Lewie Pollis

Nails Nathan @chadstanton.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 14:26 UTC

A very clear eyed and cogent take on the current moment imo

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 15:04 UTC

Thank you!

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 14:04 UTC

I almost wrote something about this around Father's Day but ended up folding it into my essay from last week: www.thelewsletter.lewispoll.is/p/a-hell-of-...

If you like Biden's politics, fine, but it tells me a lot about your character if you think he's also a good guy.

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 21:30 UTC

Behind the scenes at Chicken Puppet HQ

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 21:19 UTC

For more of my funny stories (and other things): www.thelewsletter.lewispoll.is/subscribe

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 20:22 UTC

Before my first day at my first office job I spent an hour practicing how to roll up my sleeves so they still looked professional

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 20:11 UTC

On the other hand, it seems there is a lesson to be learned about what happens when an unpopular incumbent ignores the polling data and insists that only his brand of genteel centrism (as opposed to a more-energetic progressive vision) can stem the tide of fascist xenophobia

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 20:02 UTC

I can't believe Americans are using the French election — in which Macron's arrogant belief in his own popularity completely blew up in his face, and the far-right lost only because downballot centrists ignored their leader's directives to not endorse the socialists — as cause to scold the left

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 16:41 UTC

"You can use them to mean opposites, I use them to mean the same"

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 16:33 UTC

"No, I said parallel!" "This is parallel!"

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 16:27 UTC

I will never get over being berated by my driver's ed instructor for not understanding her instructions while she insisted "perpendicular" was a synonym for "parallel"

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jul 07, 2024 at 13:37 UTC

Thank you so much!

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 19:28 UTC

I would bet Obama has too but probably only post-presidency

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 19:28 UTC

Donald Trump

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 15:25 UTC

"In one aberrantly positive poll, Biden is still losing to Trump, just less badly" isn't the W Biden's camp thinks it is

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 03:51 UTC

I know that's a cheeky descriptor but it was the MSNBC hosts too! I watched their post-debate show out of morbid curiosity, all the panelists were shaken and speculating about him dropping out

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 03:41 UTC

Anyway I wrote about the many costs of Biden's hubris this week

www.thelewsletter.lewispoll.is/p/a-hell-of-...

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 03:02 UTC

I have a vivid memory from six months ago of some centrist relatives rolling their eyes when I said Biden was paving the way for Trump to retake power. Now they're calling their representatives and asking them to endorse Harris replacing him. Something different is in the water now

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 02:56 UTC

I think a lot of Democrats really are just getting that now. So the people who've been beating this drum for years (including myself) are finally finding a receptive audience for it

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 22:06 UTC

Not sure why our neighborhood church bells are playing Let My People Go, especially in July, but I appreciate the gesture of inclusivity

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 16:20 UTC

Dunno how well this is conveyed in the photo but it is the most-opaque liquid I have ever consumed

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 16:16 UTC

Fitting that this beer is called Ultimate Haze

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 16:49 UTC

This is truly the GOAT Simpsons joke. I cannot listen to "Fire and Rain" anymore without laughing thinking about it

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 14:46 UTC

Frustrating to see folks who pretended not to notice when the New York Times bemoaned the decline of "positive stereotypes" for Jews last fall now calling for a boycott because some writers were mean to Joe Biden

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 14:39 UTC

Happy Fourth of July, or as my British uncle always called it, Thanksgiving

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 02:48 UTC

This analogy works because Yoda, like Biden, didn’t understand how his prideful inaction enabled his extremist opposition

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 16:14 UTC

ICYMI: I wrote about Joe Biden's stubborn faith in his own instincts, and the direct line between his myopic approaches to SCOTUS, climate change, and Israel (to name a few) and his selfish, hubristic insistence on seeking a second term.

www.thelewsletter.lewispoll.is/p/a-hell-of-...

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 00:46 UTC

Some words today about Joe Biden's legacy

www.thelewsletter.lewispoll.is/p/a-hell-of-...

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 17:10 UTC

I voted for Hillary Clinton and I wish she had won, but you can't tell the story of the 2016 election without her role in elevating Trump (because she mistakenly assumed she would beat him)

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 16:08 UTC

From climate change to Israel/Palestine, from SCOTUS to COVID, Joe Biden's stubborn faith in his own instincts has impaired his effectiveness as Commander in Chief. It's the same myopic arrogance that's driving his reelection bid. Today at The Lewsletter:

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 14:34 UTC

Running for reelection despite his weakness against Trump. Opposing Court-packing while SCOTUS dismantles Constitutional protections. Prioritizing the New Cold War over combatting climate change. Joe Biden's stubbornness is taking us all down with him.

www.thelewsletter.lewispoll.is/p/a-hell-of-...

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 13:53 UTC

Biden's insistence on seeking another term is at odds with his reputed pragmatism. But there is a clear throughline between his reelection campaign and his approach to SCOTUS, Gaza, and so many other defining issues of our day: His own stubborn arrogance. Hot off the presses at The Lewsletter:

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 01:55 UTC

Not a great sign that this essay became even more timely while I was writing it

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 15:02 UTC

This ruling, like Dobbs, was an inevitable result of not doing anything to reign in a rogue SCOTUS. Pack the Court or be complicit.

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 01:35 UTC

This week at The Lewsletter (probably Tuesday), I'm writing about what Trump's polling lead, SCOTUS overreach, and Israel's threat to invade Lebanon all have in common: Each incipient crisis stems at least partly from Joe Biden's stubbornness. Subscribe for free to read it when it's published!

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 19:06 UTC

Didn't realize Steve was over here now too, thanks!

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Lewie Pollis @lewsonfirst.lewispoll.is [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 18:45 UTC

Does every city have a terminally online meteorologist who provides real-time informational shitposts about local weather? Or are we uniquely lucky in Providence to have @weatherishappening.bsky.social?

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