Megan McArdle
This jumped out at me: "We used to live in this world where in order to get your message out there, you had to get people who write really well to absorb your message and put it out. And now, we’re in a world where anyone can make a video and if that video is appealing, it’ll get out there. And this is naturally bad for the left, simply because the people who write really well are a lot more left-wing than the overall population." I think a lot of journalists still haven't absorbed that the political influence we had has basically vanished. People who viewed their role as changing the world need to rethink what journalism is for.
Eric Levitz
1) I spoke with @davidshor about his autopsy of the 2024 campaign. Based on voter file data, 26 million voter interviews, and precinct returns, he reaches a few conclusions. One is that if all registered voters had turned out, Trump would have won a landslide:
