largest exit poll of Asian-American voters.
www.npr.org
December 16, 2025 at 4:37 AM
And best or second best (to Harris) performance with Asian Americans too looks like: www.npr.org/2017/04/18/5...
Nah. It’s 1/4 brilliant & 3/4 utter garbage. the few brilliant parts thougj were never followed up though because of the backlash though.
December 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Nah. It’s 1/4 brilliant & 3/4 utter garbage. the few brilliant parts thougj were never followed up though because of the backlash though.
I find your criticism of the Dems almost always fair & non-cynical. there are absolutely people who have bad faith or nihilistic criticisms of the party, but you are not one of them!
December 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I find your criticism of the Dems almost always fair & non-cynical. there are absolutely people who have bad faith or nihilistic criticisms of the party, but you are not one of them!
It’s banal and true both!
December 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
It’s banal and true both!
In hindsight, Hillary running to the left of Obama in the ‘16 primary & then choosing to battle Trump on the issue was the correct move. Biden won in ‘20 despite ceding the topic & his admin & the Harris campaign ceding framing to the right helped lead to ‘24.
December 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
In hindsight, Hillary running to the left of Obama in the ‘16 primary & then choosing to battle Trump on the issue was the correct move. Biden won in ‘20 despite ceding the topic & his admin & the Harris campaign ceding framing to the right helped lead to ‘24.
I like Pelosi. Indeed I like her more than Jeffries and way, way more tahn the incompetent Schumer. But she’s just f**king wrong about this.
December 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I like Pelosi. Indeed I like her more than Jeffries and way, way more tahn the incompetent Schumer. But she’s just f**king wrong about this.
Well, people can change both for good (Bill Kristol) & very much for bad (Yglesias & Silver). Being informed of data is very import and people can lose their dedication to it unfortunately or engaged in super selective, unscientific use of selective data.
December 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Well, people can change both for good (Bill Kristol) & very much for bad (Yglesias & Silver). Being informed of data is very import and people can lose their dedication to it unfortunately or engaged in super selective, unscientific use of selective data.
With good editor, it could have legit been a great film. As is, I just really like it.
December 15, 2025 at 12:43 AM
With good editor, it could have legit been a great film. As is, I just really like it.
Flat taxation is morally & practically
Inferior to progressive taxation, but given recent history…. I get why Pritzker might be reluctant to try again (though no debate about whether he should).
Inferior to progressive taxation, but given recent history…. I get why Pritzker might be reluctant to try again (though no debate about whether he should).
December 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Flat taxation is morally & practically
Inferior to progressive taxation, but given recent history…. I get why Pritzker might be reluctant to try again (though no debate about whether he should).
Inferior to progressive taxation, but given recent history…. I get why Pritzker might be reluctant to try again (though no debate about whether he should).
Well, IL voters overwhelmingly approved advisory referenda on raising taxes on the rich in 2014 & then in 2020 then rejected the actual thing itself. I think Pritzker should try for an amendment again—it’s morally the right course—but why should we believe the same dynamic wouldn’t occur again?
December 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Well, IL voters overwhelmingly approved advisory referenda on raising taxes on the rich in 2014 & then in 2020 then rejected the actual thing itself. I think Pritzker should try for an amendment again—it’s morally the right course—but why should we believe the same dynamic wouldn’t occur again?
From your lips to the ears of Jupiter Capitolanus!
December 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
From your lips to the ears of Jupiter Capitolanus!
Stove touching indeed!
December 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Stove touching indeed!
Happy travels professor!!
December 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Happy travels professor!!