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Coming November 4: The paperback edition of Party of the People, with a new epilogue on the 2024 election.
Patrick Ruffini
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Patrick Ruffini
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Pollster @EchelonInsights, married an Iowa girl, here for the Realignment, author of Party of the People — “the book that predicted the 2024 election.”
- Elon: Look at these SSNs from dead people. They’re probably being used to fraudulently collect benefits. Experts: Actually, no. We just let illegal immigrants use them to commit identity theft so they can pay taxes. Public opinion: Wait what.
- US should recognize the independence of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
- California did everything right, shutting down the state before it needed to. Deaths per 100,000: 5. Florida and Texas did everything wrong, acting too late, leaving beaches open. Deaths per 100,000: Florida: 6, Texas: 3.
- Musk owning Twitter (#17 platform) is bad but China owning TikTok (#7) is good.
- An election where Oz and Walker narrowly lose and where DeSantis romps by 20 points is the worst possible night for Trump and the best possible night for DeSantis.
- First Black woman Lt. Governor. First Hispanic and first children of immigrants as Attorney General. This is the new Virginia GOP.
- Person who switches light off then switches it back on thinks they invented electricity“The United States has now gained back 87 percent of the 22 million jobs lost during the pandemic recession. It’s one of the fastest job recoveries on record.” (via @PostOpinions) washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…
- Impeach and remove. This is not about the next 14 days. It’s an insurance policy against people forgetting (they will) and definitively closing the door on any comeback bid in 2024.
- Tonight’s swing from 2020 works out to like a 50 seat Republican gain in the House.
- Palestinians are trapped in Gaza because other Arab countries won't let them leave. Other Arab countries won't let them leave because: 1) The narrative of civilians suffering in Gaza is inconvenient for Israel. 2) The population there would be just as destabilizing to their
