Four Unrelated Opinions

 

• I am honestly totally cool with efforts by police and others to solve the increase in crime that seems to be happening. I am totally not cool with such efforts if they are unconstitutional, which, unfortunately, is usually the recommended remedy.

• On the minus side, I wish Biden would have done something substantial with student loans (he still might). But a big plus is that Biden really is probably the most pro-union and pro-worker president we've had in a long long time.

• I hope Tim Ryan wins the Senate seat in Ohio. But if he wins, it will be framed as proof that moderation (or whatever) is the way to go. If he loses, it will somehow be blamed on the evil Left.

• I think I agree with Osita Nwanevu (a recent thread on Twitter) that the Dems and the left need to recalibrate. We have lost. Some is our own doing and some not. But the recalibration is admitting to that fact and reconsidering how to move forward. Even if the Dems retain power now or regain it in the future, the Supreme Court is ready and willing to undo anything worthwhile that happens. If not them, then the Senate rules will stall most things (for which the Dems largely bear responsibility). I have no solution nor recommendation, but we can start by admitting and internalizing that fact.