JD Vance is the kind of Republican whose favorite Democrat is Bernie Sanders; who spent his 2 years in Congress drafting bills with Liz Warren; who said the best person in the Biden Admin was Lina Khan.
A Republican, but only in name. If only there was a term for this.....
The correct take is that life is better than ever *and* we shouldn’t be complacent about pursuing reforms that would make it a lot better than it already is.
It’s socialism unless Trump does it; it’s a forever war unless Trump does it; it’s an Epstein cover-up unless Trump does it; it’s a RINO selling out pro-lifers unless Trump does it; it’s appeasing America’s enemies unless Trump does it; it’s putting other countries’ interests ahead of America’s unless Trump does it; it’s exploding the national debt unless Trump does it; it’s abusing office to enrich one’s family unless Trump does it; it’s dangerously inflammatory speech unless Trump does it; it’s an attack on the free press unless Trump does it; it’s lawfare unless Trump does it; it’s a threat to the constitution unless Trump does it; it’s a sure sign of senility unless Trump does it; it’s blasphemy unless Trump does it; it's manifestly incompetent governing unless Trump does it (in which case it was vandals, or Biden's or Obama's fault); it's shameless partisan hackery unless Trump's followers do it; it's… and it’s TDS and fake news if you call attention to this daily gaslighting.
If even now you somehow still don't see that this is a deranged and utterly unprincipled personality cult, that's because you're part of it.
Paul Begala to Jessica Tarlov: "The DSA has their own party, and here's what they've done for America: They elected George Bush by supporting Ralph Nader in 2000. They elected Donald Trump by supporting Jill Stein in 2016. They helped elect Donald Trump in 2024 by doing this 'uncommitted nonsense.' So their contribution to America has been the Iraq war, the Afghanistan war, the financial crisis, and the Trump presidency. I've had just about enough help from the kook left. Not only do they siphon off votes, but they taint and poison the brand." https://t.co/wPeku8eH3L
In 2001 George W Bush proposed a partial privatization plan for Social Security so you could put 10% of your SS contribution into the markets.
People rejected this.
We can now see that if it had passed, the 10% that went into the markets would have outperformed the 90% the government managed, the program would be solvent, and the average SS recipient would be receiving 2X what they currently receive.
The worst bet you’ll ever make is betting on government.
Make no mistake: the America that Republicans are fighting for is a poorer, diminished, more insular and oligarchic country that looks more like contemporary Russia than the ones that have defined the 20th and 21st centuries.
But tell me again about Kamala Harris’s laugh.
“The entire wealth of the richest Americans, plus every dollar of corporate profit and maximum top income tax rates, still leaves the DSA agenda between $29 trillion and $169 trillion short.”
Read that sentence again
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I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
The Commerce Department is taking stakes in six more CHIPS Act recipients, pushing the government's corporate portfolio to 30. Washington is now a regulator, subsidizer, buyer, and shareholder, making federal ownership routine, writes Cato's @DeHavenTad.
https://t.co/2rD1iASbU7
As a centrist, I never criticize RFK Jr. for lying about vaccines, ivermectin, raw sewage, and 5G radiation. Here's why I think Anthony Fauci should be hanged for downplaying the lab leak theory of COVID.