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Blue Dogs do substantially better than baseline Democrats but there’s no equivalent group of GOP overperformers who can win tough races in the face of Trump’s unpopularity. www.slowboring.com/p/republican...

While Democrats are paralyzed by factionalism and infighting, Republicans are marching in lockstep off a cliff behind the leadership of one of the least-popular presidents of all time. www.slowboring.com/p/republican...

While Democrats are paralyzed by factionalism and infighting, Republicans are marching in lockstep off a cliff behind the leadership of one of the least-popular presidents of all time. www.slowboring.com/p/republican...

Part of Hauser’s schtick is that he kicks people out of the Democratic Party and then when they react by getting friendlier with Republicans claims that this vindicates him, so then he moves on to the next set of people to try to alienate.

Bowling Alone holds up pretty well but was published during the unfortunate era when ready access to Microsoft Excel convinced people that they should make 3D bar charts.

Back when Mamdani was in middle school, a guy named H. Lee Scott had a plan to pilot a low-cost grocery store in New York City with ambitions for expansion and cheaper prices citywide. Why didn't it work? www.slowboring.com/p/mamdanis-n...

Mamdani’s not the first to try to bring cheap groceries to N.Y.C.Walmart versus the stationary banditswww.slowboring.com

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Progressives say they want to end the filibuster (and they’re right). The current standoff in the Senate about the SAVE Act could be the perfect chance to actually get it done. www.slowboring.com/p/democrats-...

Democrats should seize the chance to end the filibusterA national voter ID law is nothing to fear.www.slowboring.com

The idea that DERs can be deployed faster than large-scale projects seems to implicitly depend on the DERs remaining niche — if 25% of Americans wake up tomorrow and decide to install rooftop solar there will be huge delays and bottlenecks.

Perhaps the real Sea Peoples were the friends we made along the way.

We need a Moby Dick limited series — including semi-satirical documentary episodes narrated by John Hodgman — so bad.

I am a true ally who does not play any NYT games.

We need to force all non-philosophers to read Hacking (1999) before they use this terms

What is the point of a party leader that nobody likes or trusts enough to defer to? www.slowboring.com/p/mega-event...

Sheri Berman’s ideas are always worth considering open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...

Germany Has Lost the Thread on ImmigrationLast week’s terror attack makes that clear.open.substack.com

I stand up for the homeownership norm against @JerusalemDemsas’s smears — it’s not perfect but in practice it’s a pretty useful commitment device that gets people to save and embrace prudent amounts of leverage. www.slowboring.com/p/the-case-a...

The case against homeownership(and why I don’t buy it)www.slowboring.com

Thought this was a fun poll result: Free markets > capitalism www.slowboring.com/p/why-free-m...

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I know from all the dunking that my views on this have been refuted, but it's notable that the GOP retains an issue trust advantage on immigration.

There's a well-known, well-understand measure that could reduce almost everyone's electricity bills and rates and be implemented quickly without impairing new investments. Naturally, everyone hates it and rejects it out of hand. www.slowboring.com/p/a-great-id...

A great idea that everyone hatesA simple way to bring down utility bills is to charge what the electricity actually costswww.slowboring.com