Simple answer: yes. The electoral college currently favours Republicans on the national vote share because the Dems have massive majorities in large states like CA and NY. If the Dems can swing Texas… (View Post)

The recovered airman story appears to get even crazier. https://x.com/marionawfal/status/2040650379419959760 A senior U.S. military official just called this one of the most complex special operation… (View Post)

The difference is that, in the US “Constitutional Republic”, the Federal government derives its power from the States, whereas in most of the rest of the world regions derive their power from the cen… (View Post)

I think, more specifically, “gas prices” will decide it. Unless Iran goes horrifically wrong, to the point of planeloads of coffins arriving home being on the news every night as happened in Iraq two… (View Post)

It’s fair to say that local government finance is pretty much screwed everywhere at the moment, thanks to national policy. What’s needed is much more devolution rather than centralisation, including … (View Post)