horseshoe theory is real. leftists almost got kat abughazaleh elected into congress and now it comes out that her boyfriend owns infowars…

Also the GOP’s current definition of “socialist” seems to be “anyone to the left of Chip Roy.”

https://www.theonion.info/

Seriously though, this is the Doolittle Raid against the current wave of conservative media consolidation.

Imagine losing a war on your mind to a satirical allium.

We’re defending Western Civilization by kicking Plato and Shakespeare out of university classes.

>unarmed pleasure vessel inexplicably capable of running a blockade

What did he know?

two images of the human body's circulatory system. One of them with good cable management

The human circulatory system, before and after proper cable management.

the thing about our current moment is that yes, the anti-AI and anti-big tech people are getting very reactive nowadays - but have you seen what they’re *reacting* to?

Especially when you're a federal contractor who wants to get paid for more than (at most) two presidential cycles.

The entomology of that phrase is also fun.

Unsurprisingly, few ever took the hint.

Back when I was doing 3rd party things, I asked aspiring statewide candidates how much they would expect to pay to convince 500,000 Nevadans to buy their product during a specific two week window.

Then I'd ask if they thought they could raise that much or if their sights were better set locally.

If you want to know how RFK Jr. went from far-left darling to HHS secretary for the Trump administration or what forces Thiel thinks he's responding to, this book delivers the background you need.

Available from @c4ssdotorg.bsky.social for purchase or download.

(I bought my copy. It was worth it.)

More seriously, Gillis' book is an excellent read right now. It provides a detailed overview of how certain groups, in response to real or seeming co-option of science by the government or other interests, choose to reject objective reality altogether.

Guy who has only read @rechelon.bsky.social's "Did The Science Wars Take Place? The Political & Ethical Stakes of Radical Realism":

This sure seems like another Science War.

With another year to get funding and supporters in place, I'd say longshot. Without that...

(Sorry everyone, but it does take infrastructure to run a statewide campaign across two metropolitan areas 450 miles apart from each other plus 100,000 sq. miles of rural desert and it needs to be paid for.)

Pete Hegseth furious that now people think Kash Patel can outdrink him.

Other way around, I think. Municipalities are structurally trapped into accepting high-margin revenue streams, which causes them to offer abatements to attract them.

You see this with casinos, too, which are at least as large and noisy and disruptive to a neighborhood — but also very tax lucrative.

Have data center tax breaks helped Nevada's economy? Here's what we found. - The Nevada Independent There are significant disagreements about whether the industry's economic benefits are worth the combined $457 million in projected tax abatements that Nevada has doled out over the past decade.

Throw in construction interests — data center construction pays *much* better than residential construction and is more likely to use union labor — and you can see how local and state politicians remain broadly supportive of data center construction, even in the face of popular opposition.

NV, for example, abates for 10-20 years but nobody's tearing down a data center that quickly. That means the municipality gets 100% after that.

If one replaces a vacant lot — and if it doesn't go out of business due to over-construction — local budgets get a low-service long-term revenue source.

No, I follow — and, to be clear myself, I think we need to stop data center tax abatements, too.

What I'm getting at is that, given the low level of direct costs to a municipal budget, data centers can seem to "pencil out" even with fairly aggressive tax breaks, especially if they expire.

Whether it’s pictures of Barack Obama reading to a group of children with Zohran Mamdani or it’s pictures of Donald Trump with Jeffrey Epstein on an island full of sex-trafficked minors, occupants of the oval office are making some controversial choices about who they take pictures with.

Few new jobs means few demands for services and housing from new constituents.

Municipalities are trading water and power for increased sales and property tax revenue, all without adding additional traffic on the roads, additional students in schools, or additional calls to the police.

without commenting on any of the new allegations about either platner or mills, i just have to say: schumer recruiting mills (and mills accepting!) was an enormous own goal for the institutional democratic party

when the margins in the senate are this tight this kind of fuckup is discrediting

Las Vegas restaurant owner says no tax on tips promise has not brought relief amid rising food costs A Las Vegas restaurant owner says President Trump's no tax on tips pledge hasn't provided relief as he battles skyrocketing food and operating costs.

This is something else: Restaurant owner who appeared with Trump in Vegas in 2024 when he announced "no tax on tips" now says "all the prices are too high" and "it's even worse now."

Buyer's remorse?

www.ktnv.com/news/las-veg...

Notable Sanchez is unapologetically pro-immigration and also the only major European leader with positive approval ratings.

Can Primary Reform Keep Out Extremist Candidates and Depolarize America? Don't count on it—deeper structural reforms like proportional representation are the real fix

Great piece by @leedrutman.bsky.social breaking down what works and what doesn't work for electoral reform. In particular, a common misconception about jungle primary / top two systems. Empirically, they simply don't deliver the benefits claimed.

i chat*GPT** all the time. *about **the Gallons of Pollution we Treat Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District

sewers are data centers.

Datacenters are just normal light industry and ideally shouldn't be treated any differently from other forms of light industry, but I don't think we should spend any political capital helping them get built