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Clay Travis gets audible gasps from University of Chicago audience after he declares that men view Democrats as 'pussies':
Daniel Cox: "Young men have not become much more conservative, at least according to Gallup, but they have become more Republican. They're still well, to the left of their, dads and grandfathers when it comes to... See more
Eric Abbenantex.com
Ok. So I study authoritarian regimes for a living. I spend most of my time thinking about how Russia's dictatorship works. But one of my personal side-projects involves looking at authoritarian theorists closer to home. The most prominent by far is Curtis Yarvin. https://t.co/LnkVPpyydL
Carmel, IN has had the same Republican mayor for 27 years: James Brainard
Under his reign, the population has quadrupled, he replaced all the stoplights with roundabouts, and built a classical downtown out of stone and brick
Cue the cope from NYcels and SF hostages https://t.co/sbMgxfaQKR
Ezra Klein on Charlie Kirk:
“You can dislike much of what Kirk believed and the following statement is still true: Kirk was practicing politics in exactly the right way. He was showing up to campuses and talking with anyone who would talk to him. He was one of the era’s most effective practitioners of persuasion. When... See more
The Straussian Moment
gwern.netAmericans talk like conservatives but want to be governed like liberals. The Tea Party–era sign saying “Keep your government hands off my Medicare” is perhaps the most famous example of this divided soul. Americans like both the rhetoric and reality of low taxes, but they also like the programs that taxes fund. They thrill to politicians who talk
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