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The Left Edge of the Possible: CJR profiles The American Prospect A staggering percentage of my effort posts are either sourced from or summarizing The Prospect and I've been pretty clear in my admiration of David Dayen and what he's been able to do during his time there. Columbia Journalism Review profiles his work and goes deep into the history of the magazine that was previously best known as Kuttner, Starr, and Reich's directionless answer to The Nation and The New Republic. Or for the bloggers it spawned: quote:Not long after the magazine debuted, two of its cofounders were drafted into high-profile roles in the Clinton administration: Starr helped formulate Clinton’s ill-fated healthcare proposal, while Reich was appointed secretary of labor and became one of Clinton’s closest advisers. In later years the Prospect ran a group blog, Tapped, which was an important node in the progressive blogosphere of the aughts and launched the careers of Ezra Klein, Matthew Yglesias, Dana Goldstein, Adam Serwer, and Jamelle Bouie, among others. The column is as masturbatory as you'd expect, but I do find it interesting that Dayen appears to have been accurate in his assessment when taking over the magazine: quote:Dayen told me that he took the Prospect job because it offered an opportunity to do something that other progressive magazines weren’t The Day One Agenda is still probably the cornerstone of Dayen's time in charge, and one of the most impactful works of activist journalism in a decade. How we broke the supply chain does a better job of explaining inflation than the Fed or a thousand wonks, and he's one of the only writers who kept his eye on the ball well enough to explain how the Inflation Reduction Act came to pass -- with a memory longer than the past couple months. If you're someone who likes to know the "why" behind successes and failures and would like it answered without being prefaced by "The reason it's not Biden's fault is", I can't recommend their work enough. Even (and especially) when I disagree.
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JazzFlight posted:He keeps tweeting that it's low, but it's been creeping up in my area the past few weeks, so it's a bit of a "don't trust your lying eyes" situation? Prices have started dropping again in the last week or so.
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:The comedy theory that Elon is speedrunning the Lowtax business model is becoming more true by the day. He just announced that if your account is banned from Twitter, then you can buy it back for $8. https://twitter.com/CaseyNewton/status/1589796702843998208?s=20&t=427Gmx6wUWdNf0bgS9TGBA
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$10 to tweet, $10 to get back in if you get suspended. $5 to change your display name. $10 to change someone else's display name. Then just keep on following the taxman's example
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Nov 8, 2022 18:29
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Musk is essentially just Lowtax with money
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Well that guarantees Goldbelly's bottom line for quite a while, I'd guess.
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Captain_Maclaine posted:Well that guarantees Goldbelly's bottom line for quite a while, I'd guess. lowtax spawned an industry of overpriced cookies and that's how we got crumbl. Which, btw, is not worth it and way to doughy.
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Jaxyon posted:lowtax spawned an industry of overpriced cookies and that's how we got crumbl.
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FlamingLiberal posted:Musk is essentially just Lowtax with money except SA was actually profitable even with Lowtax at the helm (he just claimed it wasn't so he could get cookie money)
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Nov 8, 2022 18:55
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Bold of them to LP Dangan Ronpa on Twitter I guess.
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FlamingLiberal posted:Yeah my wife likes those but I am not a fan, they do seem too doughy As a doughy cookie enjoyer, they are heavenly to me
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The Chad Jihad posted:As a doughy cookie enjoyer, they are heavenly to me OK, but how do you like your cookies?
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haveblue posted:OK, but how do you like your cookies? 
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I guarantee Trump believes that there is some sort of legal forcefield you get when you are a presidential candidate. One thing I hope happens is we get an accounting of how the money donated to the Trump campaign after 2020 was spent. I would find that absolutely hilarious. I bet there is a line item for hookers that has a funny name and the amount spent on BigMacs is going to be astounding.
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So what's the chance Trump took a bunch of classified dirt on DeSantis with him as he left office? https://twitter.com/GabbyOrr_/status/1590069212839825408?s=20&t=jK9qN1F6fdodAwrhGHf51Q
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skylined! posted:So what's the chance Trump took a bunch of classified dirt on DeSantis with him as he left office?
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Speaking of which https://twitter.com/freedlander/status/1590105928405114880?s=20&t=OWL299vu37Et9dLwZQkvEQ That's more than I would have expected.
