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One theory i had about the DOD shakeup is that Elon wants to end the F35 program. My buddy said he’s never going to be able to go up against the fighter mafia.

This is the fulcrum.

Lots of this sort of thing going on

Looks like the center-Right in Germany is going to get the win but that East Germany is almost all afD. That's Putin's old stomping grounds.

No, your Dem rep is already motivated. The people in the Red districts need to scare, shock and disrupt the GOP reps. The point is both protest and disruption of their lives.

it was 2010...the 15 year mark ago.

Per the poli sci guys the real wave elections come once every 15 years and will sweep away a lot of people not normally seen as marginal. The people who are able to stem the tide in those are the ones who keep their fingers on the pulse of their local electorates. Now, Elon can probably spend and carpet bomb campaigns in an unfettered way now that he's got control of the Federal Treasury for his own ends. Hard to measure the effects of Elonunism.

the ones in competitive districts that don't do them won't last long.

The spectacle of a town hall that goes bad will quickly turn to refusing to do town halls. Refusing to do town halls means they lose touch with the voter. That's what will cost them their seats. Elon's money is a powerful weapon but he also wasn't elected and he's ruining people's lives.

Kinzinger and Tim Miller were calling it today. The centrist Tea Party that rails against the power of Elon Musk is going to have legs. The Town Halls will have an impact.

He seems like a nice guy.

Be sure to keep your life alert on, honey. The paramedics are busy these days and they might not find your body until your Corgi has eaten your face.

Do they really want him stabbed by the Senate?

That's how you do it. Why not fight over the most marginalized people for the least important issue in the country. He's the problem. Not the trans kids.

Oh man.

Postal workers have a nice system of benefits. The envy of the Federal workforce. Also, they famously will respond to grievances via a strong union.

DOGE This?

Not that Mulaney also comes from some comfort. The starving artist thing...not easy to pull off.

he's great.

Who made the comment that of the 900 or so hosts only two had committed murder.

My wife would like nothing more than for our daughter to be Gilda. I keep explaining to her that Gilda's dad was a hotel magnate.

The idea that any of this is "Conservative" is a possible leverage point. People might not want trans and furry rights but they definitely don't want to be on a plane falling out of the sky or die from a disease because of idiotic cuts done by some [edit] UNELECTED ketamine edge lord.

necessary

There is this scene in the German movie Stalingrad where the squad gather around their officer after countless degradations and desperate situations. Finally, after the high command lie to them about something or another the officer agrees to break out from the pocket with "I no longer feel bound by my oath" which is pretty shocking for a German Army officer to say. The good news: A lot, lot of honorable people in DC are doing the opposite and digging in against this wave of anti-Constitutional thuggery. Hopefully the courts can help many. Kash Patel stands with the J6 thugs. He's with the gallows bringers and cop beaters.