The vast majority of Jews who strongly identify with Israel have spent the past year being demonized by the left, and many lost friends and allies and have suffered professional repercussions. And yet we STILL showed up, en masse, to vote our liberal ideals. That says a lot.

Mother of a teen girl (in a blue state) and I can confirm.

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work dinners should be illegal. rob you from your family, pretend to enjoy drinking with strangers, get home late and feel horrible the next day. work breakfasts are aristocratic, separate lazy boys from early to rise men, feel great when you get to work, easily expensible

"Still, it wasn’t the Democratic party that nominated Trump three times. It wasn’t Democrats who shied away from the fight against Trump. It’s the Republican party that has deeply, catastrophically, perhaps decisively failed America this past decade." thebulwark.com/p/stop-handwri…

It’s not that they think they wouldn’t be confirmed, at least not in most cases. It’s that they want to plant a big flag early that there will be no transparency or oversight of Trump's wishes and power. Everything will be like this.

This word has started popping up more and more and it’s very disturbing. As a kid who grew up in the 80s in Boston this word was hard to eliminate from my vocabulary but now it sits in the category of “slur I would never utter.” Not sure why that’s not a widely held view.

1. It doesn't exist, unless you are rich. This is not "being a trad wife." This is "being rich." This is like posting a photo of Marie Antoinette and asking why any woman would work when she could just be Marie Antoinette. 2. Being a SAHM is work. It is a full time job. It is 24

Like at a base level "we are going to deregulate everything" and "we are going to get all the chemicals out of the food" are inherently contradictory.

You cannot have the things you want from regulations (safe food, clean water, clean air, safe products) without some burdens on business. There are better and worse ways to regulate, of course, but the idea that you can have one without the other is unserious thinking.

Must read for data and economics nerds.

They also have a universal health system that charges premiums based on income. What are we doing here?

My fave line is “it often takes being helped for us to be most helpful.” My Five Themes for 2025 by Tami M. Forman TamiMForman tamimforman.substack.com/p/my-five-them…

I did a little digging: Just in the House, there are 55 Dems in Congress currently 70 years old or older. Run for Something has helped elect qualified + talented millennials & gen Zers to state/local office in 53 of their districts. There is a bench. We are ready. Time to lead.