Labour got 61% of seats on 34% of the vote; generously accounting for tactical voting, Lab+LD+Green account for 52.8% of the vote - a majority! - and got 79% of seats
if you're wondering what "manufacturing consent" looks like, it's not when the sitting president wins the primaries and goes on to be the party's candidate, it's this
The NY Times thinks the most important story of the day is the Jan 6 rioters sentencing (?) followed by Biden's debate performance getting about the same amount of space, with the restructuring of how all federal agencies work a distant third
For comparison the Post has its priorities right
You're welcome to believe "Feinstein retires pre 2018 -> Dick Durbin makes more convincing attacks in the confirmation -> Kav withdraws and no replacement is nominated for four months -> Dems do 6 points better in the midterms, win Indiana and Missouri" is realistic, but I don't
The duality of DC government: a very welcome project to convert a stretch of dangerous road to be more bike/bus friendly may take up to a year because for some reason it includes resurfacing the entire road
I don't care about the AI stuff but Simon had a meltdown over speed cameras and his god-given right to drive 140 through school zones, and I kind of think that should earn him the same cancellation as e.g. Louis CK got over the sex creep stuff
