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Cake day: July 31st, 2023

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  • Sure he needs to be taxed into dust. But he doesn’t own the WaPo because it’s making him rich. He runs it because it’s a propaganda machine for him.

    He lost 10% of his subscribers, almost immediately, when he tried to use it that way openly. Which says:

    • it’s now a 10% less effective propaganda machine (and that number will keep growing)
    • it’s possible that it was never effective in the first place

    Given those two propositions, he might just unload it, which would be nice for the rest of us.










  • In fact, turnout has been the main thing that has made the difference for many elections. For decades. Very few people in the country still have any space to change their minds, in either direction. You might as well ask them to show up to the voting booth and change their religion (or adopt one).

    But a lot of people can change their mind about whether they vote (which still seems insane to me). Almost everyone in that condition sees Trump is an evil sack of shit and understands that Harris is at least competent, if they know nothing else about either of them. Reporting on things like mental decline and Project 2025 is a way to convince them that we’re in danger, and it might matter for them to show up.