# ![@SeanTrende Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::125375423.png) @SeanTrende Sean T at RCP

Sean T at RCP posts on X about in the, if you, inflation, supreme court the most. They currently have [---------] followers and [----] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"I know a couple of the prosecutors who resigned who are (a) not liberal and (b) extremely capable. The latter in particular is going to become a huge problem for DOJ very quickly. If honorable prosecutors keep resigning because this Administration doesn't prosecute without fear or favor what will we be left with If honorable prosecutors keep resigning because this Administration doesn't prosecute without fear or favor what will we be left with"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/1890165757453169117)  2025-02-13T22:26Z 70.2K followers, 424.6K engagements


"This remains one of the best/most important visualizations done in the past decade. It wasn't just that it seemed like language changed over night it really did"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2014689713542549812)  2026-01-23T13:20Z 70.2K followers, 228.5K engagements


"@brithume @ChrisCillizza Ive always maintained that 5% of the outrageous behavior Trump engages in is responsible for 95% of his unpopularity. Unreal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2014885800916206075)  2026-01-24T02:19Z 70.1K followers, 24.3K engagements


"@mCaPP09 I think it was true when he said he was close to finishing TWoW right around the time season [--] came out. Since then he's been trying to find a way to change things to make it a different book since all of his big reveals have come out"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2015155880577151405)  2026-01-24T20:12Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@jbarro @CharlesFLehman I just want a takeaway from the Trump era to be a bipartisan appreciation for the glories of federalism. Like thank God we ignored all the people who wanted to centralize election Administration in DC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2015538876412993764)  2026-01-25T21:34Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Freddie deBoer brings it for the people who can't imagine that Kanye West's anti-semitic comments could have possibly been influenced by his mental illness"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2015906953218740383)  2026-01-26T21:57Z 70.2K followers, 164.3K engagements


"@dilanesper I used to religiously read the sports scores in the Oklahoman. It was the only way to find out scores if you missed the evening news the day before. But why in God's name would I ever get sports from a newspaper today Heck I can get faster better analysis on this hellsite"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016154786593182162)  2026-01-27T14:22Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"The Supreme Court of Virginia doesnt map nicely onto ideological labels. Its the last small-c conservative institutionalist stickler-for-details courts out there. No idea how this goes 🚨 A Virginia judge has BLOCKED a Democrat-backed redistricting amendment ruling that the special session was expanded without the necessary votes and that early voting had already begun by that time. https://t.co/Ro4ZFoxEDM 🚨 A Virginia judge has BLOCKED a Democrat-backed redistricting amendment ruling that the special session was expanded without the necessary votes and that early voting had already begun by"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016314405449822597)  2026-01-28T00:56Z 70.2K followers, 89.8K engagements


"I apologize in advance to all those passed over that RCP decided to give a job to me solely because I am a white boy who rowed crew at Yale and am gorgeous. Though I can't help my beauty I will work to rectify this stain on human civilization. Odd how when people like Bari Weiss go on about 'merit-based hiring' what they seem to mean is hiring nice-looking white boys from elite schools. Here's CBS's new Ukraine correspondent. Graduated college less than a year ago. Yale Rugby. His only job: [--] months freelancing. 1/ https://t.co/TKStTNempx Odd how when people like Bari Weiss go on about"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016877409836933299)  2026-01-29T14:13Z 70.1K followers, 12.8K engagements


"@JonahDispatch I think the left has adapted though For the most part what survives from Marx is his most challenging critique (imo): his elevation of power when evaluating seemngly symmetric transactions since exported to countless other situations and relationships"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016966294864564582)  2026-01-29T20:06Z 70.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@charlescwcooke Gotta say I don't particularly want for home prices to fall"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2017074568108585202)  2026-01-30T03:17Z 70.2K followers, 10.1K engagements


"I think the smarter critique of this than "it's weather" is that this is just part of the same partisan sorting we've seen for the past couple decades. IE this is about conservatives leaving CA/IL/NY for redder states for tax/ideological reasons not general dissatisfaction. A pretty clear pattern: people are moving from blue states to red states. https://t.co/UIRBu906kZ A pretty clear pattern: people are moving from blue states to red states. https://t.co/UIRBu906kZ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2017280665671090332)  2026-01-30T16:56Z 70.2K followers, 23.1K engagements


"150%. Window seats are the best. The latest @davidshor data has prompted an unapologetic defense from me of the window seat a lifelong preference it turns out is lower-class coded. https://t.co/3IPWmbiiEA The latest @davidshor data has prompted an unapologetic defense from me of the window seat a lifelong preference it turns out is lower-class coded. https://t.co/3IPWmbiiEA"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2017337789583433883)  2026-01-30T20:43Z 70.1K followers, 19K engagements


