The Dash Files

  Welcome to one of our favorite segments on the Dash Files,  "Liberal Media..." - I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means .  Segment #3:   Stupid Poll Question Produces Stupid Results Amidst Congress' upcoming fight over the debt ceiling for the gazillionth time in the last decade, statistically demented and so-called "liberal media" outlet The Hill  decided to put its intellectual deficiency to good use, and ran a poll among Americans to see how they feel about the debt ceiling. The results of the poll would seem to be "disastrous" for Joe Biden and the Democrats! A majority of Americans OPPOSE raising the debt ceiling , by a margin of 52-46%. "Democrats in disarray!" "The world is crumbling!" "Is this the end of Joe Biden's presidency as we know it???" Ok, let's just calm down a bit. First off, most Americans are not like you and me; they don't spend a huge chunk of their time paying  attention to t...

It is very possible that by 2025, abortion will once again be legal in all 50 states. If, in the 2024 election, Joe Biden wins re-election, Democrats attain 219 seats in the House of Representatives (because Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar is anti-abortion), and democrats can win the Arizona senate seat simultaneously with no net losses in states not named West Virginia, they will break the filibuster, and pass a law codifying Roe v Wade. Granted, democrats will have to decide how to deal with the inevitable Supreme Court case resulting from such a law. But this is the framework for returning to Roe, and it is the easiest path for the restoration of abortion rights nationwide. This is the result that democrats should be working towards, but any bad result in one or two Senate elections could derail this plan, making the fight for abortion rights at the state level crucial for the next decade. Abortion rights is winning - Kansas proved it in 2022 with its astounding rejection of an ...

We're gonna make this one quick today. Last night was a special election night, and it was absolutely fantastic for the Democrats.  First off, in the great state of Wisconsin, they held a primary election to fill a vacancy on the state Supreme Court. The Supreme Court of Wisconsin is currently controlled 4-3 by conservatives, but if a liberal candidate wins the general election in April, liberals will be in control, 4-3. Wisconsin law stipulates that the Wisconsin Supreme Court election be nonpartisan, so that voters are not simply picking candidates because they have a D or an R next to their name, but the four candidates who ran for the job have very clear ideological positions. There were two liberals who ran, along with two conservatives, but the law states that the top two finishers in the primary advance to the general election. Liberals quickly consolidated around one candidate named Janet Protasiewicz, a judge in Milwaukee County. Although there was another fantastic libera...

A few days ago, Jimmy Carter, at the age of 98, entered hospice care, and the news was met with an astounding call of gratitude for Carter's long life from nearly all angles of the political spectrum, even from some parts of MAGA. In fact, Charlie Kirk from Turning Point USA wrote this astounding tweet: Now, to be clear, he hilariously ignores the billionaire reality TV show buffoon eating cheetos on his gold toilet in his Palm Beach mega-mansion, and the money Charlie Kirk has in his own bank account funneled by rich conservative mega-donor activists. But still, it's downright impressive how Jimmy Carter has earned even an ounce of respect from the right, because it did not used to be this way.  Jimmy Carter lost re-election to Ronald Reagan in 1980 by 50-40%, and only managed to win 6 states, 2 of which were his home state and his running mate's. With the country reeling from an economic disaster brought upon by the Arab Oil Embargo, with seemingly unsolvable stagflation,...