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Contrarian take here: I think something like this is the likely stopgap for the US Senate Dems until 28 rather than outright filibuster abolition to only receive a veto from Trump, opening themselves to counterattack exposure. It is an attempt to create chaos within Senate GOP ranks to further stoke in fighting, while enticing senators to either “take a walk” or acquiesce to a provision agreed upon, perhaps behind closed doors. Dems are sneaky, but If I were one, this is the one that has a longer term investment. It also buys time to build the case for softer Dems to be moved over to outright abolish. Boil the frog slowly, that’s what they do.

Alright, timeline cleanse.

Never in my life would I have thought the GOP would get screwed over by a Middle Eastern conflict, TWICE. Almost 20 years to the date too. It was one thing to eradicate their capacity for missiles and nuclear material, but after the strikes the assets should have been heading home rather than waiting around to see if somehow there was going to be regime change in Iran. Instead, gas prices had to deal with the uncertainty of renewed conflict putting strain on international logistics and oil prices rather than there simply being a temporary spike that normalizes. The GOP needs to kick that entire region to the curb like a bad girlfriend that keeps coming around.

#scpol When the left tells conservatives they are making things up about culture war, its a form of gas lighting. To the left, EVERYTHING is about culture war, just simply not the framework conservatives use to address issues within the culture. To the left, it is a mix of whether something is too racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, anti-migrant, etc. They can't allow a concept rooted in individual liberty to take hold, because it cuts against their political worldview regarding collectives being the basis to inform what good government means. So why am I mentioning this when Republicans got beat at the ballot box over affordability and economics? Because when the left get control over the levers of power, they structure government funding along those lines. They believe the way to address the affordability crisis is to establish economic relief programs targeting oppressed groups. Its why you saw that the left demanded racially conscious admission policies at universities at The Supreme Court. Its why you saw the former Transportation Secretary talk of racist roads. Its why you see economic grants and contracts handed out on the basis of race or gender and not on merit. One doesn't solve the issue by flipping the coin in the opposite direction with White Identitarian philosophy, having this back and forth would absolutely tear South Carolina apart. You defeat the dilemma entirely by understanding how the left hand, right hand of the game is played and not play it. Take the government out of the picture by actually reducing the scope of government and its burden on the economy. Instead of trying to address obvious woke within the arts in SC and government funding for it by establishing criteria that likely is unconstitutionally vague and the woke have strong 1A claims to push back, you just stop using the government to fund the arts entirely. That sort of play needs to be replicated in so much of government at the state and federal level, but in recent years the right moved away from that sort of thing. It needs to come back with a vengeance. Make the government the embodiment of Dave Ramsey.

One thing to slow down to harden attack surfaces and properly do AI in a security setting, but quite another to forego it entirely when adversaries are using it to launch attacks and slowing down is for political soundbites.

Trying to revive a “Stop The Steal” narrative in light of Tuesday is grasping for something that really isn’t there. Dems got close to POTUS election year turnout on their side while Republicans barely maintained normal Midterm turnout, hence why you had Republicans get their behinds kicked. Plenty of reasons why it happened, but the how is easier to grasp yet harder to process emotionally.

There are plenty of solid arguments to be made about model collapse versus RSI, tech debt and malinvestment, along with ideologically hijacked safety guardrails as a reason to pause AI development so that guardrails can catch up, but you won't find them in Congress.

Can we get to pre-filed bills yet? I'm ready to read some bills. I'm sure my audience is ready for some commentary on the bills rather than to just read me go on all day. #scpol

This is how you know the GOP screwed it up bad: When the state of Washington, with Seattle in the mix, approved this.

Yeah, if this plays at Williams-Brice, there will be war. The taters can be lame in football, but if Dems want a culture war in SC they should expect Fallujah levels of insurgency.

Yeah, we about to fix this mess in time.

Gonna post a special ballad at the Georgia game this year. Performed not by me, but in a spirit of defiance both politically and in terms of sports.

Best damn news I’ve heard all week so far. Those Gamecocks better win on Saturday too.