"@politicalmath I think this gets it right though It does raise 1st Amendment concerns but if you read the post all the way through its clear that this isn't as cut-and-dried as people are making it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2017591945023938560)  2026-01-31T13:32Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"This is a good summary I think. Obviously when a reporter gets arrested doing the kinds of things reporters do we should be concerned. On the other hand press freedom really isn't unlimited and the suggestion that Lemon crossed into active participation is a serious one. The federal charges against Don Lemon raise serious concerns for press freedom https://t.co/YGPkuY3XxV via @TheFIREorg The federal charges against Don Lemon raise serious concerns for press freedom https://t.co/YGPkuY3XxV via @TheFIREorg"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2017593157026742731)  2026-01-31T13:37Z 70.1K followers, 14.9K engagements


"I have thoughts. Part of the affordability crisis is pretty clearly people just refusing to be thrifty you should not be spending a quarter of your salary on DoorDash. https://t.co/dq44C11D3B Part of the affordability crisis is pretty clearly people just refusing to be thrifty you should not be spending a quarter of your salary on DoorDash. https://t.co/dq44C11D3B"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2017651013574860899)  2026-01-31T17:27Z 70.2K followers, 51.2K engagements


"No idea if the is true or not but if the Epstein arrest really was the straw that broke the credit default swap markets back it has to be one of the greatest butterfly effects in history. A wild plot twist I was not aware of until today: JE's redemption from Bear Stearns High-Grade Structure Credit Strategies Enhanced Leverage fund (real heads know this one) due to his impending arrest might have uh actually been the proximal cause of the GFC https://t.co/s4iOHm4w8M A wild plot twist I was not aware of until today: JE's redemption from Bear Stearns High-Grade Structure Credit Strategies"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2017985620279181323)  2026-02-01T15:37Z 70.2K followers, 310.9K engagements


"@TXHogPilot They did eighties. Followed by some song by the damned Id never heard of before"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2018049827997688001)  2026-02-01T19:52Z 70.2K followers, [--] engagements


"@TPCarney Weve made raising a kid way more complicated time-consuming and expensive than it needs to be"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2018306651007152257)  2026-02-02T12:52Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"When IA and NH were first this made sense. Not so much with a primary calendar that leads with SC. Of course SC may not be first in [----] but that's part of the point. Party nominations are path dependent and I think its hard to anoint/write off someone w/o knowing the path. YES. This is why Im bearish on Harris primary chances. Talk to any MSNBC watcher aged 40-75 (aka the D primary base) and 70% will say: This country just isnt ready for a woman look at Hilary Then we tried a woman of Color I hate to say but its gotta be a white guy YES. This is why Im bearish on Harris primary chances. Talk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2018334566944002144)  2026-02-02T14:43Z 70.2K followers, 18.5K engagements


"correct. But even he failed pretty badly at building a compelling alternative. 4/4"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2018336708849205722)  2026-02-02T14:52Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@katrosenfield I thought [--] years is unpossible shes gonna get flamed for this too. I did the math and holy crap Im old. Also: correct. Because art is inherently political for some doesnt mean (a) it is for all or (b) there arent degrees including a degree where things start to suck"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2018390858408566867)  2026-02-02T18:27Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@WJHayesJr @katrosenfield Right I've been on [--] years. If you'd asked me I'd have said [--] or 11"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2018392700966281658)  2026-02-02T18:34Z 70.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@dilanesper The easy answer is "Matthew 7:1-3 is at the core of the faith. Let's try to remember that." But of course Dreher can't really go there"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2018394605314551885)  2026-02-02T18:42Z 70.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@dilanesper @DouthatNYT @blinky4thewin FWIW my point is just: I think you're correct in that SoCons can't feel particularly vindicated about the effects of SSM in part because of how vague they were but I also think it's hard to say that they were *wrong* for the same reason"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2018417709126447482)  2026-02-02T20:14Z 70.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@dilanesper @DouthatNYT @blinky4thewin If there's a way that they were possibly vindicated it's the more traditionalist conservative argument "when you mess with something foundational like marriage you don't really know where it goes" and tying things Ross mentions along with a few others"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2018418035657167127)  2026-02-02T20:15Z 70.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@dilanesper @blinky4thewin @DouthatNYT Duuuuuuude you are off the rails on this one. The conservative legal movement was mostly where Thomas was in Lawrence: this is a bad law but the constitution says nothing about this. If there's a bigger picture to that position it was about Roe not forcing gays in the closet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2018427174047363364)  2026-02-02T20:51Z 70.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@dilanesper @blinky4thewin @DouthatNYT I'm familiar with Scalia's opinion. I'm saying by [----] most of the conservative legal folk were where Thomas was. The movement is a different thing altogether"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2018434741872062568)  2026-02-02T21:21Z 70.2K followers, [--] engagements


