Biden's economic theory was that you can rapidly increase the wages of the poorest workers and the ensuing inflation could be mitigated with a soft landing. This proved correct, and voters hated it so much that no one will ever try it again.

I feel like I say this every election cycle, but try to avoid election analysis that just confirms your priors. I wish the country were more progressive on the whole, but this administration enacted some of the most progressive economic policies in decades, and it didn't matter.

I was thinking about this earlier. In hindsight, how could we not think that a once-in-a-lifetime global pandemic would have major political and societal ramifications?

I know it's inevitable after an election loss to try to cast blame, but if your initial response to what happened on Tuesday is to throw trans people under the bus, you can just fuck all the way off.

Biden's four point victory in the popular vote in 2020 was the sign of a closely divided nation. Trumps' one point victory in 2024 is a clear mandate for Christian nationalism.

Well if this didn't just make me burst into tears unexpectedly.

My absolute favorite post-election activity is listening to people from across the political spectrum confidently say that if the Democrats had simply catered to their very specific pet issue, we would have won. GTFOH.

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"Each had their pros and cons. For example, Trump took away abortion rights, built an $8.4 trillion debt, and incited an insurrection when he lost to Joe Biden. Still, Kamala Harris’s economic plan needed a little more detail. It really was a toss-up." mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-don…

The glass of wine behind her is just chef's😘

Someone please explain to me why you would ever trust Manchin and Sinema to go along with this and approve Biden's nominee?

"When you google “Jenna Maroney” now, I come up first - not the Jenna Maroney who electrocuted all those horses." "That was you, Jenna." Maybe my all time favorite 30 Rock quote.

This is a good bill. If the landlord hires the broker, they should pay the fee, it's as simple as that.

Hmmm, there's something different about these two photos. I can't quite figure it out.

Schatz says Dems should pump the brakes on the election takes: “I think anyone who's got a neat and tidy theory of the case, exactly one week after we lost, is full of shit.” “I think we need to take our time here and do some very, very hard thinking”

Anyone "reporting" that Trump named whoever to the "Department of Government Efficiency" should include in their tweets that such a department doesn't exist and can only be created by an act of Congress. Great example of when you don't just have to repeat the made-up nonsense

If we can just sue other states for things we don't like about them, then I would like to sue New Jersey over jughandles and not being able to pump my own gas.

Ugh, this is annoyingly correct.

Providing every student across our state with free meals at school will support hardworking families and help ensure our kids don't have to skip meals or learn on an empty stomach. We need universal free school meals in New York.