Turns out waving a chainsaw around is not actually an effective way to run a county

Today, Canada recognises the State of Palestine.   My statement: www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/stat...

Starmer has finally put an actual narrative with feeling behind it in response to the far right. One piece isn't enough though. He has to build on this theme in follow up speeches/press conferences to start turning things around.

Milei suffered a heavy defeat in the Buenos Aires province election earlier this month and faces key midterm elections next month. Kirchnerism could well reclaim control of both houses of Argentina's congress.

THE UNION FOREVER HURRAH BOYS HURRAH DOWN WITH THE TRAITORS AND UP WITH THE STARS

Pope Leo please excommunicate this heretic

American civics education desperately needs to be updated to discuss hybrid regimes and soft authoritarianism more broadly.

The regime trembles at the might of woke juries!

Me and the boys dying in the mountains of Kandahar because Joe Rogan told men that Trump would stop the draft.

Centrist Dems are like: it's a trap! And then responding to that realization by going, we must walk right into the trap wholeheartedly!

That 16-24 number OMG

Starmer trying to race down Dina Boluarte

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Laughing so hard at Suozzi disagreeing obnoxiously with Hochul and Zohran and then just casually mentioning at the end that Hochul demolished him in a primary 🤣

Heartbreaking: a super evil dictator makes a great point

The thing is for conservatives who are honest about believing in individualist liberty this is a very easy conclusion to reach. It's notable that the current dominant ideological project describing itself as conservative absolutely does not meet the individualist liberty criteria.

My expectations for Starmer were low but holy fuck

Rishi Sunak's sleepy Keir remark has aged shockingly well tbh

Another round of Russian drone incursions are happening right now in Poland and Romania. And the top two stories on the BBC are . . . Charlie Kirk. It's just ridiculous.

The Bulwark once again hitting the mark way more than many self described "centrist" or "center-left" pundits.

Hell Yeah!

It's genuinely interesting how many sections of British conservatism has retreated from British Unionism writ large to a narrower conception of English nationalism.

The attack on Charlie Kirk is horrifying. Political violence has no place in this country and should never become the norm. I’m sending my sympathies to his family and friends at this time.

Da Woke Marxist Pope at it again

Trump posting like a drunk frat bro

This is such an obvious "popularist" type move for a politician to make. Interesting how the self-described popularists never seem to talk about things like this and instead always go for some policy that kicks down some oppressed minority.

I too would have a brave and stoic reaction if I knew my death would mean I wouldn't have to deal with PM Liz Truss

There's enough genuine stuff to be anxious about right now. Wildly saying things now is really not it.

GOP: Let me in! Me: Why? GOP: So I can save you! Me: Save me from what? GOP: From what I'm going to do to you if you don't let me in!

A huge problem with UK Labour's listlessness is that it makes it very difficult to be seen as a "safe pair of hands." Mark Carney is not that different from Starmer politically but his clear demarcation of lines he won't cross makes him seem much more in charge than Starmer.

Trying to explain Argentine politics be like:

I get why many econ types are frustrated at the electoral revival of Kirchnerism but when you're standard bearer for economic reforms is Javier Milei you deserve this.

The end result of new apartments being built near my home has been more restaurants and activities available close by. Density is good!

Part of what frustrates me about the certain centrists that keep hesitating around Zohran is that really Zohran has done a lot of things centrists should want leftists to do. He cares about winning, he shows a willingness to work with existing structures, he has embraced centrists that endorsed him.

The woke PMC is much more consistently supportive of labour rights than many actual members of the working class.

It's such a common thing where a centrist type is like "why won't liberals/leftists make this reasonable policy compromise" as if the right was offering said compromise. Often that compromise has been or will be fully rejected by the right regardless of what the left does.

Conservative: My liberal relatives have cut me off because of my conservative views! Me: Holy shit! You were cut off for wanting lower taxes? Con: LOL no...no not those views Me: So....deregulation? Con: Haha no not those views either Me: Which views, exactly? Con: Oh, you know the ones

The problem with Jonathan Haidt is not that there's absolutely nothing wrong with phones or social media. The problem with Haidt is that he just sneeringly hates young people, and his ideas on phones derive from that baseline position.

I hope Chicago is wall to wall packed with Mexican flags on Mexican Independence day. Whether you have any connection to Mexico or not that is the day to fly the 🇲🇽

JB Pritzker is giving Americans a meaningful rallying cry right now. Be Loud for America! No amount of Newsom memes can replicate that!

What I find so tiring about the "moderation" discourse from the Jain/Silver/Yglesias types is that they act like every dem candidate has a "moderate" button on their desk they're just refusing to press. The dynamics of what makes a candidate viewed as moderate are much more complex than that.

The same crowd that goes "how could we possibly afford Zohran's free bus plan" thinks funding a massive transit police force is just a simple easy thing.

*spins wheel* Dua Lipa is exactly like *throws dart at board* Francisco Franco because *runs random number generator* they both had fans

I mean this is just complete political malpractice even ignoring the obviously abhorrent morality of it all. Letting Farage just dominate the conversation and not having any kind of response other than some vague gestures of "us too" is so pathetically weak.

Trump wants to overturn two civil wars, the American and the English.

THE KHAN BOWS TO NO KING ILLINOIS WILL BE FREE

There's always some degree of subjectivity in these ratings but the US State Department putting El Salvador at level 1 is such obvious political interference.

Also worth contrasting how the media talks about Trump versus say, a college student expressing an opinion on something.

His first show back on the Daily Show he said something along the lines of America will continue no matter who wins the election. That's true in a literal sense but it was not what we needed to hear in that moment, and it doesn't speak to his ability to understand what America needs to rebuild.

Brown only lost by 4 in 2024 with Trump at the top of the ticket. There's only an appointed GOP incumbent. The national environment should be more favourable to Democrats. He absolutely can win this.