aliasofanasshole.bsky.social
👤 Joined on 03 May 2024
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@aliasofanasshole.bsky.socialRemember the budget standoff? And now there were ten people who voted to end cloture, all of whom were conveniently not up for re-election anytime soon?
Show PostNo, here’s the thing: the cowardly Democratic Surrender Caucus is always bigger than it looks. Because the Dems who want to be powerless also know they can’t be seen relinquishing power, so they stand behind whatever the bare minimum number of public objectors is.
Show PostThermostatic swings. That’s the strategy! Wait for the pendulum to swing back naturally and keep your head down until then.
Show PostThe "kitchen-table" frame is adopted as a rhetorical mechanism to make it seem like random economic policy is somehow more interesting to voters than fundamental questions about basic rights and fairness. But it's the opposite: the economic stuff is dreary, opaque, while values issues are electric.
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