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5·1 day agoThe problem is that it’s 90% stories that don’t really lend themselves to partisan outcomes. Their fascism comes out only once in a while, when Sulzberger thinks it’s important.
Steyer’s been a significant climate advocate for a long time, but has not held elected office.
Katie Porter has been too, but has been rather mean to her staff (though not a sexual abuser)
Lots of choices, and really important that Democrats figure out how to at least somewhat consolidate so that we don’t end up with an R vs R general election.
He forgot that the faith healing he was supposed to do was UFO-based. It’s hard to keep track when you lie so much.
The typical American worker has wages withheld and gets a refund, so yes
They’re afraid to insist on shoes that fit, but instead wear a size based on Trump’s guess. No way anybody in Trump’s orbit can be honest with him
A big chunk of the country prioritizes racism over almost anything else, and lives in the Fox Cinematic Universe, where this kind of thing gets mentioned once at 3am so they can say they covered it, and then never again.
The NYT didn’t even quote the statement initially, but paraphrased it to make it seem saner. They only added the quote to the article after pushback
They have minorites in both houses of Congress. Can’t actually stop anything under those conditions
Problem is that when you disperse research teams, it takes a decade or more to get back to where you were
It just takes getting them out of power. That’s attainable
It doesn’t have to be that way; we could have a world where people don’t need to fight over energy resources because wind and sunshine are everywhere.
In a close election, tipping a few tens of thousands of votes in the right state could in fact alter the outcome. So they’d target the closest swing state, and pick precincts with large minority populations.
The problem is that just standing around is going to intimidate a bunch of US citizens who have dark skin
As far as anybody can tell, he made the whole thing up. The sharpies for signing are real, but likely are standard sharpies that somebody silk-screened a logo onto.
They’re quite trained. It’s just that they’re trained to levy war against America
What if the goal isn’t to win the game of rock, paper, scissors, but to give their buddies chances to win bets? The whole US attack on Iran looks more like that than anything else.
It is, but one that a shocking fraction of significant left-of-center writers are still on.
If you want to avoid them, there is some coverage in the Financial Times but this gift link expires after a few hundred clicks.
He’s talking about US conservatism, which has given lip service to classical liberalism, but is anything but
Look at the nasal mist vaccines for your kid. Slightly less protection, but no needle. And you can get them by mail order and administer at home so that you don’t need to organize an outing around the vaccine