"@Timodc I assume even Joe Biden would admit it Have you read the [----] election books Guy thinks 100% he would have won but for getting fucked over by Pelosi and Co"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2018456790472802712)  2026-02-02T22:49Z 70.2K followers, 18.5K engagements


"I asked ChatGPT to make a caricature of me based on everything it knows about me and I have to say it at least got the background mostly right (not sure what the zeroum state is but whatever)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2018666706122727665)  2026-02-03T12:43Z 70.2K followers, 19.2K engagements


"I'm vaguely intrigued by the (good proper appropriate etc.) evolution of attitudes toward age of consent. For people who were around: Was it a big scandal when President Carter pardoned Peter Yarrow"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2018672592329085237)  2026-02-03T13:07Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@ChrisCillizza Also states administer elections not the federal government. Three cheers for federalism"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2018746425052410140)  2026-02-03T18:00Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@varadmehta He wont run for senate because he knows Trump will nuke him from orbit because Trump"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2018804371732230595)  2026-02-03T21:50Z 70.2K followers, 10.4K engagements


"A big thing in the old Netroots was complaints about the Republican noise machine and the lack of a Democratic one. Were now seeing the wages of that. Every young left blogger wanted to be Klein or Silver; righties wanted to be Rush. It's not just Substack. Here are news sources for Republicans and Democrats. Republicans don't really pay attention to any serious written publications. Even The Wall Street Journal is more likely to be read by Democrats. This isn't a media bias issue. Conservatives have seen https://t.co/2AEdwFJnOI It's not just Substack. Here are news sources for Republicans"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2018809333472198923)  2026-02-03T22:10Z 70.2K followers, 23.5K engagements


"And the result has been a hollowing out of the intellectual foundations of the GOP. Of course the over-reliance on the pointy headed intellectual crowd on the left has its costs as well"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2018810105379299602)  2026-02-03T22:13Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@dilanesper One of the best real-world examples of a prisoners dilemma"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2018813007137288340)  2026-02-03T22:25Z 70.2K followers, [---] engagements


"A-Maz-Ing Boston-area woman is thrilled after taking in a Haitian migrant and says its like having your own personal chef https://t.co/ejesbynrpr Boston-area woman is thrilled after taking in a Haitian migrant and says its like having your own personal chef https://t.co/ejesbynrpr"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2018829946022719586)  2026-02-03T23:32Z 70.2K followers, 18.6K engagements


"@bonchieredstate"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2018830842231934987)  2026-02-03T23:35Z 70.2K followers, 18.6K engagements


"@bendreyfuss Ben it just takes me out of reality unlike the cyclops sirens the sentient whirpool and the six-headed dragon thingie"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2018838445666480615)  2026-02-04T00:06Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Apropos of absolutely nothing a friend writes: "I feel like everyone who was a part of this world pre-2016 has on average a basic level of friendliness. We all remember when bad columnists were the big problem. But the Gen Z crop of data folks just wants to kill each other""  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2018848543734407394)  2026-02-04T00:46Z 70.2K followers, 34.4K engagements


"@fredbauerblog Yeah it basically does the work like 4/5 other guardrails were supposed to have done which we tossed away over the years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2018848776778391605)  2026-02-04T00:47Z 70.2K followers, 29.3K engagements


"@dilanesper I think you have your causation mixed there but agreed it's too late to turn back the clock"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2019089139958767888)  2026-02-04T16:42Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@charlescwcooke The most shocking thing about this is that I think "Democracy Dies in Darkness" or "running like firemen toward a fire" whatever wasn't schtick. They actually believe it. And they think the country believes it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2019094853108355147)  2026-02-04T17:05Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@yeselson But I am also fairly sure that the number of people who take a genuinely principled position on this are pretty small. For the most part it is people who think it benefits them and they've convinced themselves (in different ways) that it can't get worse for them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2019104444563296276)  2026-02-04T17:43Z 70.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@bendreyfuss No its a hill worth dying on imo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2019117927690379532)  2026-02-04T18:36Z 70.2K followers, [---] engagements


"lulz https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2026/02/04/anthony-davis-trade-mavericks-wizards/88104878007/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2026/02/04/anthony-davis-trade-mavericks-wizards/88104878007/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2019147967203008904)  2026-02-04T20:36Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"I've never heard of this Elijah Schaefer fellow his wife or his apparent girlfriend before yesterday and my life was apparently no less rich for that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2019203151489036463)  2026-02-05T00:15Z 70.2K followers, 15.4K engagements


""I don't like layoffs at WaPo so I'm going to cancel my subscription and stop sending money that way" is . . . a take . . "  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2019247633228001456)  2026-02-05T03:12Z 70.2K followers, 191.6K engagements


