Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
November 10, 2024
A FRIEND TEXTS THIS SUCCINCT SUMMARY OF THE ELECTION: “They ran a shitty candidate with a shitty campaign and couldn’t steal. And Biden is so delighted. He’s more articulate than he’s been in years.”
WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: Physicists May Have Figured Out How to Safely Transport Antimatter.
TERRORISTIC THREATS: Liberal Cat Ladies Reveal “Battle Plan” To Poison Trump Men With Aqua Tofana.
MAKE THE RUBBLE BOUNCE: Donald Trump clinches biggest popular vote count by a Republican ever.
PROGRESS: Democrat Yadira Caraveo concedes to Republican challenger in swing Colorado House race. “The seat was listed as a target for pickup by the National Republican Congressional Committee, and was part of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s front-line program. Polls ahead of the election showed a tight race within the margin of error of various surveys. The district has the largest Hispanic community of any of the state’s congressional districts, a demographic Republicans have gained ground with nationwide in recent elections.”
MICROBIOME NEWS: Signals from the gut could transform rheumatoid arthritis treatment. “Bacteria associated with inflammation is found in the gut in higher amounts roughly ten months before patients develop clinical rheumatoid arthritis, a longitudinal study by Leeds researchers has found.”
ANALYSIS: TRUE.
“Trump 2024: Lock up Thieves not Toothpaste” would have won fifty states
— gatsby (@Grategatsby) November 9, 2024
FLASHBACK: Biden Seems to Accidentally Call for Trump to Be Locked Up. Just a couple of weeks ago.
YEP:
Undersold part of the bro exit from the Dem party is the way that his male supporters were aggressively smeared as toxic sexist Bernie bros. https://t.co/mQb5ZDP1Sq
— Krystal Ball (@krystalball) November 7, 2024
https://t.co/ixOhZauyse pic.twitter.com/ZWVayejCTt
— David Sirota (@davidsirota) November 8, 2024
It is genuinely funny how so many left-liberal influencers spent the last 8 years complaining about whiteness as the source of Trump’s evil power and he’s then elected with a historic multiracial coalition of Native Americans, Black, Asian, and Latino voters.
— Lee Fang (@lhfang) November 9, 2024
WE’RE HEARING A LOT OF POSITIVE NEWS ABOUT HALLUCINOGENS ALL OF A SUDDEN: Psilocybin may be effective in treating anorexia.
HOW BUSY AM I? “I’m busier than the shredders at the DOJ today.”
BILL WHO?
This never happened, but Bill is starving for relevance at this point. https://t.co/GO7ckrRVW6
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) November 10, 2024
THERE’S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COVERAGE AND CARE, AS MANY OF US NOTED DURING THE OBAMACARE DEBATE: In Vermont, where almost everyone has insurance, many can’t find or afford care.
#JOURNALISM:
No retraction coming, correct? pic.twitter.com/DXs0r9sjS8
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) November 10, 2024
Related:
Fired: The FEMA supervisor, accused of ordering her subordinates to bypass homes with Trump campaign signs in Florida, has been fired! Marn’i Washington was sacked for telling disaster relief workers knocking on doors in Lake Placid, Fl, to “avoid homes advertising Trump!” pic.twitter.com/YNqtz2nifK
— John Cremeans USA (@JohnCremeansUSA) November 9, 2024
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: South Carolina prof decries GOP as party of the ‘uneducated’ who hold America ‘hostage.’
WHOEVER TRUMP PICKS AS TREASURY SECRETARY WILL NEED TO BE GOOD AT ADMINISTERING CUTS: Bessent, Seen as a Leading Candidate for Treasury Secretary, Meets With Trump, Sources Say. “Prominent investor Scott Bessent met with Donald Trump on Friday as he and fellow investor John Paulson emerge as leading candidates for the key role of U.S. Treasury Secretary, according to two people close to the president-elect. . . . A longtime hedge fund investor who taught at Yale University for several years, Bessent has a warm relationship with the president-elect and has spoken highly of Trump’s use of tariffs as a negotiating tool. Paulson, a billionaire investor and major Trump donor, is a longtime proponent of tax cuts and deregulation.”
HEH:
Knew he wasn’t going to beat Trump so he ran the ol’ Willy Wonka https://t.co/FXHmex7knC
— gatsby (@Grategatsby) November 7, 2024
WELL, YES:
I think it’s time to accept the Democratic Party’s main purpose is money laundering https://t.co/vOnepUemqi
— ali golub 🌼 (@alibrooke4ever) November 7, 2024