It’s not a coincidence that Kamala adopted much more moderate policies when she didn’t have to win a partisan primary first. The political system would be much more functional with the top 4 from a nonpartisan primary continuing on to a general election with ranked choice voting.

Not having to pander to the crazy extremes in a primary is / would be a massive unlock for the US.

Great post from tylercowen on the many flaws with an unrealized capital gains tax. It’s an economic policy that would directly penalize the most dynamic industries that have made America the #1 economy in the world. marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolu…

Hamas filmed each hostage before they executed them. They terrorized and brutalized Hersh, Eden, Carmel, Alex, Ori and Almog until their last moment of life. Hamas is pure evil. And there is no reasoning or negotiating with evil.

BREAKING: Hamas admits it murdered the 6 hostages because the Israeli Army came too close to where they were keeping them imprisoned. Spokesman Abu Obaida: “the instructions issued to the guards are clear on what to do if the occupying army comes close to site of detention”

Someone please look at this graph and tell me what was so great about the past.

From 2012 to 2020 there were massive shifts in Democratic vote share as white voters polarized by education. Tens of millions of Americans have changed their partisan identity. Of course people are persuadable.

**CHANGING ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION IN THE UNITED STATES HAS ZERO NET EFFECT ON GLOBAL WARMING** These articles are insane. Run your AC! Live your life! US already <15% of CO2 emissions and shrinking to <10%. We don't matter. Purely about China/India.

Tweets from Zach Weinberg Biggest tell that someone is completely unserious is being obsessed with climate change and never mentioning India/China

This is why we have a national housing crisis:

The world is not “going to shit.” We live in the best time in human history by most measures.

Here is an interesting fact. The following table shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of the entire US versus that of the seven swing states. Note that Hispanics are very underrepresented in the swing states.

Trump would also hike spending on defense, vets, & border while letting SocSec & Medicare shortfalls rise to $2.2 trillion annually by 2034. Budget deficits would approach $5 trillion within a decade. There is nothing "conservative" about refusing to pay for your spending spree

Harris' proposed 33% capital gains tax is at least more plausible than Biden's absurd 44.6% proposal. (remember, this tax is paid on both inflation and real gains). But worth noting that - historically - capital gains tax hikes have lost revenue, while cuts have raised revenue.

“Voters really really hate electric cars, please stop talking about them” ICYMI: David Shor's talk for @thebti dialogue dives into what issues truly matter (and which should take a back seat) based on millions of polls youtube.com/watch?v=bLcP5j…

All must watch this.

They don’t want you to know about this

Pretty hard for Trumpists to argue "all that matters is keeping those crazy leftists out of power!" when Trump is arguably left of Harris on foreign & economic policy and now only nominally pro-life. Unless you're a single-issue immigration conservative (and, duh, mass

Honestly Harris should do more of this stuff too but her campaign is being run by people with PTSD over Biden's inability to speak extemporaneously.