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Our guy @TMTLongShort is honoring an X break (perhaps by force lol) that I highly recommend.
He wrote his postmortem via Substack. While the rage might exaggerate some of the prescriptions, he absolutely nails what happened and where we go from here.
justanotherpodguy.substack.c…
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Every GOP strategist, consultant, and candidate should be forced to participate in a role-playing exercise this morning.
Your name is Bob. You’re a 49-year-old blue-collar worker in Ohio. You’ve always struggled to make ends meet. The good jobs were all shipped to China and the few remaining pay a pittance wage, undercut by endless illegal labor.
You’re a 3x Trump voter because you believed he would finally make America great again.
You put your son through Ohio State. He graduated cum laude in computer science. You couldn’t have been prouder. After months searching, he landed an entry-level job at Microsoft. Beneath his qualifications, but a good start for a smart kid.
Then he got laid off. That same month, Microsoft applied for 150,000 more H-1B visas because it can’t find qualified Americans.
Your son has spent six months back in his childhood bedroom, sending hundreds of applications without landing an interview.
On TV, Trump boasts about the greatest economy in history and how many women and minorities are finding jobs.
You decide a father-son steak night might cheer him up.
Gas is $4.50 a gallon. Filling your truck costs over $100. At Kroger, ribeyes are $30/lb. You settle for hamburger, even though 70/30 ground beef still costs $10+.
At checkout, a fat black woman is screaming at the cashier because her EBT will only cover most of the filet mignon and lobster in her cart.
You think to yourself how the Iran war has made everything expensive, but at least we’re stopping their nuclear bomb. You weren’t even sure where Iran was before you googled it after we first bombed them in March.
After dinner, you take your son to the county fair. Half the people aren’t speaking English. Virtually none of the crowd looks like you. You’re forced to leave early after a “teen takeover” turns violent. A foreign born judge pledges none of them will go to jail.
Back home, you turn on the TV. Vivek Ramaswamy is lecturing the crowd about American mediocrity and why Ohio needs more foreign talent.
Your son grows upset. You change the channel.
Now a Republican surrogate, the daughter of a governor or wife of an elderly billionaire, explains that young White men are the REAL welfare queens. They’d rather play videogames in their parents’ basements than work.
Your son says nothing. He just goes back to his childhood bedroom. You turn off the TV.
Then your neighbor starts blasting reggaeton and cracking open Modelos. He brought his cousin’s family from Mexico to help with all the minority-business contracts his construction firm keeps winning. Tonight they’re celebrating his nephew’s birth, the family’s first birthright American citizen.
You sit alone in your living room.
You worked hard, paid taxes, obeyed the law, and raised your son to do everything right. You voted Republican again and again because you believed somebody in Washington would finally fight for you.
Instead, your wages are stagnant. Groceries are unaffordable. Your community is unrecognizable. Your country is fighting another foreign war.
And upstairs, the son you sacrificed everything for is lying awake in the bedroom he slept in at twelve, wondering what the heck he’s even supposed to do with his life now.
Every time you turn on the TV, the Republicans you elected are either congratulating themselves or explaining why you and your son are the problem.
For ten years, they told you America’s future depended on your vote. Now you aren’t even sure America has a future worth defending.
The Republican Party needs to answer one simple question this morning:
You’ve spent a decade demanding Bob’s loyalty. You’ve given him stagnant wages, unaffordable groceries, another foreign war, and a son who did everything right but can’t find work.
And when they complain, you call them lazy, entitled, and racist.
What possible reason have you given Bob and his son to vote Republican? Do you honestly think you deserve their vote?
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One of the things the data analysts on our side obsessed over was "composition"—whether the electorate looked close enough to 2024 for Republicans to win. And despite polls that showed a Democrat blowout, the data kept on telling us the same story: in some states turnout was merely OK, in other states it was downright amazing, and in no state was it catastrophic. There was a genuine sense of optimism on our team: our people were showing up.
So, I asked the smartest data guy I know, does that mean we're going to shock the world? "No," he told me. "We might do better than the polls suggest. But the data is telling us that a lot of Trump/Vance 2024 voters are pissed and planning to vote for the other guys. Our voters are turning out, but they may not vote for us."
Well, that looks prophetic now. Our voters did show up. In Florida, for example, the electorate was 9 points more Republican than Democrat, just a couple points worse than 2024. Undoubtedly there were places we could have done better on turnout. But the main problem is not turnout. The main problem is that many people who voted for Trump/Vance in 2024 voted for Democrats in 2026.
There will be a lot of infighting and arguing over what happened and why that is. One of the pollsters I really respect told me that our economic messaging wasn’t sharp enough down the stretch. I’m sure that’s true.
But the real reason we lost is obvious to almost everyone.
