@wil_da_beast630 This tweet is dumb all around but one particularly dumb part is the assumption that the day the TMZ headline was published is the same day they actually broke up lol
@politicalmath Kamala was running away from woke in her campaign. So was Biden at the end of his presidency (much harsher border policies, etc.). Dems realized woke was unpopular by 2023
It was hard to keep woke alive when Biden was in office because what sustains the woke spirit is … Trump.
@dilanesper I think @dilanesper is a good legal commentator but can’t understand the dogmatic assertion that “trans women are women.”
The meaning of the word “women” is, like all other words, socially determined. Yet there isn’t widespread social acceptance of his definition of the word.
@RichardHanania The other potentially lasting impact of Trump is destroyed faith in our electoral system. About a third of the country believes that any election Trump does not win is “stolen” by deep state forces. I am doubtful we quickly return to a world where vote counting is trusted
@xwanyex Among the many things wrong with this post, the idea that the only effect of cutting the voting population in half is that people would be “mad” is absurd.
@SohrabAhmari It’s crazy that the right-wing response has been “shut up you greedy bums and eat cheaper” instead of “actually our policies make food more affordable.”
Yet, somehow, I think the illogically cruel response resonates with a portion of the base
@StephenESachs status quo is best because (1) parents and children often have quite different political preferences and (2) if parents politically influence their child that will be reflected in the electorate once child turns 18 (ie parents already have more, if delayed, electoral influence)
@AshleyRindsberg Also - bear with me on this one - the title of the movie (“Good Will Hunting”) cleverly refers to both the “good will” being sought in the movie AND the main character’s name (Will Hunting).
This is a hidden nugget not everyone gets.
@AshleyRindsberg How could a 20-year-old have devised a scene where a townie one-ups a smart Harvard guy, takes his girl, and shouts “How do you like them apples!” That kind of writing takes genius.
@HabCorpLinguist But it would seem to complicate the somewhat unusual dynamic in a criminal case where one side calls a reluctant witness that they nevertheless believe will, if compelled, testify truthfully.
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@HabCorpLinguist Interesting. The Fauci-perjury theory of the Fifth doesn’t seem to impact your standard “compelled” criminal testimony (where a prosecutor offers a witness a deal in exchange for testimony). Nor would it seem to impact civil cases (adverse inferences can be drawn).
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