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Politics? It's all just storytelling.

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Derek. 🇺🇸@SuitablePolitic·
Media: "Trump thought 4-5 weeks meant 2-3 days and now he's panicking. He wants nothing more than for the fighting to stop. He's desperate for an off-ramp where he doesn't look weak." Trump: "IT IS MY GREAT HONOR—AS YOUR PRESIDENT—TO KILL THESE DERANGED SCUMBAGS IN IRAN!"
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Eliminating the head of the Basij won't work because other Basij will just take his pl -- oh shit the new guy is gone too. But a new Basij leader will still repla -- fuck he's gone too. OK, maybe this will work.
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Derek. 🇺🇸@SuitablePolitic·
RT @Pro__Trading: Joe Kent's political track record is losing twice in congressional races in red states. But because he hates the Jews, h…
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Derek. 🇺🇸@SuitablePolitic·
The largest empire in world history in conjunction with the world's second best Air Force kicking the living shit out of Iran seems distinctly obvious. But since the government said it's happening, some people have taken that to mean CLEARLY something else is true. Lol.
Derek. 🇺🇸@SuitablePolitic

Iran war analysis: Government: "The sky is blue today, ladies and gentlemen." People: "Well, the sky LOOKS blue. But since the government said it? No doubt they're lying." X account: "The sky is RED!" People: "AH-HA! THAT'S IT! NOW I KNOW WHAT THE GOVERMMENT WAS HIDING!"

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Derek. 🇺🇸@SuitablePolitic·
Iran war analysis: Government: "The sky is blue today, ladies and gentlemen." People: "Well, the sky LOOKS blue. But since the government said it? No doubt they're lying." X account: "The sky is RED!" People: "AH-HA! THAT'S IT! NOW I KNOW WHAT THE GOVERMMENT WAS HIDING!"
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Derek. 🇺🇸@SuitablePolitic·
Yup. That and larger accounts wanting to know why they're not doing particularly well during a moment in time lol. I think people default way too quickly to, "I'm being screwed by algorithms!"
Fifty Shades of Red@pistolcrass

@SuitablePolitic I feel like when people complain about the algorithm it says more about them than the algorithm. They need to learn to use following and lists

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Derek. 🇺🇸@SuitablePolitic·
This is a great read. As I implied in the thread, I was familiar with a lot of the shenanigans that contribute to her winning. But I had truly no idea how she enjoyed a constituency sufficient to make any of that matter. Great explanation of the political dynamics at play.
J.T. Alexander@JTAlexander_

Its a combination of corruption, Libertarianism, and the Natives. Murkowski is more easily understood in the context of understanding "Uncle Ted." Not Kaczinsky, but Stevens. Ted Stevens was put on trial for corruption-type charges in 2008. Everybody knew he was guilty. The Feds had to put him on trial in DC because they couldn't get a fair trial in Alaska. They couldn't get a fair trial in Alaska because Alaskans didn't care. So what if Ted got some free furniture? Alaska was thriving largely off of his excellent work. Alaskans have far more tolerance for corruption and inertia than they claim to have. Alaskans are, in my experience, far more prone to talk than action. Murkowski wins off of this. She famously got her start being appointed to her Senate seat when her dad, the previous occupant, died. This should have been a major red flag, but Frank Murkowski was pretty popular so it was tolerated. Murkowski lost a primary in 2010, but ran as a write-in and somehow allegedly won, despite not even being on the ballot and running against both a Republican and a Democrat. The map here shows the results of that 2010 election. That big red area that voted for the Republican is Alaska's traditional "Red Wall." Where Murkowski got all of these write-in ballots from is (1) Anchorage, and (2) everywhere not on the road system. Mail-in ballots have always been legal in Alaska. Alaska takes forever to count votes because, legitimately, a third of the population lives in places only accessible by boat, plane, ATV, or dogsled. Alaskan Natives are an overwhelmingly Democrat-voting bloc, yet somehow Murkowski outperformed everyone on the ballot. This is one of those things that defies every political rule and trend in the book, and so its obviously fraudulent, but nobody could ever prove it. Litigation happened, but it went nowhere. Since 2010, this map has also shown the overall constituency of Alaska's Senate delegation: Murkowski represents the people in the green area, and Sullivan the people in the red area. The problem is the people in the green area aren't Republicans. They vote for... well, I'll just leave at these areas vote Democrat. "Democrat" is also a bad word in Alaska. Even most of the Democrats there don't like to identify themselves as one. They usually run as "Independent" or "Unaffiliated." So, Murkowski has built herself a coalition of Alaskan Natives, Libertarians, and the Alaskan Elites. Democrats can't beat her because the Red Wall hates Democrats so much, but a Republican challenger can't beat her either because she has sufficient vote dominance (and probably enough fraud) in the bush to overcome the challenge.

