Message Discipline
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Opposing the uniparty is hard and requires focus. The key issues aren't left vs right - they are outsider vs establishment
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was asked if she believes whether a female or a gay president will move to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. first. 🤔
an economist explains how rent control is actually fine and good currentaffairs.org/news/rent-cont…
NEW: A powerful network funded by billionaires is pouring money into Democratic primaries — while pushing the boundaries of campaign finance law. Our investigation traces how groups like @MajorityDems and @ElectTheBench are reshaping races across the country. Read more 👇 levernews.com/the-new-democr…
The Democratic elite has worked hard to make sure the party never reckons with - or talks about - the ramifications of Obama handing out get-out-of-jail-free cards to Wall Street. A reckoning is necessary. Kudos to @ChrisRabb for having the courage to say this.
Clips are no longer the byproduct of the main product — they’re the main product. No matter the size of the show, they drive the ultimate reach 👇
CA-11 Polling Trend (Chakrabarti internal) January 🟦 Scott Wiener: 37% 🟦 Connie Chan: 17% 🟦 Saikat Chakrabarti: 16% — April 🟦 Scott Wiener: 33% 🟦 Saikat Chakrabarti: 28% 🟦 Connie Chan: 13% @DataProgress | 4/3-8 | LV
First look: Stephanie Cutter to advise fast-growing Kalshi trib.al/eY6TuJN
The problem with economists asking for a takesy-backsy on their predictions of tariff doom is that it implies they would have had favorable predictions about the tariffs had they known the full trajectory. Who thinks that, if you had told economists a year ago what was going to happen with tariffs, they would have said "sounds reasonable, growth will probably tick up and inflation down, manufacturing demand and productivity will rise and sentiment will improve"? Did I miss all of the economists who have been saying since June that now the tariff level looks OK? The reality is they missed even on the basic mechanisms: the dollar didn't appreciate; the retaliation didn't occur; the administration successfully leveraged tariffs into favorable deals and commitments. Of course the models spit out the wrong answer. Yes, it's embarrassing for a field when confident predictions fail. But it's way more embarrassing when the reaction of practitioners to the failure is to deny a problem exists.
BREAKING: The DHS shutdown is now projected to extend into next month — with TSA lines projected to get worse until then. 67% chance.
As risk of ground troops grows, @RepJoshG plans to force a War Powers vote to end Trump's disastrous war He can force @SpeakerJohnson to hold the vote as early as Thurs. 3/19 Today, 40 groups asked him and @RepGregLandsman @RepCuellar @RepGolden to call that vote that very day
What does “Homes are for People, Not Corporations” even mean?–this is a slogan for the Idiocracy era. “Food is for People, Not Corporations,” so we should ban Perdue Farms and McDonald’s? marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolu…
