@colinokeefe@hasanthehun Gotta be honest, that's uncompelling and surprisingly bourgeois for Sawant. I have two small children and taking care of them is incredibly expensive in this city. I am not voting on war. I have actual day-to-day financial worries that dictate my vote.
@matthewstoller Better than shepherding the IRA through Congress (his team, obviously, but it counts just the same) and installing Lina Khan to actually enforce the Lanham Act? So much for being the antitrust guy lol
@jbarro We need gun control [the crowd cheers]
But no AR15 ban [the crowd boos]
And we need to work with conservatives [the crowd cheers]
As Lenin said in his pamphlet on Left-Wing Communism [the crowd boos]
The striped bass is poorly managed by the ASMFC (the crowd becomes confused]
@colinokeefe The difference is that Zohran is kind and charismatic, and he's able to convince politicians in Albany to fund his agenda. Meanwhile, Wilson is clearly way over her head and not particularly personable. The city council and state leg aren't working with her. That's on her.
@colinokeefe@lizatliz@shlumpsters This is definitely true, but bitterly accepting fascism (except by Israel) is effectively what the US left has decided to do during Trump 2. I have no particular affinity for protesting and don't think it has much of an effect, but the left has utterly given up this time.
@_StevenFan 6 months! The guest room is perpetually available to y'all. Lemme text you tomorrow but we really have nothing going on. Major failure of imagination. Help me actualize one weekend
@Havoc_XXI@MarinerMuse It is, but his value is highest to the Mariners at SS given the positional adjustment and how well he hits. I don't love it but I get why they're keeping him there. He would take DH at-bats away from Raley/Canzone, too.
@sgodofsk Most people (including me, a Jew) have no idea what objects are considered Nazi symbology. Obviously I know the big one and the golden eagle, but that's it. We need to stop overcomplicating. It's option #2, but to say that is disqualifying is why Democrats lost the working class.
@lxeagle17@ettingermentum I am in my mid-30s and Janet Mills is just a few years shy of my grandma. I would absolutely not expect Mills to win the primary if enough ME Dem voters have learned she's almost 80. It is not energizing to keep seeing these establishment-supported gerontocratic candidates.
@buildwithbob@JeremiahDJohns Yeah, perfect example of why the online Dem center-left needs to chill assuming that everyone is a symbologist. Some stuff just looks cool. I'm Jewish and I think the imperial eagle is a great design. Sometimes we have aesthetic preferences or aren't thinking about it too hard.
@JeremiahDJohns Also, and I know everyone disputes this, it seems incredibly plausible to me that he got drunk and got a tattoo and then the next day was like "oh fuck, this is a Nazi thing?"
@JeremiahDJohns IMO it all comes down to perceived sincerity. Platner has a very unusual version of what Bill Clinton had. Voters believe he means what he says. He's an authentic guy, as reflected by his pastiche of median voter-esque beliefs.