He’s exactly the kind of person I assumed the shooter would be, because he’s exactly the kind of person the shooters have been

I kept trying to get photos to show the size of the crowd but failing to do it justice

thank you for being as concerned as the situation requires and not trying to placate people with an ‘it’ll be fine’

I think it is

Impeach Vance for this

Even if they did, are they not supposed to take action to fix their mistake? Inaction as a response to fucking up is even worse than making a mistake and then changing course to try to lessen the harm of the mistake

2. So much of the conversation in Democratic circles and in parts of political media has been about messaging.

'Oh, Democrats just need better messaging,' I hear folks say.

Wrong. Even if Dems had the perfect message, it wouldn't get anywhere. This isn't messaging problem; it's a media crisis.

and the outcome of that? the rise of oligarchs and the consolidation of state enterprises in the hands of the ultra-wealthy. The push to privatize US public services, like USPS come to mind. We aren’t in the same situation that post-USSR Russia was, but there’s still potential for tremendous damage