34, living life and loving it every once in a while. Views all my own. Futbol lover. Ex contributor Angels On Parade at SB Nation Local Milk Person. He/Him
The fact that we’re getting both Zero Company and Galactic Racer within a span of two months is a really big deal. Not only are we getting two major Star Wars games in the same year, but they’re also two vastly different games brining some much needed variety.
Love the idea that Nithya Raman, a sitting council member, had no name ID despite polling in 2nd in the run up to Election Day and being name checked in attack ads throughout the cycle.
Imagine being genuinely surprised that an inexperienced Z-list MAGA celebrity, whose peak cultural relevance was being a universally hated villain on a cable TV reality show two decades ago, couldn’t win a mayor’s race in deeply liberal Los Angeles
It’s a fascinating situation because we’ve seen Ossoff and Talarico get a lot of interest and goodwill from all factions of the party despite having similar factional positioning. The big difference seems to be how she treated the left.
Honestly telling New Yorkers Trump is the reason Knicks fans can no longer party outside of Madison Square Garden is more dangerous than allowing them to party.
The LA election discourse is a good reminder that Democrats are overly process focused and build well intentioned systems that move far too slowly, whereas Republicans are really stupid.
One idea I really enjoy is that Democrats have an unbeatable vote rigging operation, but instead of just using it all the time, they sadistically employ it only after briefly giving Republicans hope
Stick a fork in it
Councilwoman Nithya Raman will face incumbent Karen Bass in November
It’s technically a non-partisan election but they’re both Dems & Raman will be running to her left
LA continues its 245-year streak of not having a mayor who has starred in MTV’s “The Hills”