florida is such a tragedy. some of the greatest biodiversity and ecosystems on the continent and it's been turned into boomer daycare. maybe when the state collapses in a decade we can turn it into a large nature reserve and tear down all the condos
Texas has the 2nd-longest state constitution in the country, at more than 92,000 words. We've amended it 547 times since 1876. It's nearly 12x the length of the U.S. Constitution, largely because we've constitutionalized things other states handle through ordinary legislation.
Saw someone say, “The internet was once a library and they turned it into a store,” and if you’re young I don’t think you can imagine how different the web used to be.
A lot of Annie Andrews' old tweets are going viral since she won, and people are wondering why Republicans didn't find them or weaponize them against her.
The answer: they had the tweets! But only trans issues were really highlighted (in 2/3 of all negative GOP ads in the race).
My whole life the story of the South has been about rising racial polarization; it got so high it basically became the case that if you were white you voted GOP and if you were Black you voted Dem.
2026 *shattered* this, driven by a MASSIVE Dem surge with young whites.
i would have more sympathy for this line if he did not literally try and make a news cycle out of how the kamala harris campaign did antisemitism by vetting him
The biggest ideological divide is not between women and men, or between those who went to college and those who didn't.
It's between renters and owners.
Notable that corporate Dems like Third Way now view Sanders-style "us vs. the billionaires" talk as "moderate." Big shift for them - here's the org in 2016 gloating that Sanders' loss meant "liberal populism is being routed" & shows voters don't want to focus on billionaires.
Notable that corporate Dems like Third Way now view Sanders-style "us vs. the billionaires" talk as "moderate." Big shift for them - here's the org in 2016 gloating that Sanders' loss meant "liberal populism is being routed" & shows voters don't want to focus on billionaires.