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not to pick on Nate, but person after person on here has been crowing about this kind of thing for the past week, as though trumpworld and its assorted deputies and hangers-on hadn’t spent the last decade gleefully ignoring sundry congressional subpoenas to no real consequence
Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) profile pictureNate Silver
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The other thing about that Duffy/Mullin presser yesterday is it didn't seem to exist in this reality where Democrats will soon have 56 Senators and ~260 Reps. Nobody wants to hear random praise of Trump. And Dems have subpoena power if the public isn't getting clear answers.
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“be such a giant, widely reviled piece of shit that new revelations of you being a piece of shit prompt no forced accountability bc everyone already knows you’re a piece of shit” may be an effective strategy (for a certain type) but im not sure its one worth actively encouraging
Udi Wertheimer (@udiWertheimer) profile pictureUdi Wertheimer
@udiWertheimerNov 13
trump and elon perfected a leadership style previously unheard of where you simply don’t apologize or take the fall for anything ever their public lifestyle feels so bizarre that no hidden secret could damage their already inexplicable image lesson in there
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the norms of a high trust society can be exploited by individual actors willing to ignore said norms, yes. but the “lesson in there” isn’t, as op implies, that ignoring the norms of a high trust society is clever and strategic high-iq behavior
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including the entire ivy league except dartmouth: extremely good bit
Krishnan (@cvkrishnan) profile pictureKrishnan
@cvkrishnanNov 4
The UAE lists 100 universities globally whose graduates can apply for the Abu Dhabi Golden Visa. I don’t see a single Indian University in the list. adro.gov.ae/-/media/Project/…
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not sure that “despite putting up one of the worst individual statewide dem performances in the entire country, our candidate was carried to victory by a once-in-a-half-century political tidal wave” is the eat crow argument i’d go with, if it were me putting one together
Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) profile pictureBen Rhodes
@brhodesNov 4
Remember when AIPAC spent like 40 million dollars to beat Abdul and we endured like 40 million think pieces about how scary and unelectable he was?
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kornacki doing frantic arithmetic on live television to determine who will win the mississippi senate seat feels like an ominous indication for republicans
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feel like they might have a rough night
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Vance praying for blue mega-tsunami so that after dem senate impeaches and removes trump he can get to be president for at least a little bit
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extremely confused by the glaring lack of donkeys and goats on the streets of new york
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Any of my followers been to Senegal?
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Oh now that’s classic timing reuters.com/business/environ…
Heavy rains lead to Senegal floods, government reports several deaths

Heavy rains lead to Senegal floods, government reports several deaths

Heavy rains flooded roads and destroyed buildings over the weekend in Senegal, as ​the government said several people had been ‌killed and warned of more rain to come.

reuters.com
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All 285 bars are accounted for
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Dr. Dan Lomas (@Sandbagger_01) profile pictureDr. Dan Lomas@Sandbagger_01Oct 6
CIA officer arrested with gold bars admits he exposed secret intelligence source to a foreign official nbcnews.com/politics/nationa…
CIA officer arrested with gold bars admits he exposed secret intelligence source to a foreign...

CIA officer arrested with gold bars admits he exposed secret intelligence source to a foreign...

David Rush, who was fired, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and will be sentenced Jan. 28.

nbcnews.com
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think there’s a (small, but legit) chance we get D-TX, NC, maybe IA and OH, and R-ME and MI
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Obv not what I’m hoping for but something like this would be an admittedly very funny outcome
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sure ok
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@bumbadum14Sep 25
One of the most replicable findings in all of American political statistical analysis is that Republicans give significantly more to charity and volunteer more for the poor than democrats do. It's not even close. It has never been close.
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rip van marmelodov (@vt__snowflake) profile picturerip van marmelodov@vt__snowflake19 Oct 2025
“conservatives give more to charity” the charity:
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Nicholas Baker
@nickpbakerSep 25
Net light
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a round trip plane ticket to Dubai and a pair of bolt cutters is a lot cheaper than a b200. much to consider
The Cradle (@TheCradleMedia) profile pictureThe Cradle
@TheCradleMediaSep 15
Amazon says cloud infrastructure in Bahrain, UAE ‘beyond saving’ READ thecradle.co/articles-id/399…
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Low Polytechnic@philipvsavageSep 14
Replying to @IrisErased
Swing voter internal monologue
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a useful heuristic here imo is to imagine the type of person who outwardly (and inwardly, probably) identifies as an independent, nonpartisan mind, and loudly proclaims their vote needs to be earned. how does that demo tend to vote? i’d guess roughly 80-20 GOP
Sean T at RCP (@SeanTrende) profile pictureSean T at RCP
@SeanTrendeSep 12
Talarico is the favorite, but there are more ways to look at this: Eg, "if you haven't decided to vote against Paxton by now, what could possibly convince you to" or "these undecideds are probably 3x Trump voters; getting them to break hard Paxton is easier than changing minds."
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