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Fyodor @fyodor.bsky.social · 5m
She is very popular among Maine Democrats. I don't think that she should run at her age but I think that she's strongly favored to win.
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Fyodor @fyodor.bsky.social · 1h
This is basically like when wee were told that Bernie would lead a people powered revolution that would force Mitch McConnell to support single payer but was also helpless against Mayor Pete endorsing Biden.
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Fyodor @fyodor.bsky.social · 2h
That works.
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Fyodor @fyodor.bsky.social · 4h
Broken link.
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Fyodor @fyodor.bsky.social · 13h
I think that IIWII carries more of a tone of resigned acceptance than TWII.
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Fyodor @fyodor.bsky.social · 15h
I remember my right wing boss shutting up for about six months because he was getting screamed at by every woman he knew and he was afraid of the social response he'd get for supporting Trump.
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Fyodor @fyodor.bsky.social · 15h
I think that a big part of it is that people are inclined to see salary increases as earned but inflation as something done to them.
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Fyodor @fyodor.bsky.social · 15h
Ah!
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Fyodor @fyodor.bsky.social · 15h
Why was it a double play then? Where was the other out?
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Fyodor @fyodor.bsky.social · 15h
Endlessly attacking Trump as depraved and support for him as a form of moral failure actually made people stop supporting him. Shame and disgust are very powerful weapons.
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Fyodor @fyodor.bsky.social · 17h
I think that people are too confident about this. Even if Trump had some juice in 2016 he is constantly gibbering nonsense now but he has a right wing propaganda apparatus backing him and curating him and a media that won't be aggressive. If you give JDV those things he'll be fine.
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Fyodor @fyodor.bsky.social · 18h
I mean these are not terrible calls given the limitations of human eyes and brains.
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Fyodor @fyodor.bsky.social · 1d
Beyond how funny this is, Trump acting like a dictator is very unpopular!
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Fyodor @fyodor.bsky.social · 1d
Begging the question is what you do when this guy is about to kill you.
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Fyodor @fyodor.bsky.social · 1d
They put Columbus in prison! Everyone was horrified by him.
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Fyodor @fyodor.bsky.social · 1d
Literally a Simpsons bit!
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Fyodor @fyodor.bsky.social · 1d
It's also telling that how when they're not in court they admit that their purported legal justification (insurrection) is absolute BS. The national guard can't be used to fight crime.
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Fyodor @fyodor.bsky.social · 1d
This is classic rock now.
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Fyodor @fyodor.bsky.social · 1d
I mean this is a pretty longstanding right wing posture, going back at least a decade.
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Fyodor @fyodor.bsky.social · 1d
I think that the conclusion to draw is that both teams are defensive powerhouses.
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Fyodor @fyodor.bsky.social · 1d
Democrats like this theory also because it frees them from any accountability and allows them to ignore how the information environment has been totally borked. It's frees them and engage in the same mundane politics as the country goes down the tubes.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 2d
“Inflation caused 2024” is a comfortable and appealing explanation for a lot of people - it reinforces their patronizing sense that most voters are selfish little piggies with no inner life, it promises that things will be back to normal next time - but there’s really not any evidence of it
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Fyodor @fyodor.bsky.social · 2d
Gonna replace the Tony Gwynn statue with Russell Branyan.
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Fyodor @fyodor.bsky.social · 2d
The problem is that even though baseball *feels* like other sports it's fundamentally different in a way that makes the stats much more powerful.
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Fyodor @fyodor.bsky.social · 2d
It sounds like you have been a victim of Sabtoage.
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