2012 or earlier. Chuck Schumer was first elected to Congress in 1980.

Warsh may be a reasonable guy and capable economist just playing a role here. But if integrity and independence are qualities we value in a Fed Chief, he does not have them.

Every nominee who dodges this question tells us that they have no meaningful commitment to American democracy.

At least that's my sense of things, and that's why I'm in the race. 9/8

In my district, I'm concerned Dem voters will go with the known, comfortable guy. And he's not a bad guy! But the big constitutional issues we face right now are just another set of political talking points for him, like they are for the Dem leadership--not a personal cause like they are for me. 7/

But what was needed in that debate was someone to expose Vance as the weird little freak he is.

And it's not really that big a departure from normal. The VP candidate is actually supposed to be the attack dog! 6/

In Walz's case, and with the DNC brass, they had this sense in their mind that the voters hate partisanship, they want someone who is collegial and can reach across the aisle, so that's what Walz should do with Vance. 5/

And that means that all of their political assumptions and habits were formed and heavily reinforced in some previous era. So when circumstances change, they're not very adaptable. And even when an issue is successful, they have a hard time not reverting to form. 4/

The reason the established guys have an advantage is that they've been running for one thing or another for decades.

But that means they came into politics on issues from 20 years ago, or just because they're local gentry or successful businessmen and think naturally they should be in Congress. 3/

The established guys have the fundraising network, everybody knows their name, everybody owes them favors.

And man am I seeing this when going up against Tom Perriello in Charlottesville. Less so in the rest of the district, but definitely here. It's subtle but pervasive.

There's the problem. 2/

OK, here's my perspective on that as a congressional candidate. What you have to realize is that it is very hard to jump into electoral politics and begin running in response to the big issues of the moment.

I know because that's what I'm doing.

But you're up against established guys. 1/

That's just brutal. If I ever get the chance, I'm gonna steal that.

Doing this video with a painting of Washington in the background is a level of irony that even he’d probably cross the Delaware again just to get away from

Which I why I was so disappointed that Walz failed to do that in the VP debate. The whole things was an exercise in normalizing Vance, which then allowed him to normalize Trump, and Walz didn't push back at it when he had his best chance.

Nixon was smarter, but not quite as shameless--and never had the weird charisma to create a cult of personality. That's what saved us then.

Yeah I saw the 80% of fatalities are from drones stat in the article and got a sinking feeling in my stomach

Exactly. We should fear a Trump who is smart enough not to pick a fight with the pope.

We might look back with relief at the Trump era, when he had an awful agenda but also had zero self-discipline and got into stupid losing fights with the pope.

The worse threat has always been someone with Trump's malevolence but a longer attention span and better impulse control.

Do not welcome this or enjoy it, because all it means is that Tucker is setting himself up to run in 2028 on a platform to do all the terrible things Trump promised to do, only more so.

Don't enjoy this, because it means Tucker is running in 2028.

FTA: "If current trends continue, even the Russian Northern Fleet at docked at Severomorsk will soon be vulnerable."

tfw about to lose the Northern Fleet after losing the Black Sea Fleet, to a country which, it always bears mentioning, has not had a navy since 2022

This is your fault, Martha’s Vineyard dinner party hosts. If only you had been as nice as the people on Epstein Island, this poor beleaguered man would still be cited on Fox News as “even liberal Alan Dershowitz.” But not anymore. You just had to take it too far.

Good piece, worth reading, and if you don’t have time, the first paragraph is the text in this post, and it suffices as well.

Trump approval falls to 35% as prices rating hits a record -46 Our new Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll finds the president's overall job approval at a new low, Democrats leading by 7 on the generic ballot, and a growing majority saying the Iran war is not wort

NEW Strength In Numbers/Verasight.io poll: Trump approval falls to 35% as rating for handling prices hits a record -46
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-04-21...

I have bad news for him about conservatives

Oh God…

Uh oh: "US buyers redirect imported fertilizer overseas as Iran war drives up global prices" www.reuters.com/business/us-...

Fight back, vote yes. Why are we going to the polls to vote yes today? Step one in stopping this regime from kidnapping people. Polls are open until 7pm. Just turned 18? Just moved here from out of state? We have same day voter registration. Link to find polling location below.

"It turns the patrons into demons, and the restaurant into hell. I have never seen any one corporate decision supply more chaos, unhappiness, and disdain for humanity than endless shrimp."

And it's BACK: www.businessinsider.com/return-of-en...

Actually, the headline is kind of misleading. What he actually got in trouble for was posting such long and detailed summaries that they qualified as unauthorized adaptations. So it does serve him right.

This is legally dubious, but there’s a part of me that says, “Serves him right.”