"@mkhammer He's learned well from the current president . . "  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2019389596166156644)  2026-02-05T12:36Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@jadler1969 @varadmehta Eh it's been a while since I've done this but I seem to recall from Con Law some cases suggesting that the Bill of Rights/14th Amendment stuff was outside of jurisdiction stripping purview. But maybe it's just law review articles. Again it's been a while"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2019398149409018008)  2026-02-05T13:10Z 70.2K followers, [---] engagements


"We're having the fight over whether or not Helen of Troy can be Black at the same time we're having the fight whether it's an outrage to cast a White actor in the role of Heathcliff a White character with darker skin (like a Greek) and the meteor just can't hit fast enough"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2019399005185179799)  2026-02-05T13:13Z 70.2K followers, 14.7K engagements


"My Facebook feed keeps suggesting this String Art project as a great couples project and all I can think about is how many divorces this has probably caused"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2019401184910667778)  2026-02-05T13:22Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


""It says string [---] on G14 not G15 you slatternly tart" "NO THAT'S STRING [---] YOU MORON MY FATHER WAS RIGHT ABOUT YOU""  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2019401384068805090)  2026-02-05T13:23Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@bellisaurius The ad or the verbiage Ad is from Facebook. Words are mine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2019412002423337303)  2026-02-05T14:05Z 70.2K followers, [--] engagements


"@MattGlassman312 I got into the wrong business"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2019428517092684150)  2026-02-05T15:10Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Here I thought she was launching a [----] bid not tanking it. Welcome to Headquarters the new Gen-Z led progressive content hub. https://t.co/7EQyz3DFpd Welcome to Headquarters the new Gen-Z led progressive content hub. https://t.co/7EQyz3DFpd"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2019428657098580285)  2026-02-05T15:11Z 70.2K followers, 18.4K engagements


"DemonSheep now has a strong competitor for BestWorst political ad of all time. 🚨Just in: The Shamwow Guy Vince Shlomi has officially released his first campaign ad for his campaign against Republican Incumbent John Carter in the Texas 31st Congressional District Carter is [--] years old I thought @RealShamwowGuy's ad was fantastic https://t.co/KLQedW6aof 🚨Just in: The Shamwow Guy Vince Shlomi has officially released his first campaign ad for his campaign against Republican Incumbent John Carter in the Texas 31st Congressional District Carter is [--] years old I thought @RealShamwowGuy's ad was"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2019473695115264021)  2026-02-05T18:10Z 70.2K followers, 16.3K engagements


"I love that we're like [--] years in and people are still doing the "OMG Crypto is tanking what is going on""  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2019496512024150140)  2026-02-05T19:41Z 70.2K followers, 13K engagements


"@KFILE I think liberal columnist Michael Cohen has a pretty solid claim to the title at least in our current moment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2019558851163652265)  2026-02-05T23:48Z 70.2K followers, 11.1K engagements


"@jmart -rs probably dont need to win a blue wall state post-28"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2019792621183381669)  2026-02-06T15:17Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@varadmehta It is classic Trump. All he had to do is say sorry didnt watch all the way through and take it down. Instead its some intelligence insulting slop about this being a cute lion king meme. 100% on him"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2019835745184412109)  2026-02-06T18:09Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@bdquinn (At least within states)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2019927189588672722)  2026-02-07T00:12Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@Chris_arnade On a different saner timeline shes finishing her second term"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2019952434081345806)  2026-02-07T01:52Z 70.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@AtlasOfCharts @Izengabe_ @samhuppert The analogy=for Rs to wait until Ds have the upper hand in redistricting and then propose national commissions requiring compactness and minimum county/muni splitting with no regard to partisanship. Ds proposing a national ban in the 2010s/20s wasn't exactly self-sacrifice"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2020208239665901956)  2026-02-07T18:49Z 70.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@yeselson @NickRiccardi My point is that Rs dont propose anything because gerrymandering currently benefits them. Ds want reform because it currently benefits them. If Ds control [----] redistricting and propose neutral lines I will lower my overall cynicism about politics"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2020293732093001764)  2026-02-08T00:28Z 70.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@EWErickson @burackbobby_ Plus Paul (a) wasn't an eyewitness and (b) was writing letters to Christian churches about their misbehaviors not writing a history of the era. Just a completely different purpose than the Gospels"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2020334636996419710)  2026-02-08T03:11Z 70.2K followers, [---] engagements


"Just let people discharge their loans in bankruptcy and put colleges on the hook for a chunk in case of default. Ensures people honor their contracts when they can but gives them an out when they cant just like every other kind of debt. Student loans are a life sentence for too many working and middle-class borrowers. We fix this in the short term by forgiving student loans for working and middle-class kids. We fix it in the long term by making all public colleges and vocational schools tuition-free. Student loans are a life sentence for too many working and middle-class borrowers. We fix"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/1915515467373990147)  2025-04-24T21:17Z 70.2K followers, 60.1K engagements


