Concepts of a Plan

Making bentos, sharing thoughts

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[Everything Price Sufferer (but especially eggs) @agraybee]

Sherrod Brown was an old school labor rights Democrat and he lost decisively to a car dealership owner who had to settle several wage theft lawsuits before running for office. This election was not about working class discontent.

[Concepts of a Plan @bentosnbuttons]

Republicans took their playbook from Russia. They have the propaganda machine unabashedly lying in every sphere from tv to podcasts

[Matthew Sheffield @mattsheffield]

@AshaRangappa_ It's not just media. Democrats have refused to build many different institutions that the right has.

The left needs an entire ecosystem.

I wrote about what I've seen and not seen since changing sides. https://t.co/SY9UYt3Zc5

[. @GregTSargent]

Folks, I know what happened Tuesday is terrible. But recall that in the 2020 election, Rs lost six of the same seven battleground states, lost the popular vote by 7 million votes, lost the Senate, and had lost the House. I don't recall an outpouring of "GOP soul searching" stories at the time. And two years later, Rs won back the House, and now they've won the presidency.

Similarly, after 2016, it felt horrible for Dems. Two years after that, Dems won back the House, and two years later won the presidency. Yes, some of the realignments we're seeing are deeply concerning and require some serious analysis/learning. Yes, in some ways, Trump's victory was larger than Biden's in 2020. But not *that much* larger, as noted above (on pop vote, it's now 5 million and counting versus 7 million for Biden). There's time to learn and regroup and it's perfectly plausible that things turn back around next cycle. That's just how this works. Back and forth. The task now is to pull together and limit the damage Trump can do.

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

Check out this @Ipsos poll from last month. People who answered factual questions about inflation, crime, and immigration incorrectly were "more likely to opt for Trump," Ipsos said, while those who answered correctly preferred Harris. https://t.co/eHzrIb0TLi

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

We ARE going back.

[Rachel Bitecofer 🗽🦆 @RachelBitecofer]

Nothing would have changed this. All you need to do is look at the gains he made universally to know that no tweak would have mattered.

White America didn’t vote for a dictator by accident. They want it.

[Michael A. Cohen (NOT TRUMP’S FORMER FIXER) @speechboy71]

I keep seeing the argument that Democrats abandoned the white working class, but from a policy perspective most of Biden’s legislative accomplishments benefited the working class.

The sad reality for Dems is that “doing things” simply doesn’t translate into electoral benefits

[Jennifer Bendery @jbendery]

Jeff Bezos last week: “What presidential endorsements actually do is create a perception of bias. A perception of non-independence." https://t.co/qpp9ThrDUp

[John Fugelsang @JohnFugelsang]

Quote by the great @VanLathan.
I don't know who made this meme, but pls credit the author.

[Jill Filipovic @JillFilipovic]

In the coming days there's gonna be a lot of opining about what the Harris campaign did wrong, but this election was not an indictment of Kamala Harris. It was an indictment of America.

[Concepts of a Plan @bentosnbuttons]

This. It's not about policy, gender, or anything. It's base

[Hannah @queen_meghan14]

Last thought before attempting to go to bed: if Americans are willing to reelect Trump after everything he’s said in the past three months, there’s nothing Harris could’ve done.

[Concepts of a Plan @bentosnbuttons]

I dont think people realize that for many, fellow Americans racism and sexism are all features, not bugs

[Yams Charania @BostonJerry]

Russia calling in bomb threats to swing state blue cities should be a bigger deal than how it’s being covered today.

[The Shallow State @OurShallowState]

Cory Booker was just asked: "IF Kamala Harris goes on to win this election, and you have to point to one hero of the story, who or what would that be?"
Booker said: "The patriotism of Joe Biden."

[Concepts of a Plan @bentosnbuttons]

Men are so fragile

[Pop Base @PopBase]

Dr. Phil tells Piers Morgan he gave speech at Trump’s rally as an “act of rebellion” because Kamala Harris snubbed him:

“That was an act of rebellion on my part. I requested 25-plus times to speak to Kamala Harris, I offered to give the identical speech at a Harris rally.”

[follow @bencollins on bluesky @oneunderscore__]

I can’t believe I’m saying this, as a guy who thinks picking up calls from random numbers should be against the law, but if you voted in Nevada, pick up your phone!

[Zachary Cohen @ZcohenCNN]

Philly’s Republican City Commissioner 👇

[Concepts of a Plan @bentosnbuttons]

Facts

[Erin Burnett @ErinBurnett]

Nevada SOS tells @StephanieElam two crucial things: #ElectionDay Nevada is seeing a surge in young voters … which is causing signature curing issues bc young voters aren’t used to signing names.

[Concepts of a Plan @bentosnbuttons]

@Its__Ritz I start 3 days ahead w the pie crusts

[Concepts of a Plan @bentosnbuttons]

Everything but the turkey and gravy