How have deep blue states moved in this election from 2020 to 2024:
New York: D+23 -> D+12
New Jersey: D+16 -> D+4
Massachussetts: D+33 -> D+26
Rhode Island: D+23 -> D+13
Connecticut: D+20 -> D+8
Vermont: D+36 -> D+32
Maryland: D+33 -> D+22
Delaware: D+19 -> D+14
Watching a Diners Drive Ins and Dives from 2008 and it’s a completely different world. A bacon cheeseburger was braggadociosly only $4.75. I looked up the website and that burger is $17 today.
The Flavortown you were raised to live in no longer exists.
I think Stephanopoulos’s questions are mostly good and tough so far. And Biden’s answers aren’t all bad. But no normal person watching this thinks “this guy is sharp and ready for four more years.”
This is sad.
It is a bad sign for our democracy how many people think the NYT's objective should be to help Democrats win rather than do good journalism. Not usually stated as explicitly as JCO. But that's the not-very-subtle implication of a lot of progressive media criticism.
BREAKING: Star closer Josh Hader and the Houston Astros are in agreement on a five-year, $95 million contract, a source tells ESPN.
The deal contains no deferrals. It is the largest present-day value contract for a relief pitcher in baseball history.