"So if NJ-Gov is less than say six points to we start to consider NJ a possible swing state in 2028"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1973179062463201731)  2025-10-01T00:12Z 70.2K followers, 387.3K engagements


"All I know is that groundhog better not see his fucking shadow tomorrow"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2018000092809023743)  2026-02-01T16:34Z 70.2K followers, 34.9K engagements


"Gotta give it up to the kids who did goth rock. Not many kids today know Killing Jokes the Cure or Siouxsie and the Banshees"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2018046890131210312)  2026-02-01T19:40Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@ZacharyDonnini @JustR_02 Frankly if Ds win [--] (Trump +19.9) or [--] (Trump +17.7) the map isn't a dummymander the GOP has just been reduced to [----] levels in the House. Even [--] (Trump +10) is a stretch. Could very well fail to flip [--] or [--] (this cycle)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2018513319485690278)  2026-02-03T02:34Z 70.2K followers, [---] engagements


"I have said before and I will say again: The filibuster is one of the few things holding the country together. Making a trifecta truly winner-take-all in a highly polarized increasingly unstable transcontinental empire would be an unmitigated disaster for the country. Good. Preserving the filibuster is something conservatives should support. Nationalizing elections is something conservatives should oppose (even if they support the aims of the bill.) Good. Preserving the filibuster is something conservatives should support. Nationalizing elections is something conservatives should oppose (even"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2018845310970139101)  2026-02-04T00:33Z 70.2K followers, 330.3K engagements


"I remember when Ds wanted to create a special filibuster carveout for voting rights and the SAVE Act is a good example of why people need to spend a teensy bit of time thinking of what the other side might do with newly created powers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2019096503391076510)  2026-02-04T17:11Z 70.2K followers, 104.8K engagements


"I would also just like to point out that he could easily stroke me a check for a million dollars but for some reason has not but Mr. Bezos I'll happily settle for $750k. If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy. If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2019382247410085978)  2026-02-05T12:07Z 70.2K followers, 34.9K engagements


"@BoBromhal @charlescwcooke Oh I don't care about anyone else. I'm just saying he could write the check to me. And I only need $750k"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2019397481604510005)  2026-02-05T13:07Z 70.2K followers, [---] engagements


"I have no idea what any of this means. Effing Gen Z. Clavicular was mid jestergooning when a group of Foids came and spiked his Cortisol levels 😭 Is Ignoring the Foids while munting and mogging Moids more useful then SMV chadfishing in the club https://t.co/QtSfANxCyh Clavicular was mid jestergooning when a group of Foids came and spiked his Cortisol levels 😭 Is Ignoring the Foids while munting and mogging Moids more useful then SMV chadfishing in the club https://t.co/QtSfANxCyh"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2020201330753577282)  2026-02-07T18:21Z 70.2K followers, 19.6K engagements


"@EsotericCD They did the same thing in Harkenrider and it was a much more hostile high court there. They're banking on the justices worrying about not getting reappointed by the legislature the next time they're up but after the Ds start I'm guessing they've priced that in as inevitable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2020556954276446658)  2026-02-08T17:54Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@NickRiccardi I think there's probably only one section [--] protected district in south Florida with the Cuban districts up in the air (but also electing Rs). That's not the limitation there"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2020560981017940061)  2026-02-08T18:10Z 70.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@realestateacct @yeselson @EsotericCD The Gary Ackerman district from the 90s"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2020629664327479732)  2026-02-08T22:43Z 70.2K followers, [--] engagements


"In a likely vain effort to try to get ahead of some unfortunate commentary tonight Puerto Ricans are natural-born American citizens"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2020635436092174607)  2026-02-08T23:06Z 70.2K followers, 20.4K engagements


"Did Puerto Rico invade yet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2020677574838399374)  2026-02-09T01:54Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"No. Could he have done it with a better VP pick and the financial collapse holding off until after the election Close call but possibly"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2020709585213075552)  2026-02-09T04:01Z 70.2K followers, 12.7K engagements


"@DavidDreil26702 @bonchieredstate I was going to say Three Doors Down -- an early stalwart of RNC entertainment but I guess the lead singer passed yesterday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2020896417481417051)  2026-02-09T16:23Z 70.2K followers, [--] engagements


