I have a strong suspicion that the vast majority of people *here* who dislike him so intensely are not Maine voters.

I want a Dem Senate majority.

As useless as the Senate is these days, I understand your sentiment.

Nowheres-ville.

It's good to hear a candidate who hasn't even won his party primary say it.

I don't think Fetterman ever said anything close to this..

Thank you!

Seems likely.

I just know that the public, when presented with two options that look a lot alike ( center-left v center-right.. otherwise very similar )..

Will choose the devil they know. Incumbent wins.

Funny.. I've been thinking for some time we need another FDR "Traitor to his own class"

Hoping Pritzger is that guy.

Plantner not rich enough, nor patrician and connected enough.
At best he will be, like you say, eco-left.

Maybe with a core of right-to-center on social issues.

I don't remember how Fetterman ran. Did he tack far left?

( I just remember like *anyone* but Oz )

Fwiw, you and Betty are my fav FPers

Cake, I know you served in ME, and used to be on the other side of the aisle..

What's your take on Platner? Have you read what he says about his own changes?

No arguing back from me. Promise. Just curious.

Long time BJ lurker.

Trump is actually serious about killing Ukrainians. He really wants to.

Sorry.

I didn't vote for him, but still sorry.

Slava Ukraine ! 🇺🇦

Trump's little special operation is going to accelerate adoption of clean energy as people see how unreliable fossil fuels really are

🙂 Good for you! ( sincerely )

I've always felt that Minneapolis gazes jealously at Chicago ( first, NYC second ) as a role model in culture and commerce.

Maybe it will happen in politics too

I can't believe how crappy Associated Press has become.

Top of the hour AM radio 200 seconds news. 8 seconds of two anodyne and contradictory statements about Iran war.

The rest was "dog bites man" local trivia and corporate product boosting.

OK.

Things vary from state to state. I believe Illinois is pretty securely blue.

Minnesota, well we have a noisy GOP.

Yeah, the quoters generally stripped the criticism and kept the hopeful positivity.

One might say MLK Jr. was "haloed."

"Neutered" is also accurate.

It's a despicable practice..

I believe it's also an intentional strategy; a broad veneer of distracting outrage hiding wholesale destruction and looting.

FWIW, *I* don't bitch about paywalls. Honestly, never do.

Real news gets around, and vanishingly few observations or perspectives are all that uniquely valuable.

Low gas prices are political candy. High gas prices political poison.

So politicians do everything they can to keep it low.

Biden's concern about gas prices kept him from supporting Ukraine sufficiently.

Is nothing sacred.

But watch, the darker the skin the quicker the boot.

I'll take "bullshiting" for $400, Alan.

Exactly.

Investigating the Good Guys DOJ claims the Southern Poverty Law Center was "paying off" the Ku Klux Klan. The group's track record and common sense suggest otherwise.

A little background on who the Southern Poverty Law Center is and what kind of work they’ve been doing for decades makes it clear that DOJ’s indictment (which is of the center, not of any individuals) is vindictive & malicious, an attack on civil rights work itself. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Quite a few things that evangelicals believe are not at all biblical.

The so-called "Rapture" is totally heresy.

Good idea!

Corporate mottos try hard to deny the most obvious suspicions,

revealing the ugly truth

Fall 2024. Never felt so good about dumping a subscription.

Yep, that's the game.

Watching videos of Russian civilians in Moscow and St Petersburg complaining about how the war Russia started is just now unexpectedly affecting their lives..

Feels similar.