Last night Bill Hill debated The Latest Begich. Hilarious that The Latest Begich touted his “resource development record.” What development? When’s the last time any resource development company entered a viable bid in any recent state or federal lease sale? I’ll wait. Let’s give Bill a shot at this job. Read more about him here…
Sarah Longwell is founder and publisher of the “No Nonsense News” site, the Bulwark (I reviewed her recent book here). For a decade she has been listening to focus groups talk about why they vote the way they vote. It provides a window out of our own silos to see viewpoints we won’t otherwise. I…
Right after I finished this book, I mean like the next day, Senator Eric Schmitt (R-Missouri) attempted to slam dunk former special prosecutor Jack Smith in a congressional hearing. Who stole the ball and swished it, with an assist from Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota). And then Schmitt, incensed that he had been (gasp!) found in…
Fun! (h/t Kottke) “The Mystery of Medbeds” by Molly Olmstead. Quote: “One woman, whom we’ll call Anna, told me of an aunt who, like many medbed believers, carries on all the old QAnon ideas: a still-living John F. Kennedy, secret reptilians in the British royal family, Democrats who eat babies.” Dana sez, I read this,…
October 8th debate for governor of Alaska. Just got my election pamphlet in the mail. Everything you need to know and a sample ballot besides. Find where to cast your vote here.
Her full speech at Carnegie, who stepped up to offer her a venue when everyone in D.C. was too scared to host her talking on this topic. A lot of what she is saying was echoed by Sarah Longwell in her recent book, but Slotkin is a lot more prescriptive. I do love someone who…
I don’t know that this will do a lick of good, but at least the AG tried. The gist. 1. First, we ask that publishers voluntarily withdraw their claim from books that have been long out of print, regardless of whether there is proof that rights have formally reverted under the contract. If a publisher…
A Facebook post from JKT showed up in my feed last night before bed– If he hadn’t had my vote before, he’d have it now. More about JKT here. Look up where to vote here.
By 2024 Sarah Longwell had conducted four hundred focus groups over eight years and she’s learned some things about American voters of every political persuasion, many of them quoted in this book. As she says in her introduction Listening to what Americans actually think is the only way we can understand why they think and…
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