I remember being brainlessly tired for reading-to-kid time when that Goodnight Moon page struck me

(yeah this is minor / burying it in this reply but while I liked that post you're quoting, implying with 3/3 examples that the framers had it right? yes this is narrow and annoying but hey also not a heavy lift, like just briefly holding my hand up for a slavery-aware level of tact lol)

like when it falls to some rando to effortlessly debunk one of the seventeen political things your dumbest, drunkest uncle says that's evidence of elite solidarity in my book

Like the thing about fascism is it's pretty idiot-proof if they get a solid base, like even Trump knows to do this without saying he's doing it. 90%+ of us know the same

elephant graveyard take but: sui eyes

that is 100% true but it's also how power works in general like Cuomo was doing this, Ceasar, LBJ. Tools of the trade

Whoa sorry I posted almost this exact take before I saw yours

Honestly for Schumer I think it’s less about $, he believes and takes actual political risk over it and he’s borderline honest about that. Going on record with “job is to keep the left pro Israel” … that’s not somebody soliciting money, it’s somebody who is already sold

NY triggered an escape clause by making our bagels worse