Will Stancil
@whstancil.bsky.social
Minnesota guy.
"This particular activist will not stop." Sen. Chris Murphy
"This particular activist will not stop." Sen. Chris Murphy
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This is what's so aggravating — yes, it was not working in extracting a policy concession but it was working in *driving down trump's numbers and provoking GOP infighting* which is what's important if you take Dem rhetoric about the perils of MAGA remotely seriously.
weirdly honest messaging from the breakaway mod/institutionalist leaders who blew up the party strategy
they're explicitly giving up. "It wasn't working so we quit" that's the message
they're explicitly giving up. "It wasn't working so we quit" that's the message
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This is what's so aggravating — yes, it was not working in extracting a policy concession but it was working in *driving down trump's numbers and provoking GOP infighting* which is what's important if you take Dem rhetoric about the perils of MAGA remotely seriously.
I’m sorry, but this doesn’t really explain why everyone is suddenly fixated on the economy being terrible and thinks nothing is affordable. It’s true that services+housing are increasing in cost relative to goods.
BUT this is a long-term trend, and until 2021ish, everyone seemed pretty optimistic!
BUT this is a long-term trend, and until 2021ish, everyone seemed pretty optimistic!
Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I’m sorry, but this doesn’t really explain why everyone is suddenly fixated on the economy being terrible and thinks nothing is affordable. It’s true that services+housing are increasing in cost relative to goods.
BUT this is a long-term trend, and until 2021ish, everyone seemed pretty optimistic!
BUT this is a long-term trend, and until 2021ish, everyone seemed pretty optimistic!
Schumer is really an anti-leader, a vacuum of leadership, and as far as I can tell he draws his support from that. He doesn’t ask anything of anyone, he never squeezes anyone on a hard vote, he’s always the first to cave.
He’s the substitute teacher the kids love having because they can goof off.
He’s the substitute teacher the kids love having because they can goof off.
Every day a majority of Democratic Senators wake up and decide to continue supporting Chuck Schumer as their leader
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Schumer is really an anti-leader, a vacuum of leadership, and as far as I can tell he draws his support from that. He doesn’t ask anything of anyone, he never squeezes anyone on a hard vote, he’s always the first to cave.
He’s the substitute teacher the kids love having because they can goof off.
He’s the substitute teacher the kids love having because they can goof off.
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Every day a majority of Democratic Senators wake up and decide to continue supporting Chuck Schumer as their leader
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Every day a majority of Democratic Senators wake up and decide to continue supporting Chuck Schumer as their leader
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the hipsters, they’re ordering double frufru mocha soy frappuccino. doesn’t anybody order a black coffee anymore
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
the hipsters, they’re ordering double frufru mocha soy frappuccino. doesn’t anybody order a black coffee anymore
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that’s not a rational thing to believe
if you start feeling like Only You Can See the Conspiracy AND that Everyone Can See the Conspiracy and So if They Disagree They’re In On It, you’re getting played, intentionally or not, by the psychodrama of being online
if you start feeling like Only You Can See the Conspiracy AND that Everyone Can See the Conspiracy and So if They Disagree They’re In On It, you’re getting played, intentionally or not, by the psychodrama of being online
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
that’s not a rational thing to believe
if you start feeling like Only You Can See the Conspiracy AND that Everyone Can See the Conspiracy and So if They Disagree They’re In On It, you’re getting played, intentionally or not, by the psychodrama of being online
if you start feeling like Only You Can See the Conspiracy AND that Everyone Can See the Conspiracy and So if They Disagree They’re In On It, you’re getting played, intentionally or not, by the psychodrama of being online
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breath for a second. do you sincerely believe you live in a world where there is a sinister conspiracy between both political parties to sell out democracy that is obvious to anyone who looks at it, but that no one ever does anything to address, and that your internet friends figured out
November 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
breath for a second. do you sincerely believe you live in a world where there is a sinister conspiracy between both political parties to sell out democracy that is obvious to anyone who looks at it, but that no one ever does anything to address, and that your internet friends figured out
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relatedly, i get the impression a lot of angry people on this site literally have no concept of the possibility that the consensus of the other people they’re reading online could be in any way misleading or anything but a complete justification to flip one’s shit
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
relatedly, i get the impression a lot of angry people on this site literally have no concept of the possibility that the consensus of the other people they’re reading online could be in any way misleading or anything but a complete justification to flip one’s shit
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i advise everyone to consider that it is possible to be wrong about things
i increasingly get the impression that a substantial amount of posters here sincerely do not ever expect to possibly be wrong
i increasingly get the impression that a substantial amount of posters here sincerely do not ever expect to possibly be wrong
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
i advise everyone to consider that it is possible to be wrong about things
i increasingly get the impression that a substantial amount of posters here sincerely do not ever expect to possibly be wrong
i increasingly get the impression that a substantial amount of posters here sincerely do not ever expect to possibly be wrong
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brb, emailing my smoke detector manufacturer for a refund because I never had a fire in my house
A few years ago there was a terrible Gen Z tweet everyone dunked on about how people should get their car insurance payments back if they don’t use it. Anyway it’s fun to discover this is now the stated position of the GOP
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
brb, emailing my smoke detector manufacturer for a refund because I never had a fire in my house
A few years ago there was a terrible Gen Z tweet everyone dunked on about how people should get their car insurance payments back if they don’t use it. Anyway it’s fun to discover this is now the stated position of the GOP
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A few years ago there was a terrible Gen Z tweet everyone dunked on about how people should get their car insurance payments back if they don’t use it. Anyway it’s fun to discover this is now the stated position of the GOP
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they understand insurance. the entire premise of libertarian opposition to mandatory insurance is that they should not have to care about anyone else and be permitted to take risks. it's the same opposition to vaccination and taxation.
they are bad neighbors.
they are bad neighbors.
