oh c’mon this was a great opportunity to say “stop the presses!” nobody said it? https://t.co/VQo8H54r3g — southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) November 9, 2022 Still a few holdouts being like "Well just wait till 2024 because THEN you'll be fucked we promise!" — Drew Magary (@drewmagary) November 9, 2022 What about our narrative? Have you voters even …
Our Failed Media Experiment
Tuesday Morning Open Thread: Into the Fray
(Walt Handlesman via GoComics.com) well this is either going to insanely apt or incredibly ironic https://t.co/B2zkMOYc84 — an anxious archaeologist (@merovingians) November 7, 2022 Thousands of votes in PA were rejected following a GOP lawsuit. People waited in line up to two hours to cast new ones. “Oh I’m going to vote. It’s not …
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Late Night Open Thread: When the ‘Cletus Safari’ Is Non-Consensual Kink
The family reason is that his family finally sat him down and told him he no charisma https://t.co/xuqROUSpH6 — Drew Savicki ?????? (@DrewSav) November 6, 2022 Thing is… at least some portion of the Basket of Deplorables know when they’re being treated as a circus sideshow for the private delectation of ‘the elite’. Repubs like …
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Thursday Morning Open Thread: Excellent Speech, Subpar Media Response
Congratulations, postcard writers — you have given Erick Erickson a big mad: probably fake given Erick son of Erick but 100% legal and valid turnout strategy (backed by experimental evidence) https://t.co/gBif9YFApc — William B. Fuckley (@opinonhaver) November 3, 2022 President Biden: "There are candidates running for every level of office in America…who won't commit to …
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Our Media ‘Betters’ Open Thread
Oh, for us NPR reporters this democracy stuff is soooooo tiresome! https://t.co/NIcwUp66If — Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) November 2, 2022 CNN, MSNBC and Fox all carrying this live, while main broadcast nets are not. https://t.co/YuxDOabmEq — Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) November 2, 2022 But why doesn’t the White House take us SERIOUSLY?!? every time Biden pisses off …
Housing as a regional good
Good morning — and now for something different. I’ve started writing a little bit with the TriangleBlogBlog which is a hyper local (2 town) politics, policy, pickleball and park old school group blog much like Balloon-Juice. I’ve been leaning into what I originally went to graduate school for — urban economic development — and I’ll …
It’s Because You are Part of the Problem
Andrew Kaczynski got upset at a modest bit of pushback from the WH: Reply by progressive economist and RT by the WH Chief of Staff. Voters are constantly ranking economy and inflation as their number one concern. I did not say the economy was a disaster just that voters are concerned about it as polls …
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