David Hyde

@bluecitypodcast @realseattlenice Formerly, politics reporter NPR affiliate @KUOW

[David Hyde @hyded]

The newish Blue City Blues podcast I'm working on with @skaushik100 features smart guests talking about the problems facing urban America and how to fix them. Recent guests include @fakedansavage @RepMGP @pescami @celindalake @MattMahanSJ @petersgoodman and other luminaries.

[John Kroencke @johnkroencke]

Rumors that Ross Douthat is being considered for James Bond

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@loganb @skaushik100 @jerrysends69 In terms of what might lead to bad political outcomes it’s all of above, and more.

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@loganb @skaushik100 @jerrysends69 Why is that the right question? Everyone was also wealthier during the progressive era and people worried about the concentration of wealth and power and future of democracy. Were those the wrong worries then or now?

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It doesn’t help to sensationalize you’re right. And nothing is ever going to be exactly as it was.

But if you look at housing affordability and the top 1 percent / wealth gap it’s not a far fetched comparison.

And the “saving capitalism from itself” bit also seems relevant again.

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@loganb @skaushik100 @jerrysends69 Was the progressive era concern about the top 1 percent about class resentment? Seems like it was more about diagnosing where that inequality might lead and figuring out how to save capitalism from itself.

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@skaushik100 https://t.co/Gbz5yiqHMk

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@loganb @RealSeattleNice is a must listen! https://t.co/lKhgiLxANT But as you suggest in your link Zach was on @bluecitypodcast

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https://t.co/V8zb3utYAQ

[David Hyde @hyded]

Ok, now what? Check our latest Blue City Blues with @zachariahsilk, "Is Left Populism the Emerging Lingua Franca that Will Unite the Democratic Party?"

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Fun episode.

[Sandeep Kaushik @skaushik100]

Gina Hinojosa. James Talarico. Troy Jackson. Abdul El-Sayed. Sherrod Brown... the list goes on. While these Democratic winners were different from one another in many ways, they all claim the mantle of left populism, which in the wake of Tuesday's results is arguably becoming the linga franca of an evolving Democratic Party.

So for our post-election BCB episode (link to follow), we invited on my friend Zach Silk, president of Civic Ventures (billionaire progressive Nick Hanauer's policy and advocacy shop), and co-host of an promising new pod, Pitchfork Politics, to ask him: what is this new populism all about, and what real economic benefits exactly are these newly elected Democrats likely to deliver to the working class voters who swung so hard to the left in this midterm's blue tsunami?

If you're interested in these questions give it a listen, because Zach travels in rarified circles in the Democratic Party's power structure, and because he has a lot of interesting insights into why working class voters have become the core swing constituency in American politics, and how Democrats need to tailor their populism if they actually want to cement their allegiance.

[Connor Ewing @ConnorMEwing]

I just wish Mitch McConnell were alive to see this.

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@KromanDavid I'm just needle trauma posting. Unlike some I'm still a fan of @NateSilver538's forecasting talents and political analysis, but please don't tell anyone on Bluesky.

[Nate Silver @NateSilver538]

The thing is, at this point, Dems can absorb a modest-sized polling error and win the Senate. Not a large one. But they have leads of >=3.0 points in states totaling 5 flips, plus in all their own seats.

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@geekwire I'm not sure that's all on AI

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@danielwreporter What is this a revenge movie?

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@zachdcarter @TheArgumentMag This is my fundamental objection to social media.

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You are right. Democrats should condemn. And while we're at it, where were all the Boy Scouts in the GOP when Paxton's campaign was spreading fake news about Talarico's mental health? And the bullshit hospitalization story pops up right after Paxton starts hinting about a breakdown. Fuck all this shit.

[David Hyde @hyded]

Fuck all this shit

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Speaking of Alaska, look what's happening in Nevada.

A shadow PAC with Republican ties is sending mailers promoting third-party candidate Danielle Ford as the “AOC of Nevada,” falsely implying she has AOC's support, apparently hoping to siphon votes from Democrat Aaron Ford.

AOC has never even spoken to Danielle Ford and is backing Aaron Ford.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Speaking of Alaska, look what's happening in Nevada.

A shadow PAC with Republican ties is sending mailers promoting third-party candidate Danielle Ford as the “AOC of Nevada,” falsely implying she has AOC's support, apparently hoping to siphon votes from Democrat Aaron Ford.

AOC has never even spoken to Danielle Ford and is backing Aaron Ford.

[David Hyde @hyded]

Boo!

[Seattle Nice @RealSeattleNice]

https://t.co/SNXK1jr3Kd