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We agree that they are not morally equivalent, but we disagree about which is worse. The AfD and Farage believe that the current approach by the West is ineffective at achieving Ukrainian victory and is costly. That isn’t aiding the enemy. This is stating facts. The West is the rich man from the Bible giving to Ukraine out of wealth, but not truly sacrificially. And the West is dealing with China using the same motive as the rich man, the idolatry of money. This is infinitely worse morally.

@HighlightBias Doing too little to counter the enemy and actively aiding the enemy are not morally equivalent.

@RipNTearRon I am watching the full 1990 documentary about Nixon from PBS on YouTube. This was a great opening to the documentary and likely applies to Trump as well: “It struck me from time to time that Nixon as a character would have been so easy to fix in the sense of removing these rather petty flaws. And yet, I think it’s also true that if you did this, you would probably have removed that very inner core of insecurity that led to his drive. A secure Nixon almost surely in my view, would never have been President of the United States at all.” - Elliot Richardson, a Nixon Cabinet member (Attorney General and others roles)

Your vibes are correct. The race is essentially creepy man versus creepy kid. I wouldn’t be surprised if we find out that they both were created in the same evil scientist’s lab. The creepy cancels each other out, so you are left with man vs kid. Man wins. That math makes more sense than the polls.

Enten is a professional numbers guy, and I have always found him worth listening to. I'm operating purely on vibes. And the vibes say that Talarico is not winning Texas.

@bwaltens @LoneStar_PAC There was a Democrat on Mark Halperin’s 2way tonight. She predicted Talarico will win. Halperin showed her this ad and she changed her mind on the spot. The ad is brutal. If he really was ahead, he isn’t anymore.

Low T Talarico appears to be winning, if the latest ad from @LoneStar_PAC is any indication

@RipNTearRon Well, technically you were right that Trump is not going to send 4,000 troops to Poland.

There is no better way to mess with Democrats than to usurp any word at will. Saying “Democrat Party” was perfectly acceptable among Democrats before WW2 until Republicans used it as an epithet. The same thing happened later with “liberal.” And more recently with “pronouns.” It is quite amusing.

@Nowooski wut? You consider the name of the party a pejorative? You do understand it's called the "Democrat Party" and not the "Democratic party" don't you?

You can tell these are 100% genuine Democrats by their use of the strange right wing pejorative “Democrat”

Both Europe and Trump are irrelevant to Putin. Putin can sustain the war through the entirety of Trump’s term and likely will. Sadly, neither Europe nor the U.S. will do anything to change the calculus. If we in the West aren’t willing to treat Russia and China as the evil enemies that they are, we deserve what we get. So, I would argue just calling out Farage and the AfD is not good enough. We need to call out Trump and Carney and every European leader as well.

@HighlightBias With Farage in the UK, and the AfD calling for "peace with Russia," we both know Putin will string Trump along until 2028.

Our primary system doesn’t work well. Whenever there is a Democrat running that I respect, they have a zero chance of winning. And it’s vice versa on the other side. It has been the same for decades. Even with the U.K., Wes Streeting is my choice, but it looks like he doesn’t have a chance. Labour will go with Burnham, who is essentially just another Starmer policy wise, which means Farage will win in 2029.

@RipNTearRon I checked but it looks like Venezuela has supplanted Canada as the 51st state. As for 2028, people will vote for the least bad option between the Republican nominee and Democratic nominee just like we have been doing since 2016. That is the new normal.

@KyleClark Who knew that an entire political party, the Democrats, could become Sister Souljah.

ANALYSIS: Goes without saying that Polis will wear this censure from his party as a badge of honor as he seeks to burnish his "not your normal Democrat" credentials. But it appeared there was some pent-up frustration with Polis among Colorado Dems that boiled over tonight.

NEW: The Colorado Democratic Party has formally condemned and censured Governor Jared Polis for granting clemency to Tina Peters. Polis is hereby banned from speaking or being honored at party events. 90% of CDP central committee members voted to reprimand Polis.

I am torn. I am for the libertarian purge, like Massie. I don’t like Trump going after people like Bill Cassidy. But, I do like anything that term limits Congressmen. And one other factor is that Republican Party state committee members endorse candidates in each state to put their thumb on the scales in primaries. This has worked well for them in the past, so I don’t mind Trump disrupting their little dictatorship.

@HighlightBias There is a lot to unpack here, but the first thought I have is of the checks and balances Nixon faced, which are nonexistent with Trump. We saw it again yesterday: he is on the verge of losing at least one branch of Congress but he still has total control over who goes or stays.

There have been better men that both believed in term limits and self-imposed them, starting with the gold standard, George Washington. As for people in Congress, we have these good examples: - Bill Frist - Tom Coburn - Fred Thompson And unlike Massie, they actually have an impressive list of accomplishments.

@HighlightBias @billybinion There’s nothing terribly hypocritical about playing by the rules but thinking that the rules should be changed

Whatever you think of Thomas Massie, a political culture where breaking with party leadership is treated as a moral failing is not a healthy one.

@ampersandohms @billybinion I agree. There would be a perpetual lame duck class of congressmen that could vote out of principle instead of voting to get re-elected. It would be a game changer.

@HighlightBias @billybinion He must have changed his mind on it then. He dis co sponsor a bill on the matter: falmouthoutlook.com/latest-news/ma… But I still disagree with what he told me on here: that term limits would not change the culture of Congress.

@TheModerateCase I have heard that people are moving toward libertarianism for about 30 years. Why hasn’t that happened? The “next generation” isn’t static. People grow up.

Anyone claiming Massie isn’t popular, or that “the internet isn’t real life,” is deeply wrong. Massie had the advantage with voters under the age of 56. Older voters simply turn out in larger numbers, and they did so here. The reality is that the next generation seems far more aligned with Massie-style politicians.

Massie signed the term limits pledge in 2012 and co-sponsored legislation to amend the Constitution that failed. But, like Rick Santorum, they became skeptical about term limits when they didn’t want to term limit themselves (the real reason). I’m sure their belief in term limits started out as genuine, but power is a corrupting force and neither Massie nor Santorum were immune to it. Congress survived losing Santorum and it will survive losing Massie.

@HighlightBias @billybinion Massie specifically told me he didn’t think term limits would work. It was one of the few things we disagreed on. When has he ever been for term limits?

@TaraBull Massie gives off a butler vibe, but one that won’t do anything you tell him to do. I see an adult theater incident in his future.

With Thomas Massie OUT of Congress, what will his next position be?

@AlwaysFlacko @LinkofSunshine libertarian Adjective stupid absolutely psychotic ideas

@LinkofSunshine The least competent people in the House are the ones who barely show up and just vote the party line.. neither of those have been Massie He definitely has some stupid absolutely psychotic ideas but in terms of competency, there’s no way he’s the least competent lol

Massie was probably the dumbest an least competent person in the entire House But hey, at least he thought for himself. Scary times for him to be gone

@SWahwee @MarioNawfal In 13 and a half years, Massie has only been able to pass 1 out of the over 4900 bills and resolutions that he has proposed. I would question the sanity of anyone that considers that meritorious of reelection.

@HighlightBias @MarioNawfal as much wisdom as lead paint and demetia has lended to them

🇺🇸 Ed Gallrein beat Thomas Massie in Kentucky's 4th Congressional District primary without winning a single age group under 65. Seniors carried him across the finish line. Every other demographic voted for Massie. That's how powerful the 65+ bloc has become in low-turnout primaries. You don't need to win the room. You just need to own the one corner that actually shows up. Source: NBC News, AF Post