Michael Jaeger

Attorney. Political junkie. Dad. Lesser half. Recovering showbizzer. Brunch co-founder (hence the handle). #AngelCityFC #NWSL #USWNT

[Michael Jaeger @jaegerbru]

@isaaclowenkron @weareangelcity @NWSL @Tracey_MBailey @bigbrotherjake Isaac are you on Bluesky? Would love to see you over there!

[Michael Jaeger @jaegerbru]

@weareangelcity @DoorDash Hey admin can’t you guys post this stuff on the Bluesky account? There are a lot of us over there who don’t like coming here. The ACFC Bluesky account has been dormant for 6 months. @juhrman

[Michael Jaeger @jaegerbru]

@juhrman can we please have a conversation about barring male center refs at BMO… women are just better @weareangelcity

[Michael Jaeger @jaegerbru]

@NWSL How is that not at least reviewed at the monitor

[Michael Jaeger @jaegerbru]

@kamran_nia How is that not at least reviewed at the monitor

[Michael Jaeger @jaegerbru]

All of this

[MJM @MelanieJordan_]

Just want to let ACFC know that it is LEGAL to field players in the midfield…4 years in and the same problems persist.. savy and Gorden look like they are playing together for the first time and it shows.. need some changes at half time.

[Max Fisher @Max_Fisher]

Dems delivered the most economically populist admin in decades, got handed a massive electoral defeat, and now every pundit is like "hey have you guys considered economic populism"

[Michael Jaeger @jaegerbru]

@trebtracy Seriously please.

[Michael Jaeger @jaegerbru]

This.

[KerrBear 🪷 @MPLSKerrBear]

People can analyze, hypothesize, blame Dems till they are blue in the face. None of it matters.

This is the game right here.

Misinformation works. Those that believed misinformation voted Trump. Those that believed the truth voted Harris.

There is NO candidate that can change this.

Republicans have a well oiled propaganda machine that spans all media platforms and we do not.

Period.

[Scott Lemieux @LemieuxLGM]

Not to mention Dems won 3 of the 4 battleground Senate seats, and will at worst hold Republicans to a razor-thin House majority -- treating this like 1984 is embarrassing capitulation-in-advance

[Scott Lemieux @LemieuxLGM]

In an environment insanely favorable to non-incumbent parties, Trump is probably going to end with with a lower % margin in the popular vote than Hillary Clinton did. The idea that this is a total repudiation of the Democratic Party is absurd

[Dean Baker @DeanBaker13]

Even more annoying will be seeing the switch in the media from reports on economic hardship to reports on the thriving economy, the record pace of new business start-ups (vigorously ignored under Biden) and the tens of millions enjoying work from home.

[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.

[Matthew Sheffield @mattsheffield]

My latest: Why Trump won: Democrats have a coalition, Republicans have an ecosystem

Kamala Harris ran a very effective campaign, but she was no match for the gigantic power of right-wing media to poison minds https://t.co/SY9UYt3Zc5

[Michael Jaeger @jaegerbru]

Notable and laudable.

[Dave Wasserman @Redistrict]

Latest numbers: across the seven battleground states, the '20-'24 swing towards Trump was ~3.1 pts. Across the other 43 states (+DC), it was ~6.7 pts.

Bottom line: the Harris campaign swam impressively against some very strong underlying currents.

[David Frum @davidfrum]

Everyone who endorses the false claim that the US economy of 2024 is an inflation-wracked hellscape of misery for working people ...

is doing advance comms work for the Trump administration when in 90 days time they start taking credit for the best economy since the 1960s.

[Will Stancil @whstancil]

Not gonna mince words here: IF YOU THINK THIS WAS CAUSED BY ANY CAMPAIGN STRATEGY OR SPECIFIC POLICY CHOICE, YOU ARE AN IDIOT.

This is a map of a systemic swing. Look for systemic factors to blame. Worldwide anti-incumbency. Media ecosystem. Thermostatic swings. Stuff like that.

[R🔅x 🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈 (Sun Cult Priestess) 🌹🖕🧊 @Staroxvia]

democrats fixed inflation and were punished for it by voters whose primary concern was inflation

how do you even begin to build a campaign in an environment like this

[Matt McDermott @mattmfm]

It’s about time the Democratic Party come to terms with the fact that a vast majority of the American public lives in a media environment — from Fox to Twitter to podcasts — that functions as a Republican propaganda machine. Ignoring this reality is no longer a tenable solution.

[Jason Karsh @jkarsh]

Two of the most qualified women in the country ran for president against an unqualified, racist game show host who had a history of committing fraud and sexual abuse. And the country was basically split 50-50. That should tell us some things.