Im not saying it could get passed but that doesn't mean it's not a good idea! Excess space creates some externalities.

I haven't read these specifics & an age-based tax would be bad. But people not downsizing when they go from 6 people to 2 does put pressure on housing costs. Maybe a tax based on sq ft per occupant? I'd pair with support for downsizing - which can be an overwhelming task (emotionally & logistically)

Also, the social isolation *was* actually traumatic for many people. Increases in drinking, domestic violence, homicides, depression.

(I now see somebody else made this point. But I think this is important. He's been more vocal and consistent on this than Bernie, Warren or Van Hollen)

Murphy has also been the most anti-Trump senator from election day on. He said even before inauguration that he thought Dems were making a mistake by not being more strident in their opposition. I think he has only voted for Rubio and acknowledged that was a mistake

This is also one thing that is better for young people now than 20 years ago. Many are still covered on their parents' insurance thanks to Obamacre.

To not just admit but too brag about!!

And we haven't even decapitated their capabilities! This is an insane thing to admit!

Many of us also had our moral grounding cultivated by the church. Long before "social justice" was "woke", it was very Catholic.

I know I carry that conflict: I can't abide by many institutional teachings but my more formative experiences were of hearing radical challenges to our status quo

That made me stop too. I immediately thought, is that what she really meant?!? We can't have used 10% of all our airpower!?!

And Bush!

Also, there's very little quality control because teachers all get masters to boost their pay; the value of the classes (or lack thereof) is inconsequential. The demand is there regardless

“Our country, our nation, and by extension our military, has been gripped by fascism...”

I joined Alex Wagner on the Runaway Country podcast for a very engaging discussion on the war in Iran and the U.S. strike on an Iranian elementary school, where we delved into the broader lawlessness…

Interesting. I remember the first time I watched it (when i was young), I found it slow and boring. And then on rewatch I realized how essential it was for the rest movie and found every minute fascinating

Closing margins in red districts can make the difference in statewide races. Statewide dems (or pres candidates) are elevated when there are strong local candidates, even of those candidates ultimately lose.

... overcoming his removal of unanimous consent would have required 2hrs per each of the 1000 nominations & would have halted all other business)

My understanding is a big difference is that he was removing his unanimous consent for 1000s of confirmations that would traditionally be bundled into singular votes. Overcoming lack of unanimous consent is trivial for important votes (it cause a delay of a couple hours). In Tuberville's case, ...

New Hampshire has state-owned liquor stores, which look like they may be tax free. As such a small state, my guess is that they sell a lot to residents of neighboring states

of a single man in his 30s, extremely careful about covid due to a pre-existing condition. But then he ended up drinking himself to death to deal with the isolation.

It wasn't just "bosses" wanting us back to work. We were thrown into conditions that contradicted much of what it means to be human.

I think this is largely right. But I have a less cynical interpretation; the disruption had serious costs to many, many people's well-being. The social isolation was devastating and I don't think we're well-served by being dismissive of that.

The worst covid-related death I was adjacent to was ...

So weird!

There's someone Obama appointed that has backed the policy?!? Is there a story there?

Married women went for Trump narrowly in 2024. Ones who changed their names probably went less narrowly for him

This is esp true RE: making it harder for married women, swing voters who went for Trump in 2024 52-48. If you take out the subset of married women who didn't change their last name (def more liberal) and those with passports (prob more liberal), you're affecting an at least Lean Repub group

This is esp true RE: making it harder for married women, swing voters who went for Trump in 2024 52-48. If you take out the subset of married women who didn't change their last name (def more liberal) and those with passports (prob more liberal), you're affecting an at least Lean Repub group

I don't actually think it helps the anti-AI cause to be so knee-jerk against it. Not engaging in more nuanced discussions makes the critiques a lot more empty and easy to dismiss. It also means people are not prepared to engage IRL as a counter that is grounded in others shared "reality"

To me, this is an important distinction when people on the left conflate Obama and Trump (less so now but still sometimes)

These aren't exact stats but the clearest discussion I've seen about how it is different from Obama is that deportations during Obama were highly focused on either arresting people literally crossing the border or people with criminal records. They weren't doing big raids targeting communities.

Agreed. To me, the focus should be on pushing for Dems willing to hold the line for accountability & deep reform of the system.

I think the unknowable question is possibly a tension between an aggressive stance & maximizing Dem wins. (As a bigger Dem win is more likely to lead to changes.)

(The calculation might be different in a smaller, more confrontational protest, but the fact that they don't differentiate between these types of protests shows how their opsec is not grounded in reality.)