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Pizzaburgers: “Everybody hates this idea, so it must be great”
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#USPolitics #ManchinCollins2024 #NoLabels #ProblemSolversCaucus #AnatShenkerOsorio #Centrism
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#USPolitics #ManchinCollins2024 #NoLabels #ProblemSolversCaucus #AnatShenkerOsorio #Centrism
When your family can't choose between pizza and burgers, a pizzaburger won't make anyone happy
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#centrism #ProblemSolvers #AnatShenkerOsorio
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#centrism #ProblemSolvers #AnatShenkerOsorio
A convincer's job is to persuade pizza-eaters to go for the burger instead.
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#NothingBurgers #Centrism #Cynicism #NoLabels
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#NothingBurgers #Centrism #Cynicism #NoLabels
Christmas's apocalyptic airline meltdown stranded thousands, ruining vacations and costing fliers a fortune. It wasn't just #SouthwestAirlines' meltdown - as stranded fliers sought alternatives, airlines like #AA raised the price of some domestic coach tickets over $10K. 1/
If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
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This didn't come out of nowhere. Southwest's growth strategy has seen the airlines add more planes and routes without a comparable investment in back-end systems, including crew scheduling systems. 3/
Today is, likely, the final day of this three-week session of pretrial hearings in the 9/11 case. The way forward is on the docket, including a prosecution bid to conduct a mental health exam on defendant Ammar al Baluchi. #LearnedHelplessness
Court begins at 9 a.m.
I'm heading over, will catch you up later.
I'm heading over, will catch you up later.
The hearing is in a lunch-time recess after a busy morning.
I am going to highlight a few grafs from the @revolvingdoorDC newsletter from April 1st. The context has only slightly changed. House Dems must take control of their destiny and open an impeachment inquiry.
Sign up here (it's free!): revolvingdoorproject.substack.com (1/4)
Sign up here (it's free!): revolvingdoorproject.substack.com (1/4)
Unlike what quivering members of the Establishment think, an "impeachment inquiry" needn't lead to *any vote,* so the fact that the votes for impeachment are not yet secured is a pretty dumb counter-argument. (2/4)
An ongoing inquiry would allow Democrats to control the narrative and remind people of scandals and abuses of power long forgotten. An inquiry would allow Nadler and his Committee mates to weave seemingly disparate scandals into a cohesive narrative. (3/4)
