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I really hope by 2028 voters will be clear eyed about who the GOP is
Seems like a lot of evidence against a “the failure was democratic messaging” story of 2024. What’s happening, that people disapprove of, is exactly what prominent democrats said would happen (and often was written down in Project 2025).
New poll: In 2024, low-engagement voters went for Trump over Harris by 11 percentage points. But now they disapprove of the way he's handling the presidency by 13. They have moved 25 points against Trump — 2x as large as the shift for high-knowledge voters www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-lost...
February 12, 2026 at 8:10 PM
I really hope by 2028 voters will be clear eyed about who the GOP is
Biden hanging a picture of FDR where the George Washington photo normally is in the Oval Office was one of many GigaChad moves by him
February 12, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Biden hanging a picture of FDR where the George Washington photo normally is in the Oval Office was one of many GigaChad moves by him
For those wondering Senator Fetterman’s picture is inside the toilet so you crap on him
In my house we have a picture of FDR, LBJ, Future Senator Cooper, The Pumpkin King of WV. You salute when you walk by their pictures or you are going to be kicked out of my home
February 12, 2026 at 6:14 PM
For those wondering Senator Fetterman’s picture is inside the toilet so you crap on him
In my house we have a picture of FDR, LBJ, Future Senator Cooper, The Pumpkin King of WV. You salute when you walk by their pictures or you are going to be kicked out of my home
February 12, 2026 at 6:14 PM
In my house we have a picture of FDR, LBJ, Future Senator Cooper, The Pumpkin King of WV. You salute when you walk by their pictures or you are going to be kicked out of my home
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Everyone lied about the Biden economy every day of his presidency and now we’re here
February 12, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Everyone lied about the Biden economy every day of his presidency and now we’re here
“They are going to steal the election”
Ok well they are being run out of a mid sized city
Ok well they are being run out of a mid sized city
!!! BREAKING: Border czar Tom Homan announces ICE's surge in Minnesota will conclude.
February 12, 2026 at 2:48 PM
“They are going to steal the election”
Ok well they are being run out of a mid sized city
Ok well they are being run out of a mid sized city
If Dems took over and passed universal health care there would be social media memes about how good it used to be when we didn’t have universal healthcare and a lot of folks would believe hook line and sinker.
Lotta leftists refuse to acknowledge this truth
Lotta leftists refuse to acknowledge this truth
True independents have been so blasted by MSM bothsidism for years and years that they truly think both parties are equally bad/corrupt.
Social media has people who are doing well in life believing everything is trash and terrible.
Those two things were why Trump won.
Social media has people who are doing well in life believing everything is trash and terrible.
Those two things were why Trump won.
February 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
If Dems took over and passed universal health care there would be social media memes about how good it used to be when we didn’t have universal healthcare and a lot of folks would believe hook line and sinker.
Lotta leftists refuse to acknowledge this truth
Lotta leftists refuse to acknowledge this truth
The enlightened reactionary centrist bros ignore both of these things and then develop a terrible theory of what the dems should do
True independents have been so blasted by MSM bothsidism for years and years that they truly think both parties are equally bad/corrupt.
Social media has people who are doing well in life believing everything is trash and terrible.
Those two things were why Trump won.
Social media has people who are doing well in life believing everything is trash and terrible.
Those two things were why Trump won.
February 12, 2026 at 2:41 PM
The enlightened reactionary centrist bros ignore both of these things and then develop a terrible theory of what the dems should do
True independents have been so blasted by MSM bothsidism for years and years that they truly think both parties are equally bad/corrupt.
Social media has people who are doing well in life believing everything is trash and terrible.
Those two things were why Trump won.
Social media has people who are doing well in life believing everything is trash and terrible.
Those two things were why Trump won.
February 12, 2026 at 2:40 PM
True independents have been so blasted by MSM bothsidism for years and years that they truly think both parties are equally bad/corrupt.
Social media has people who are doing well in life believing everything is trash and terrible.
Those two things were why Trump won.