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J.T. Alexander
J.T. Alexander@JTAlexander_·
Its a combination of corruption, Libertarianism, and the Natives. Murkowski is more easily understood in the context of understanding "Uncle Ted." Not Kaczinsky, but Stevens. Ted Stevens was put on trial for corruption-type charges in 2008. Everybody knew he was guilty. The Feds had to put him on trial in DC because they couldn't get a fair trial in Alaska. They couldn't get a fair trial in Alaska because Alaskans didn't care. So what if Ted got some free furniture? Alaska was thriving largely off of his excellent work. Alaskans have far more tolerance for corruption and inertia than they claim to have. Alaskans are, in my experience, far more prone to talk than action. Murkowski wins off of this. She famously got her start being appointed to her Senate seat when her dad, the previous occupant, died. This should have been a major red flag, but Frank Murkowski was pretty popular so it was tolerated. Murkowski lost a primary in 2010, but ran as a write-in and somehow allegedly won, despite not even being on the ballot and running against both a Republican and a Democrat. The map here shows the results of that 2010 election. That big red area that voted for the Republican is Alaska's traditional "Red Wall." Where Murkowski got all of these write-in ballots from is (1) Anchorage, and (2) everywhere not on the road system. Mail-in ballots have always been legal in Alaska. Alaska takes forever to count votes because, legitimately, a third of the population lives in places only accessible by boat, plane, ATV, or dogsled. Alaskan Natives are an overwhelmingly Democrat-voting bloc, yet somehow Murkowski outperformed everyone on the ballot. This is one of those things that defies every political rule and trend in the book, and so its obviously fraudulent, but nobody could ever prove it. Litigation happened, but it went nowhere. Since 2010, this map has also shown the overall constituency of Alaska's Senate delegation: Murkowski represents the people in the green area, and Sullivan the people in the red area. The problem is the people in the green area aren't Republicans. They vote for... well, I'll just leave at these areas vote Democrat. "Democrat" is also a bad word in Alaska. Even most of the Democrats there don't like to identify themselves as one. They usually run as "Independent" or "Unaffiliated." So, Murkowski has built herself a coalition of Alaskan Natives, Libertarians, and the Alaskan Elites. Democrats can't beat her because the Red Wall hates Democrats so much, but a Republican challenger can't beat her either because she has sufficient vote dominance (and probably enough fraud) in the bush to overcome the challenge.
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Derek. 🇺🇸@SuitablePolitic·
She benefits from negative Name ID. Nobody gets inspired to sponsor a real primary challenge because nobody knows who the hell she is. Everyone votes for her in the general because of a party-line vote in a red state.
riddleMeThis@C_sachmo9

@SuitablePolitic Why does Capito get off the hook? She is another leader in the McConnell Bloc.

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Derek. 🇺🇸@SuitablePolitic·
More posts just go further than they used to even posts that aren't reposted by a larger account than mine or several. Whereas before, if a post was doing well, I could always attribute it to something like a couple major reposts.
Derek. 🇺🇸@SuitablePolitic

It's coincided largely with more activity, but I actually quite like what the most recent algorithm has done for me. Most people complain about the algorithm, but I've noticed a distinct improvement over the last month. Maybe 6 weeks.

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Derek. 🇺🇸@SuitablePolitic·
@HTWardish Exactly right. Collins, I take what I can get. We're not getting anything better out of Maine. If I threw a stone in Anchorage, I'd hit a better GOP Senator than Murkowski.
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P.T. Ward
P.T. Ward@HTWardish·
@SuitablePolitic I just don’t think she’s a conservative. Every single one of her social views are that of a progressive. She is not similar to Susan Collins at all, no matter how much people try to draw the parallel. She’s just uniquely terrible, and I’m tired of the gaslighting.
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Derek. 🇺🇸@SuitablePolitic·
How Murkowski survives is beyond me. Or rather, why GOP voters continuously allow a few parliamentary tricks to overcome them. This woman is one of the most poisonous members of the party. She has worked tirelessly to drag the GOP leftwards, and she's done it all from the well-known purple state of... ... Alaska. It's abject insanity. At least we afforded a half decent challenge to Cornyn. We have Lindsey Graham under crosshairs 24 hours a day. But Lisa Murkowski? She's still here. Somehow.
P.T. Ward@HTWardish

Lisa Murkowski is on the floor of the Senate complaining about an amendment being offered that “unfairly targets transgender individuals.” Yes, this is supposedly a Republican Senator. She is also complaining about the Act itself because it’s too hard to implement.

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P.T. Ward@HTWardish·
Lisa Murkowski is on the floor of the Senate complaining about an amendment being offered that “unfairly targets transgender individuals.” Yes, this is supposedly a Republican Senator. She is also complaining about the Act itself because it’s too hard to implement.
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Derek. 🇺🇸@SuitablePolitic·
😂😂 Plus, is the agenda anti-interventionism? Because nobody is going to scan for strength or the perception of power, where being physically fit helps most, from guys who think our warriors don't really need to be warriors anymore lol. It's more about empathy then.
Make SoCal Great Again@SoCal4547

@SuitablePolitic In what world is Tucker in better shape than my shitty governor?

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