A great many voters of all stripes fail to see clear policy differences between the two parties as they exist now. It’s supposedly a major reason we have so many who no longer vote.
That aside if you look at current economic policy proposals of democrats now and republicans under Reagan there’s little daylight.
Democrats biggest problem is few democrats can hold an audience like republicans have been taught to do. Bernie is the notable exception as is AOC.
If we need to have separate space for women and men - which is fishing ridiculous IMHO - the the MLB team that just called up a woman pitcher from the minors has some splaining to do.
In case anyone cares, the Presidents budget request for next fiscal year is now posted on the White House website. The total numbers for reductions in various places match what was reported from the leaked OMB pass back a couple of weeks ago.
Everyone here gets it. Believe me when I tell you his most ardent supporters in my town don’t. And when Walmart starts running out of TP in a couple weeks they will be mad as hell. Just not at him.
The democrats currently in national and state wide offices are hardly the radical left. It may appear that way because of how far right the GOP has gone, but Biden governed as a surprisingly successful economic centerist with a smattering of center left social success. It’s actually a major reason the dems are now in wilderness wandering mode.
The DNC needs to get over itself. The JD Pritzkers of the world don’t actually need them to get elected and he’s about the most senior person agewiae the DNC should support. If all the DNC does is keep sclerotic geriatric has been a in office nothing g will change and we will have witnessed a total collapse into authoritarian rule in a year. If they want to be a functional opposition Hogg is showing them the way.
Equally not-shockingly all the hullabaloo about protecting women’s spaces heaps insults on women AND defies statistical analysis. It’s also ONLY about trans women - trans men are apparently not a threat.
Guess you can’t have a Strict Father hierarchical society without cementing who gets to be a father and thus in control.
So apparently Amazon - like a lot of businesses - is going to add a line to its billing about how much the total price of an item has increased due to the tariffs. The White House responded about as well as you’d expect, calling it a political move by Amazon.
Good teachers - left to their own to use the skills they sought to become teachers - generally know who needs help and who doesn’t. They also know which way their students learn and which way is best to test their knowledge. There is no one size fits all test. Never will be never has been. Measuring educational success based on a single annual or every other year or every three year test only works if everyone learns and tests the same way.
Yes I am. Because in many cases it’s not a failure to learn to read or comprehend - it’s a failure to regurgitate on specific tests in a specific way. Which then gets neglected as the child ages and becomes a barrier to future successful learning.
One of the “keys to success” is holding back kids in third grade who aren’t judged “ready” to take the four grade tests this “improvement” is based on. So only the kids who are going to do well get promoted. Call me nuts - I know a lot of folks here do - but all that means is you are willing to game the system not actually teach your kids
There is no bench depth in the red states and that’s where a lot of the senate elections next year are. Mississippi’s democrats will likely run the same black guy who got 42% against Wicker last year. And while he’s a solid moderate Democrat he’s goi g to need 9% more white people to get elected against Hyde-Smith.
It will be something fascists will keep in their back pocket to use randomly against anyone that disagrees with the administration, same as revoking a visa. The best situations is where they can punish, at their own whim, literally any person they want.
Though the Whose Line reference is also well played.
As much as I despise this attempt at social control, why always stickers with me is how much these folks feel they have to twist words to hide intent. It’s like they know they are morally repugnant and don’t want to own that.
On “Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025”
Let’s hope Texas continues its streak of judicial activist independence and ignores him.
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Because we as a nation need more reasons to commit political violence:
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/05/weather/weather-weapons-nws-radar-attack
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And good news for fans of due process.
On “A Backlash Is Coming”
Hope. Such a powerful word yet rendered neutered by reality these days.
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A great many voters of all stripes fail to see clear policy differences between the two parties as they exist now. It’s supposedly a major reason we have so many who no longer vote.
That aside if you look at current economic policy proposals of democrats now and republicans under Reagan there’s little daylight.
