Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, and Debt:
Crypto-backed candidates notch more wins as House results trickle in
Dogecoin Flips XRP as Elon Musk-Linked Trade Keeps on Giving
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
Infection Aftershock: COVID-19’s Long-Term Impact on Your Heart
Politics:
“You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.” — Charles de Gaulle
Six big lies that won the election: How Donald Trump gaslit America
It isn't just that Trump told lies. He wove a set of interlocking false narratives — and the media helped
Why Does No One Understand the Real Reason Trump Won?
It wasn’t the economy. It wasn’t inflation, or anything else. It was how people perceive those things, which points to one overpowering answer.
Russian and North Korean Troops Mass Ahead of Attack
The Russian military has assembled a force of 50,000 soldiers, including North Korean troops, as it prepares to begin an assault aimed at reclaiming territory seized by Ukraine in the Kursk region of Russia.
A new U.S. assessment concludes that Russia has massed the force without having to pull soldiers out of Ukraine’s east — its main battlefield priority — allowing Moscow to press on multiple fronts simultaneously.
Um, why hasn’t Biden removed all restrictions on Ukrainian use of weapons we’ve provided?
Trump Is the Most Dominant Figure of the 21st Century
He has made himself a spectacle—and inescapable.
The parties learned what they always learn
When Democrats lose a big election, they’re convinced they’ve been doing everything wrong and want to radically remake their party, their nomination systems, and even their approach to politics. When Republicans lose (and acknowledge that loss), they generally regard it as an aberration; with a bit more money allocated a bit better, they could probably have won, and so there’s no need to rethink everything.
Relatedly, Democrats are convinced that they lose when they nominate someone who is too ideologically extreme and makes working class whites uncomfortable, and when they pivot toward the center they tend to win. Republicans are convinced that they lose when they try too hard to please centrists, but win when they stand up for what they believe in.
There’s no empirically correct answer here, and the parties have similar win rates, but both these beliefs are defensible given the parties’ histories, and they lead to vastly different behavior.