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FlamingLiberal posted:Speaking of which That's a joke because that's what Trump did with Stormy Daniels.
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I thought that sounded familiar, but there have been so many Trump scandals I totally forgot
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:That's a joke because that's what Trump did with Stormy Daniels. I was going to ask if Trump and DeSantis visit the same porn stars when they are cheating on their wives?
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Madkal posted:I was going to ask if Trump and DeSantis visit the same porn stars when they are cheating on their wives? Buddy, they took advantage of the 2-for-1 special!
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Isn't it pretty well known that DeSantis benefited the most (besides Trump) from the Podesta hack?
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FlamingLiberal posted:Speaking of which It's fake.
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Why do we need any inside dish on DeSantis like what are they going to drop on us, that he's a massively unpleasant pervy loser who lives in the fascism of his own head? Shocker
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Staluigi posted:Why do we need any inside dish on DeSantis like what are they going to drop on us, that he's a massively unpleasant pervy loser who lives in the fascism of his own head? Shocker It'd be interesting as far as its effect on Republican infighting and whether Trump is viable in 2024.
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The only "dirt" I can see Trump having on DeSantis that would actually be effective is if DeSantis did something kind to someone. Like if he rescued a Trans persons kitten or something. If Trump's dirt is some awful racist or rapist type poo poo that's just going to boost DeSantis chances of winning the GOP primary.
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I'm not thrilled about tonight's inevitable GOP blowout. What worries me more, though, is that it's going to be parlayed into a self justifying stance that the new election laws and all the bullshit they got up to are proof that "this time it wasn't stolen" and this time we won. See what happens when we rin poo poo FAIR? I mean, they're gonna do that anyway but it's going to be, to many, the old magic rock that keeps the tigers away rather than just, you know, the fact that they actually won the elections.
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skylined! posted:So what's the chance Trump took a bunch of classified dirt on DeSantis with him as he left office? A 747 and a 757 are VERY different aircraft. He has the latter.
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So...like I don't follow DeSantis, but hearing about his insane donations and voter adds just now he's totally stealing that election, isn't he?
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SpeakSlow posted:So...like I don't follow DeSantis, but hearing about his insane donations and voter adds just now he's totally stealing that election, isn't he?
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Fart Amplifier posted:It's fake. The article or Trump's theoretical claims? Because I don't think Trump is in a hurry to exactly check the veracity of something if it helps him in any way.
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ReidRansom posted:A 747 and a 757 are VERY different aircraft. He has the latter. Is trump's 757 even operational? Last I heard it was down an engine and mouldering away at some airfield in new jersey
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charlie crist lost....Im so freaking surprised. He has lost as a republican, a democrat, and an independent. He will probably run under the libertarian party next time. I mean he already has a hat trick of losing might as well go the distance.
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ManBoyChef posted:charlie crist lost....Im so freaking surprised. He has lost as a republican, a democrat, and an independent. He will probably run under the libertarian party next time. I mean he already has a hat trick of losing might as well go the distance. Little-known fact: actually managing to lose a race as the nominee of every major and at least three minor parties results in a buffer underflow and your immediate installation as God-Emperor of America.
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Quorum posted:Little-known fact: actually managing to lose a race as the nominee of every major and at least three minor parties results in a buffer underflow and your immediate installation as God-Emperor of America. Do you still turn into a sandworm?
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Bel Shazar posted:Do you still turn into a sandworm? It’s Florida, so you turn into a gator
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https://twitter.com/JCColtin/status/1590173922410233856 This is supposedly good news for Maloney? Weird. Then again, should any DNCC be in trouble? Ugh.
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rscott posted:Is trump's 757 even operational? Last I heard it was down an engine and mouldering away at some airfield in new jersey It was recently put back into service.
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Mooseontheloose posted:Did Joe Biden try the gas price low button? Maybe he should try that. Florida instituted a state gas tax holiday that expired on October 31. I wonder how many extra votes Ron got in the polls due to Florida voters' demonstrable abject idiocy and subsequent blaming of gas prices on Joe Biden.
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Sub Par posted:It was recently put back into service. All those donations for FREEDOM doing their job
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