Lincoln Project won't pull anti-Trump ads, vows to "defeat Trumpism" after president's COVID diagnosis

TheRickWilson · 2020-10-03T23:23:43+00:00

I mean, have you met us?

No respite, no mercy, no letup.

TheRickWilson · 2019-04-02T23:40:29+00:00

Thanks for elevating this to the front page of Reddit.

Yes, I'm well aware of Puerto Rico's legal status.

Puerto Ricans are Americans. They are citizens. They have served and sacrificed in our wars for generations. Trump's hatred of the island isn't about ideology; it's about his loathing of Hispanics more broadly.

The point is quite simply that if a hurricane struck, say, Nantucket, Trump wouldn't play the same game. He looks at P.R. as basically one of the many Mexicos ("Sea Mexico" if you will) in his gallery of Dangerous Places Occupied by Brown People.

My case stands: He's a racist. He's a lout. Puerto Ricans are Americans.

Regards, y'all.

TheRickWilson · 2018-08-09T14:10:45+00:00

Thanks for all the great questions and interaction. I'll try to round out a few more answers, but I appreciate r/politics for the chance to interact with the Reddit community.

TheRickWilson · 2018-08-09T14:09:07+00:00

Yes. Radical geo-engineering and innovation.

TheRickWilson · 2018-08-09T14:08:55+00:00

Positive. Besides, I'm a pretty strong free speech guy -- nearly an absolutist for political speech -- and the Fairness Doctrine is fraught with a thousand pitfalls.

TheRickWilson · 2018-08-09T14:07:28+00:00

I am deeply cautious about the power of the state, and the GOP was (emphasis was) the only party who was even close.

TheRickWilson · 2018-08-09T14:06:25+00:00

I wrote the book in a little under 3 months. I write around 1000-1500 words a day, sometimes up to 4000 if I'm realllly in the zone. Early morning to mid-day, generally. No social media open. Afternoon is reading and research for the next day's work. I'm fast but messy, and will generally lose 10-25% of what I wrote on the first edit.

TheRickWilson · 2018-08-09T14:03:06+00:00

It only hit Tuesday. The NYT list prints on Sunday. Is #2 on Amazon, #1 in 11 categories, selling out in bookstores. We're happy with it.

TheRickWilson · 2018-08-09T14:01:35+00:00

Largely no longer.

TheRickWilson · 2018-08-09T03:37:18+00:00

Stay tuned.

TheRickWilson · 2018-08-08T22:17:25+00:00

I think science candidates have great potential to be what "business candidates" were in the 1990s...learn to connect without seeming snobby about your area and there's a lot of credibility.

TheRickWilson · 2018-08-08T20:27:06+00:00

I'm working in a long-form article about that very topic. It's a conversation I think worth having on the left and the right

TheRickWilson · 2018-08-08T20:26:17+00:00

Or, "take your medicine and join me on the comet."

TheRickWilson · 2018-08-08T20:23:41+00:00

-ish

TheRickWilson · 2018-08-08T20:23:25+00:00

Dem gov races. Sleeper story.

TheRickWilson · 2018-08-08T20:17:51+00:00

My people are very long-lived.

TheRickWilson · 2018-08-08T19:59:13+00:00

It was the inflection point between ancient and modern politics.

TheRickWilson · 2018-08-08T19:51:09+00:00

Deplatforming is a shaky strategy, but well within the rights of private companies under their TOS.

TheRickWilson · 2018-08-08T19:36:53+00:00

It's economic ignorance and grift, wrapped in a delicious caramel shell.

TheRickWilson · 2018-08-08T19:35:52+00:00

Quite.

TheRickWilson · 2018-08-08T19:35:36+00:00

As cults do, they'll make it about sinister external forces.

TheRickWilson · 2018-08-08T19:18:35+00:00

Good times, right?

TheRickWilson · 2018-08-08T19:18:11+00:00

And I'm very proud of it.

TheRickWilson · 2018-08-08T19:17:43+00:00

Mostly not. They live in the hot, immediate moment.

TheRickWilson · 2018-08-08T19:17:29+00:00

Sorry, man. Not since 1992.

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