Politicians depend on a dumbed-down public: Don’t give them what they want!

VP debate split screen

Happy Wednesday! Last night’s debate between JD Vance and Tim Walz was a masterclass in political theater with Vance, by all accounts, winning the debate handily. Even the mainstream media isn’t trying to spin it away.  I have long abandoned any belief (if I ever had any to begin with) in politicians overall. I am generally […]

Are you better off today than you were four years ago?

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Last night’s debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump was another stark reminder of one undeniable truth: the real loser in all of this is us—the American people. I don’t know who “won” the debate, but I do know who definitely didn’t: you, me, and the millions of Americans who had to watch this spectacle […]

The media is abandoning Biden. Buckle up!

Have you seen the footage out of DC this week? Yeesh. The NATO summit provided a front-row seat to some pretty cringey moments. But if you ask me, one of the biggest takeaways is this: I don’t think the media is running cover for Biden anymore.  Of course this begs the question of why, but […]

About last night…

awful presidential debate

Well, that was awful.  It’s getting hard to tell if what we’re watching is political theater or some newly invented form of torture. Last night’s presidential debate was nothing short of a spectacle. Biden’s performance seemed to solidify what many of us have suspected for a while now—he is cognitively unwell. Even the media, usually […]