Europe paying the bill? He said this, verbatim. Talking directly to Russia about their interests and only mentioning Ukrainian interests vaguely? Anyone remember the Doha Agreement?

None of this was unexpected.

Why would Ukraine be different from Palestine? Even his involvement in the Iran-Israel war consisted of him announcing when his ally should stop, rather than negotiating Netanyahus position alot. And his scepticism towards Ukraine was more than evident.

Sehr schöne Differenzierung! In der Suche nach Superlativen geht oft verloren, wieviel Gewalt auch der Kriegsbegriff selbst enthält.

(Das war im übrigen weder eine Kritik an @rheinze.myatproto.social noch an @juergenzimmerer.bsky.social, eher eine Beobachtung anlässlich eurer Konversation)

Mit sinkender Parteienbindung und Pluralisierung der Parteienlandschaft spielt das eine geringere Rolle, aber ändert sich dadurch auch das Demokratieverständnis? Und was verschiebt sich wenn der Staat zunehmend Initiativen ohne direkten Parteienbezug fördert?

But so far, being anti-Trump looks like the better strategy than being a Democrat adopting parts of Trump's platform. Curious to see if that holds up for former Trump-voters as well.

Will be curious to see final margins and breakdown of Independent / Republican voters in both New York and California for this point.

Proposition 50, never likely to fail (good polls, support by all major Democratic actors in overwhelmingly Democratic state) can be read like this, too: A strong majority shows Democratic base can be mobilized by clear anti-Trump messaging.

Moderates like Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger can win in States that might lean Democratic, but elected Republican governors in 2013 (New Jersey) and 2021 (Virginia), especially when they run against candidates seen as radical and aligned with unpopular administration.