Progressives Won In The Midwest, While Trump Was Arrested In Manhattan | FiveThirtyEight

[@johnchessant3012]

Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson! Justice-elect Janet Protasiewicz!

[@holdenennis]

Let’s go Brandon!

[@panda-ep6xo]

So long gay Bowser

[@pwnerdowner]

Tuning in for the first time in a while. Glad to see Galen still has the same apartment with the exposed brick.😊

[@eriktorgler7748]

I really wish that a party flip would trigger a by election. You were elected to a particular party and your constituents cast their votes with an understanding of how you would act that is based on your party affiliation.

[@suburbanhousewife40]

Agree. It is frustrating that charlatans like Santos and Sinema are able to dupe their voters and yet, remain. Every State needs to enact recall election laws.

[@piepie3295]

nah people vote for candidates, not parties.

[@TheCinder24]

In Wisconsin, apparently we won but we also lost. We won the Supreme Court election, however, the GOP now has a super majority in our state. Not sure how this is going to shake out.

[@rorysimpson8716]

I guess challenge all their MAGA train whistle nonsense and take it to court?

[@fshoaps]

Eh. It sucks, but they aren't going to get close to overturning electoral votes, or the like. Settle down, Karen.

[@rorysimpson8716]

@@fshoaps I dont think you know what that word means.

[@BlackDoveNYC]

Doesn’t the WI Supreme Court have a say on how district lines are drawn?

[@JHeckman12]

@@BlackDoveNYC They to, but they are also subject to impeachment... from the Republican senate. It's a bit of a mess.

[@georgeharris6851]

Technically, a Presidential election is not a federal election, it is 51 elections to elect a slate of electors. It is the electors that actually vote for the president and vice president.

[@KathrynAnnWilliams]

That needs to change, IMHO. Too many hands on the pot and I don't trust the slate of electors in this day and age,.

[@SuperGion915]

I'm sure a federal election doesn't refer to who is allowed to vote, but rather the position they are electing, and they are electing a federal position.

[@ashyasharris1]

Though it is a federal position that's being elected, the states administer those elections and each has its own set of rules and laws pertaining to how the elections are conducted, so it's something of a grey zone.

[@debbievoss3496]

Yeah well, we're eliminating that electoral college bullshit. Time to simply vote by popular vote.

[@lukerenner134]

True. This has always seemed unintuitive to me.

[@e_eyster]

Always interesting when the ads kick in at a time that makes you double take when listening to these podcasts in the background Gaylen: What should be make of those two data points? Ad: There are over 100k automobile repair jobs available in the US Me: What?

[@BlackDoveNYC]

I think in Chicago younger voters increased their turnout and they went for Johnson. WI is a 50/50 state that like a number of other states (MI and NC) in the recent past have been manipulated to seem more Republican than they are. Remember the Republican candidate won by ~1%. Not exactly a blow out. The youth vote was also important in the state as were the votes cast against Republican voter law manipulation.

[@ashyasharris1]

The youth vote and women generally are to be commended for the resounding victory in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race. Kelly's post-election "concession" speech was disgusting too, FWIW.

[@emmetthenderson5381]

Any one of us who had committed these crimes would be already locked up and the key would be throwed away, sick and tired of these apologists for this orange slime. Bullys don't recognize anything but overwhelming strength. Treat this grifter no different than anyone else, anything else is a blow to justice.

[@somemoreleftisbest7454]

Wish there was a bit more historical context added in the analysis of the Wisconsin election. In fact i wish there was a bit more historical context added to all your election analysis. Here is what you guys were missing: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYrMinZ7pNSZppY

[@nothingtoseehere411]

Lmao they’re so pissed Johnson won, and they refuse to credit the work of Johnson’s massive contingent of volunteers and organziers

[@chrisrecord5625]

Georgia indictment watch, July, and same for Jack Smith.

[@apryce1]

Galen, stop messing with the regular AirPods and get the pros, you’ll thank me later. Great reporting

[@benedictcowell6547]

That is a mistake, you give the mirror to narcissism

[@floxy20]

Smart move criminalizing political opposition. Sort of like what they do in third world countries. Don't worry, the Other Side will some day return the compliment.

[@robertplatt1693]

Weisselberg flipped. That's the change from two years ago.

[@phillylifer]

What i understand

[@Northcountry1926]

Trump is Done, He is Yesterday man… America has moved on ! God Bless America 🇺🇸

[@debbievoss3496]

We hope, but rumors abound we may be in for a big terrible surprise.

[@disasterarea9341]

Hell yeah. A great day!!!

[@petyrbaelish1216]

Take note republicans.

[@sith1986]

😂 she was almost in tears, good lord woman get a grip

[@bheemabachus5179]

Man, if you don't believe in being tough on crime, you're a bad person. You're telling me you want to be merciful to thieves, murderers, rapists, domestic abusers, child abusers, fraudsters...like those people don't deserve mercy. Maybe it's a good idea to use lighter methods of punishment if it will reduce recidivism, which I think it will. Maybe there are crimes that shouldn't be crimes, which I think is true. But philosophically, if you feel sympathy for terrible people, you shouldn't be given a platform.

[@emmetthenderson5381]

Amen to that!!!

[@Habib_Osman]

If a crime can't be summarised succinctly in a couple lines, it sounds like a flimsy case imo. What % chance for any conviction is there?

[@theuglykwan]

I wonder how Chicago's election would have turned out if they used approval or star voting. Those tend to lead to more moderate results. They used run-offs which shut out the moderates from the general election.

[@rogerwilco5918]

It's your story, tell it how you want

[@KathrynAnnWilliams]

Listen up. We're living in a gangsters paradise and lots of business people, AND poor people want to be like the Swamp Leader In Chief. #EthicsMatter

[@MrKNOW-uz7bt]

You so right! I have political debates, with my co-workers at work. Their support is based on scamming and get free stimulus money which they believe he started. They would vote for him and look the other way on his criminal Behavior. I was stunned and appalled of the lack of morals and ethics. But this is what they say in their defense, Trump is just like America meaning that America is unjust and corrupt just like Trump. So he's the best person to represent us. That's their defense. At that instant I thought these people should not be allowed to vote. I know that's wrong, but this is how the next one who really tried this authoritarian takeover other government. It's these kinds of people that will give in and destroy our democracy.#ethics matters

[@emmetthenderson5381]

Yessssss indeed %100!!!!

[@DerricktheRed]

I appreciate the analysis, but I wish Amelia would tone down the narrative building to fit a very progressive narrative. Not saying I necessarily disagree with her on everything, but her bias in her analysis is over the top for a relatively academic podcast.

[@pikachuthegayatheist6215]

We could be in for a big October surprise against Donald Trump.

[@fshoaps]

I cannot take Amelia. She is literally the walking anti-thesis of everything I believe ideologically, and politically.

[@verareiki9263]

God does not like ugly😮 How many people are saying there God😢 Are they smarter wider than God Jesus and the angels and the Indigenous people's gods😊