rprimo.bsky.social
@rprimo.bsky.social
And accomplish anything after winning
December 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
And accomplish anything after winning
I think even going back decades before the current miasma of misinformation it was understood that it was the rate of change in real income that was highly predictive if elections, not the absolute level. Has that relationship changed since, I would be curious to know?
December 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I think even going back decades before the current miasma of misinformation it was understood that it was the rate of change in real income that was highly predictive if elections, not the absolute level. Has that relationship changed since, I would be curious to know?
this is why I think campaigning on "affordability" is fools' gold-- people will always say it is worse even if not, so what happens two years after the next election?
December 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
this is why I think campaigning on "affordability" is fools' gold-- people will always say it is worse even if not, so what happens two years after the next election?
yes i just smacked my forehead about that sorry
December 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
yes i just smacked my forehead about that sorry
not by itself, has to he measured against COLA increases.
December 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
not by itself, has to he measured against COLA increases.
That would have been an improvement.
December 4, 2025 at 10:16 AM
That would have been an improvement.
Is it your intention that the President could still fire the AG?
December 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Is it your intention that the President could still fire the AG?
I agree directionally, but I think Section 2 is too vague and will lead only to endless litigation. I suggest the issue is better addressed by either requiring the consent of other specific constitutional offices (speaker of house?) for a pardon, or opportunity for congressional override.
December 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I agree directionally, but I think Section 2 is too vague and will lead only to endless litigation. I suggest the issue is better addressed by either requiring the consent of other specific constitutional offices (speaker of house?) for a pardon, or opportunity for congressional override.
This was the best one since the first season.
November 29, 2025 at 1:19 AM
This was the best one since the first season.
As is clear from the context of the entire article, be was a "winner" in the sense that the lunatics in MAGA enjoyed his performance. I hold no brief for the NYT's sane-washing, but I don't think this is a fair example of it.
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
As is clear from the context of the entire article, be was a "winner" in the sense that the lunatics in MAGA enjoyed his performance. I hold no brief for the NYT's sane-washing, but I don't think this is a fair example of it.
I'm sure the Coast Guard is just being sarcastic here.
November 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I'm sure the Coast Guard is just being sarcastic here.
Who wants to tell him?
November 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Who wants to tell him?
We are not fighting each other. All of us are united on loathing the capitulation of certain Democratic senators! "Getting back to the fight " now apparently has to include making you and these other quislings pay for your betrayal.
November 11, 2025 at 2:51 AM
We are not fighting each other. All of us are united on loathing the capitulation of certain Democratic senators! "Getting back to the fight " now apparently has to include making you and these other quislings pay for your betrayal.
of course it's ridiculous, it's also what will happen. Google how many people think Biden is responsible for overturning Roe v Wade.
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
of course it's ridiculous, it's also what will happen. Google how many people think Biden is responsible for overturning Roe v Wade.
Angus King "saw no evidence" he would wake up and agree with him.
November 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Angus King "saw no evidence" he would wake up and agree with him.
Dems will be seen as the ones who took the expanded credits away, so your history lesson is beside the point.
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Dems will be seen as the ones who took the expanded credits away, so your history lesson is beside the point.
you got a vote! awesome.
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 AM
you got a vote! awesome.
I heard a profoundly depressing NPR interview with him a week or two ago, both he and interviewer completely divorced from reality and marinating in both sidesism, and accepting premise that the shutdown is Democrats' doing.
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I heard a profoundly depressing NPR interview with him a week or two ago, both he and interviewer completely divorced from reality and marinating in both sidesism, and accepting premise that the shutdown is Democrats' doing.
ok but they already passed the earlier CR, so they will do this again.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
ok but they already passed the earlier CR, so they will do this again.
why, they are in the majority?
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
why, they are in the majority?
That one was "meh," amd got worse until it closed.
November 7, 2025 at 11:14 PM
That one was "meh," amd got worse until it closed.
It smelled like victory
November 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
It smelled like victory
submarine warfare
November 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
submarine warfare
what if we had a reporter interviewing him sufficiently prepared to challenge him on what he means by "communist" and that it is up to Congress, not him, on how to spend taxpayer money.
November 3, 2025 at 1:41 AM
what if we had a reporter interviewing him sufficiently prepared to challenge him on what he means by "communist" and that it is up to Congress, not him, on how to spend taxpayer money.