In the short term, sure. If your opponent gives you rope, go for it. You can worry about the rest when you’re in power and have decisions of your own to make. (View Post)

The term “reparations” (which seems to be creeping into international parlance more and more) is such an unhelpful and counterproductive term. It denotes fault and finger pointing. It feeds into this… (View Post)

On the midterms impact on SCOTUS: There is no obvious vacancy in the next 2 years. Thomas and Alito are 74 and 72 respectively so in all likelihood have some years in them yet. There may be some talk… (View Post)

Quite possibly, though there’s some distance to run on that front. The US is not out of the woods yet. He has also been helped massively and unintentionally by SCOTUS. But I don’t think there’s any d… (View Post)

I make it that they are currently leading in 11 of the 26 outstanding races, which would get us to a 222-213 outcome (amusingly, a reverse of 2020). There are at least 5 of those races where the GOP … (View Post)