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Ben's avatar

Every single thing out of JVLs brain since the election has been 100%. And he’s the only one saying it. One of the few people who really gets what is happening. Thanks for doing what you do - I’m an Area leader for the Dems in PA. I’m listening and will be building my strategy on your analysis.

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Child In Time's avatar

I regret tremendously never having read JVL...I was utterly unaware of his prodigious talent. I never read the Washington Examiner because I saw it's face, Byron York, for the journalistic lightweight he is and incorrectly assumed the rest of the paper was no different.

JVL should be opining for the Atlantic and the Economist. His journalistic talent is nothing short of transcendent. I might never have graduated from Johns Hopkins medical school either, but I did graduate from Duke University medical school atop my class, and I can say with the utmost confidence that I could never be a shadow of the journalist JVL is.

Mr. Last is to journalism what Roy Buchanan was to blues guitar, a criminally underrated, generational, transcendent talent. I tip my humble cap in honor of his innumerable merits...

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Cascadienne's avatar

I find Sarah Longwell to be extremely forthright and worth following. Tim Miller, too, of course, and when all three of them are on, they are “dynamite.”

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Ron Bravenec's avatar

Sarah, who seems to be more tolerant of Trump voters, is a good counterweight to JVL. And add Tim Miller – a great team!

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E.K. Hornbeck's avatar

JVL is always right ... well make it 99.44 %

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darin snellgrove's avatar

Couldn't agree more. Also still think he's holding back a little on purpose. What's coming is really f'ng dark

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Judith Fischer's avatar

Also follow Brian Cohen. He also is spot on.

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Jannet Lynne Prikosovits's avatar

I've been saying that once they're in, they will NEVER leave since 11/6. After all, he TOLD everyone that we'd "never have to vote again." Every pick he's made is setting this up. Unfortunately for ALL of us, Vance the Shillbilly is the Heritage Foundation's preference; we can fully expect them to use the 25th and remove BLOTUS to give us King Vance - for life. This is the ACTUAL depth of the loss on 11/5.

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JB's avatar

But he didn’t mean that!! You took it out of context./s

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Ben's avatar

PS it’s frustrating how some others have been treating you as if you are being hyperbolic when you were the only one who could see what was happening on E night.

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Blanche Axton's avatar

^^This. The one thing I remember so clearly from Trump's 2016 win was how often I was told I was over reacting.....that it would all be fine.....

And here we are. It's not all fine. In fact, it's a f*cking abyss.......

It's one of many things I like about JVL......

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JF's avatar

I’ve been writing repeatedly ever since before November 5 that if Trump won there would be no more elections. I recall once Sarah objecting to that prediction (not directly to me, but in general) as if it was preposterous. This, after uncountable preposterous events became reality. A convicted criminal was running, and won the presidency, is but one example. After that, nothing is preposterous.

In a different sub-topic: the pedophile & groomer accusations tossed about freely and indiscriminately for the past several years, seem to have withered on the vine. Were they past their “sell by’ date?

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Jonathan V. Last's avatar

Remember the guy at the other place saying that people like me were just as obsessed with Trump and the MAGA folks and that he was cleverly preparing for the “post Trump” future and skating to where the puck would be?

Because I remember.

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Ben's avatar

Clear you guys knew there was nowhere to go “after”… it’s like that cyclops from Krull 😂

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Sarah Clement's avatar

No, Tim and Sarah looked as stricken on election night as JVL. They all knew what was happening. By 9 pm. I prayed they were wrong. But they weren’t.

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Ben's avatar

Not at first - Tim actually apologized to JVL later about it.

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Nancy (South NJ coast)'s avatar

Seeing around corners. JVL's specialty.

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Ben's avatar

(long time lurker, new subscriber so now I can post, yay!)

I remember my wife calling me in disbelief on Jan 6th. I was like, "what did everyone THINK was going to happen!?" But only because I had been reading the Bulwark which spelled it all out to a T. This group has known where things are going (hint: it's dark) for a long time, and frankly it seems to be the only place that really gets it right now.

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Blanche Axton's avatar

Right? Good Lord.

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