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Sep 14, 2020 4 tweets 1 min read Read on X
The vast, vast majority of western forests are controlled by the federal government
State Forests are a thing back east, including in Trump's (and my) native NY, but they don't really exist in the west. It's all federal.
Anyway if the answer to the western megafires that are making air unbreathable for 1/6 of the country is better forest management that's the sort of thing a president could announce some initiatives on
One of the best people on twitter (#FF him) gives me a perfectly fair "actually....". Read Rob's thread

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Nov 9, 2022
Democrats are actually good at winning elections!
Because a lot of people on here are D partisans they and everyone they talk to think Ds are hopeless, inept and not as good as Rs. Actually a functional party has one purpose — winning elections — and Ds do it well. The GOP’s recent track record is the one that raises questions.
(Especially after last night. Lost the WH and Senate in 2020, underwhelming midterm in 2022, very atypical situation)
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Nov 8, 2022
The main impediment to that is Republican lawmakers in MI, PA and WI keeping regulations on election offices that slow down the count
“Counting the ballots should be driven by security, not speed,” Wisconsin state Rep. Janel Brandtjen, an R, said earlier this year as lawmakers were considering legislation on the issue. “Why would we want to give bad actors the chance to see ballots prior to Election Day?”
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Oct 26, 2022
You guys really should watch the #cosen debate cpr.org/2022/10/25/202…
We're not as exciting as PA but we're prettier
Juggling domestic stuff so didn't live tweet it but O'Dea's close was: "Colorado, give me a shot."
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Oct 11, 2022
Colorado looking increasingly California
Anyway, squint and you can see a path to victory for O'Dea in this poll (Bennet's only at 48%) but with ballots about to drop it is a pretty tight one. Consistent w the theme of what public polling there's been so far.
This guy says it more succinctly than me, maybe turn to him for your analysis

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Feb 8, 2022
Thread. Changing VRA standards could cut both ways
For a look at how the current VRA regime may hinder Democrats, for example, here's me and @DavidEggert00 from December abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireS…
Now the VRA is not (just) about partisan advantage, there's a lot more at stake here than do Ds or Rs get to wring a few more safe seats out of the map. But important to remember that things rarely cut cleanly in US politics.
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Oct 7, 2021
This is a very significant finding from Ruy Texeira, 1st flagged in my TL by @mattyglesias -- looks like Latino voters split along educational lines in 2020 theliberalpatriot.substack.com/p/the-democrat…
This is a pretty big deal because Latinos were already splitting in ways that mirrored Anglo voting trends (gender divide/evangelical/military service were prime determinants of voting R). The educational divide would further cement the parallels.
Glass half full for Ds is that Latinos start from a more Democratic baseline than Anglos; Biden still won non-college 55-41.

Glass half empty for Ds is there are a lot more non-college Latinos than college, so further to fall. there. (Of course ed attainment is ⬆️)
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