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It’s a pretty long list of problems. Horrible homelessness that’s getting worse. Half the state is the Brazilian-type of rich that Democrats usually hate, the other half of the state is the poorest, highest-poverty-in-the-country, and the Dems don’t give two sxxts about them.
Right now, betting sites are giving 66:1 odds that Kamala Harris runs for California Governor in 2026 (she’s already stated that she wouldn’t).
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/19/trump-no-longer-free-speech-00574219 Trump is an authoritarian. Am I even allowed to say that anymore? First thing Putin did was ban the satirists in Russia. I can see you’re all very concerned
I don’t know which I like better, the fact that BYT lies about Trump banning satirists (Kimmel was suspended for a week, and gets his show back tomorrow)…
Jimmy Kimmel’s show returning tomorrow, ABC announces
…or that he says literally nothing about the Left’s murder of a man committed to free and fair discourse.
Both are completely, stereotypically, absurdly typical of the Left
And while we’re on that topic, a few more stats:
- 9 out of the 10 richest counties in America voted Democrat across the board.
- 65% of all Americans making $500k or more vote Democrat.
BYT, you might appreciate this billionaire’s take. He says that the Democrats only ever call him for money. But one politician called to get his opinion.
Guess which one?
Kimmel can say whatever he wants. He can go on the road and do standup, he can write. etc. He’s not in jail, he hasn’t been silenced. He as fired from his show, which lost a ton of money and the company made a decision to cut them loose.
On the other hand, if you complain against DEI policies at work, like my brother in law did…you get fired.
So again…spare me.
Mick. Democrats have voted almost unanimously to limit money in politics over many congressional bills. I detailed that in another thread. Republicans, on the other hand, have blocked these efforts almost unanimously. But Democrats aren’t going to unilaterally disarm. i would be thrilled to get Soros and any other rich Democratic donors to fuck off. But until Republicans agree to that, as well, then sorry, not sorry. your outrage should be at all the conservatives who blocked the efforts to get money out of politics. But you dutifully vote for them every cycle and spend your time defending them. So forgive me if I’m not that sympathetic about Soros donating to something you don’t like.
(a) You are incorrect and (b) you have no idea how I vote and (c) Biden/Harris had considerably more billionaires backing them than backed Donald Trump; in fact, by nearly a 2:1 margin. So spare me…Democrats drink deeply at that well.
Face it: the Democrats are owned by Wall Street, Hollywood, Silicon Valley, Big Media, Big Law and Big Academia. And it is well known that Kamala Harris both outraised and outspent Donald Trump. In other words, the Rich Kids and the Cool Kids back Democrats. So spare me.
I will still vote for both Democrats and Republicans as a registered independent since 2004.
YouGov poll has Newsom at 23%, Harris at 18%, 8% at — get this, no misprint, I’m not lying — AOC.
One in 12 poll respondents think AOC’s the best choice. The good news — for Americans — is that she’s rumored to be thinking more about taking over for Chuck Shumer as NY Senator.
AOC chances of winning in 2028 as report says she’s weighing run
Ugh. At this point, I would rather the Fed increase interest rates, force some fiscal responsibility, and crash everything to reset the economy. Too much rate manipulation has created so many bubbles, so much bad debt, and stealth inflation that it may be time to start over. Yes, there will be short term pain, but it will be better for the long term.
I tend to agree with you. Might be time for the Volcker remedy. On the other hand, this society, as a whole, will need a lot of financing if it really intends to reshore manufacturing, eliminate 20% of all jobs because of artificial intelligence, buy and sell houses, make sure old and decrepit people don’t just die, etc.
I think high rates are here to stay.
Interesting poll on Proposition 50. Basically, 60% want independent commission drawing districts. From the polling memo:
Voters Trust the Commission, Not the Politicians
• Six-in-ten voters support using an independent commission to draw the congressional district maps (61% support, 20% oppose) with 42% saying they strongly support the independent commission.
• A plurality of Republicans (43-32%) and three quarters of Democrats (74-11%) and more than half of Independent voters (58-26%) support the independent commission.
• 49% oppose authorizing the state legislature to draw the congressional district maps (40% support).
• When contextualized as an effort by Governor Newsom in response to Republican-led redistricting efforts in Texas, Newsom’s proposal reaches 52% support.
• Testing the Proposition 50 language, we find support at 54% Yes and 29% No, while 17% are undecided.
• 15% of voters who oppose Newsom’s contextualized efforts mistakenly vote Yes on Proposition 50, highlighting voter confusion related to the ballot language.Is AI used by the BLS to create the Jobs reports?
Not speaking ironically, but…yes, it actually does.
The killer is caught. Tyler Robinson.
Charlie Kirk Shooting Suspect Tyler Robinson: What We Know
The country is broken.
Choose your America: In the aftermath of the Kirk slaying, a snapshot of a fractured nation
Charlie Kirk was the kind of political expert that I really admired. Would discourse with anyone, left or right. Never lost his cool. Never got dragged down to their level. Wasn’t intimidated by overly educated people (the opposite, really). And his discussions were always logical, and exposed the illogical fallacies of the left.
So, of course, the Left needed to eliminate this sane, productive, calm, religious, pro-American man. Of course.
Non-donor companies find California a bad place to do business, so says the executive chairman of the recently bankrupt Bed, Bath and Beyond:
“California has created one of the most overregulated, expensive, and risky environments for businesses in America,” executive chairman Marcus Lemonis said in a statement. He pointed to what he described as “higher taxes, higher fees, higher wages.
You have to like Newsom’s response, echoing Hillary Clinton’s response when she was asked about the burden her health care program would place on small business: “I can’t be responsible for every undercapitalized business in America” she said.
Here’s Newsom’s response: “After their bankruptcy and closure of every store, like most Americans, we thought Bed Bath & Beyond no longer existed. We wish them well in their efforts to become relevant again as they try to open a 2nd store.”
Nicely tone deaf. And this is the guy whose policies helped eviscerate Union Square in San Francisco, once the busiest retail center on the west coast.
Here’s the most important graph, covering 70 years of Federal Fund rate movement against unemployment.:
Inflation is the gold line, Fed Funds rate the blue line.
I’d forgotten how high interest rates were in the Reagan era. Also forgot how difficult it was to get a mortgage in 1989 to buy my first place. Haven’t forgotten the subterranean Fed Funds rates gifted to Obama, a sloppy wet kiss from the Fed of the era.
You’re right. It must really gall Trump that Obama had 0.25% interest rates, literally the lowest they could go, for seven of Obama’s eight years.
I think the cuts should be more significant than 0.25% for this reason alone:
Not only is the economy obviously stalling, but the effects of artificial intelligence have taken hold for the past year or two…and will only accelerate.
‘Market psychology has shifted’: The only question now is how far and how fast the Fed will go
