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I would like to see something like this for US congressional districts. Median Gross Household Income In Great Britain By Parliamentary Constituency

Countries Where More People Died Than Were Born In 2024

I think this is partially right. There was a fair amount of fascism already baked into the very conservative precepts of the modern Republican Party, such as performative patriotism; the elevation of religion and the military in civilian life; the scapegoating of certain groups of people considered outsiders; corporate control of the national economy in conjunction with the government; and maybe a few others. Cheney, Kinzinger, and Romney at least benefited from all this, if not driving it themselves entirely, and even though they basically left the party, a lot of their fellows who travel along these lines have stuck around. Then the other elements of fascism really came to the fore in in the past decade—the authoritarian leadership; the desire to suppress dissent; the whitewashing of history; the mass propaganda rallies; the rejection of liberal democracy, pluralism, and individual rights—which I believe drew a new element into the Republican party that had been completely outside of it, where they were considered oddballs and kooks at best, and dangerous actors at worst. They were not already in the party, which they considered part of the liberal order they wanted to topple, but now that the party has embraced the fascism completely, these dangerous elements have found a home within where they now have a veneer of respectability and gravitas they could never have had before. So I think it's both Trump exposing and highlighting certain noxious aspects of the Republican Party, and the elevation of those aspects and the embrace of other fascist aspects that has attracted extremist outsiders who'd never felt welcome there before.

Maybe. He would have been going on a third term and there was a huge backlash (or "blacklash", if you prefer) waiting in the wings for a Trump to exploit. I think a lot of people in the middle, the true swing voters, would have given the "successful businessman" his chance at it.

Maybe.

Not a media bias critique at all. That's a total The Onion-style headline.

Phoenix New Times? Is that what The Onion is calling themselves these days?

Close—Biden was elected because he was a white guy who wasn't Trump.

Correct, the numbers definitely kept dropping through August and beyond.

The only way Trump will lose any influence is when he dies, and even then it won't be by much, because his syphilitic ramblings will be compiled into a tome akin to holy scriptures, and that will posthumously guide MAGA, which at that point will led by Cocaine Donnie, the only other personality red hats adore.

Further to this point ...

You sure the withdrawal wasn't in June? That's when it seems to have started for him.

What did Biden do in the August of his first time? Not easily googlable.

Fighting men who think won’t turn on their countrymen. It takes fighting men who can’t think to do that.

I don’t have 55 minutes. What’s the gist?

As if 45 runs in three games weren’t remarkable enough!

And then if it did go right past his house, he’d complain about the noise.

It looks like Holton is getting beat more on four of his five top pitches: four-seamer, cutter, sweeper, change. Only the sinker is as effective this year as last year. One big problem might be that he’s leaving more meatballs in the middle of the plate, 8.1% this year versus 5.8% last year. I also wonder whether his arm angle drop is affecting how batters see his pitches? Down to 41% this year from 43% last year and 46% in 2023. Doesn’t sound like a lot, but maybe the batters sense a big difference?

Hank Hill living in woke Arlen in 2025 is an interesting twist.

I don’t think it’s black guys they’re avoiding giving the award … 😏 https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2025/08/05/zach-mckinstry-detroit-tigers-winner-heart-and-hustle-award/85525327007/ 2010: Brandon Inge. 2011: Alex Avila. 2012: Austin Jackson. 2013: Don Kelly. 2014: Don Kelly. 2015: James McCann. 2016: Ian Kinsler. 2017: Ian Kinsler. 2018: JaCoby Jones. 2019: Niko Goodrum. 2021: Robbie Grossman. 2022: Eric Haase. 2023: Matt Vierling. 2024: Riley Greene. And now … Zach in 2025.

This makes a bit of sense. It’s probably not decision time quite yet, but the tea leaves seem to indicate the owners may have the upper hand in this negotiation, and salary suppression may be an outcome in the agreement. Flip side, Skubal’s market may not be as big before the CBA as they would hope, as many teams themselves may want the certainty of knowing what the new agreement looks like before they seek out a high-priced player, even a super stud.

Same with the anti A.J. “Smartest Guy in the Room” Hinch fans. They want Daddy to come home from going out for a pack of cigarettes.

Bummer, dude.

Andy respects Dan so he stays on point when he works with him. With Benetti, he can be looser and riff about pop culture and stuff.