Another pollster—one of the smartest people I know in politics, told me yesterday we’d lose the generic ballot by 13 points. I felt negative going into Tuesday, but even I was shocked by this. In his polling, he saw that a lot of Trump 2024 voters were angry and planning to vote for Democrats. He asked those voters who had abandoned us what would cause them to come back on our team. The top four answers, accounting for nearly all of the responses were:
1) End the war
2) Focus on cost of living/inflation
3) Put America First
4) Change our relationship to Israel
Our voters showed up. And the above four reasons are why many of them voted for Democrats. This is according to a pollster who nailed the results. While many spent Monday attacking Rachel Campos Duffy for calling for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict, it turns out her political advice was sound. (She’s also a great person.)
In the next few months, there's going to be a lot of gaslighting. Expect to hear any number of establishment politicians say the solution to our woes is amnesty. I'm open to the idea that we should change enforcement—by focusing more on businesses that hire illegal labor, for instance. But anyone pushing amnesty is lying to you.
The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night.
If you'd like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that's at least honest.
But everyone knows why we lost. And any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there.
I remain hopeful about our country. To the people who are pissed off and want to say, “I told you so”: you’re right, you did tell us so. Take that energy into electing Republicans who share your worldview. To the people who are just pissed at the results, you should be. Let’s take that anger and get back to the work of saving our country.
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ll the anticipation for Dune 3 has me thinking of the last two films again.
I still think the most frustrating thing about Villeneuve’s Dune is that everywhere he made it simpler, he made it more dumb.
Baron Harkonnen is a prime example.
In the book, and both previous adaptations, he encourages Rabban to be a brute and “squeeze” the people of Arrakis so they will rebel, then he can send in Feyd as a savior whose relatively lighter (for a Harkonnen) touch will be seen as a blessing.
But that’s too much context for Villeneuve.
In his Dune, Harkonnen is an idiot who misjudges the people of Arrakis and only sends in Feyd because Rabban fails to squeeze them as tightly as Harkonnen wanted.
It diminishes Vladimir Harkonnen’s cunning and makes him less of a threat to the Atreides and the Emperor.
It’s just more boring.
One has to wonder if Dune 3 will continue the trend. Please let me know what you think.
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Do people realize there actually were world wars and that until like 150 years ago 99% of the globe were subsistence farmers who did back breaking labor 12 hours a day 6 days a week to sit down to like potato’s boiled in creek water and half of all babies just died as babies
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They are literally telling us that if Democrats are winning they will call the races early, but if Republicans are winning they won't call the races until tomorrow or later.
That is literally what they are saying, without any exaggeration.
They are telling this to us straight up, to our faces.
Democrats are heavily favored in public polling in the House and in several key Senate races. If those numbers prove accurate, it’s possible that NBC News could project control of both chambers on election night. But it’s more likely that determining the winners will take time. nbcnews.com/politics/2026-el…
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You will not allow yourself to keep anything you don't feel that you deserve. You could be crowned as god emperor of the universe, the resplendent riches of all existence laid at your feet, and you'd give it up, sabotage it, destroy it all, just to prove to that little simpering voice in your head that it was right. None of this was ever supposed to belong to you.
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what a shame it would be to spend your life dreaming about what you could become and then retreat the moment the pursuit begins asking something serious of you. you wanted to find out what was possible. well, here you are. don’t flinch now.
100% accurate.
RW = bottom up localism
LW = top down totalitarianism
So much of leftist discourse begins with the phrase “if everyone would just…” and then they insert the topic they wish everyone agreed on. And since of course that’s impossible, the answer is to use force to compel compliance.
Right wing discourse begins with personal responsibility then builds from there. You cannot have governance without self governance.
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The first one was fun. Lots of familiar elements, a galaxy spanning conflict, cool lightsabers and force powers, new alien worlds to explore, funny robots. It had one of the best twists in games. It felt both original and like a classic star wars story. A very solid game.
The second one was about cosmic horrors too terrible and great to imagine. All of the usual heroes are dead or useless. The evil isn’t visible. There’s no massive fleets or super weapons, just a radiating sickness slowly draining the life from the universe. It transcends the Star Wars franchise and is possibly the best RPG ever made.
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*THE SUN WAS DARKENED. AN EMPEROR TREMBLED. AND A MAN FROM HEAVEN DIED.*
Nearly 2,000 years ago, during the very years in which Jesus Christ was crucified, something extraordinary was recorded in the imperial chronicles of China.
In AD 31, under Emperor Guangwu of the Han dynasty, the sun was eclipsed.
The ancient Chinese record declares:
“In the day of Gui Hai, the last day of the month, there was a solar eclipse. [The emperor] avoided the Throne Room, suspended all military activities and did not handle official business for five days.”
— History of the Later Han Dynasty, Chronicles of Emperor Guangwu, Year 7.
Imagine the scene.
