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Ken Paxton is the worst state Attorney General in the United States.
I hope that Mike Johnson finally gets the full Kevin McCarthy, even if it’s been drawn out much longer than I expected. (I really thought he wouldn’t make it past 2024.)
December 4, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I hope that Mike Johnson finally gets the full Kevin McCarthy, even if it’s been drawn out much longer than I expected. (I really thought he wouldn’t make it past 2024.)
Which would have the effect of boosting Trump’s favorables while sending the GOP further towards the “end of the 6th party system” threshold.
It’s the final form of “good tsar, bad boyars”.
It’s the final form of “good tsar, bad boyars”.
December 3, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Which would have the effect of boosting Trump’s favorables while sending the GOP further towards the “end of the 6th party system” threshold.
It’s the final form of “good tsar, bad boyars”.
It’s the final form of “good tsar, bad boyars”.
I’d offer support in that I probably would have missed this too, but given that I once didn’t realize that a girl was into me until I was told five years later, I don’t think that “yeah bro I’m just like you” helps very much here.
December 3, 2025 at 5:26 AM
I’d offer support in that I probably would have missed this too, but given that I once didn’t realize that a girl was into me until I was told five years later, I don’t think that “yeah bro I’m just like you” helps very much here.
Which is useful when you’re seeking to motivate people to fight for a moral and legal principle!
December 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Which is useful when you’re seeking to motivate people to fight for a moral and legal principle!
It uses way more words though. “Equal treatment under the law” gets the idea across much faster, and with more rhetorical punch.
December 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
It uses way more words though. “Equal treatment under the law” gets the idea across much faster, and with more rhetorical punch.
“The principle of equal treatment under the law remains a foundational part of American identity, and past failures in this area are seen not only as failures, but as ideologically un-American.”
That’d be how I’d attempt to say that.
That’d be how I’d attempt to say that.
December 2, 2025 at 10:53 PM
“The principle of equal treatment under the law remains a foundational part of American identity, and past failures in this area are seen not only as failures, but as ideologically un-American.”
That’d be how I’d attempt to say that.
That’d be how I’d attempt to say that.
Do you have the population numbers listed somewhere in the article? I couldn’t find them, and I was curious about how many people responded to each question.
December 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Do you have the population numbers listed somewhere in the article? I couldn’t find them, and I was curious about how many people responded to each question.
Given that info (thanks for the correction!), it’s even less likely that this affected your data.
It’s a question that I personally think has plausible arguments for answering yes or no, even though I would say yes.
For purposes of data, I have read Pride and Prejudice.
It’s a question that I personally think has plausible arguments for answering yes or no, even though I would say yes.
For purposes of data, I have read Pride and Prejudice.
December 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Given that info (thanks for the correction!), it’s even less likely that this affected your data.
It’s a question that I personally think has plausible arguments for answering yes or no, even though I would say yes.
For purposes of data, I have read Pride and Prejudice.
It’s a question that I personally think has plausible arguments for answering yes or no, even though I would say yes.
For purposes of data, I have read Pride and Prejudice.
I’m not sure how much that would have affected the dataset, given that only 34% of respondents said they read it, but it is somewhat unclear.
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5/ But I didn't just poll about Les Mis! For context (and curiosity), I also asked Americans about 23 other books that might plausibly be set in the French Revolution, or in the Civil War or WWII.
Les Mis aside, people who've read those books generally did pretty well, despite me being tricksy:
Les Mis aside, people who've read those books generally did pretty well, despite me being tricksy:
![A split bar chart of YouGov polling data with the headline: "Do Americans know when historical fiction novels were set? What about people who've read those books?."
The chart has the sub-headline: "As far as you know, are the following books set during [World War II / the American Civil War/ The French Revolution]? (% of those saying "yes" or "no" who say "yes")Books that are actually set in each time period are in bold.."
The chart has the note: "Note: Responses of "not sure" are not counted in the results shown. Responses of "no" are not shown."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3pbwguskoq5efzi67w3npq2z/bafkreigjifu2qilon2ztn2nnanvhwgbvetkp4ukn6dhlylftxcnryxpx7e@jpeg)
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I’m not sure how much that would have affected the dataset, given that only 34% of respondents said they read it, but it is somewhat unclear.
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ulysses s grant was a man who was, by all accounts, phenomenally good at precisely one thing--war. the course of his life illustrates why this is not a blessing but a terrible burden.
December 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
ulysses s grant was a man who was, by all accounts, phenomenally good at precisely one thing--war. the course of his life illustrates why this is not a blessing but a terrible burden.
There’s a lot wrong with this map, but the thing that jumped out at me this time was the fact that Huntington was willing to have Papua divided along the international border, but showed that he doesn’t care about those when he divided the Philippines internally right above it.
December 2, 2025 at 2:58 AM
There’s a lot wrong with this map, but the thing that jumped out at me this time was the fact that Huntington was willing to have Papua divided along the international border, but showed that he doesn’t care about those when he divided the Philippines internally right above it.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Augustus also managed the politics of the shift to the empire very skillfully, but the fact that the Roman Republic had been in an on-and-off civil war for the better part of a century helped.
December 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Augustus also managed the politics of the shift to the empire very skillfully, but the fact that the Roman Republic had been in an on-and-off civil war for the better part of a century helped.