Michael Conway

I enjoy basketball, sci-fi and thinking. I'm a servant to the truth and our humanity.

[Josh Kaplan @js_kaplan]

THREAD: In 2023, I received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of 1000s of secret files.

It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd done a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me

[Michael Conway @lexiconway]

@SeatGeek , just want to let you know the calendar view for specific teams is totally awesome. I like the idea and the website layout, presentation and functionality is excellent. Fine work, really fine work.

[NYTPitchbot @DougJBalloon]

Whether it's Tim Walz expanding his state's school lunch program or Matt Gaetz giving cocaine and Ecstasy to underage sex workers, both sides have taken controversial approaches towards feeding children.

[Michael Conway @lexiconway]

Best distillation of what happened in the election by anyone. Democrats didn't run on identity, Republicans ran against it.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Reporter: Some in your party have blamed voters' perception that Democrats lean too far into culture war issues and transgender issues. Is this helpful?

Rep-elect McBride: Let's be clear, the party that was focused on culture wars.. was the Republican party...

[Stuart Stevens @stuartpstevens]

I've been involved in winning presidential races and races that lost. One common thread is that everyone seems to have a reason why you won or lost which usually reflects a personal perspective or agenda.

So here's mine: I think VP Harris ran a very good campaign that operated at a high level. She had a great convention, crushed Trump in a debate, and put on a series of big event rallies that were the best I'd ever seen.

As a Republican operative, I spent years pointing out flaws in the Democratic Party and I'm not here to say it doesn't need to go through a period of questioning and self-reflection. Those are much larger questions than one election and one campaign. But the Republican party is an anti-democratic movement, attacking the pillars of American democracy from elections to the judicial system.

I understand those who say that if there had been a "normal" Democratic primary, the results would have been better. Maybe. But think about it. In modern political history, every time a sitting VP has run for the nomination, that VP has won. Perhaps it would have been different this time and the eventual nominee would have emerged stronger for the process. But more likely there would have been a bloody primary fight that left the nominee broke and trying to patch together a fractured party to face a Republican party that has become Donald Trump's party. In all probability, VP Harris would have won that primary and been in a weakened and vulnerable position when it was finally resolved in May or June.

I would say to my Democratic friends to go through this post-election process with open minds and hearts but never doubt that the Democratic party is the only pro-democracy party in America. No one will have a position in Trump's administration who is not an election denier adhering to the Big Lie. That's toxic to a country's sense of self and the damage will take a generation to repair, if it is possible to heal.

Losing an election does not mean that you were wrong and they were right. It means you lost an election. I grew up in Mississippi watching my parents back candidates opposed to segregation. When those candidates lost, and they did for a long time, my parents didn't question if they were on the right side. They didn't ask themselves if the majority who supported segregation had proven the justness of their cause by winning.

The mid-terms start after the Super Bowl. It will likely be a good election for Democrats and then the 2028 presidential race will be upon us. After a loss, the days seem long but the months will pass quickly. Reflect, rest up, but come back prepared to fight. Fight not because victory is assured but fight because not to fight is to give up. And if we do that, we no longer deserve to call ourselves Americans.

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[David Frum @davidfrum]

Response to defeat in 2024: agonizing self-criticism.

Response to defeat in 2020:
attempted coup d'etat.

[Sam Charles @samjcharles]

Hire Belichick now.

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

Funny how watching Russian television better helps you predict Trump’s staffing decisions than watching American television does. If in doubt follow @JuliaDavisNews

[Bobby Kogan @BBKogan]

I was very busy last month, so I just got around to updating this graph to include our the final FY2024 revenue number.

The Bush and Trump tax cuts broke our modern tax code. Revenue is significantly lower and no longer grows much with the economy.

[Michael Conway @lexiconway]

#Bears fire Eberflus

[NYTPitchbot @DougJBalloon]

Biden's four point victory in the popular vote in 2020 was the sign of a closely divided nation. Trumps' one point victory in 2024 is a clear mandate for Christian nationalism.

[EU says Elon should not lie abt my blue check @emptywheel]

Rod Rosenstein would like to remind you:
1) He deprived Andy McCabe of due process when firing him.
2) John Durham DID engage in prosecutions that weren't justified, and probably Rod's colleagues under David Weiss
3) Until he comes clean on some other things he should be ignored

[deray @deray]

But let’s be clear, people voted for white supremacy. They supported the lies, bigotry, racism and fear.

[Joe Weisenthal @TheStalwart]

$DJT shares just plunged

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

Buenos días ☕️ this is the energy

[60 Minutes @60Minutes]

“We paid for the abortion in cash so that there wasn't a paper trail of our Texas credit cards paying for an abortion,” says Dani Mathisen. At 20 weeks pregnant, she learned her baby girl had a lethal condition, and was forced to leave the state to get care.

[Armand Domalewski @ArmandDoma]

hoooooly shit

[Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @Noahpinion]

Progressives claim test scores are about family wealth.

Conservatives claim test scores are about IQ.

But a lot of test scores are about the government's ability to FIRE BAD TEACHERS AND HIRE GOOD TEACHERS.

[Paul Krugman @paulkrugman]

Actual GDP vs. CBO projections in January 2020 — and inflation basically at target. If this is policy failure, what would success look like?

[Lucas Kunce @LucasKunceMO]

"If you're not in this state, you don't see what's going on. You don't know what to take care of."