Dems can just clip the "we took the freedom of speech away" and make an ad

Leavitt: "When an illegal alien goes to the emergency room, who's paying for it? The American taxpayer."

I wrote about Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ezra Klein, why swallowing live frogs is a bad idea, and how context and history can release you from bright-kid syndrome, the illusion that you yourself are going to have every answer or fix the world.

We are edging close to an argument that all left public figures need to think like political strategists first, constantly measuring the impact of their work on the Democratic Party's electoral prospects. We saw that frame used against racial justice protesters in 2020-22; Gaza protesters in 2024.

79. American citizen.

The other telling thing is when Coates brings up the history of Black Americans. Klein responds, "Trump won more of the black vote in 2024," as if that is some kind of sweeping rebuttal. 1. This history still matters 2. 84% of a very large group backing one party is still a very high number!

"Democracy dies if prominent black writers don't frame their arguments around appeasing white voters in Wisconsin," or "Democracy dies unless liberal writers praise radical, hateful conservative activists" is the subtext. And it's worth thinking through who makes these kinds of arguments and why.

What could one bad Chicago cop cost the taxpayers, Michael? $90M, 200 years of people wrongfully imprisoned, plus his salary, overtime, benefits, retirement plan, guns, cars & everything he can fit in his pockets out of the evidence room for over a decade?