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
they understand insurance. the entire premise of libertarian opposition to mandatory insurance is that they should not have to care about anyone else and be permitted to take risks. it's the same opposition to vaccination and taxation.
they are bad neighbors.
they are bad neighbors.
The economy is very definitely getting worse but you’re literally advising that I do this:
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The economy is very definitely getting worse but you’re literally advising that I do this:
Obviously I think Trump’s economic policies are a hellish disaster - the tariffs, the cuts, the weird state capitalism. But it’s important to separate the acute harms from this sort of miasmatic nostalgic discontent that people like to spread online, which is at least partially RESPONSIBLE for Trump
it's important we reach these voters and explain to them that the economy is Actually Good and there's no reason to be upset with the status quo
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Obviously I think Trump’s economic policies are a hellish disaster - the tariffs, the cuts, the weird state capitalism. But it’s important to separate the acute harms from this sort of miasmatic nostalgic discontent that people like to spread online, which is at least partially RESPONSIBLE for Trump
Nah that is not what is happening. People will very specifically claim that average Americans have less purchasing power and are more financially squeezed than in the 80s. I promise: these are just INCORRECT BELIEFS. It’s the progressive equivalent of the people who think crime is always increasing
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Nah that is not what is happening. People will very specifically claim that average Americans have less purchasing power and are more financially squeezed than in the 80s. I promise: these are just INCORRECT BELIEFS. It’s the progressive equivalent of the people who think crime is always increasing
Hahahahah they were just playing a trick on us where they’d pretend to fight back until we voted for them, and then immediately cave www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Hahahahah they were just playing a trick on us where they’d pretend to fight back until we voted for them, and then immediately cave www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
One reason progressives are absolutely convinced there’s an acute cost of living crisis is advocacy-oriented material like this report, which invents a brand-new cost-of-living measure and then claims 52 percent of Americans fall under it.
But notably, it includes ZERO historic or trend data!
But notably, it includes ZERO historic or trend data!
November 10, 2025 at 6:22 AM
One reason progressives are absolutely convinced there’s an acute cost of living crisis is advocacy-oriented material like this report, which invents a brand-new cost-of-living measure and then claims 52 percent of Americans fall under it.
But notably, it includes ZERO historic or trend data!
But notably, it includes ZERO historic or trend data!
Dems are very proud of themselves for their “savvy” willingness to tell their base to simmer down and let the experts work. What they don’t seem to understand is the intangible, but very real, damage that does to the enthusiasm of their voters, who feel abandoned. And then the “experts” fail!
The Dem base wants the shutdown to continue because it’s the only time we’ve felt like our electeds were representing us: trying to squeeze the GOP instead of squeezing us to accept concessions; directing their anger at the Republicans instead of at their own voters for wanting them to resist
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Dems are very proud of themselves for their “savvy” willingness to tell their base to simmer down and let the experts work. What they don’t seem to understand is the intangible, but very real, damage that does to the enthusiasm of their voters, who feel abandoned. And then the “experts” fail!
The Dem base wants the shutdown to continue because it’s the only time we’ve felt like our electeds were representing us: trying to squeeze the GOP instead of squeezing us to accept concessions; directing their anger at the Republicans instead of at their own voters for wanting them to resist
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 AM
The Dem base wants the shutdown to continue because it’s the only time we’ve felt like our electeds were representing us: trying to squeeze the GOP instead of squeezing us to accept concessions; directing their anger at the Republicans instead of at their own voters for wanting them to resist
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Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
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Great news, everybody! The ACA is materially undermined, no concessions were secured on any other front, and Donald Trump will be able to declare this a personal win. But poor people did starve for about a week there, so there's that.
The Senate has decided the HSA idea from Trump is a win and they're going to do it.
Man, this timeline SUCKS.
Man, this timeline SUCKS.
November 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Great news, everybody! The ACA is materially undermined, no concessions were secured on any other front, and Donald Trump will be able to declare this a personal win. But poor people did starve for about a week there, so there's that.
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Even more true today: Democrats are ripe for a base revolt like the GOP in 2015 when Trump went down the escalator.
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Even more true today: Democrats are ripe for a base revolt like the GOP in 2015 when Trump went down the escalator.
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They caved in March so they could get a better deal now. They’re caving now so they can get a better deal in some indeterminate future. The better deal is always just beyond their reach, but continuing to cave will get them there. And if you don’t agree with that, you don’t understand Politics,
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
They caved in March so they could get a better deal now. They’re caving now so they can get a better deal in some indeterminate future. The better deal is always just beyond their reach, but continuing to cave will get them there. And if you don’t agree with that, you don’t understand Politics,