https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/05/15/i-was-target-threats-saudi-arabia-this-is-why/
I love his use of the word “currently”. 🙂
After failing to convince the world that he is Saudi Arabia’s Ataturk, he wants to try being Saudi Arabia’s Putin.
But MBS is no Putin. He continues to be deeply dependent upon the West, particularly the United States. He’s only emboldened because the administration most capable of taking him to account is currently his bigger enabler.
Item 3, on whether good candidates are bypassing the Senate for a shot at the glory of being president:
«If you apply that analysis to this year’s races, you find that a strong Democratic candidate — a 4.5 on the 5-point scale — still needs a lot of breaks to win in a red state. In Montana, for instance, I estimate that even if the national environment is about as good for Democrats as last year, then even a candidate as good as Bullock would still only have a 25 or 30 percent chance of winning. In a neutral environment, he’d have almost no shot.»
https://twitter.com/threadreaderapp/status/1128826413572853760?s=17
Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) Tweeted:
@JohnL4 Bonjour you can read it here: Thread by @cfattorewvu: “I get really frustrated when I hear fellow faculty disparage West Virginians as backward and uneducated. Yes, it’s extre […]” #WVU #landgrant https://t.co/wlLzHK7RfZ
Talk to you soon. 🤖
https://twitter.com/crampell/status/1128271274071994368?s=17
It’s “populism”. I have never liked it because “populism” usually seems to be “pandering to the electorate’s lower instincts.”
Catherine Rampell (@crampell) Tweeted:
Trump has a major weakness — his idiotic, destructive trade policies — that Dems *should* be exploiting.
But they can’t. Because for years most of them have been promoting some version of the same bad protectionist ideas that Trump is now acting on https://t.co/h0X9XAaJFj
Ask HN: What overlooked class of tools should a self-taught programmer look into – https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19900955
Amazing Hacker News post in which the kids discover the 80s.
(Also, some other interesting stuff.)
https://twitter.com/threadreaderapp/status/1128351958396542976?s=17
Moar wow.
Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) Tweeted:
@ASawusch Hi the unroll you asked for: Thread by @HoarseWisperer: “I worked for a severe narcissist for a while. I just realize I’ve never written specifically about that experience. Not […]” https://t.co/gobIv3oUCr
Enjoy 🙂 🤖
«In fact, standing on principle might be good for business.»
Pilot effect, but still….
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/443547-poll-sanders-support-among-young-voters-drops-sharply
I kind of figured something like this would happen:
«Biden’s support among the youngest voter set has risen from less than 20 points last month to 24 percent in the latest survey. Warren has also seen an uptick among young voters, further contributing to Sanders’s decline.»
https://twitter.com/TrinityMustache/status/1128334128263323649?s=17
Well, HERE’S some strong language from Twitter.
Trinity is Voting for a Woman 2020 (@TrinityMustache) Tweeted:
But I don’t think they really care about implementing progressive policies so much as sticking it to democrats and helping Trump win again in the process. If they really cared about policy, they would already have dumped Bernie for Warren (as the smart ones have)
https://twitter.com/threadreaderapp/status/1127813414129106944?s=17
Craziness.
Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) Tweeted:
@ntmce Hola there is your unroll: Thread by @ErynnBrook: “Sometimes people ask me why I’m so vocal about abortion in the US since I’m Canadian. It’s a fair question. A few years […]” https://t.co/kSKI8rXOfV
Have a good day. 🤖
*At least, I THINK they’re ultra-conservatives. Maybe they’re something else?
