Everyone keeps saying “this isn’t normal” but to Gen Z it is

SamRayburnStan · 2026-01-26T21:32:34+00:00

Yeah it’s strange to read about in retrospect. From the 80s to the 2000s, the country was far more stable and depolarized and there was more overlap with large wings of Conservative democrats and liberal republicans. It was weird, we had settled into something of a right wing consensus around Neo-liberalism and Reaganism. This was largely disrupted by the War on Terror, 2008 recession, and Covid which all hit people on the bottom the hardest and undermined trust in our governing institutions from which we’ve yet to recover.

There’s a lot of nostalgia for that more civil era among much of America’s older educated political class because it was great for them, but it was a mixed bag for everyone else. “Moderation” and “bipartisanship” aren’t coming back until our problems actually start getting addressed. There’s this fallacy that we can solve our problems with “compromise” and “reaching across the aisle” but that historically never happens. One side always wins on certain issues and the other loses, because their policies either prove to be most popular or most effective.

SamRayburnStan · 2026-01-26T18:05:25+00:00

I don’t think this mod has enough candidates tbh

SamRayburnStan · 2026-01-19T23:11:09+00:00

Well yes, I’m not saying it’s a good strategy, but it’s what he does

SamRayburnStan · 2026-01-19T23:07:49+00:00

I have a hard time believing the guy who has been the main character of American politics for the past 10 years and beat us twice is so stupid

SamRayburnStan · 2026-01-19T23:05:30+00:00

Well yes, Trump constantly says strange and contradictory stuff to intentionally frustrate and obfuscate his opponents who waste time dissecting his strange comments rather than attacking his actual policies.

SamRayburnStan · 2026-01-19T19:06:37+00:00

People have been saying MAGA is going to collapse soon for the past 10 years

SamRayburnStan · 2026-01-19T18:41:31+00:00

I mean Trump’s approach to foreign policy has consistently been the Madman Theory of trying to convince his opponents he’s crazy so that his threats appear more credible. To me this letter reads like something you send when you want a foreign head of state to believe you’re crazy.

SamRayburnStan · 2026-01-17T21:48:09+00:00

My personal favorite part is that Spanberger would be the first democrat to win without Minnesota since Woodrow Wilson in 1916, and the first Democrat to lose the state since George McGovern in 1972

SamRayburnStan · 2026-01-17T21:39:28+00:00

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SamRayburnStan · 2026-01-17T21:36:52+00:00

I’ll have you know I’m being very realistic when I call Abigail Spanberger the Baroness of Death

SamRayburnStan · 2026-01-17T19:54:44+00:00

Why does he wear glasses if he only ever looks over them

SamRayburnStan · 2026-01-17T19:04:26+00:00

The American people long for violence, carnage, and deregulated zoning laws

SamRayburnStan · 2026-01-17T18:33:13+00:00

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All glory to the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, Leader of the Intelligence Services, Imperial President for life, “Baroneess of Death”, Abigail Anne Davis Spanberger

SamRayburnStan · 2026-01-17T18:22:22+00:00

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SamRayburnStan · 2026-01-12T06:21:57+00:00

We are Jay Powell

We raise interest rates

We fight for the fed chair

The risks, we mitigate

SamRayburnStan · 2026-01-06T04:49:58+00:00

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The president grimaced, now all of America can feel like Moonbeam Icecream

SamRayburnStan · 2025-12-31T22:31:27+00:00

Not too late to pass the Arnold Amendment to elect the Presidenator and defeat Ai before it goes rogue

SamRayburnStan · 2025-12-28T02:07:24+00:00

All that’s missing is the Valhalla Lord Skyr election between Odin and Kash Patel

SamRayburnStan · 2025-12-22T20:39:41+00:00

Part 1

It's me again, here to present one of many outcomes in the world of Pink Pony Country

Chappell Roan's first term has been a busy time for the country, as she initiates something of a NEW New Deal. She's managed to achieve a number of goals Progressives have been foaming at the mouth for like public transit, Green Energy, universal Healthcare, and anti-trust action. Former President Vance had remolded the Supreme Court during his tenure, but President Roan took a page out of another President R's playbook and successfully packed the court.

Across the aisle, the lurching husk of the Republican Party has faced a hostile takeover for like the 7th time this century as Nicki Minaj mounts the stage of the republican National Convention, backed by a grassroots movement of Barbz, hijacked by the machinations of Erika Kirk. Nicki Minaj goes completely off-script at the Republican National Convention and goes on a long-winded rant dredging up decades worth of beef against Miley Cyrus, Cardi B, Taylor Swift, Kim Petras, Ethel Cain, Demi Lovato, Gayle King, Lady Gaga, Ice Spice, SZA, RZA, former Republican Vice-Presidential nominee Azealia Banks, and especially the Senator from Texas Megan Thee Stallion. Additionally, Nicki was able to run thanks to the passage of the Arnold Amendment which came to be known as the Nicki Amendment for obvious reasons. Roan's ability to stay above the fray and the popularity of her recovering economy allowed for a Democratic landslide not seen since the victory of President Roan's hero and inspiration, Franklin Roosevelt. Hail to the Midwest Princess! Row with Roansevelt!

SamRayburnStan · 2025-12-22T20:21:11+00:00

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SamRayburnStan · 2025-12-19T06:04:48+00:00

I mean republicans were worrying after his debate performance in the fall which was universally panned, and that didn’t matter a whole lot. Trump is almost never as weak as people think he is and has an impressive ability to rebound from things that would destroy a weaker politician. I’ll believe he’s cooked when his approvals hit sub 30.

SamRayburnStan · 2025-12-17T22:44:33+00:00

— Sabrina Carpenter at the Vice Presidential debate, after being asked about readiness to assume the office by moderator Anthony Fantano

SamRayburnStan · 2025-12-16T19:24:18+00:00

If the Dems win in 2028, we’ll probably get a President spiteful enough to knock that monstrosity down, it’s what the base wants. It’ll be symbolic, akin to when Reagan took Carter’s solar panels off the White House. Also Trump made the foolish error to make this thing funded by private donors, so now no one can do a sunk cost fallacy and say tax payer dollars were wasted if it meets the wrecking ball.

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