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Dr. SkySkull
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Professor of optics, blogger of physics, history, & pulp fiction. Generally tries to keep things light-hearted, in spite of *waves hands at everything*
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Look at the last quoted screencap from WaPo. After saying that Harris appears better than Trump on pretty much everything (ignoring his stated dictatorship goals), they say "but should Americans settle?" We're in a two party race. This is literally just a way to cast doubt on Harris, for Trump.

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The Editorial Board’s opinion continues below. I recommend that everyone who still has a @washingtonpost.com subscription cancel theirs immediately as well.

But the novelty of Ms. Harris's campaign is wearing thin as an excuse for releasing only the schematics of a platform. She promises "a new way forward," pitching herself as a change agent, even though she is the sitting vice president and takes credit for the elements of the Biden agenda with which she wants to be associated, such as a cap on seniors' insulin costs and the administration's climate plan. As the recent spike in her favorability ratings indicates, voters' impressions of her are malleable, and focus groups suggest that many have questions about what she stands for.
What do we know so far? Sparse as they are, the plans the candidates have released share some common elements, reflecting the populist turn in the country's politics. Mr. Trump pandered to Nevada workers by proposing to waive taxes on tips. Ms. Harris copied him. Neither candidate has a plan to right the country's escalating debt trajectory. Though on this score, Mr. Trump presents a more troubling agenda; the University of Pennsylvania's Penn Wharton Budget Model reckons that he would add $5.8 trillion to the primary deficit over a decade, while Ms. Harris would add only $1.2 trillion. Though specifics are light, Ms. Harris is plotting a wiser course. She is right to emphasize boosting housing supply, the key to lowering housing costs, and to propose
enhancing effective anti-poverty programs such as the child tax credit and the earned-income tax credit. Unlike Mr. Trump, she acknowledges the fact of climate change, does not threaten Justice Department independence and seeks robust protections for reproductive rights. Mr. Trump, meanwhile, is offering a far less appealing domestic plan, focusing on illegal immigration, tariffs and ending the green energy transition, and rightly lamenting illegal immigration without offering solutions to the problem. On foreign policy, Ms. Harris has drawn perhaps her clearest differences with Mr. Trump. She has applauded Mr. Biden's work to strengthen U.S. alliances such as NATO, promised to stand with Ukraine and defended emphatically
America's traditional leadership role in the world. Mr. Trump's vice-presidential nominee, Sen. JD Vance (Ohio), shares the former president's neo-isolationist worldview. Trump's choice of Mr. Vance suggests he would continue to challenge traditional alliances while going easy on rivals such as Russian President Vladimir Putin. In other words, the substantive contrasts Ms. Harris draws with Mr. Trump generally make her look better. But should Americans settle? Campaigns have been defining policy downward. The 2012 election cycle, when President Barack Obama ran against former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, was the last time a presidential race turned on substantive debate. Ms. Harris says she wants to elevate American
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PRpaulrosenberg.bsky.social

This isn't malpractice, it's malevolence.

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CAallaroundswell.bsky.social

God I just read this and felt the need to comment on the piece (which I never do, no one reads those). Just an absolutely steaming pile of punditry

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KKdrkevguitar.bsky.social

You can have a sharp kick to the bollocks, or you can have a smile and some ice cream. But why should you settle?

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@drskyskull.bsky.social
Professor of optics, blogger of physics, history, & pulp fiction. Generally tries to keep things light-hearted, in spite of *waves hands at everything*
6k followers3.2k following13.4k posts
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