I think the UHC murder is a glue trap for the Dems. Besides the fact that a lot of the Left is dropping receipts left and right, a not-insignificant number of progs won't be able to resist throwing in with the usual left-wing sympathetic talking points. It's going to give centrist Dems an Excedrin headache.
Topic suggestion for future volumes: speculation about a “Biden Files” from the Trump administration, likely with technical assistance from Musk acolytes. As a Democrat, I’m curious about this possibility, both out of morbid curiosity and to brainstorm how Democrats should ideally respond, as well as how they are likely to respond in actuality.
There is a way out of the longshoremen's strike once and for all. But it won't be cheap. But it may make economic sense long-term, running the numbers.
Get all of the port operators to promise/fund a gold-plated retirement for all current ILA members and then commence to world-class port automation with a promise from the union to not interfere.
Won't have to pay it all at once; you could cash out the ILA members as they retire or are made redundant. They will be needed for the transition to automation.
Re: Luigi Mangione, no one seems to have considered that if, maybe 6 months ago, a few loud voices had focused the outrage machine really effectively on the issue of excessive health insurance profits, vilifying the industry leaders by name, and THEN this murder had occurred, everyone would be falling all over themselves saying that the overly hostile rhetoric had provoked the crime.
I think the UHC murder is a glue trap for the Dems. Besides the fact that a lot of the Left is dropping receipts left and right, a not-insignificant number of progs won't be able to resist throwing in with the usual left-wing sympathetic talking points. It's going to give centrist Dems an Excedrin headache.
Liking this format—keep them coming, please.
Topic suggestion for future volumes: speculation about a “Biden Files” from the Trump administration, likely with technical assistance from Musk acolytes. As a Democrat, I’m curious about this possibility, both out of morbid curiosity and to brainstorm how Democrats should ideally respond, as well as how they are likely to respond in actuality.
There is a way out of the longshoremen's strike once and for all. But it won't be cheap. But it may make economic sense long-term, running the numbers.
Get all of the port operators to promise/fund a gold-plated retirement for all current ILA members and then commence to world-class port automation with a promise from the union to not interfere.
Won't have to pay it all at once; you could cash out the ILA members as they retire or are made redundant. They will be needed for the transition to automation.
Re: Luigi Mangione, no one seems to have considered that if, maybe 6 months ago, a few loud voices had focused the outrage machine really effectively on the issue of excessive health insurance profits, vilifying the industry leaders by name, and THEN this murder had occurred, everyone would be falling all over themselves saying that the overly hostile rhetoric had provoked the crime.
If this weren't a left-coded issue they most certainly would have blamed "violent right-wing rhetoric" and demanded MOAR gun control.