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Blue Wave Crashes In With Unexpected Surprises
What had been framed for years as an existential battle for democracy’s survival has, overnight, transformed into something far more confusing: a series of low-stakes adjustments to a reality in which the other side has simply lost. The Blue Tsunami has delivered power to the Democrats, and a succession of unexpected, faintly ridiculous, and sometimes inconvenient surprises.
By Scott Christenson🌴10 days ago in The Swamp
Scientist Predicts Midterm Elections Will End Within a Week
Sources with inside knowledge of the situation say the American midterm elections will, in fact, be over soon. To quantify the human toil of the midterms, I spent the past week interviewing ordinary residents of middle America, and found a deep, dark reservoir of electoral angst.
By Scott Christenson🌴17 days ago in The Swamp
Another One Bites the Dust (But Temporarily Recovers via Intubation and State-Funded ICU Care)
Nothing says “we don’t know what we’re doing” quite like a sequel to a lethal injection — that was the thought that came to my mind as I read of the failed execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee yesterday.
By Scott Christenson🌴about a month ago in The Swamp
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐅𝐔𝐍𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐮𝐠-𝐨𝐟-𝐖𝐚𝐫
The Genesis of America's delusions of freedom and democracy were established by the creation and ratification of the Constitution of the United States. Instead objective reality insists it's a back-alley brawl disguised as a founding document: How Hamilton’s industrial elites and Jefferson’s plantation lords ignored Washington's warnings, rigged the political game, and wired the original partisan booby trap we are still stepping into and bleeding over centuries later.
By Meko James 2 months ago in The Swamp
Madison Locals Offer Measured Takes on Lindsay Clancy Mistrial
Positioned at the far end of State Street, Derrick Williams, a Black police officer assigned to crowd control, has spent days listening to alternating angry chants from Lindsay Clancy supporters and counterprotesters. Passersby walked past, looking him knowingly in the eye, and pleaded either “Protect our children” or “Protect our mothers.” Because Derrick makes a point of not following national news, he remained confused about the specifics of the debate and simply focused on keeping the crowds moving.
By Scott Christenson🌴2 months ago in The Swamp
The Missing Argument in the Stay-at-Home Parent Subsidy Debate
Preface: Video Context: Video Credit: Timcast / Tim Pool This article is a response to a recent Timcast segment discussing the proposed policy that would allow qualifying married couples with a stay-at-home parent to receive childcare subsidies of roughly $9,000 per child per year. The video frames the central debate around whether this amounts to additional welfare or whether it simply redirects money government is already spending on childcare toward parents who choose to provide that care themselves. Around 9:32–10:20 , Tim argues that the welfare expenditure already exists and that the important change is where the incentive points: instead of subsidizing families specifically when parents work and children are cared for elsewhere, the same funding could begin supporting married parents who raise their children at home.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast2 months ago in The Swamp
