My shorthand for the approach we most need in election coberage is this:
"Not the odds, but the stakes."
How does this work in practice? Margaret Sullivan answers that in The Guardian today. "Now’s the time to think about just how bad a DeSantis presidency would be."
Over the coming year and a half, Republican talking points will be focused on making you feel unsettled about a President Kamala Harris. They'll play on race, sex, and the "Kamala is a cop" themes to divide Democrats, independents, and lefties. Make up your mind right now not to fall for that bullshit, esp. if you're an independent who likes to think you're not a racist or a sexist.
If you don't want theofascism, you must take the chance on Biden...AND Harris. #USPol#politics
THAT TIME JOE BIDEN WAS BANNED FROM NEGOTIATING WITH REPUBLICANS
Biden negotiating a debt ceiling with Kevin McCarthy was Harry Reid’s worst nightmare
After the last time Biden, as Vice President, entered such negotiations, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ordered the White House to NEVER send him down again.
Biden did such a bad job that he got a worse deal out of Mitch McConnell than McConnell had already agreed to give Reid.
The question that many gay and trans people are wondering is not, “Can Ron DeSantis get elected?”but instead, “How many of us will end up dead if he does?” #USpol#politics#LGBTQ#fascism
Trans People Are Avoiding Whole U.S. States to Stay Safe
“I wouldn’t even try to get a motel in rural America right now,” said one trans woman,
as GOP politicians & rightwing media stoke suspicion, fear, & hatred against LGBTQ people
GOP politicians have introduced more than 500 anti-trans bills just this year, incl bans on gender-affirming care & drag shows & bathrooms bills prohibiting trans ppl using washrooms corresponding to their gender
When news broke that Ron #DeSantis would announce a run for #POTUS this week, I went through what he and R’s have done in #FL. What I found was more disturbing than I anticipated.
He represents the antithesis of liberty. Voting for him is casting a vote for division. It might be a vote for fascism in the US. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers from this country gave their lives to fight against. #USpol#Politics
It's very frustrating to recall that the Dems had an opportunity to raise the #debtlimit during the lame-duck but a few rejected the idea and Biden didn't push it in part because his people thought they could "win" a #GOP hostage standoff.
That's false. The Dems did not have an opportunity to raise the #debtlimit during the lame-duck period. A debt limit bill can be filibustered just like any other bill.
Just as with the ACA, Republicans keep moving the goalposts. They don't want a deal, because they want a default and a tanked economy to help them in 2024. Enough of this extortion. It's time to have a Constitutional fight over the debt ceiling. #poltics#USpol
When you can buy any gun you want at the store next door and go kill a bunch of kids in their school, but kids cannot read a poem in a book because one single person would find it had "indirectly hate messages", then you know that you live in a sick political system.
Worse, you know there isn't ANY other civilized society where such a thing can happen.
Georgia was originally readmitted to the Union in July 1868. But just two months later, in September, the Democratically controlled Georgia Assembly, with a total of 196 members, voted to expel all 33 of its Black elected officials.
Remember when people here used to #CW their posts on the latest #USPol atrocities so that on days when your entire ability to absorb horror and violence and racism and homophobia and transphobia and 37 other forms of injustice has already been consumed and you are fully into outrage fatigue, you could just STOP the onslaught and start fresh tomorrow?
Pepperidge Farm remembers. And Pepperidge Farm would really like it if people would re-adopt that norm, but since that's clearly not happening, a couple of Brussels®️ and a scoop of ice cream will have to do.