"Wow after just [--] episodes Stubborn Things (@aei_STpodcast) is in the top 10% of Spotify podcasts Thanks to everyone who listens and if you don't why not give it a shot Coming soon: A defense of the filibuster and the surprisingly effective speakership of Mike Johnson"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2020906377112084947)  2026-02-09T17:03Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@BridgetPhetasy Im sorry but a radicalized version of of body positivity really did happen along with the rest of woke. Heck people are mad right now at Amy Schumer for her weight loss"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2020990005762793939)  2026-02-09T22:35Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Well this is humorous. Doing Proportional Representation by state in [----] would have yielded [---] Republican seats in [----] almost exactly what they ended up winning"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2021003686844170357)  2026-02-09T23:30Z 70.2K followers, 27.2K engagements


"@DavidAFrench Also its a field not a pitch and it is spelled laborer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2021004669745758690)  2026-02-09T23:33Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@brianros1 There's pretty strict limits on where you can set up bars and liquor stores making sure that minors don't get sold to. Last time I was in Times Square the entire place smelled like a skunk and someone tried to sell to my 12-year-old"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2021036423244353671)  2026-02-10T01:40Z 70.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@Kazanir @arostilis (a) It's a state Supreme Court not SCOTUS and (b) this wasn't exactly spurious: https://wchstv.com/news/local/former-west-virginia-supreme-court-justice-allen-loughry-to-receive-sentencing https://wchstv.com/news/local/former-west-virginia-supreme-court-justice-allen-loughry-to-receive-sentencing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2021197721156366795)  2026-02-10T12:21Z 70.2K followers, [---] engagements


"I worked construction in the summers back home in Oklahoma to help pay for college. Some of the guys came in from the reservations. I learned quickly that the attitudes of residents were *far* more diverse than the activist groups might suggest. Will Stancil did a racism he did an imperialism he did a nationalism he did a xenophobia he did a white fragility. He did no growth. https://t.co/rtjKvMNLbG Will Stancil did a racism he did an imperialism he did a nationalism he did a xenophobia he did a white fragility. He did no growth. https://t.co/rtjKvMNLbG"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2021293824987857397)  2026-02-10T18:42Z 70.2K followers, 11.3K engagements


"Of course there's a similar thing where Latinx once famously polled behind actual ethnic slurs among Hispanics first (who themselves divide between Hispanic/Latino/country of origin)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2021295035367432412)  2026-02-10T18:47Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@feelsdesperate Paul Campos and Glenn Gaesser have entered the chat"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2021345060256961000)  2026-02-10T22:06Z 70.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@emzanotti Its just bells and smells Catholicism but on the right. People who like the idea of being in an ancient institution without bothering to learn about actual doctrine or belief"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2021347804074197080)  2026-02-10T22:17Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@RobProvince @BalderdashianLA @BridgetPhetasy I mean google Paul Campos or Glenn Gaesser"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2021583748798587075)  2026-02-11T13:54Z 70.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@bethanyshondark I genuinely don't get it. Typically when people are being horrifying on this site I understand the motivation however poorly acted upon it is. But I just don't get this one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2021593322184175692)  2026-02-11T14:33Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"I keep coming back to this but if you want to understand modern politics particularly (not only) on the left you have to think of it as the replacement for religion. Dating across politics for many is like a devout Catholic dating an atheist (which happens but it's tricky) I dont think my wife and I ever discussed politics the first couple years we were dating. If youre dating someone attractive in their 20s who you like why would you want to hear about their political opinions The idea just seems crazy to me. I dont think my wife and I ever discussed politics the first couple years we were"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2021936148197576768)  2026-02-12T13:15Z 70.2K followers, 52.9K engagements


"@JonahDispatch It's fascinating to see the sides buried in the early 2010s on this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2022511103360516503)  2026-02-14T03:19Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@RyanGirdusky It would not be solvent because the top tax rate for someone living in NYC would be around 65% which is the the point you really do start to get heavy tax/work avoidance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2022702255686688781)  2026-02-14T15:59Z 70.2K followers, 19.8K engagements


"So it was a genuinely stupid US gov't decision but why can't you get a return on your investment from the remaining [--] billion people in the other [---] countries Modernas CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase [--] vaccine trials for infectious diseases: You cannot make a return on investment if you dont have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus herpes and shingles have been shelved. Modernas CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase [--] vaccine trials for infectious diseases: You cannot make a return on investment if you dont have"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2022107162605236576)  2026-02-13T00:34Z 70.2K followers, 206.7K engagements


""I'm sorry but that article idea is terrible and will get no reads. Please try again or maybe I should have said 'actually try this time'""  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2022320945097011648)  2026-02-13T14:44Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"What made him such a special candidate -- a unicorn really -- was that he was a unique candidate who could draw heavily and appeal to that quandrant while building a foundation in the bottom left quadrant. 2/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2022727574477279310)  2026-02-14T17:40Z 70.2K followers, 12.7K engagements


