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I had no idea the segment was supposed to air tonight, or that it even existed, until I heard about Bari spiking it.

Also if some intrepid producer were to "accidently" post the full story onto the internet I'd be very interested in seeing it.

The thing is I don't want Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie to be the future of politics, which is why them standing alone on the most painfully obvious political play imaginable while pathetic fools like Kaine waffle is just....AHHHHHHHH

Like yes, candidates obviously should use issue polling to consider what issues to emphasize and how to phrase certain things and the like. No, candidates should not abandon all their values in the name of chasing "the public." The Yglesias crowd, I don't even get what they think politics is for.

Just a reminder that MattY claimed Starmer is unpopular because of fracking policy.

Dude you have never worked on an actual political campaign. Getting DuPage County to vote blue downballot was not an easy task. You have to actually account for downballot partisan lag when addressing candidate over/underperformance.

This thread is Anthony Joshua (Casten) vs Jake Paul (Yglesias)

Hi I'm a swing seat dem who ran against a Republican who proposed legalizing recreational puppy kicking. My economic message was definitely key to my success.

In Biden's America, I waited in an online queue for Taylor Swift tickets. In Trump's America...

My very serious analysis of these events: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHhahahhahahahahahhaha

This is what Yglesias Popularism could do for Democrats!

Gul Dukat be like:

God this hurts. Juries have been such an important bulwark.

A lot of tech bills really highlight the fact that voting for regulation just for the sake of regulation can be super destructive. Regulations are an important and valuable tool, but like most tools they can be wielded in dangerous ways.

The United States gets invaded by Barbados after they convince the Department of War AI that it's a Soviet vending machine in the basement of Moscow State University in 1962.

Very interesting how the words of random college students worried about a genocide are an epic crisis but this is just...

it is terrifying and awful that this passed the House with any Dem support at all (and once again, the continued leadership support for Cuellar is unconscionable) call your senators and make absolutely sure this dies in the Senate, lives are on the line trans people deserve so much better

Lol, lmao even

The President just gave a dying mall speech

I'm simply never going to live down that my country is doing this, that my country chose to do this, that we, with full access to knowledge and ample opportunities to avoid it, simply chose not to.

The Quebec Liberal leadership race is gonna be a mess but I desperately hope someone who can credibly challenge PSPP emerges.

Quite obvious that when progressive voters have a clear alternative, Labour's vote share completely collapses. The UK as a whole doesn't have that clear alternative yet. Maybe the Greens consolidate that space, maybe not. Either way, Starmer's Labour is completely cooked.

The overperformance of life, the universe, and everything

abcnews.go.com/US/delta-reg... Earlier this year a somewhat similar incident occurred in North Dakota. Seems like a recurring problem with military jets.

If Cinema Could Kill (5-4 Podcast Version)

Earlier this year, Matt Yglesias and Hakeem Jeffries urged progressives to shut up about immigration and Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Yglesias said "bad groups" were pushing Dems left on immigration and would help Trump's numbers. How did they get this so wrong? www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...

People in late 2021 and early 2022 were saying it was a delusional fantasy to suggest that Russia was going to do a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Then they did it.

PP: Is it my fault that so many of my MP's hate me so much that they're willing to cross the floor instead of continuing to work for me? No, it's all Mark Carney's fault. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

It's also really hard to quantify these things because rarely is it one single post that's causing internet trends, but rather seeing a mass of posts in succession. I may have extremely little direct influence with 800 followers, but I can expand a trend along with others and suddenly...

He's still posting about Heather Cox Richardson?

I know next to nothing about the sport of Bandy other than it exists. If tomorrow an account I follow suddenly started arguing for some specific rule change to the game of bandy, I would probably be inclined to agree with them. If I was then polled on that rule change I'd say I support the change.

I think listening to this would literally kill me

Bruh

I'm actually happy to hear Church bells, or Mosque call to prayers, or other forms of urban noise from time to time. As long as the noise isn't excessively long or loud, I find it one of the more comforting aspects of living in a city. A nice reminder that a thriving diverse society is around me.

I can't support this elder abuse says everyone who is clearing their schedules to watch every minute of this tomorrow

Joining the Popeish Vatican plot to take over America on the side of the Vatican

The PLA is preparing for this vision of future combat. Why aren't we? By the Editorial Board

I'm afraid that Michael Ma doing this to his former Conservative colleagues right before crossing the floor is absolutely iconic. 10/10, no notes:

The thing that really radicalized me on this issue is learning how dramatically higher the death rates are from collisions at 30mph compared to 20mph. It really is life or death.

American politics folks:

I honestly don't think this is all that terrible of a poll for Talarico. It's definitely not a "Crockett entering ends the race" kind of lead for Crockett.

I totally get the CPC floor crossers I wouldn't want to spend any more time with Pierre Poilievre either.

Math experts say 2+2 equals 4

I think this is downstream of a frustration I often have with the left: They're so cognizant of the times power has been abused that they're afraid to wield power themselves.

The Edmonton-Riverbend by-election is really gonna be something

Carney drove a massive wedge in the Liberal caucus, then Poilievre came along and sealed that wedge for Carney, and gifted him another MP.

Kinda disturbing to me how many ET accounts are directly collaborating with prediction market sites now. Just a terrible thing for, well, everyone involved.

This is both good for our country and tremendous content