Social media has people who are doing well in life believing everything is trash and terrible.
Those two things were why Trump won.
Voters aren’t used to this as usually a politician makes promises and then adjusts based on thermostatic temp, which is good politics.
That said voters should be way judicious with their votes. Especially the true independents who decide elections.
That said voters should be way judicious with their votes. Especially the true independents who decide elections.
Ok my hot take is that I think when Trump is like “we promised x and won so we are going to do x” and I actually think it’s okay for journalists to bring it up as a point of “well voters voted for this” (there are ways to get around this for Dems)
February 12, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Voters aren’t used to this as usually a politician makes promises and then adjusts based on thermostatic temp, which is good politics.
That said voters should be way judicious with their votes. Especially the true independents who decide elections.
That said voters should be way judicious with their votes. Especially the true independents who decide elections.
Ok my hot take is that I think when Trump is like “we promised x and won so we are going to do x” and I actually think it’s okay for journalists to bring it up as a point of “well voters voted for this” (there are ways to get around this for Dems)
February 12, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Ok my hot take is that I think when Trump is like “we promised x and won so we are going to do x” and I actually think it’s okay for journalists to bring it up as a point of “well voters voted for this” (there are ways to get around this for Dems)
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A *huge* undercurrent of a lot of content on sites like Insta & TikTok is a bunch of variances on the theme of "life sucks, ppl other than you have it better, you should be angry about it" & its split btwn ppl trying to sell ppl something or doing performative miserableness for clout. Horrible shit.
The occasional relationship videos that roll across my Instagram feed are basically designed in a lab to convince people they are unhappy with their relationships. Not every video is selling something but all of them are telling you not to be happy. Toxic stuff.
February 12, 2026 at 1:49 PM
A *huge* undercurrent of a lot of content on sites like Insta & TikTok is a bunch of variances on the theme of "life sucks, ppl other than you have it better, you should be angry about it" & its split btwn ppl trying to sell ppl something or doing performative miserableness for clout. Horrible shit.
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Admin Officials in the Epstein Files:
Donald J. Trump
Melania Trump
Howard Lutnick (Commerce)
John Phelan (Navy)
Paolo Zampolli (Kennedy Center)
RFK Jr. (HHS)
Kevin Warsh (Fed Nom)
Mehmet Oz (CMS)
Elon Musk (Fmr DOGE)
Steve Bannon (Fmr WH)
Alex Acosta (Fmr Labor)
Bill Barr (Fmr AG)
Donald J. Trump
Melania Trump
Howard Lutnick (Commerce)
John Phelan (Navy)
Paolo Zampolli (Kennedy Center)
RFK Jr. (HHS)
Kevin Warsh (Fed Nom)
Mehmet Oz (CMS)
Elon Musk (Fmr DOGE)
Steve Bannon (Fmr WH)
Alex Acosta (Fmr Labor)
Bill Barr (Fmr AG)
February 12, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Admin Officials in the Epstein Files:
Donald J. Trump
Melania Trump
Howard Lutnick (Commerce)
John Phelan (Navy)
Paolo Zampolli (Kennedy Center)
RFK Jr. (HHS)
Kevin Warsh (Fed Nom)
Mehmet Oz (CMS)
Elon Musk (Fmr DOGE)
Steve Bannon (Fmr WH)
Alex Acosta (Fmr Labor)
Bill Barr (Fmr AG)
Donald J. Trump
Melania Trump
Howard Lutnick (Commerce)
John Phelan (Navy)
Paolo Zampolli (Kennedy Center)
RFK Jr. (HHS)
Kevin Warsh (Fed Nom)
Mehmet Oz (CMS)
Elon Musk (Fmr DOGE)
Steve Bannon (Fmr WH)
Alex Acosta (Fmr Labor)
Bill Barr (Fmr AG)
Congressman Massie is not a good dude. But that said it is really funny watching him attack republicans.
Dems in disarray headline incoming
Dems in disarray headline incoming
February 12, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Congressman Massie is not a good dude. But that said it is really funny watching him attack republicans.
