It was always clear that at least some of Nick Funetes’ traffic has been the result of bots. The only question is how much. Lately I have become more and more suspicious that the answer is “an enormous amount.” But … Continue reading →
I’ve read a wide variety of analyses of the results, from “it’s really a plus-ten-point GOP district, so this is exactly as expected” to “the Republican should have done a lot better and this is a wake-up call.” Roger L. … Continue reading →
Good news: the Republican Matt Van Epps has defeated Democratic Socialist Aftyn Behn in Tennessee’s special election to replace retiring House member Mark Green. With 95% of the vote in, he won by five points. This was in a district … Continue reading →
These special elections and/or off-year elections have been going especially poorly. This one in Tennessee should be an easy win for the Republican, but polls say it’s not: Special elections are notorious for yielding unexpected results because they tend to … Continue reading →
It’s a saying that’s probably as old as the internet: But sometimes it’s possible to tell. And X has just made it a lot easier by rolling out a feature – first temporary but which supposedly will become permanent – … Continue reading →
I found the following at Ace’s: DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican Hello Alex, You say your work is dedicated to strengthening democracy. I have one simple question for you. In your 30th anniversary publication, you had an article from your longtime … Continue reading →
From Robert Graboyes: If you and I have lunch together, I would be DELIGHTED to discuss history, science, art, music, architecture, economics, aviation, archaeology, travel, pets, cinema, television, numismatics, literature, sports, ethics, food, genetics, fashion, gardening, weather, family, transportation, agriculture, … Continue reading →
Trump has called on the GOP to vote for the release of all the Epstein files, and get down to touting their accomplishments and achieving more for the American people. One can conclude from this that such a release would … Continue reading →
This isn’t really primarily about Megyn Kelly, but I mention her because she’s somehow gotten herself involved in the entire Fuentes/Owens/Carlson/Shapiro brouhaha. It’s hard to write about any of this without sounding like a junior high school gossip – “he … Continue reading →
[Part I here. Part II here.] I originally was going to write a two-parter about Tucker Carlson, which seemed like plenty – more than enough. So to all of you who think I’ve gone on way too long about him, … Continue reading →
I guess the Democrats were waiting for last Tuesday’s election. They thought the shutdown would help them win – especially in Virginia, home of the federal worker, and that they could successfully blame it on the GOP. Now they can … Continue reading →
I’d heard for a while that the Democrats were planning to keep the shutdown going till Tuesday’s election, because they thought it would help them, and then after that some sort of compromise would be reached since the shutdown had … Continue reading →