I'm an Iowa political reporter and I've never tried to cover a TP USA event before. But JD Vance is coming to Iowa next week for an event at Iowa State University, so I looked at the organization's press credential application. I was surprised to see them demand so much information about media outlets and the "media coverage plan." Is that how TP USA has always done things?
It's more structured now than it was, but the end of the day they like having the opportunity to deny certain entities. Sort of like Trump events. They care more about optics so if you register as a guest and follow the procedures (like no bags!) you should be fine.
Because I'm a dork and love cross-tabs and opinion data on insane topics like these, I built an app to visualize how different communities feel on a variety of takes across dimensions and see the fault lines in the distributions. Dedicated page for the Bulwark fam here to compare against other audiences: https://votto.app/bulwark
Check it out if you like interesting cross-tabs and cool charts like I do! Meant to be more like a living vibe check than a traditional survey, so don’t expect question statements to read like typical, dry polling mush.
The "reflection" of me generated by your app is recognizable, to a degree bordering on the uncanny. The explanations are lucid. I do wonder how it parsed answers to its few compound questions [asking whether I believed X caused (or contributed to) Y and whether I think that's for the better (or worse)]. In at least one case I disagreed strongly with the assertion of causality and did not counsider what my opinion _would have been_; in another I [silently] acknowledged the factual assertion, but strongly disagreed with the opinion expressed about the result.
If anybody cares to take a look at the format, style, and depth of the reflection resulting from the meshuggeneh opinions of one member of both Bulwark+ and 'οι πολλοί, y'all can access the pdf of mine at:
Jim, at least you got White Castle out of it. :)
Sounds rather, well, Soviet. Just needs an official minder.
Member Comment of The Week - nice touch! Regular addition to the format?
I appreciate your reporting. Thank you
Thanks, Jim
So are you saying that TPUSA has lost its institutional memory of Tim Miller’s attendance at their events? 🤣
Fine article standing up for democracy by Jim Swift thanks
I'm an Iowa political reporter and I've never tried to cover a TP USA event before. But JD Vance is coming to Iowa next week for an event at Iowa State University, so I looked at the organization's press credential application. I was surprised to see them demand so much information about media outlets and the "media coverage plan." Is that how TP USA has always done things?
It's more structured now than it was, but the end of the day they like having the opportunity to deny certain entities. Sort of like Trump events. They care more about optics so if you register as a guest and follow the procedures (like no bags!) you should be fine.
There’s always 🥸
BTW, if you live in Ohio take some time to read D.J. Barnes (The Rooster).
Because I'm a dork and love cross-tabs and opinion data on insane topics like these, I built an app to visualize how different communities feel on a variety of takes across dimensions and see the fault lines in the distributions. Dedicated page for the Bulwark fam here to compare against other audiences: https://votto.app/bulwark
Check it out if you like interesting cross-tabs and cool charts like I do! Meant to be more like a living vibe check than a traditional survey, so don’t expect question statements to read like typical, dry polling mush.
The "reflection" of me generated by your app is recognizable, to a degree bordering on the uncanny. The explanations are lucid. I do wonder how it parsed answers to its few compound questions [asking whether I believed X caused (or contributed to) Y and whether I think that's for the better (or worse)]. In at least one case I disagreed strongly with the assertion of causality and did not counsider what my opinion _would have been_; in another I [silently] acknowledged the factual assertion, but strongly disagreed with the opinion expressed about the result.
If anybody cares to take a look at the format, style, and depth of the reflection resulting from the meshuggeneh opinions of one member of both Bulwark+ and 'οι πολλοί, y'all can access the pdf of mine at:
https://tinyurl.com/ych5p787
Fun survey. This old Eugene McCarthy lib mostly lands with the majority of Bulwarkers.