Democrats biggest problem is few democrats can hold an audience like republicans have been taught to do. Bernie is the notable exception as is AOC.
On “Gender Critical: Legally Defining Sex”
If we need to have separate space for women and men - which is fishing ridiculous IMHO - the the MLB team that just called up a woman pitcher from the minors has some splaining to do.
On “Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025”
In case anyone cares, the Presidents budget request for next fiscal year is now posted on the White House website. The total numbers for reductions in various places match what was reported from the leaked OMB pass back a couple of weeks ago.
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Everyone here gets it. Believe me when I tell you his most ardent supporters in my town don’t. And when Walmart starts running out of TP in a couple weeks they will be mad as hell. Just not at him.
On “A Backlash Is Coming”
The democrats currently in national and state wide offices are hardly the radical left. It may appear that way because of how far right the GOP has gone, but Biden governed as a surprisingly successful economic centerist with a smattering of center left social success. It’s actually a major reason the dems are now in wilderness wandering mode.
On “Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025”
No Lee it’s not the exact opposite. They voted for the white guy who was going to hurt people. He’s hurting people. Win win.
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How disloyal!
On “US Department of Education Announces that it is Restarting Loan Collection”
Ethical conflicts and blurred lines. How cute.
Try full on corruption in the open.
On “Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025”
I don’t think Pritzker is looking at polling, at least not that way.
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The DNC needs to get over itself. The JD Pritzkers of the world don’t actually need them to get elected and he’s about the most senior person agewiae the DNC should support. If all the DNC does is keep sclerotic geriatric has been a in office nothing g will change and we will have witnessed a total collapse into authoritarian rule in a year. If they want to be a functional opposition Hogg is showing them the way.
On “Gender Critical: Legally Defining Sex”
Biological context? Transphobe much?
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Equally not-shockingly all the hullabaloo about protecting women’s spaces heaps insults on women AND defies statistical analysis. It’s also ONLY about trans women - trans men are apparently not a threat.
Guess you can’t have a Strict Father hierarchical society without cementing who gets to be a father and thus in control.
On “Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025”
So apparently Amazon - like a lot of businesses - is going to add a line to its billing about how much the total price of an item has increased due to the tariffs. The White House responded about as well as you’d expect, calling it a political move by Amazon.
We really are in a post-truth world I guess.
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And they will celebrate as the “pain” necessary to defeat China or some such claptrap. The suffering of Americans will be morphed into a grand cause.
Classic fascist playbook stuff.
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Good teachers - left to their own to use the skills they sought to become teachers - generally know who needs help and who doesn’t. They also know which way their students learn and which way is best to test their knowledge. There is no one size fits all test. Never will be never has been. Measuring educational success based on a single annual or every other year or every three year test only works if everyone learns and tests the same way.
It’s a red herring.
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That we let teachers teach. Pay them well. Give students the additional support. Stop trying to meet production quotas and quantitative rubrics.
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Yes I am. Because in many cases it’s not a failure to learn to read or comprehend - it’s a failure to regurgitate on specific tests in a specific way. Which then gets neglected as the child ages and becomes a barrier to future successful learning.
"
One of the “keys to success” is holding back kids in third grade who aren’t judged “ready” to take the four grade tests this “improvement” is based on. So only the kids who are going to do well get promoted. Call me nuts - I know a lot of folks here do - but all that means is you are willing to game the system not actually teach your kids
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There is no bench depth in the red states and that’s where a lot of the senate elections next year are. Mississippi’s democrats will likely run the same black guy who got 42% against Wicker last year. And while he’s a solid moderate Democrat he’s goi g to need 9% more white people to get elected against Hyde-Smith.
Not happening.
On “Gender Critical: Legally Defining Sex”
This is your money quote:
Though the Whose Line reference is also well played.
As much as I despise this attempt at social control, why always stickers with me is how much these folks feel they have to twist words to hide intent. It’s like they know they are morally repugnant and don’t want to own that.
On “Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025”
Mississippi is playing statistical gamesz