Dems in disarray headline incoming
Dems in disarray headline incoming
Aka Jainism
Whether this is good or bad this clearly also represents Democrats representing a much broader set of constituencies than Republicans do, not purely electoral considerations. Is the argument really supposed to be One Way to Win?
February 11, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Aka Jainism
Like people who pay attention to politics and have strong reactions to politics come out and vote and these voters don’t.
And this is independent of party. Lots of specials lately have shown that republicans paying attention are coming out…for Dems.
And this is independent of party. Lots of specials lately have shown that republicans paying attention are coming out…for Dems.
Ok the GOP’s fundamental problem isn’t the economy or Trump, it’s that a lot of their voters in prez years are super mushy brained and probably have no idea what’s happening.
If you ask if the still like Trump they say yes but then don’t really know what’s going on and are zoned out
If you ask if the still like Trump they say yes but then don’t really know what’s going on and are zoned out
February 11, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Like people who pay attention to politics and have strong reactions to politics come out and vote and these voters don’t.
And this is independent of party. Lots of specials lately have shown that republicans paying attention are coming out…for Dems.
And this is independent of party. Lots of specials lately have shown that republicans paying attention are coming out…for Dems.
Ok the GOP’s fundamental problem isn’t the economy or Trump, it’s that a lot of their voters in prez years are super mushy brained and probably have no idea what’s happening.
If you ask if the still like Trump they say yes but then don’t really know what’s going on and are zoned out
If you ask if the still like Trump they say yes but then don’t really know what’s going on and are zoned out
February 11, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Ok the GOP’s fundamental problem isn’t the economy or Trump, it’s that a lot of their voters in prez years are super mushy brained and probably have no idea what’s happening.
If you ask if the still like Trump they say yes but then don’t really know what’s going on and are zoned out
If you ask if the still like Trump they say yes but then don’t really know what’s going on and are zoned out
Ah I see what is going on and why they were panicking. Basically good numbers every month only to be revised downward.
Maybe they aren’t making up numbers but I think the people should be more open to how current data can be manipulated.
Maybe they aren’t making up numbers but I think the people should be more open to how current data can be manipulated.
All the various kinds of revisions add up -- by the end of the year, there were more than a million fewer people employed than previously estimated.
February 11, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Ah I see what is going on and why they were panicking. Basically good numbers every month only to be revised downward.
Maybe they aren’t making up numbers but I think the people should be more open to how current data can be manipulated.
Maybe they aren’t making up numbers but I think the people should be more open to how current data can be manipulated.
My wife works in healthcare so idk what you all mad about everything’s going great!!!
Yikes here are the numbers for the past 12 months. Everything is pretty much dead except healthcare/social assistance. Note that healthcare growth is largely not about the business cycle -- it's about the aging of the population and more elderly people needing care.
February 11, 2026 at 2:34 PM
My wife works in healthcare so idk what you all mad about everything’s going great!!!
Like to be completely honest Super Bowl ratings are a rip because they report the whole number vs quarter by quarter.
My gut feeling is that bad bunny saved the nfl from the terrible game and that they are papering over terrible second half numbers
My gut feeling is that bad bunny saved the nfl from the terrible game and that they are papering over terrible second half numbers
Normalizing ratings by percent of house hold tv’s being turned into the game is exactly how all rating systems do it and this SB was less than almost all in the last five years.
The comments on this article are triggering me.
Like duh the raw numbers are similar to last year but ypu would completely expect that given the us population increases year over year. Raw numbers never tell the story which is why you need to normalize.
Like duh the raw numbers are similar to last year but ypu would completely expect that given the us population increases year over year. Raw numbers never tell the story which is why you need to normalize.
February 11, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Like to be completely honest Super Bowl ratings are a rip because they report the whole number vs quarter by quarter.
