BlogHide Resteemsbumblecat (78)in lgbtq • 17 hours agoProgressive opportunity!Progressives, this is your big chance to prove you’re sane and that “trans issues” are about compassion and fairness and not about wholesale reshaping of culture. A Montana legislator just claimed…bumblecat (78)in gaetz • yesterdayI don't see what the deal is on Gaetz.“Donald Trump simply didn’t care that he was nominating someone who allegedly preyed on children, engaged in sex trafficking, and bragged about it to anyone who would listen." So what? This is the…bumblecat (78)in democrat • 2 days agoPotential candidates for 2028.Seeing this list of potential candidates for 2028 makes me so happy that we're unlikely to see another woke Democrat in the Whitehouse anytime soon. Could you imagine Kamala actually facing a…bumblecat (78)in public • 4 days agoWhat should not be in schools.Keep both drag and Bible studies out of public schools, and for exactly the same reasons. This is doubly important when we are talking about very young children who don’t yet have much in the way…bumblecat (78)in health • 4 days agoRFK Jr. Gets basic facts wrong all the time.I know a lot of ppl don't trust the medical establishment and with good reason. I don't trust the medical establishment. But RFK Jr. gets basic facts, facts that are easy to check, wrong every…bumblecat (78)in trump • 5 days agoTestosterone and masculinity are back!Not only did the world show up to see if Tyson could do the impossible last night, but Trump and his gang showed up at UFC tonight and got the love from many of the fighters and the crowd. RFK Jr…bumblecat (78)in aoc • 6 days agoSaying that Tulsi is pro-war is like saying hot is cold.The continued attempts to brainwash society are only going to accelcrate now that the machine is fighting for its life to exist. AOC said "a Tulsi Gabbard nomination is a pro-war nomination…bumblecat (78)in crime • 7 days agoDemocrats - choose sanity:When you release an illegal immigrant convicted of a felony or serious misdemeanor from jail, hand them over to ICE. Step 1 to sanity: stop protecting literal violent or dangerous criminals.…bumblecat (78)in immigrant • 9 days agoAmerican voters often vote retrospectively as a referendum on the incumbent or the incumbent's party if the candidate is not the incumbent.I saw an interview with a man who came here illegally and he said he supports Trump because he thinks he will improve the economy for his children. He also didn't think he'd be deported. Sometimes…bumblecat (78)in politics • 9 days agoForcing transparency on the government.I've said we're at the precipice of forcing transparency on the government, and that those in power want to hide and obfuscate everything from us to keep getting away with the insanity they do.…bumblecat (78)in netflix • 11 days agoBrand new cherry flavour.This show threw a lot at the wall and not all of it stuck. It wore its influences on its sleeve and didn't quite live up to the standards of those influences (A ton of Lynch in here, dont refer…bumblecat (78)in trump • 11 days agoTrump's first selections don't leave a lot of optimism about his Administration.When Stefanik first started out in the House she was a relative moderate, but then she turned sharply to the right to become one of Trump's most loyal followers. Stefanik said she wouldn't have…bumblecat (78)in harris • 12 days agoHow you do anything is how you do everything.My thought is that we shouldn’t have candidates or vote for people who don’t have decades of experience hiring, firing, making budgets and meeting payroll. If you can’t manage a small or medium…bumblecat (78)in economy • 12 days agoReal wages (adjusted for inflation) grew at similar rates under both Administrations.Seeing a lot of otherwise smart people sharing this graphic. But it is affected by compositional effects in 2020! Real wages (adjusted for inflation) grew at similar rates under both…bumblecat (78)in trump • 14 days agoThe media and Democratic perception of Trump abortion policy.This was posted on October 1st, yet Kamala's campaign and the media machine said he would take this right away. JD Vance said the same thing on his interview with Rogan. I've seen so many women…bumblecat (78)in election • 15 days agoWhy am I not upset about the election results?Because I expected them. Why did I expect them? Because most people don't live in this reality. They live in a prison of their ginned up fears. When you look at Republican perceptions of all of…bumblecat (78)in fed • 15 days agoThe Fed and Trump.Technically the FOMC chair is different than the chair of the Board of Governors. Jerome Powell holds both positions. The FOMC chair is chosen by the Board of Governors. The president nominates…bumblecat (78)in election • 16 days agoPolling cross tabs exit polls.Courtesy of Adam Carlson, how the polling cross tabs compared to exit polls. Huge caveat here that exit polls are often wrong, especially in recent years. So validated voter data might look…bumblecat (78)in politics • 17 days agoA good reason to tune out early results.This is also a big reason to tune out the early results from places like Florida. If you'll recall everyone had a meltdown over Florida in 2022. They thought it meant a red wave Midterms. What…bumblecat (78)in nate • 18 days agoHere's what a uniform normal polling error would look like for either candidate according to Nate Silver's current polling averages.So yeah, we could very well see a 7 battleground state sweep by either candidate. Typically polling error is correlated, especially among similar states. So if polls miss in Wisconsin, it is very…