I wonder if there’s some pressure being applied behind the scenes to local Dems

Yeah, it’s called the DN fucking C.

Capitulating to Trump is a party policy

Democrats are not the minority in California or Oregon or Minnesota or New York. Nevertheless, state and municipal leaders have rolled over to ICE, co-mingled local PD resources, and left grisley murders unprosecuted.

there’s no demand for Cybertrucks

I wish that were true. But the Cult of Elon is strong. I see quite a few of them in Houston

Males haven’t even hit beta yet?

This explains a lot

I like Ted Cruz because he’s not afraid to tell it like it is

Look at China. Look at Russia.

One of these things 🎵

Is not like the other 🎶

they say there is no resistance

There’s street resistance, but virtually no political opposition. At every level of government, Democrats are falling over to comply, even as their constituents scream in protest.

Collins regularly advertises herself as a moderate and makes a big show of complaining about the rest of the party to the media.

Waiting to hear how she shot herself in the back of the head six times before the immolation

What does someone in Maine get out of this?

Well, if you’re a fascist…

Get armed. Rice and beans, and generally about 2 weeks of food and water.

Maine lugging around a record number of “Fell For It Again” awards with that POS senator.

But better still is anyone who believed the “You need 60 votes to pass anything in the Senate” line we’ve been swallowing since Clinton.

When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal

Richard Nixon, 1977

I’m not going to explain the oil trade

To someone who works in it and sees the price figures every day?

I would love to see you try

Okay, but a bunch of highly paid lobbyists just showed up to bribe and browbeat us into caving immediately

US oil which costs 25x+ Saudi crude

West Texas Crude does not cost 25x Saudi Crude. Neither is it the primary US importer.

Saudi Arabian imports dropped to roughly 336,000–349,000 barrels per day (bpd) by 2023–2024, down from over one million bpd in previous years. Meanwhile, Canada is the largest supplier, accounting for roughly 55-61% of U.S. imports, followed by Mexico.

MAGA voters are not as numerous as anyone thinks they are.

The way liberals phrase it, MAGA is everyone who doesn’t vote straight ticket Dem after every election

I’m sure a few of them hate watched it.

Although, a big part of Talarico’s appeal is his method of seizing on conservative tulpas and twisting them to progressive ends.

If Talarico has a shot at the general, it’s going to be thanks to some number of MAGA voters buying into left populism. A bunch of the interview is just Talarico sayings he’s Christian and asking WWJD about education, health care, and immigration.

Why even be president if you can’t get weird with it?

It’s been something of a round-robin of oligarch friendly presidents year by year since Park’s assassination in '79.

That might be part of the problem.