mainstream media report on jd vance’s twitter mutuals, challenge level: impossible

Always fascinating to see people say this as if it matters in the US electoral system

It is time to admit that Republicans won the 2024 election by running to the center.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/o...

If Dems win the Supreme Court races in Pennsylvania in 9 days, it’s extremely likely the GOP can’t get a majority on that court until 2029.

The GOP really wants to have this majority during the 2028 presidential race.

Can’t put the stakes any more clearly than that. boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...

it’s ironic how nothing makes you sound more like you live in a weird little bubble than when you make the bizarre assumption that liberals in big cities have never interacted with a conservative before

@punchbowlnews.bsky.social AM today
- Day 31 of gov’t shutdown
- Leader Look: How Schumer & Thune are handling the shutdown
- Trump renews anti-filibuster push
- Clark is all in
- Obamacare subsidies meet their moment
- Scalise has new chief of staff

punchbowl.news/archive/1031...

Automakers have been paying billions of dollars in tariffs on imported cars, parts and materials. But on earnings calls this month, some carmakers reported that they're performing well anyway. n.pr/4qAZuZH

this is evil

Notable that the people carrying Trumpism don't act like they believe they're carrying out the will of the public, they act like dictators terrified of a spontaneous uprising so swift and massive it overwhelms their protective services before assistance can arrive.

Eric Adams' reputation for corruption is so ingrained, he has to attach a disclaimer like this when he asks New Yorkers to donate money for Jamaica relief.

(via @katiehonan.bsky.social)

Imagine Trump said he was illegally stopping November Social Security payments & incorrectly blamed the shutdown

The frame should be “Trump illegally halts Social Security checks,” not “Shutdown means November 1 marks a Social Security cliff, Dems share blame?”

But that’s what’s happening w/ SNAP

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HOW VOTERS PICK A CANDIDATE:

-they observe the social environment (largely through media)
-they decide what role they want to play in that environment (respected? savvy? oppositional?)
-they pick the candidate they think fulfills that role
-they reverse-engineer an explanation for their pick

Hamas kills an Israeli soldier, Israel kills over 100 Palestinians in Gaza (which surely includes some civilians).

Again I must ask, how much combat and killing constitutes a “strained” or “tested” ceasefire, as opposed to simply not a ceasefire? What is the threshold?

Here's what it looks like visually, with states sorted from lowest to highest *2025* gross premiums.

Idaho is about to replace New Hampshire as the state with the lowest average rates ($533/mo).

West Virginia has and will continue to have the highest by far, breaking $1,300/month.