he got elected bc the left vote was split. This time it won’t be. Nothing more complicated than that

Those of us who are not Jewish have to be more on our guard against antisemitism than ever right now, not just in the world but inside of our own hearts

No one is fully immune to the propaganda flooding social media from all directions or the rising hysteria of this moment

Obama became president because he opposed the war in Iraq before that was popular 🤷‍♂️

Oh yeah, the fact that voters have a clear, demonstrated preference for politicians who do not seem like they're just following what the polls/focus groups say never enters the discussion lol

what's happened is a certain gaggle of dc technocrats have become totally tacticsbrained--they're just forever chasing the next move--and have totally lost sight of the idea that you start with a goal and then use polling to figure out how to achieve it--not vice versa

bsky.app/profile/hurr...

i cannot escape the sense that what these people are fundamentally opposed to is political leadership

it is one thing to say "here is what our measurements tell us about the playing field," it is something very different to leap from that to "and here is why we have a better understanding of your specific circumstance and your particular electorate than you, the person who represents the district"

data is important, measurement of public opinion is important, but politics also isn't a machine. there are a vast number of qualitative factors at work. and people themselves are unpredictable.

It's not just that the casuals are completely checked out, he has the absolute biggest die hards of the fan base completely checked out.

The Maloofs moving the team didn't even get this fan base to check out like this

It's truly unreal what he's managed to do

And yet.. he still meddles