"@BillsMafia1985 No he had more of the Bill Clinton/Joe Biden approach: Someone genuinely from a middle/working class background who knew how to speak the language while building up sufficient credibility with the upper right quadrant"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2022741846317994293)  2026-02-14T18:36Z 70.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@Mike_Casey1970 Oh sure. Sadly plenty of things can be winning issues without being tethered to reality"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2022749799095669125)  2026-02-14T19:08Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@PrimeNewYork @bendreyfuss Yeah the rehabilitation of Mike Tyson is . . . something"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2022782865734254889)  2026-02-14T21:19Z 70.2K followers, [---] engagements


"To understand the Right re J6: They believe that the reason the dividing line between J6 getting prosecuted and say Portland rioters not is because norms are set by liberals to protect liberal ingroups while allowing the prosecution of outgroups. 1/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1881734438171902187)  2025-01-21T16:03Z 70.2K followers, 1.6M engagements


"@baseballcrank "The Gatlin Boys were bullies. And they beat up Tommy's best friend . . .""  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2019254292079865908)  2026-02-05T03:38Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Just for the record there are no apes or gorillas in the lion king"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2019795301654020593)  2026-02-06T15:28Z 70.2K followers, 130.9K engagements


"I keep saying this but: The Supreme Court of Virginia is not like other courts. It is imo one of the best state supreme courts in the country and does not have a clean ideological breakdown. No one should have any confidence as to how this thing shakes out"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2020187569074721074)  2026-02-07T17:27Z 70.2K followers, 32.8K engagements


"Paxton v. Crockett: Not the Senate race we need but surely the Senate race we deserve. New #TXSEN poll from @HobbySchoolUH: Paxton [--] Cornyn [--] Hunt [--] Crockett [--] Talarico [--] (Jan. 20-31; each primary sample [---] LVs and +/-4.18%) https://t.co/CqNTQ9Mhnm New #TXSEN poll from @HobbySchoolUH: Paxton [--] Cornyn [--] Hunt [--] Crockett [--] Talarico [--] (Jan. 20-31; each primary sample [---] LVs and +/-4.18%) https://t.co/CqNTQ9Mhnm"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2020896218730172430)  2026-02-09T16:22Z 70.2K followers, 129.3K engagements


"And the court only flipped because the new Republican majority impeached and removed the lot of them. West Virginia was a reliably blue state minus presidential elections until the mid-2010s. The highest court in West Virginia was majority Dem in [----]. https://t.co/nkyG96899r West Virginia was a reliably blue state minus presidential elections until the mid-2010s. The highest court in West Virginia was majority Dem in [----]. https://t.co/nkyG96899r"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2021010485370335549)  2026-02-09T23:57Z 70.2K followers, 53.6K engagements


"I mean this is a good thing but Jeebus there is a lot going on in this tweet. RFK Jr. is pivoting away from vaccines and toward healthy eating in advance of the mid-terms per a person familiar with his strategy. "Eat Real Food" is a winning message. Vaccine skepticism is not. Mike Tyson is on board. https://t.co/vStJy3VOQb RFK Jr. is pivoting away from vaccines and toward healthy eating in advance of the mid-terms per a person familiar with his strategy. "Eat Real Food" is a winning message. Vaccine skepticism is not. Mike Tyson is on board. https://t.co/vStJy3VOQb"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2021798860679418027)  2026-02-12T04:09Z 70.2K followers, 18.8K engagements


"I mean seriously when would you guess the snowfall hit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2022005125422969044)  2026-02-12T17:49Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@dilanesper Hes gonna be around another [--] years and given how things have worked in that country Id give her maybe a 10% chance of surviving that long"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2022006089504731609)  2026-02-12T17:53Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@dilanesper You hit upon the core problem which is there is a lot of theorizing that most people in this realm don't engage in because many of them are partisans who just want to help their sides. But even at a foundational level there's no agreement on what a gerrymander even is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2022056882161299594)  2026-02-12T21:15Z 70.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@dilanesper @mbyrnes37 In Ohio the legislature flipped four times in the 1880s resulting in four maps being used (ie the map was redrawn every time the leg. flipped). Each of those decimated the other side's delegation. The [----] draw was particularly brutal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio%27s_congressional_delegations#1883%E2%80%931913:_21_seats https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio%27s_congressional_delegations#1883%E2%80%931913:_21_seats"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2022057392910033169)  2026-02-12T21:17Z 70.2K followers, [--] engagements


