Abortion is a bad example here, but it is one hundred percent true that we need candidates who can compete in deep red contexts, and that means taking positions at odds with the national party. If you want to know why that doesn't compromise national policy goals, think about why you hate Collins.

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The thread is a trip. It's dull as can be but it's like literally overhearing libs at brunch passionately debating what the democratic party should do "going forward". And the brunchers think it's exceeding clever, canny, and good politics for the dems to boldly move to the right. I assume "Collins" means Susan Collins. But I could be wrong.

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Edit

I googled the Bluesky poster. I didn't expect to find anything but I uncovered this gem.

Daniel Nexon

Nexon co-edited a volume titled Harry Potter and International Relations, published in 2006, that applies international relations theorizing to the world of Harry Potter and the politics of Harry Potter in general.

[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Nexon co-edited a volume titled Harry Potter and International Relations, published in 2006, that applies international relations theorizing to the world of Harry Potter and the politics of Harry Potter in general.

no fucking way

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

way

When I googled him I had no idea he had a Wikipedia page. I assumed he was some uber-turbo-shitlib rando professor.

[–] AernaLingus@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not only can they not read another book, they can't even write another book! Truly beyond parody.

Also,

A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. (October 2019)

The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for academics. (October 2019)

lol. lmao, even

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago

2019

Now I wonder if he, himself, created the page via a sockpuppet. And lucky for him - the page is in a Goldilocks zone. It gets enough page views so it hasn't been deleted yet. But it doesn't get enough view to create enough interest to get it deleted.

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 15 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe they should run Adolf Hitler’s skull fragments. If they promise to enact the Nuremberg Race Laws I think that should secure the election.

[–] TerminalEncounter@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago

Whats his opinion on Medicare For All, that should tell you what he really thinks about letting dems run popular positions against the DNC

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Well luckily they'll all be getting gassed in six years anyway and then they'll finally stop running right wing candidates

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 14 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Neera Tanden escaped to New Zeeland and she has a daily podcast. She starts every episode by saying: "This is the podcast HashtagTheNeoResistance. The United States will be a City upon a Hill again."

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Concentrated liberalism is being forced onto an even more deeply liberal settler colony? The depravity of it all

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Many years in the future - Tanden continues to refuse to address the rumors that she's in a relationship with a techbro American pro-Trump ten digit billionaire, she lives in his $187 million (US) mansion, and she broadcasts from the mansion's super-lux TandenPodRoom.

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago

Holy shit

[–] miz@hexbear.net 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

she moved to NZ? for real?

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago

No. Unless I'm posting 9.666 years in the future.