2024 elections

Election of the weekend: Uruguay

By djw

In General

On November 22, 2024

Programming note: this series went on an unannounced hiatus this spring, thus missing coverage of a good deal of this year's incumbent-dumping excitement. My life took an unexpected twist that pulled me away from mundane things like blogging around that time, but things are getting...

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Why Have Economic Recovery When You Can Have Trumpism?

By Erik Loomis

On September 10, 2024

If facts about the economy mattered, Democrats would be running away with this election: Today’s Census Bureau data on earnings, income, and poverty in 2023 confirmed many of the predictions made in.

2024 Elections , politics

Is There a Case for an Open Convention?

By Dan Nexon

On July 20, 2024

San Jose News, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons I was on a group chat last night in which everyone involved, including me, was bashing the idea of an open convention..

Would you prefer a side of arsenic or cyanide with your meal?

By Dan Nexon

In Biden Administration

On July 18, 2024

The White House, CC BY 3.0 US https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/deed.en, via Wikimedia Commons This is a long post. You can skip to the end and get a summary. Also, I'm sure it's full of typos. I've been extremely resistant to the idea that we should replace Biden....

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The Polls Probably Aren’t Lying

By Erik Loomis

On May 20, 2024

I feel the need to reinforce much of what Paul has said recently. Joe Biden may very well lose this election and Donald Trump may very well be the 47th.

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Should the UAW Have Endorsed Biden?

By Erik Loomis

On February 6, 2024

President Joe Biden is greeted by Shawn Fain, President of the United Auto Workers, as he arrives to speak to a United Auto Workers' political convention, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024,.

Thinking About 2024

By Erik Loomis

In General

On July 6, 2023

Sabato has his first deep dive analysis of 2024 and the upshot is that this election will be decided in fewer states than ever before. He has only four states as tossups--Nevada, Arizona, Wisconsin, and Georgia. And while Wisconsin most certainly should be considered a...

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Should Democrats Want Donald Trump To Be The Republican Nominee in 2024?

By Erik Loomis

On November 12, 2022

I think the answer to this question is clearly yes. Now, I'm by no means downplaying the danger of Donald Trump. But the problem is that the entire Republican Party.

Burke305 He's on sabbatical, I think. I'm single, so I get to finish two books a week, watch a film or three, and a fair amount of writing. all while getting course work done.
Music Notes · February 3, 2025
mogwiko "read"
Music Notes · February 3, 2025
mogwiko dave was gone after hard line in 85. got back together (with gene, too!) in around 2003 for a bit (not including the lost time era). loomis hates phil
Music Notes · February 3, 2025
Manqueman Can't take us back to the OG Golden Age or earlier and have a non-political civil service. The most recent period Trump and the GOP are taking us to is the 1920s. Never hurts to study some...
Inside the civil service · February 3, 2025
Manqueman Absolute brilliant strip in the Village Voice RIP. Also wrote the screenplay for Carnal Knowledge. Also ghost wrote most of the last run of the Spirit strip. Actually protean unlike Loomis here who...
Music Notes · February 3, 2025