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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This applies to both parties. Some candidates are so appalling that you should cross party lines to vote against them

Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Creating a new AI regulatory agency using existing models means massively increasing Presidential power. I'm not sure we want to be doing that.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This should be fairly obvious but: the only way Palestinians will have a state is if they convince Israelis that such a state will not endanger Israel or any Israelis.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This is very true. Trump isn't that focused on consolidating authoritarian power. His Republican successor might be.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This is really dangerous. But General Milley acted correctly on Jan 6, 2021.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Very true. Also, they probably would be alarmed if leaders in the opposition party proposed to break it a lot by packing the Supreme Court.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

We're very unlikely to do this. The conditions that led to this happening just no longer obtain.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Consistently, primary voters are pushing positions that the voters who decide general elections nationally are uncomfortable with.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Unfortunately, true. Not because we it's impossible but because our country unfortunately seems determined to continue down this road for quite a while.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Which one? Russia is already engaged in a stupid, military adventure. Iran's military is limited and China is moving on its own timeline. America just doesn't have that many adversaries, though Trump is doing his best to manage that.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

So at the moment: (1) we're in a perpetual war with Iran without clear goals or strategy;(2) we've launched a trade war against our closest ally and a major economic partner; (3) we've weakened our economy in several different ways;(4) damaged our healthcare, food safety and research pipelines; 1/n

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Vance quite likely is worse than Trump.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Let me introduce you to Donald Trump and MAGA....they have no idea how to run a business.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

In two years Donald Trump has done a staggering amount to Make America Worse, poorer and weaker.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Dana Nessel is an excellent public servant and we'd all be much better off if she had run for the Senate.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A reasonable and possibly generous estimate is that a quarter of our 45 Presidents have been utter disasters. Once upon a time this didn't much matter...but either we need better ways to select a President, easier ways to remove one or a less powerful Presidency. Possibly all three.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Largely that is incorrect. Science is very much a team effort. To the extent that some individuals deserve more credit for the COVID vaccine, Dr. Fauci isn't at the top of the list

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Trump has little he wants to accomplish and doesn't believe in legislating or law. And, if there's a Dem Congress, he has a veto. So he just doesn't care what happens in the fall. (He's probably wrong, but that seems to be what's going on.)

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

People who are very upset and very unserious:

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I'm not sure this is totally true, but it's a lot easier to destroy trust than to build it.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Because Kushner is one of the few reasonably intelligent, rational and somewhat independent people who can influence our utterly corrupt and insane President.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This is historically interesting and shows another major long term problem Trump is causing.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Republicans are losing because inflation remains high, tariffs are bad, we went to war for unclear reasons and aren't winning, ICE is lawless, and even grading on a curve Republicans have done almost nothing for America or Americans.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The issue isn't that the leader of DSA is a rich nepo baby (though he is), it's that he's lying about it by claiming to be a member of the actual working class ... a union electrician.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Within single digits of the all-time modern low (Truman’s 22%). For once, I have faith in him.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Focusing on the slur isn't reasonable in this case. It used to be, because basic competence and connection to reality could be presumed. But that's no longer true.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I am a die hard capitalist. But for profit prisons are an abomination.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Worth a read to understand the Democratic Party.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Appalling that this needs to be said. More appalling that a couple of Dem Senate candidates have been lying and implying the opposite.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The first and biggest problem with these kinds of takes is that they imagine that the views of the extreme right wing are coherent and that they are forward thinking.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The problem is that many more Republican primary voters are pro-Trump than realize that it's in America's interest to maintain its alliance with South Korea and fulfill its commitments. So for Republicans except Lisa Murkowski or in Vermont, blaming Trump is politically stupid.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This would require a constitutional amendment. Anything else here is just faking it

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

A history of both ridiculous predictions and extraordinary results.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Merrick Garland prided himself on his independence from the White House. How much support do you think there is among Democrats for an Attorney General who is independent of the White House in a Democratic administration?

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

But mostly that reflects that technology has advanced and gatekeeping has declined in a way that makes this possible.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

It's not likely that this order would be illegal. We seem to generally have a standard where the President is allowed to bomb whichever country he wants. Given our current President, this isn't a good thing.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

No, it's worse. It's equivalent to refusing to bake a cake for a gay person for any reason.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

True enough, though I think it misses the degree to which people especially men and boys were once upon a time shunned for not liking sports.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The goal is to get a majority, not to be the best at fan service.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

But the failure to treat Johnson as Arday was treated was ultimately disastrous. One would hope that a future Johnson would be treated more harshly, not that a future Arday would be treated more leniently.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

This framing is literally insane. Interest on our debt is paid to all who lend us money, whether individuals (rich or not) or institutions. And everyone used to pay higher taxes, not just the rich.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

This is true of a lot of things. There is a group of power spenders that account for a disproportionate share of revenue. But the problem is that the analytics give a unique ability to exploit the vulnerable.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Because the President is the commander in chief of the military and head of the executive branch in which the Department of the Navy resides. Trump is single-handedly illustrating the incredible downside of a unitary executive.

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Inquisitive Ursa @inquisitiveursa.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

There actually needed and needs to be far more coverage. But it needs to focus more on the committee and department and administration that hired him. Because this is a systemic failure and Arday leaving is woefully insufficient.

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