A week ago, Ron DeSantis said his second-place finish in the caucuses punched his ticket out of Iowa. To be fair, he didn’t say where he was going. Turns out it’s home. Best line about it: DeSantis should have been forced to carry his non-viable campaign to term.
I suppose this doesn’t matter, because research has shown you can’t deter cultists with facts, but another study has re-determined the obvious: Half of inflation is just corporate price-gouging, something a president can’t control. A dictator could, but Republicans will only tolerate a Republican dictator who does what they want. A Democrat who does what they want is unacceptable.
Another set of facts that will do nothing to stop right-wing whining about the immigrants who put food on their tables and their “Great Replacement” theory:
In 1870, 14.4% of the US population was foreign born.
In 1890, 14.8% of the US population was foreign born.
In 1910, 14.7% of the US population was foreign born.
In 2020, 13.7% of the US population was foreign born.
In short, ’twas always thus. Americans who are against immigration are like those racists whose DNA tests show they’re part Black.
Dean Phillips, the nepo baby from Minnesota running a vanity campaign against Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination, has been giving hand jobs to tech bros for hefty sums, so he nbow refuses to rule out a third-party run, which is pretty funny, as I doubt he could reach 2% in his own congressional district. Quick, tell me again how smart tech bros are.
The death toll in Gaza has reached 25,000, according to the Ministry of Health there, with no end in sight and no indication that Hamas is anywhere close to being wiped out. BTW, those apologists for Israel who say “See what you made me do” should remember that it’s the go-to line of the classic abuser.
The floor’s yours.