Both Sides Are Using Democratic Politicians As Whataboutism Punching Bags And It Needs To Stop There is a particular kind of argument that has become so common in American political discourse that most people do not even notice it anymore. It hides in plain sight. It shows up in comment sections, in dinner table arguments,Continue reading “Stop the “what if Obama” whataboutism”
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Why I Believe MAGA Will Eventually Turn on ICE
One prediction I have about American politics is that eventually a significant portion of the MAGA movement is going to turn on ICE. Not all of them, of course. Political movements are rarely unanimous about anything. But I think there will come a moment when many of the same people who today defend ICE, praiseContinue reading “Why I Believe MAGA Will Eventually Turn on ICE”
The Three Stooges of the American Online “Left”
There is a particular kind of frustration that only comes from watching people with enormous platforms claim to speak for a movement they neither understand nor genuinely represent. It is not just disagreement. It is not even simple ideological distance. It is the exhaustion of watching the same three men repeatedly posture as the conscienceContinue reading “The Three Stooges of the American Online “Left””