Dr. Strangelove

Ted Cruz knows exactly what he's doing, he is many things but stupid is not one of them. The idiots are his voters that applaud and reward his behavior. Ted Cruz gives them exactly what they want.

I think it is more to the point that he fell apart in important games (or more accurately described as a spectacularly imploded) because he had a flawed roster with a lot of talent in some areas bit completely lacking in others. That isn't to say he isn't Nebraska's best coach this century, he is.

He also started offering random players on good high school teams because they had a philosophy that players from a winning team had a winning attitude. It's why they offered a lot of questionable State Champion QBs and why they offered all the bad players from Edna Karr High School (all three players left the program before the end of training camp). He recruited a lot of talent, and did a good job of developing it. But he did start making a few questionable choices towards the end of his tenure.

I want to thank all the Republican members of this board for electing Trump and for continuing to support Republican candidates who enabled him. I would say "I told you so!" but that's cheap. It was pretty obvious when he strolled down the escalator and said some racist stuff, but hey, at least you got a few judges out of it! https://www.vice.com/en/article/88nbza/elections-official-accused-of-helping-leak-data-to-qanon-leader

While a fair point, some parents would rather send students to school anyway. I don't know what the caveats are to how the federal money can be used, but they could purchase laptops, give internet stipends etc. for students who want to learn remote. The in person measures aren't great, but DeSantis is in a position where he has to do the crazy things his voters want. The money could purchase masks or for anything that 'helps' in person learning while mitigating the spread.

PSA - This is the top candidate not named Trump for 2024. I guess DeSantis wants to break his own personal record for children hospitalized with COVID?

Exactly. Plus, I don't think there is some huge plot to uncover here. Things didn't "add up" because B1G leadership was simply bad, inconsistent, and incompetent. Not allowing Nebraska to schedule a replacement game for Wisconsin because of different COVID protocols of the opposing team, but simultaneously being okay with sending teams to bowl games, is just stupid. No plot necessary. Chalk it up to bad leadership in a difficult situation and put this to bed.

This is going to be an embarrassing distraction for the football team, isn't it?

We'll see. It may hurt them for Presidential elections. Frankly, Republicans have such a huge advantage in the electoral college it's quite amazing that they lost in 2020, albeit the difference was 40k votes. The best hope for the Democrats is that the recent extremes are due to Trump. If he is not running, will Republicans benefit from his turnout?

It depends. For the House of Representatives, it's a mix, but Democrats have a chance to win the House occasionally. During the last cycle, heavily gerrymandered districts in the suburbs flipped on Republicans. Democrats can battle back, but will likely only be competitive for 4 of the 10 years this decade. The same will probably be repeated in the 2030s and 2040s. The structural advantages at the state level are going to be next to impossible to overcome for decades. (In Wisconsin, Republicans control 5/8 seats despite losing the majority of votes, for example). The electoral college will likely maintain a heavy Republican bias until the state of Texas turns blue, which is probably 5 or so election cycles away. Maybe the late 2030s or early 2040s. The conservative bias of the Senate is likely to remain the same for decades, as small states will always have the same representation. Until a new political realignment occurs, or something like a viable 3rd party forms, the Senate will be perpetually dominated by Republicans. Long story short, things don't look good for the political future of this country. If you think things are toxic now, wait until a Presidential election in 2028 or 2032. By then, Democrats can win the popular vote by 4.5% and lose the House, Senate, Presidency, and the legislatures of every major swing state. Buckle up.

The GOP is engaging in a race to the bottom, in order to appeal to a crazy minority of voters. The scary part is that it will absolutely work. They're going to win the House next year and win the Senate by 2024. Despite likely losing the popular vote in 2024 by 4% or more, they will have a greater them 50% chance of winning the Presidency.

This is easily the best one.

Nurses vote in essentially the same way as individuals with education levels of a high school diploma. In that sense, it's unsurprising that they consume and share right-wing media.

