Brian Libgober
@blibgober.bsky.social
NU Political science professor and Chicago man. Visiting Fellow at Princeton CSDP.
I write about how law and special interest politics interact.
I write about how law and special interest politics interact.
To your point, Eric Adams, Bob Menendez, and a party that refuses to conduct a competitive primary to replace an obviously mentally incompetent candidate does not make an overly compelling alternative case. The Rs have credibility: vote 4 us, you get a tax cut. Idk what anyone trusts Ds to do.
November 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
To your point, Eric Adams, Bob Menendez, and a party that refuses to conduct a competitive primary to replace an obviously mentally incompetent candidate does not make an overly compelling alternative case. The Rs have credibility: vote 4 us, you get a tax cut. Idk what anyone trusts Ds to do.
The same thing happened with Veep. The last season they had to phone it in because Jonah Ryan’s crazy MAGA style stunts were less wild than what was actually happening in politics.
November 15, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The same thing happened with Veep. The last season they had to phone it in because Jonah Ryan’s crazy MAGA style stunts were less wild than what was actually happening in politics.
Didn’t really see MAGA going in a degrowth direction but here we are
November 15, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Didn’t really see MAGA going in a degrowth direction but here we are
I think there’s at least a little to this, no? lots of neighborhoods looking like Jersey City is probably an outcome we want to avoid. Does being red pilled on YIMBY require me to want to live in an endlessly repetitive landscape that looks kinda like the matrix?
November 15, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I think there’s at least a little to this, no? lots of neighborhoods looking like Jersey City is probably an outcome we want to avoid. Does being red pilled on YIMBY require me to want to live in an endlessly repetitive landscape that looks kinda like the matrix?
Less environmental damage if we simply drop a very heavy object, a sort of space anvil ideally
November 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Less environmental damage if we simply drop a very heavy object, a sort of space anvil ideally
A right to buy some boomers money pit.
the american flag is waving in the wind
ALT: the american flag is waving in the wind
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November 14, 2025 at 1:34 AM
A right to buy some boomers money pit.
People think that they have better insight into what the Rs were going to do than the senate democrats do.
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
People think that they have better insight into what the Rs were going to do than the senate democrats do.
Great thread. What about the risks of owning the travel headaches a shutdown imposes? Why can they not shutdown again at end of January when terrain might be considered more favorable for various reasons, in particular lower political risk.
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Great thread. What about the risks of owning the travel headaches a shutdown imposes? Why can they not shutdown again at end of January when terrain might be considered more favorable for various reasons, in particular lower political risk.
Tbh I think the D are playing a horrible hand ok. Considering where they are and where they mightve been after a march shutdown, I’m not too sure they’re worse off. In April Trump did the tariffs, a huge own goal. A long leash would be a mistake, but short leash like this? Not sure it’s a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Tbh I think the D are playing a horrible hand ok. Considering where they are and where they mightve been after a march shutdown, I’m not too sure they’re worse off. In April Trump did the tariffs, a huge own goal. A long leash would be a mistake, but short leash like this? Not sure it’s a mistake.
More likely, they still are working as a block and sorted so the ones best positioned to compromise electorally did so. If so, I think they can do a shutdown again on Jan 30 and solve with another 90 day CR. The Rs are wasting their majority on this nonsense, Dems can keep stringing it along.
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
More likely, they still are working as a block and sorted so the ones best positioned to compromise electorally did so. If so, I think they can do a shutdown again on Jan 30 and solve with another 90 day CR. The Rs are wasting their majority on this nonsense, Dems can keep stringing it along.
Well we don’t really know what is going on inside the coalition, if there’s reporting on it I would love to see it. One possibility is that they could not control the moderates who wanted to cave. If that’s so, then the outrage now could strengthen the Ds hand.
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Well we don’t really know what is going on inside the coalition, if there’s reporting on it I would love to see it. One possibility is that they could not control the moderates who wanted to cave. If that’s so, then the outrage now could strengthen the Ds hand.