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I mean, we have our share of hard right wingers in this state.... but there are parts of Dallas or Houston that are as Democratic in how they vote as anywhere else in the country (not to mention the Austin/SA corridor). Just as there are places in Pennsylvania who are as Republican as a number of counties here. The Electoral College tends to obscure that.... people (on both sides, I might add) just write places off because of a few percentage points one way or another. Just setting aside everything else about the EC, it's just corrosive IMO

This is all correct, of course. But it doesn't really make the system any less corrosive. People focus on the Electoral College in terms of outcomes (ie. 2016), but I sort of hate how it just distills all national campaigns down to less than 10 states and how it creates this system where people judge states based on how they vote electorally. Not directed at anyone in particular, but all the people who trash Texas or Florida and say "they deserve it" whenever something bad happens in either state seem to act like how the states voted in a particular election is a statement on the actual population of those states. When some 46% of Texans and 48% of Floridians (ie. damn near half in each state) didn't vote for Trump in 2020. I know it's not going to change, but it's just corrosive as hell. And all the arguments in favor of it that argue about how it helps protect the interests of small states are just crap.... if anything, it makes it easier to ignore the 40+ states that aren't competitive.

My recollection (similar to his mentor Rush) is that he tends to claim that he isn't a journalist, but likes to be treated like one whenever he comes under any sort of scrutiny (such as now with these texts)

I'll take "Things I Never Said" for $1000, Alex... (or Mayim Bialik or whoever)

As alarming as some of the polling data coming out about R voters views on 1/6 (and how views have hardened as such), generally speaking, 2/3rds still do not like what happened on 1/6 last year. That's the vast majority of voters For him, there is very little to gain from having a big 1/6 press conference (when public attention on the events of last year are higher) when he can go do big mega rallies on any other day of the year and peddle the same falsehoods over and over when it's not high on everyone's mind.

Isn't Hannity's whole schtick (presumably to defend the falsehoods he peddles) for the past 10103453802 years been that he isn't a journalist?

As always, it's bad when it's Chris Cuomo.... but when it's Sean Hannity? Crickets.

What exactly does a "tear down" entail? Our system isn't perfect, but it's preferable to one where we, as citizens, have no say in who our leaders are. And when other countries "tear down" or "enter into emergencies", their citizens tend to lose that right. Portugal, Spain, Paraguay, Chile... history is littered with examples. And January 6th, for it's part, was proof that there are at least some in society who would trade that all in if they could get the leader they wanted. Concerning to say the least.

Im sure some of the over-40s men may want to comment?

Also easier said than done given how much people's identities are set these days. Trump's impeachments are a great example: the facts and the case never would have mattered. With a few exceptions, the only thing that mattered was tribal identities. That's it.

It has to be strictly based on that lineage and ethnicity. I just think culturally (setting aside Presidential politics) they are radically different places. At least from my experience.

We are way too polarized for impeachment to carry much weight anymore. The second Trump one, which was the most bipartisan in history and a slam dunk on the merits, was the nail in the coffin as far as I'm concerned.

I mean, there were Republicans who wanted to impeach Obama on day one too. I know a few.

Migration patterns in the 1800s... Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois are filled with towns named by settlers who came from places from Upstate New York. The maps take on Appalachia is absolute horseshit tho. West Texas has very little in common with West Virginia.

Cable news sucks in general. It's too opinion and personality driven.

Truly shocking. /s

Facebook sucks, Exhibit 1000000

No shit... Madden seems about the least political man on the face of the earth. He should be congratulated for it

You're beginning to sound like that fella who used to be on the old board 😉

Jim Cramer: The Chuck Todd of Wall Street

Here's the full context clip, folks.

Reminds me of the "non partisan" types who decry the lack of civility in political discourse from the left while being silent or ignoring it from the far right.

Considering how the leadup to Christmas was covered by the media, that headline is legit shocking.

Just my two cents, but I think Wasserman and the other redistricting gurus underestimated the degree to which GOP mapmakers would draw lines to shore up incumbents versus going on offense. Certainly the case in Texas.... they could have maybe squeezed a few more seats out of the maps at the federal and state levels, but they would have left themselves vulnerable later in bad cycles should trends around DFW/Austin/Houston continue.