This is a question that will be studied by political scientists for quite sometime. For now, it appears that you are correct: Trumps improvement in the Hispanic vote is in large part because of increases in the Cuban-American vote in Florida. However, there is evidence that his gains with Hispanic voters increased elsewhere, especially in the upper midwest. However, his vote share among Hispanics was not as widespread in the Southwest, such as in Arizona and Neveda. Political Scientists are probably going to have to stop grouping all Hispanic voters together, as the voting behavior is quite different between geography, as noted above, and by heritage. Cuban-American voters are much different than Mexican-American voters, while voters from Central America are much different than both. It's pretty interesting. I don't have a Masters in Political Science, but from what I've read voting behavior amongst Hispanics is now falling more in line with what you would expect among the general population: higher levels of education or being female correlate with liberal views while lower levels of education or being male correlate with conservative views. It suggests that Hispanic voters feel more assimilated into American society, which is good! It remains to be seen if their white counterparts, both liberal and conservative, regard them the same way. I suspect not.

I wonder if more ICU beds would be available if he hadn't signed a bill (which he now regrets) that rejected mask mandates? According to many members of this board it doesn't matter. No harm done with that mask rejecting bill.

My guess is Rupert Murdoch. They own many publications in the UK and Australia. They pretty much do the same business practice elsewhere as they do with Fox News: Sow extreme distrust of perceived "elites", distrust of the opposition party, and not so subtle hints of racism. Rinse and repeat, they appeal to a similar base of conspiratorial conservative white people elsewhere.

An excellent article. I laughed when it went into how migrants are tested at nearly a 100% rate and are quarantined if positive. But hey, anything that passes the blame away from the unvaccinated, which are primarily conservative white people.

Ignorance is bliss. #desantis2024

Yeah, this sounds pretty stupid and is likely not true. Investigate it, sure. But it is almost certainly untrue. As for "abolish ICE", any Democrat running on that message or any pushing that message within the party deserves to lose. It is not only a dumb idea, but it will also cost them elections in an environment where they already play at a massive disadvantage.

It's almost like the entire GOP attitude towards immigration is not-so-suddenly racist by trying to distract its voting base with the border every chance they get. Or why Donald Trump's opening foray into politics was declaring that Obama isn't American. Or why his opening campaign speech called Mexicans rapists and murderers. Just because 40% of Americans love to blame immigrants for their problems doesn't make it only "politics as usual". It can carry racist undertones at the same time.

I don't disagree that it is overused, however, this is pretty obvious guys. There is little, if any, evidence of COVID spread relating to immigration policy at the border. All we know is that vaccinations prevent hospitlzations and deaths. It probably helps mitigate the spread, although there is conflicting evidence on if vaccinated people spread the virus at the same rates as unvaccinated. Any discourse not blaming unvaccinated people for the current course of the pandemic should not be taken seriously.

What I meant was, I have no idea if it's legal to require immigrants (illegal or legal) vaccinations as a condition of their entry if legal or if they are released pending a court date if illegal. I personally think that is a good thing to require, but I also understand that it may not be something that is possible. I would encourage any illegal immigrant to get a vaccine at a pharmacy, I hope there are ways the vaccine is available with minimal documentation (no drivers license required).

Firstly, I applaud your volunteerism. That is awesome work. I seriously mean that. That aside, the cartoon is absolutely racist. It seeks to shift the burden of COVID spread from conservative whites (less likely to be vaccinated) and shift the blame to immigrants and tie it to immigration policy, one of the most powerful conservative talking points. I disagree that the cartoon (or the idea that immigrants are making the spread of COVID worse) is about socioeconomic class. Even, hypothetically, if it were true, the conservative whites can still protect themselves by getting the vaccine. As far as your thoughts on what to do with Immigrants at the border, I agree. Require vaccinations if they're apprehended, at a minimum in my opinion. The legality and logistics aside.

That is a fair point, and is largely true.. But as you stated my main point of my sparky reply: the conservative talking point painting dirty immigrants as a source of COVID is gross and appeals to racist attitudes.

During times of crisis, America has to do what it does best. We rally around each other, stand up, and blame immigrants and poor people. It has nothing to do with idiots and red states not getting vaccinated. It's surely the dirty immigrants from Mexico, a country of 127 million people that *checks notes* is reporting as many daily cases of COVID as the state of Florida.