Ah, yes, the old pizza glue recipe routine.
Also not uncommon to see Google AI write summaries that contradict their own source links, or mash up multiple pages about completely unrelated concepts.
Also not uncommon to see Google AI write summaries that contradict their own source links, or mash up multiple pages about completely unrelated concepts.
December 5, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Ah, yes, the old pizza glue recipe routine.
Also not uncommon to see Google AI write summaries that contradict their own source links, or mash up multiple pages about completely unrelated concepts.
Also not uncommon to see Google AI write summaries that contradict their own source links, or mash up multiple pages about completely unrelated concepts.
And if every voter was like you, she absolutely would have won a 50 state trifecta.
December 5, 2025 at 5:21 AM
And if every voter was like you, she absolutely would have won a 50 state trifecta.
I don't think you understood what either Burning or I said, and you made up a bunch of silly rules that nobody else agreed to so that you could claim some kind of Calvin Ball debate trophy for yourself. Have a good night!
December 5, 2025 at 5:19 AM
I don't think you understood what either Burning or I said, and you made up a bunch of silly rules that nobody else agreed to so that you could claim some kind of Calvin Ball debate trophy for yourself. Have a good night!
Watch a video of a Mamdani rally. Listen to what the crowd says when he says "Make the buses...". When did Harris communicate her good policies that clearly to every supporter?
Any poli sci major can write a book full of good policies. It takes a talented politician to turn it into a rallying cry.
Any poli sci major can write a book full of good policies. It takes a talented politician to turn it into a rallying cry.
December 5, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Watch a video of a Mamdani rally. Listen to what the crowd says when he says "Make the buses...". When did Harris communicate her good policies that clearly to every supporter?
Any poli sci major can write a book full of good policies. It takes a talented politician to turn it into a rallying cry.
Any poli sci major can write a book full of good policies. It takes a talented politician to turn it into a rallying cry.
“It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness; that is life.”
December 5, 2025 at 5:04 AM
“It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness; that is life.”
Voters aren't this rational, and they don't vote this strategically. A boring candidate with good policies will lose to an exciting candidate with bad policies. Political campaigns aren't algebraic equations, they're relationships.
December 5, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Voters aren't this rational, and they don't vote this strategically. A boring candidate with good policies will lose to an exciting candidate with bad policies. Political campaigns aren't algebraic equations, they're relationships.
Again, in the minds of (non-fascist) Trump voters, he only says hateful things "to own the libs".
They want to vote for someone who will help them. Trump lied about wanting to them. Harris told them they needed to start a small business. Mamdani ran on policies that would help them.
They want to vote for someone who will help them. Trump lied about wanting to them. Harris told them they needed to start a small business. Mamdani ran on policies that would help them.
December 5, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Again, in the minds of (non-fascist) Trump voters, he only says hateful things "to own the libs".
They want to vote for someone who will help them. Trump lied about wanting to them. Harris told them they needed to start a small business. Mamdani ran on policies that would help them.
They want to vote for someone who will help them. Trump lied about wanting to them. Harris told them they needed to start a small business. Mamdani ran on policies that would help them.
That's not what unpopular means.
December 5, 2025 at 4:54 AM
That's not what unpopular means.
1. People who didn't vote for Harris weren't all pro-Trump. They just didn't like Biden/Harris.
2. People who didn't vote for Harris weren't all pro-Trump. They just didn't like Biden/Harris.
3. People who didn't vote for Harris weren't all pro-Trump. They just didn't like Biden/Harris.
2. People who didn't vote for Harris weren't all pro-Trump. They just didn't like Biden/Harris.
3. People who didn't vote for Harris weren't all pro-Trump. They just didn't like Biden/Harris.
December 5, 2025 at 4:53 AM
1. People who didn't vote for Harris weren't all pro-Trump. They just didn't like Biden/Harris.
2. People who didn't vote for Harris weren't all pro-Trump. They just didn't like Biden/Harris.
3. People who didn't vote for Harris weren't all pro-Trump. They just didn't like Biden/Harris.
2. People who didn't vote for Harris weren't all pro-Trump. They just didn't like Biden/Harris.
3. People who didn't vote for Harris weren't all pro-Trump. They just didn't like Biden/Harris.
No, not that at all. Trump pretends to be the same kind of populist that Mamdani/Sanders/Obama actually are, because that's what actually appeals to non-partisan voters. They believe his lies because they want to believe he'll help them, not because they want him to hurt others.
December 5, 2025 at 4:51 AM
No, not that at all. Trump pretends to be the same kind of populist that Mamdani/Sanders/Obama actually are, because that's what actually appeals to non-partisan voters. They believe his lies because they want to believe he'll help them, not because they want him to hurt others.
1. Hug Bibi
2. Not voting for Harris isn't the same thing as voting for Trump.
3. She knew Biden was too unpopular to win and she said "I am exactly the same as he is", so she lost.
2. Not voting for Harris isn't the same thing as voting for Trump.
3. She knew Biden was too unpopular to win and she said "I am exactly the same as he is", so she lost.
December 5, 2025 at 4:47 AM
1. Hug Bibi
2. Not voting for Harris isn't the same thing as voting for Trump.
3. She knew Biden was too unpopular to win and she said "I am exactly the same as he is", so she lost.
2. Not voting for Harris isn't the same thing as voting for Trump.
3. She knew Biden was too unpopular to win and she said "I am exactly the same as he is", so she lost.
Trump is not a known liar or unreliable in the minds of Trump voters.
