Soft Rain

How many anti-Biden articles did your publication print again?

Armored Core, back in 1997.

Blast from the Past: Campaign Rhetoric vs. Policy Reality, a study in irony Shoutout to James Medlock for digging up this relic from the 2008 Presidential primariy race: A lit piece from then-Senator Barack Obama's campaign slamming then-Senator Hillary Clinton over her insistence on her proposed healthcare policy bill including an Individual Mandate Penalty. How many Republican talking points can you spot below? There's a lot going on here. For starters, the couple on the first page are basically 2008 versions of "Harry & Louise"...it's a white, middle-age, middle-class suburban couple poring over their finances. Considering that the 1993 "Hillarycare" proposal was destroyed in large part due to the health insurance lobby's successful series of Harry & Louise "there's got to be a better way" ads, Obama using this same tactic had to sting. Second, the "...even if you can't afford it" slam is included no fewer than five times. I'm pretty sure Hillary's 2008 primary campaign proposal included some sort of affordability waiver (the final version of the ACA lets you off the hook if the lowest-price ACA-compliant policy costs more than 8.3% of your household income), in which case the "even if you can't afford it" attack was either false or at least disingenuous depending on your point of view.

FLASHBACK: A reminder that not every policy difference is based on malice, and not every change in policy between first draft and final implementation is hypocritical:

acasignups.net/21/06/17/bla...

Trump ready to ‘move on’ from Ukraine peace talks if no progress, Rubio says Rubio’s remarks appear to reflect the president’s frustration with the difficulty of achieving peace in Ukraine after Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion.

i cannot emphasize enough that if you thought trump would bring the war to a close or even make headway on a peace agreement then you are among the dumbest people alive www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Why 'The Left Has Gone Too Far!' Works And 'The Right Has Gone Too Far!' Never Does It's not magic.

Hey DC Dems, maybe give this a read? Okay, being real, /staffers/ maybe read it and put it in front of someone?

www.wonkette.com/p/why-the-le...

Headline: ICE came for their neighbor so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him

I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

Kamala Harris Tried To Tell Us Donald Trump Would Do These 7 Things That He's Now Absolutely Doing "America had an open book test with all the answers highlighted and still failed."

"This Video Montage Of Kamala Harris Is Going Viral Because She Was Right About Donald Trump All Along

'America had an open book test with all the answers highlighted and still failed.'"

www.buzzfeed.com/ashleyholt1/...

Ope.

Just a reminder, Mr. Kinzinger.

When Trmp was in office the first time, you voted with him 90%+ of the time. You said you felt "dirty" voting for him, but wanted cred with his base.

You own this too.

You did good work on the J6 Cmte. I appreciate it. But you don't get to make your past go away.

They've already changed it.

How the Social Security Administration and DOGE are gaslighting Americans The Social Security Administration (SSA) sent an email on March 27 to beneficiaries saying that reports that field offices were closing was an invention of fake news media.

Pushback works, part gazillion:

"Here are the facts: DOGE moved forward with plans to close multiple field offices. Then, without public notice or explanation, they reversed their plans. Now they are trying to pretend like they were never planning to close the offices."
popular.info/p/how-the-so...

Our county removed fluoride from the local water supply a couple of months ago. It's not BANNED, but is equally stupid.

Reminds me of the texts captured by US operators in Clancy's Clear and Present Danger novel. That was fiction obv, but it underscores how folks talk when they think no one will see.

BREAKING: Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear reveals that DOGE’s “efficiency” screws 700,000 Kentucky seniors and threatens healthcare for fired federal employees.

Watch this and share so EVERY American sees what a disaster this is.

UK Subs detained

Something to think about

Honestly not really fond of posting anything from a billionaire, but I'll make an exception here.

Be nice if we had a few major media outlets who might be willing to step up to the moment and do actual journalism, but listen to me pipe dreaming.

Respectfully, I hope voters begin to care more about supporting the United States of America than using their vote to lash out at people they think they don't like.

Social Security Is Not a Ponzi Scheme - Boston Review Today’s attacks are just the latest form of backlash to the New Deal.

Fyi, my new piece in @bostonreview.bsky.social about the history of calling Social Security a “Ponzi scheme,” and how attacks on Social Security have often marked the opening wedge of a broader war on public goods.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/soc...

What's good for the goose...

Now do Armored Core: Last Raven (I'm kidding)

Don't... let him go back to the tower. My dragon... knows the way. "Neskis..." (Please...)

You Are Witnessing the Death of American Capitalism YouTube video by Benn Jordan

Please check this out, and re-share if you'd be so kind.

youtu.be/gqtrNXdlraM?...

Home Missouri needs you. Join the movement.

I’m the Executive Director of Blue Missouri — a grassroots org designed to help nominees on the ballot in the reddest and most rural districts. We don’t give “endorsements.” We give money.

We fund down ballot Dems — we are the only organization regularly funding rural candidates. bluemissouri.org

Murphy: Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History YouTube video by Senator Chris Murphy

I'd like to bring this video to your attention.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyco...

It's doing pretty significant numbers for what it is, so while I understand sharing it won't make a difference for those knee-deep in the cult of personality, I'd say it has a better-than-average chance of resonating.

Respectfully, Netanyahu should be further to the right.

Well, pardon me for being an ass, but Pres. Obama correctly called out Fox News for being propaganda operatives in TV suits (he used polite language, but that was the intent). Who was it who joined hands with Fox and decried Pres. Obama for being anti-1A?

We got here because the media is complicit.