Oct 5, 2020

ehh. some black woman is just an off the cuff example of the kinds essential workers on the frontlines everyday. its totally innocuous - perhaps indelicate but hardly pandering. black americans are like 10% of the workforce, but like 20% of grocery store employees. or whatever. they're X% of the population, but consistently fill the roles that white/affluent america take for granted, whether its postal employees, truck drivers, what have you. thats his point, and - oh yeah - he's right!

 

Oct 3, 2020

I'm gonna have to check with Lil Wayne to clear this one up

 

Oct 3, 2020

trump has spent the last six months licking bannisters i don’t think it was some covert act

 

Oct 2, 2020

Well, if Trump dies of COVID19, Pence can run on the success of his only responsibility during the Trump Administration... leader of the COVID19 Taskforce.

 

Oct 2, 2020

yikes....

 

Oct 2, 2020

it's literally the exact same unemployment rate from the last jobs report before Obama's reelection

 

Oct 2, 2020

I'm not that into conspiracy theories but like 20% of me is thinking that tbh idk the timing seems oddly well-placed

this whole thing is f----- idk what to believe anymore

 

Oct 2, 2020

it is pretty insane that you cannot be sure if the President of the US is telling the truth whether he has the virus.

You cannot take his word for it anyway. This alone should tell people he isnt fit to be a president among all his other lies.

 

Oct 1, 2020

can hardly imagine living in a country where drug manufacturers have so much power that they can dictate policy!!!!

 

Oct 1, 2020

i dont envy chris wallace's task... but i dont feel bad for him either. it was a shitshow he was both complicit in and a victim of if that makes sense.

like he tried to reel in trump - entirely too late, and was way too ineffectual clearly. (which is the point of this administration, to always undermine institutions set up to preserve civility, good discourse etc.)

 

Sep 30, 2020

 

Sep 30, 2020

AOC is so good at this s---.

 

Sep 30, 2020

Where the f--- is Kanye when you need him

 

Sep 30, 2020

Trumps campaigning against his own tax plan

 

Sep 29, 2020

Trump I’m sure is going to make it entertaining but Chris Wallace has done very well moderating debates in the past. He’s also done arguably the best job at interviewing Trump. Hoping he doesn’t let him off the hook tonight will all the bs that’s going to be coming out of his mouth.

Leading a lecture for an undergrad class today. Debating on ending lecture early & just slapping this on a livestream for the last 30 min of class lol.

 

Sep 19, 2020

this is a good summary of what gop consensus is lol. but just curious, what is your response to the fact this 4-4 argument...didnt exist in 2016. (not mcconnells obvious flipflopping, just the ~~sudden concern over scotus being a tie ball game..)

Anyway, here's Papa Andy's Coming Off the Mountain Take:
They move fast on starting a nomination now, they then give endangered senators like collins the opportunity to score some points by "delaying" the confirmation, but simultaneously use the held-up confirmation to motivate their voters, and then win or lose they are confirming a justice in december unless they (possibly) succumb to enormous unprecedented political pressure. as @Swizz pointed out, mark kelly potentially winning and being seated in nov adds a curious wrinkle to things.

RBGs death obviously cant be understated ofc. terrible, ball game ending news, for a few reasons. this alone could alter the elections stakes and dynamic, in a way only COVID has up until this point. we will see how it shakes out. im a little pessimistic as what goes down moving forward. will biden double down on traditional GOTV or canvassing in its wake? from what im hearing via friends in the campaign, every state has some version of this antsyness...but I can tell u all that the campaign is overall having legitimately successful voter contact, persuasion, and conversion, as well as driving strong news narratives (esp when you add in the fact that Biden himself just went to Macomb County MI etc.)