Read any study of the people who voted for both Trump and Obama, or Trump and Bernie Sanders, or Trump and Mamdani. They will vote for the candidate who comes across as "real" to them, and speaks about their economic anxieties.
Read any study of the people who voted for both Trump and Obama, or Trump and Bernie Sanders, or Trump and Mamdani. They will vote for the candidate who comes across as "real" to them, and speaks about their economic anxieties.
December 5, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Trump is not a known liar or unreliable in the minds of Trump voters.
Read any study of the people who voted for both Trump and Obama, or Trump and Bernie Sanders, or Trump and Mamdani. They will vote for the candidate who comes across as "real" to them, and speaks about their economic anxieties.
Read any study of the people who voted for both Trump and Obama, or Trump and Bernie Sanders, or Trump and Mamdani. They will vote for the candidate who comes across as "real" to them, and speaks about their economic anxieties.
Okay, let's start with "Don't pull the pin out on that hand grenade when you are on The View" (according to her in her own book about the campaign):
December 5, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Okay, let's start with "Don't pull the pin out on that hand grenade when you are on The View" (according to her in her own book about the campaign):
Being ignorant and self-interested isn't irrational or unpredictable. Trump understands that part of the electorate much better than any other politician alive, and he lets their base impulses run his campaigns. But populist Democrats can win them over if they are seen as honest and relatable.
December 5, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Being ignorant and self-interested isn't irrational or unpredictable. Trump understands that part of the electorate much better than any other politician alive, and he lets their base impulses run his campaigns. But populist Democrats can win them over if they are seen as honest and relatable.
Conclusively proving a counter-factual is notoriously difficult if you don't have access to a time machine or a portal gun.
There are a number of things I believe she did wrong, but I have no means to prove to you that they cost her critical votes.
There are a number of things I believe she did wrong, but I have no means to prove to you that they cost her critical votes.
December 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Conclusively proving a counter-factual is notoriously difficult if you don't have access to a time machine or a portal gun.
There are a number of things I believe she did wrong, but I have no means to prove to you that they cost her critical votes.
There are a number of things I believe she did wrong, but I have no means to prove to you that they cost her critical votes.
A combination of selective listening ("Trump is only being serious about the thing I want to happen, everything else is just a joke to own the libs"), intentional deception ("He says he's anti-war!") and the intentional overuse of terms like "fascist" and "fake news" that diluted their meaning.
December 5, 2025 at 4:06 AM
A combination of selective listening ("Trump is only being serious about the thing I want to happen, everything else is just a joke to own the libs"), intentional deception ("He says he's anti-war!") and the intentional overuse of terms like "fascist" and "fake news" that diluted their meaning.
Not on this guy's watch
December 5, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Not on this guy's watch
People didn't vote for Trump because they wanted fascism. They voted for the only candidate who was promising to end wars and bring down the price of groceries "on day one". The fact that they couldn't tell he was lying is a matter of education, not immorality.
December 5, 2025 at 3:54 AM
People didn't vote for Trump because they wanted fascism. They voted for the only candidate who was promising to end wars and bring down the price of groceries "on day one". The fact that they couldn't tell he was lying is a matter of education, not immorality.
I don't think voters who stayed home believed Harris was worse than Trump; they just took her at her word that she wouldn't do anything different than Biden, whom they unjustly blamed for inflation and the war in Gaza. To some people, an election is simply a referendum on the current office holder.
December 5, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I don't think voters who stayed home believed Harris was worse than Trump; they just took her at her word that she wouldn't do anything different than Biden, whom they unjustly blamed for inflation and the war in Gaza. To some people, an election is simply a referendum on the current office holder.
"She did make that argument during her campaign."
December 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
"She did make that argument during her campaign."
But without 60 votes in the Senate, the only things you're going to get through are budgets and appointments.
December 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
But without 60 votes in the Senate, the only things you're going to get through are budgets and appointments.
True. Any presidential candidate who would impose progressive policies through authoritarianism (with no regard for the rule of law, congress, or the constitution) would never have get nominated by Democrats. Trumpism only works within a cult of personality.
December 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
True. Any presidential candidate who would impose progressive policies through authoritarianism (with no regard for the rule of law, congress, or the constitution) would never have get nominated by Democrats. Trumpism only works within a cult of personality.
This is why I can’t stand all the pie-in-the-sky fantasies about what a progressive president will do with unitary executive power.
The next Democratic president won’t be able to take a dump without the Supreme Court upholding a ruling by a Texas judge that presidents are no longer allowed to shit.
The next Democratic president won’t be able to take a dump without the Supreme Court upholding a ruling by a Texas judge that presidents are no longer allowed to shit.
December 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
This is why I can’t stand all the pie-in-the-sky fantasies about what a progressive president will do with unitary executive power.
The next Democratic president won’t be able to take a dump without the Supreme Court upholding a ruling by a Texas judge that presidents are no longer allowed to shit.
The next Democratic president won’t be able to take a dump without the Supreme Court upholding a ruling by a Texas judge that presidents are no longer allowed to shit.