If the MAGA crowd critically evaluated his promises he never would have been President, certainly not a second time.

Yes, plans that don’t work out can retroactively be called the wrong decision because they failed. Of fucking course they can. The alternative is attempting the same thing over and over but expecting a different result, which is a popular description of insanity. You’re ridiculing the fundamental process of learning and growth and seeming proud of it because you think its helping you win an argument. That might honestly be the dumbest thing I’ve seen someone do.

I have no interest in discussing things with someone who would rather double down with insane ideas then admit they were wrong.

The plan you support failed miserably. Being completely convinced it was still the right move seems insane to me, but do what you want

In other words, nothing at all happened

Your conclusion is that letting Trump walk was the right call so I’ll never agree with that argument. Dress it up how you like but it’s still bullshit.

I agree with most of what you said. However, I find it odd that you called it “one of the most important cases in American history” but also seem to be defending their decision to treat it much like any other case.

Trump is the best example there is that norms and precedent don’t mean much. He loves using the system against his opponents and Smith didn’t fight back against that at all. Again, he should have expected Trump’s deny and delay tactics and took some action.

Fighting an opponent who uses the rules against you requires being creative with the rules. Instead of the bold action we needed we got timid deference to procedure. If Biden and Garland were the hold up then stand in front of the media and say that directly to the world. Force them to either get off their ass or fire you. Anything less is equivalent to letting Trump run out the clock, which is exactly what happened.

He’s proving right now that he knows how to do this, which is why it’s so frustrating that he didn’t do it when it might have mattered.

Jack Smith might get a pass from me if Robert Mueller didn’t royally fuck up his investigation in full view of Smith for pretty much the same reasons. Smith definitely saw the way that played out and still waited 3 years too long to say stuff like what is quoted in this headline. Good for him for saying it eventually but if he wanted it to matter he’s way too late taking his stand and he should have known that better than anyone.

I thought we got rid of the Department of Education? Am I misremembering that?

I don’t get the fixation on the topic from anyone. The trans community is so small and yet it gets a huge amount of political focus. Sure, Republicans are actively attempting to remove the rights of trans people but that statement applies equally to anyone who isn’t them. Why let them control the conversation by focusing on that one group so much? It makes the average person think that the things Republicans are doing only impact groups they aren’t part of and that is absolutely not the case.

Which is?

I’m not blind but that doesn’t change anything

This is exactly what I’ve been saying since Talarico came on the scene. The voters are there if he can pierce the bubble and reach them, but that’s the hardest part. That’s exactly why his interview with Kimmel is on YouTube instead of regular cable.

Many of the kinds of people he’s appealing to don’t follow politics at all. They vote R because they perceive the people around them to be doing it too. He doesn’t need to convince all Christians in Texas to vote for him. He just needs to get some of them having the conversation. That is enough to shake things up in this election.

If he manages to make his case in a compelling enough way to reach voters in other states then the GOP is absolutely fucked. Low information Christian voters are the foundation of the party. There aren’t enough Nazis in America to replace them if the GOP loses a double digit percentage of them.

They don’t care about trans people and they never will. They use it as a distraction topic and nothing else. There is zero point in engaging in that debate with anyone who identifies as a Republican.

Platner is better than Collins. How much better is certainly up for debate but saying stuff like you just did makes it sound like you prefer Collins. Even if you don’t that’s the outcome you’re going to get by pushing Platner out.

I care about it a lot. What difference does that make?

please tell me they’re prioritizing minimizing the existential cost of the climate catastrophe over the $ cost

I’m sure you know that’s not the case. It’s always about the money.

That said, I would guess that these function similarly to hybrid car engines. Electric motors are better at providing a quick or variable torque rsponse and gas engines are most efficient running at a constant RPM. Put those properties together and you get an electric motor designed for takeoff and large altitude changes, and a gas motor designed for maintaining cruising speed.

Essentially, the exact opposite of what you wanted.

That’s what she said

The next one likely won’t be. Does that help?

Yeah but the drop off in followers among even the top 10 most followed accounts has got to be massive. Like who even is #2 on the list?

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