My gut feeling is that bad bunny saved the nfl from the terrible game and that they are papering over terrible second half numbers
My gut feeling is that bad bunny saved the nfl from the terrible game and that they are papering over terrible second half numbers
This triggers me like when people said Trump had the most votes of any candidate ever to run for president. Like yes he ran three times and the US population is higher every year over year. Just saying that info gives the MSM a big boner but it’s a completely wrong way to think about it
The comments on this article are triggering me.
Like duh the raw numbers are similar to last year but ypu would completely expect that given the us population increases year over year. Raw numbers never tell the story which is why you need to normalize.
Like duh the raw numbers are similar to last year but ypu would completely expect that given the us population increases year over year. Raw numbers never tell the story which is why you need to normalize.
Average viewership for this year’s Super Bowl fell 2% from Super Bowl LIX, when the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Kansas City Chiefs.
February 11, 2026 at 2:20 PM
This triggers me like when people said Trump had the most votes of any candidate ever to run for president. Like yes he ran three times and the US population is higher every year over year. Just saying that info gives the MSM a big boner but it’s a completely wrong way to think about it
Normalizing ratings by percent of house hold tv’s being turned into the game is exactly how all rating systems do it and this SB was less than almost all in the last five years.
The comments on this article are triggering me.
Like duh the raw numbers are similar to last year but ypu would completely expect that given the us population increases year over year. Raw numbers never tell the story which is why you need to normalize.
Like duh the raw numbers are similar to last year but ypu would completely expect that given the us population increases year over year. Raw numbers never tell the story which is why you need to normalize.
Average viewership for this year’s Super Bowl fell 2% from Super Bowl LIX, when the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Kansas City Chiefs.
February 11, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Normalizing ratings by percent of house hold tv’s being turned into the game is exactly how all rating systems do it and this SB was less than almost all in the last five years.
The comments on this article are triggering me.
Like duh the raw numbers are similar to last year but ypu would completely expect that given the us population increases year over year. Raw numbers never tell the story which is why you need to normalize.
Like duh the raw numbers are similar to last year but ypu would completely expect that given the us population increases year over year. Raw numbers never tell the story which is why you need to normalize.
Average viewership for this year’s Super Bowl fell 2% from Super Bowl LIX, when the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Kansas City Chiefs.
Super Bowl LX Viewership Falls Short Of Record
Average viewership for this year’s Super Bowl fell 2% from Super Bowl LIX, when the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Kansas City Chiefs.
www.forbes.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:14 PM
The comments on this article are triggering me.
Like duh the raw numbers are similar to last year but ypu would completely expect that given the us population increases year over year. Raw numbers never tell the story which is why you need to normalize.
Like duh the raw numbers are similar to last year but ypu would completely expect that given the us population increases year over year. Raw numbers never tell the story which is why you need to normalize.
I mean if this is the case why does the WH keep saying “be prepared for bad numbers”?
I’m genuinely confused
I’m genuinely confused
US job growth likely picked up in January; unemployment rate forecast steady at 4.4% reut.rs/4clWdsA
US job growth likely picked up in January; unemployment rate forecast steady at 4.4%
U.S. job growth likely picked up in January, supported by fewer layoffs in some seasonal industries, but the labor market remained sluggish as lingering uncertainty over import tariffs tempered hiring and tighter immigration enforcement constrained the supply of workers.
reut.rs
February 11, 2026 at 11:23 AM
I mean if this is the case why does the WH keep saying “be prepared for bad numbers”?
I’m genuinely confused
I’m genuinely confused
A lot of people do the whole “what have Dems ever done for black people” schtick like there is a button called “undo generational racism and its effects” and the Dems refuse to press it
One of the reasons I don’t like Crockett at the moment is she is doing the whole “the white Dems don’t respect us” stichick that I would image touches a nerve in a lot of predominantly black Dem areas.
It’s a low down move and I hope she loses just for bringing it up
It’s a low down move and I hope she loses just for bringing it up
February 10, 2026 at 2:55 PM
A lot of people do the whole “what have Dems ever done for black people” schtick like there is a button called “undo generational racism and its effects” and the Dems refuse to press it