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I mean I get it Imagine testing this idea and being wrong (i.e. being the president who doesn't try anything ambitious, expects a good midterm, still gets wiped out)

The strength of Abundance is that it's not trying to make people miserable Lots of the clear electoral losers of the 2020s (inflation, extreme COVID measures, Dobbs, a possible trade-driven recession, etc) made a lot of voters (foreseeably) unhappy

"tariffs are good! trade imbalances are bad! don't worry" vs "the markets are crashing"

Just going to re-share this every now and again

"Schakowsky leaves but it's not an upstart vs gerontocracy race" is probably the template for the best outcome for Ds, whether KA wins or not D anti-establishment blue dist challengers have been a mixed bag -> probably best for them to do more of a primary and see what happens

I always felt like Bush era NeverTrump neocons got very little from Dems. They flipped and got... Jeff Flake sent to Turkey? So kind of interesting that, for reasons totally unrelated to them, there's a pro-Ukraine pro-Abundance thing forming where some kinda sorta might fit

Hire Adam! He's been super friendly and helpful to me -- a twitter rando! -- and I'm sure he'll do a great job for whoever is lucky enough to hire him first

Almost everywhere? The Hunter DeButts saga showed how little distance there is between prompt and publish for some people. And editors aren't perfect -- I would guess a lot of places have published AI text without knowing at least once

...it's okay to give yourself time to shower daily Softer idea, similar direction though: pick hobbies that you can integrate your kids into. It's fun bonding! My toddler and I cook and garden together. The one-year-old does stroller runs with me. It's great -- lots of options!

One thing I do not miss about journalism Someone being like "David, what does the data say about this?" in a news moment like, well, this

Work update: I'm wrapping up my time at NPI and I'm starting a new job soon! Can't share details yet, but watch this space ;)

🚨🚨🚨CAREER UPDATE 🚨🚨🚨 I'm going to be a VP at National Research Group starting middle of next week! I'm really excited about it! Much much more to come. Stay tuned! :)