That dynamic where the left-liberal alliance was against Trump, in going in on it the left showed its hand that their goals were incompatible with liberalism before they could fully co-opt

The way there are actually several fracturable lefts, and they’re starting to realize that staying chained together helps them come up together but will drag them down together too

And the liberals don’t come when they cry “wolf” anymore (even when there are wolves)

The way courts AREN’T a reliable Dem shortcut anymore and Biden’s trying broad “It’s the economy, stupid” to beat polarization, constrained to what you can sell in West Virginia

The way Substack is offering itself as our ‘80s TNR and Matt Yglesias our Michael Kinsley

This is exactly the bankshot you had to make, and then Donald Trump came down an escalator