That will show them!

The burn ...

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"Good character should never be optional in leaders, and strength of character is more important in difficult times. But it’s now wrong to simply assert that truth as self-evident. Millions of Americans disagree. They’re willing to hold their noses and vote for someone they might not even trust to manage a local McDonald’s and send them to the United States Congress, or even the White House, so long as they defeat the hated enemy on the other side."

Make Character Great Again by David French https://newsletters.theatlantic.com/the-third-rail/63655811ce44df0038db1d96/make-character-great-again-herschel-walker-donald-trump/

60 years ago, Billboard #1 for the week of Nov. 5, 1962: He's A Rebel - The Crystals https://youtu.be/aF7V2dSvxpo

50 years ago, Billboard #1 for the week of Nov. 5, 1972: Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now https://youtu.be/NkwJ-g0iJ6w

@Miamoex If, for example, crime were the most important issue in large cities, as the GOP contends, then the voters there would be throwing the Democrats out. But it isn't the most important issue there.

@Miamoex My point is that they are people you don't know and haven't talked to. You are correct in one sense, however: their fears are largely illusory. They are reacting to what they see on TV and horror stories being peddled on social media, on Fox News, and on local news programs ("If it bleeds, it leads!") and saying, "I don't want that in my community or in my schools!" But none of their fears are things they have experienced firsthand.

From the bird site:

@Miamoex Well, then you need to get out more.

‘Black Adam’ Shows Again that China is Lost to Hollywood https://open.substack.com/pub/screentime/p/black-adam-shows-again-that-china

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tl;dr Many don't realize that they live in a political bubble, so they find it incomprehensible that anyone would ever vote for anyone in the opposing party. Don't be that person.

Don’t Be Pauline Kael by Charlie Sykes https://open.substack.com/pub/morningshots/p/dont-be-pauline-kael

@Mimi_memorykeeper68 The big financial danger to him is that Tesla stock price is highly dependent on his personal branding. It is possible that it could begin to tank now that the myth of his genius is being punctured.

@ChristopherBudd But is it already too late? The best chance of success relied on the confidence that Musk knew what he was doing. Who believes that now?

Elon Musk’s Twitter layoffs leave whole teams gutted https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/4/23439790/elon-musk-twitter-layoffs-trust-and-safety-teams-severance

Twitter Recommends Ye as Top Follow on ‘The Jews’ as Company Does Mass Layoffs https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7gkw8/twitter-recommends-ye-as-top-follow-on-the-jews-as-company-does-mass-layoffs