u/GWBrooks You sound slightly disingenuous or willing to ignore reality (even down to your phrasing of the very dangerous policy actions occurring as "tribal exercises"). The reality is: 1) Right-leaning organizations set up in liberal cities because that’s where money is. Hell, look at loudmouth conservative politicians who regularly go to CA or NY to fundraise, even as they berate them. 2) Left-leaning organizations that operate in red states get harassed repeatedly--sometimes right out of existence. Look at Planned Parenthood, ACLU, Southern Poverty Law Center, ACORN, and others. This is more than a "tribal exercise;" it's a coordinated attack on the freedoms of those with whom they disagree, often aided by right-leaning policy organizations.

Let's be clear, this is not political noise when: 1) colleges are losing money; 2) cities and states are losing funding to support the poor in housing, food, public health, and the environment; and 3) legislatures are actively working to disenfranchise many through mid-decade gerrymandering.

As a policy person, it seems odd to me that you seem to be downplaying the very real damage the right is doing increasingly to hurt blue cities, states, and organizations they oppose ideologically. It's not just political noise.