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(This isn’t an endorsement of the reactionary centrist “Democrats need to be more moderate” position. When she got in, Harris was a change candidate in a world where people hate the establishment - like every winner since Watergate except HW and Biden. Then she bearhugged the status quo and lost.)
December 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
(This isn’t an endorsement of the reactionary centrist “Democrats need to be more moderate” position. When she got in, Harris was a change candidate in a world where people hate the establishment - like every winner since Watergate except HW and Biden. Then she bearhugged the status quo and lost.)
I’m not saying fundamentals don’t matter, but I feel like the arc of the polling shows the Harris campaign blew it.
Inflation/immigration/propping up Biden/even Trump getting shot had already happened when she got in…and then she was leading the polls two weeks later.
Inflation/immigration/propping up Biden/even Trump getting shot had already happened when she got in…and then she was leading the polls two weeks later.
December 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I’m not saying fundamentals don’t matter, but I feel like the arc of the polling shows the Harris campaign blew it.
Inflation/immigration/propping up Biden/even Trump getting shot had already happened when she got in…and then she was leading the polls two weeks later.
Inflation/immigration/propping up Biden/even Trump getting shot had already happened when she got in…and then she was leading the polls two weeks later.
Is David Shor advising Trump now?
December 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Is David Shor advising Trump now?
That’s Peter, he’s one of the guys on the podcast.
December 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
That’s Peter, he’s one of the guys on the podcast.
The Lockheed Martin Peace Prize
December 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The Lockheed Martin Peace Prize
No, that's a pretty clear "Didn't complete the process of the catch" scenario. If that had happened at the 10-yard line it'd be called an incomplete pass, not a fumble.
December 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
No, that's a pretty clear "Didn't complete the process of the catch" scenario. If that had happened at the 10-yard line it'd be called an incomplete pass, not a fumble.
Every race needs its Scott Walker.
December 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Every race needs its Scott Walker.
It’s very cool how apparently every company is making decisions based around how they can be more like Enron.
December 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
It’s very cool how apparently every company is making decisions based around how they can be more like Enron.
She’s the one that led the smear campaign against Ilhan Omar over the “All about the Benjamins” tweet.
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
She’s the one that led the smear campaign against Ilhan Omar over the “All about the Benjamins” tweet.
The salary isn’t boxing out people who aren’t wealthy, it’s the cost of the campaign that is. Raising cong. pay would draw in people for whom the current pay is too low - by definition richer people than are already running - which would draw more money to campaigns and *further* exclude non-rich
December 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The salary isn’t boxing out people who aren’t wealthy, it’s the cost of the campaign that is. Raising cong. pay would draw in people for whom the current pay is too low - by definition richer people than are already running - which would draw more money to campaigns and *further* exclude non-rich
The Athletics will change their name to the AI's.
November 30, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The Athletics will change their name to the AI's.
Well yeah, the post says it’ll be three centuries long.
November 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Well yeah, the post says it’ll be three centuries long.
Fun(?) Fact: The last Republican (4-year) presidential term that did *not* see a recession begin was Reagan’s second term. The last Democratic term that *did* see a recession begin was Carter’s.
November 21, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Fun(?) Fact: The last Republican (4-year) presidential term that did *not* see a recession begin was Reagan’s second term. The last Democratic term that *did* see a recession begin was Carter’s.
Is his whole shtick just filtering Yogi Berra aphorisms through a tech CEO language translator? Because that’s basically just “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Is his whole shtick just filtering Yogi Berra aphorisms through a tech CEO language translator? Because that’s basically just “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”
Are Republicans aware that we are already in the open enrollment period?
Follow up question: Are Republicans aware of the existence of an open enrollment period?
Follow up question: Are Republicans aware of the existence of an open enrollment period?
November 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Are Republicans aware that we are already in the open enrollment period?
Follow up question: Are Republicans aware of the existence of an open enrollment period?
Follow up question: Are Republicans aware of the existence of an open enrollment period?
I can’t believe you’re not convinced by the incredible argument of “No matter what I do, I’ll never appease these racists, which is why I must do everything I can to appease these racists.”
November 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I can’t believe you’re not convinced by the incredible argument of “No matter what I do, I’ll never appease these racists, which is why I must do everything I can to appease these racists.”
Just a few more years and she’ll be old enough to be a senator!
November 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Just a few more years and she’ll be old enough to be a senator!
It might be too unbelievable though. I mean, a guy whose two biggest passions in life being interior design and Broadway musicals having gay sex? Inconceivable!
November 14, 2025 at 10:56 PM
It might be too unbelievable though. I mean, a guy whose two biggest passions in life being interior design and Broadway musicals having gay sex? Inconceivable!
The tax issue explains why housing prices are high in NYC, SF, and, say, London, given the post-Reagan/Thatcher anti-tax regimes in both countries. It also explains high costs in other inelastic-demand goods like health care, child care, and education.
November 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The tax issue explains why housing prices are high in NYC, SF, and, say, London, given the post-Reagan/Thatcher anti-tax regimes in both countries. It also explains high costs in other inelastic-demand goods like health care, child care, and education.
The basic argument - “This national (and even international) phenomenon is caused by local regulations” - never made sense.
Seems to me the root issues are the inelasticity of demand for housing mixed with too-low marginal tax rates on the wealthy, which incentivize rent-seeking.
Seems to me the root issues are the inelasticity of demand for housing mixed with too-low marginal tax rates on the wealthy, which incentivize rent-seeking.
November 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The basic argument - “This national (and even international) phenomenon is caused by local regulations” - never made sense.
Seems to me the root issues are the inelasticity of demand for housing mixed with too-low marginal tax rates on the wealthy, which incentivize rent-seeking.
Seems to me the root issues are the inelasticity of demand for housing mixed with too-low marginal tax rates on the wealthy, which incentivize rent-seeking.
That’s not incidental. The 2019 Hillman Prize was awarded to the Miami Herald FOR Julie Brown’s work on Epstein.
That email thread is Wolff and Bannon complaining specifically about the journalism that brought Epstein’s crimes to the public consciousness.
That email thread is Wolff and Bannon complaining specifically about the journalism that brought Epstein’s crimes to the public consciousness.
November 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
That’s not incidental. The 2019 Hillman Prize was awarded to the Miami Herald FOR Julie Brown’s work on Epstein.
That email thread is Wolff and Bannon complaining specifically about the journalism that brought Epstein’s crimes to the public consciousness.
That email thread is Wolff and Bannon complaining specifically about the journalism that brought Epstein’s crimes to the public consciousness.