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  1. Apr 2023
    1. In den USA versuchen die Republikaner, Zugeständnisse bei der Anhebung der Schuldengrenze dazu zu benutzen, Klimaschutz-Regelungen der Biden-Administration zu kippen und zugleich mehr Investitionen in fossile Brennstoffe durchzusetzen. Eine Anhebung der Schuldengrenze ist notwendig, damit die amerikanische Regierung ihre laufenden Geschäfte weiter finanzieren kann. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/21/us/politics/debt-ceiling-energy-policy.html

  2. Nov 2022
    1. The final thing I will say is, we have the 2016 model in our mind that, if there's a normie Republican, they get crushed by Donald Trump. Why should a Mike DeWine, not that he's going to run, but why — normie Republicans did way better than the performative Republicans.

      https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/brooks-and-capehart-on-the-midterm-results-and-what-it-means-trumps-role-in-the-gop#transcript

      video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Km_Vyhvww

      David Brooks here (coins?) uses the phrase "normie Republican" to describe Republicans who tend to center rather than to the far right, Christian right, or who are Trump Republicans. Some of those people might describe these normie Republicans as Rhinos (Republicans in name only.)

      Typically I've only seen "normie" used by those who identify as ADHD, Aspergers, or otherwise on the (neurodiverse) spectrum to describe average people who don't display those behaviors.


      Judy Woodruff: So, I just want to be clear. We're using the word normie, as in — this is a David Brooks word, right? (LAUGHTER)

      David Brooks: No, this — I did not invent this. I think two generations below me invented that word. (LAUGHTER)

      Brooks admits he learned the word from others, but he's also using it with a different meaning and context than the original "normie" unadorned.

  3. Feb 2022
    1. I have only one firm belief about the American political system, and that is this: God is a Republican and Santa Claus is a Democrat.”

      —P.J. O'Rourke in Parliament of Whores

    2. “The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer and remove the crab grass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn’t work and then get elected and prove it.”
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