The emperor of one of the greatest civilizations on earth, surrounded by his armies, ministers, and imperial splendour, was so shaken by the darkening of the heavens that he withdrew from his throne room.
For FIVE DAYS, the affairs of his empire were suspended.
He trembled before Heaven, confessing his own unworthiness.
Then came an astonishing imperial proclamation:
“Yin and Yang have mistakenly switched, and the sun and moon were eclipsed. The sins of all the people are now on one man. Pardon is proclaimed to all under heaven.”
— History of the Later Han Dynasty, Vol. 1.
Read those words again.
*The sins of all the people are now on one man.*
*Pardon is proclaimed to all under heaven.*
And there is something still more extraordinary.
An ancient omen text preserved in the Chinese historical commentary contains these amazing words:
“Eclipse on the day of Gui Hai, Man from Heaven died”.
— History of the Later Han, Astronomical Annals, No. 18.
Now turn your thoughts from China to Jerusalem.
There hangs the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, crucified beneath a darkened heaven.
From the sixth hour until the ninth, darkness covered the land.
The earth shook. The rocks were rent. The veil of the temple was torn in two.
And there, upon that accursed tree, the sins of God's elect were laid upon ONE MAN.
Not an earthly emperor trembling beneath Heaven's judgment, but the King of kings bearing divine judgment in the place of His people.
Not an imperial pardon issued by a frightened ruler, but everlasting forgiveness purchased by the precious blood of Christ.
What extraordinary words to find in the chronicles of ancient China during the very generation of the crucifixion!
Consider the sovereign providence of God.
He who appointed the hour of Christ's death also governs the sun, moon, and stars. Not one heavenly body moves without His decree. Not one emperor reigns independently of His will.
While the kings of the earth trembled beneath the heavens, the Lord of heaven and earth was accomplishing the redemption of His Church.
And the pardon purchased at Calvary would eventually be proclaimed throughout the nations, even to the distant shores of China.
*“The LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.” — Isaiah 53:6.*
The heavens declare the glory of God.
And history itself unfolds according to His eternal decree.
The prequels are filled with so much aura - anyone pretending otherwise has lost touch with their inner child and is actively repressing their higher calling.
The red letter media attack on the prequels and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
Remember this scene was specifically used an example in the Red Letter Media review as an example of Lucas's incompetentence as a filmmaker compared to J.J. Abrams' 2009 Star Trek. Mike Stoklasa intercuts this Phantom Menace scene and another tonally similar one with a bunch of frantic Abrams Trek action scenes with people yelling at each other and the lens flaring and the camera teetering around everywhere, and he says the Abrams Trek scenes are better. People actually watched this and were like, "Yeah that's a good point, this is really insightful stuff."
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There is really only one scene that is just Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan sitting down in the conference room discussing the trade dispute. It is about 20 seconds long, and it basically consists of the Jedi being served drinks by the protocol droid, Obi-Wan commenting on how long the Neimoidians are keeping them waiting, and Qui-Gon saying that he senses "an unusual amount of fear for something as trivial as this trade dispute."
Then we cut to Darth Sidious appearing for the first time to the Neimoidians, contemptuously upbraiding one of them for his cowardice (remember? he calls him "stunted slime"), and then ordering the Neimoidians to kill everyone immediately.
Then we cut to the Republic pilots panicking as a gun emplacement suddenly swivels toward them, right before the transport is blasted apart in a huge, fiery explosion--at which point we cut instantly to the Jedi in the conference room suddenly leaping up and dramatically activating their lightsabers.
This is essentially all there is of the boring trade dispute talk in conference rooms that supposedly had people falling asleep in their theater seats. There's like a single twenty-second scene. Obviously that scene is given a relatively calm and uneventful vibe (though with hints of something maybe being not quite right), because it is supposed to provide a contrast to the sudden carnage inflicted at the command of Darth Sidious, which causes the Jedi to instantly leap out of their seats and spring into action.
This is literally good pacing.
When you point out that the pacing here leads to an opening most similar RotJ they suggest oh but RotJ had so much more tension. The same folks suggest that prequels tension is lasting because lack of danger to certain characters. Ok then so who is in danger in that opening? Certainly not Vader. The imperial officer? "Is Vader going to choke this random nameless officer we just met for 10th time" is tension? The menace of the scene comes principally in the threat of the emperors arrival, and I would not say a verbal threat of a future event is exactly trying to go for maximum dramatic force. Which is not actually a problem, its meant to be slower build so that Jabba isn't overly eclipsed too quickly by the Empire. Much slower, in fact, than TPM.
The pacing of the scene here is meant to establish menace. You know, like in the title. We then go to the conference room and watch our intrepid heroes talk while we also watch a secret conspiracy plotting their death they are oblivious too. This is known as dramatic irony. But these guys do not know what that is. They do not know *anything.*