"@dilanesper End of the day you're right: The reformers' real complaints aren't with gerrymandering they're with single member districts. If you really care about proportional outcomes there's a way to get that (without amendment) albeit at some representational cost I think. 5/5"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2022059358532882931)  2026-02-12T21:24Z 70.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@baseballcrank Oh good nationalize the gain and privatize the losses. What could possibly go wrong"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2022070961206702544)  2026-02-12T22:11Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@baseballcrank @RobGeorge AC/DC and Twisted Sister becoming regular stadium intermission fare. Metallica becoming one of the best-selling bands of all time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2022386530548150314)  2026-02-13T19:04Z 70.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@brianros1 100%. Some of the best classes I took were surveys. Stuart and Tudor England with David Underdown helped inspire my Senior Thesis on rural movements in New England. Early Modern Europe gave me a framework for understanding IR. You have to walk before you can run"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2022391434394124650)  2026-02-13T19:24Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@CTIronman Supreme Court of Virginia is extremely textualist"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2022449880824963522)  2026-02-13T23:16Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@dilanesper Its a weird issue where the nightmares of both parties (massive suppression widespread fraud) are completely untethered to reality"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2022689983828570284)  2026-02-14T15:10Z 70.2K followers, 12.5K engagements


"@bdomenech @bendreyfuss Yeah I think the conservative argument is more: dont worry about how the candidate might be portrayed by the media because theyre going to depict him as a racist and fascist regardless. But too many interpret this as so lets lean into it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2022700203216638152)  2026-02-14T15:51Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Agreed about probabilistic thinking but the flip side is that in the real world many of these probabilities will be arbitrary guesses that turn into opportunities to take simple confirmation bias and wrap it in a facade of mathematics. Bayes theorem is probably the single most important thing any rational person can learn. So many of our debates and disagreements that we shout about are because we dont understand Bayes theorem or how human rationality often works. Bayes theorem is named after the https://t.co/FGj0Q7d9mb Bayes theorem is probably the single most important thing any rational"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2022707044311314793)  2026-02-14T16:18Z 70.2K followers, 18.3K engagements


"@MattGlassman312 Yeah the a given b in particular is given to mischief because we usually dont know the actual numbers but you also often find yourself getting to pick and choose the data you think are most important"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2022719180470902990)  2026-02-14T17:06Z 70.2K followers, [---] engagements


"That's sort of the problem for the [----] candidates that the online class falls in love with. Pete has a similar appeal but is going to struggle bigly with that bottom left quadrant not just because he's gay in fact perhaps not MOSTLY because he's gay. 3/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2022727860386173357)  2026-02-14T17:41Z 70.2K followers, 10K engagements


"(and no it isn't just because Obama is Black. Plenty of Black Democrats went to Harvard. He had an honestly unique ability to signal to both. Again dude is a unicorn. He really is LeBron baby)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2022728277279019164)  2026-02-14T17:42Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Newsom Harris Shapiro Pritzker Booker All variants on the same problem. Way too tilted toward managerial class appeal. Beshear and MAYBE Ocasio-Cortez can break out of that. Fetterman would win [---] Electoral Votes but zero chance of winning the nom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2022728751403110468)  2026-02-14T17:44Z 70.2K followers, 17.6K engagements


"@PaulHar02683261 @BarackObama https://www.politico.com/story/2011/09/barack-obama-is-lebron-james-063848 https://www.politico.com/story/2011/09/barack-obama-is-lebron-james-063848"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2022757239082176766)  2026-02-14T19:38Z 70.2K followers, [---] engagements


"@baseballcrank In [----] a woman carved a B into her own face to try to tarnish Obama's reputation. I'm pretty open-minded about what people are willing to do"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2022857610647502881)  2026-02-15T02:16Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Latest Stubborn Things is up Jay and I go where well few have gone before and offer up a defense of the filibuster. We also talk about the shockingly effective Speakership of Mike Johnson and talk about if Speaker Pelosi should be in the conversation for GOAT. 🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 This week @jaycost & @SeanTrende talk about the filibuster how it came into being and why it's worth defending. Then they address Mike Johnson's unexpected effectiveness as Speaker of the House. Listen below 🎧 https://t.co/ryJ33thCjX 🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 This week @jaycost & @SeanTrende talk about the filibuster how it came"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2022350624197869959)  2026-02-13T16:42Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"If Republicans are losing Trump+20 districts the re-gerrymander is the least of their worries. This study was buried in the POLITICO story. GOP could lose [--] seats (including [--] of their own) they thought they gerrymandered Dems out of if Latinos swing 15% left https://t.co/Z6jtvnqDGm This study was buried in the POLITICO story. GOP could lose [--] seats (including [--] of their own) they thought they gerrymandered Dems out of if Latinos swing 15% left https://t.co/Z6jtvnqDGm"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2023040121206124869)  2026-02-15T14:22Z 70.2K followers, 13.2K engagements


"@daveweigel In fairness if you go back to the early days of his presidential campaign he was doing "woke" talk way before "woke": referring to things like unemployment and factory closures as a type of "violence" in his speech about the VCU shooting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2023068378899026074)  2026-02-15T16:14Z 70.2K followers, [----] engagements


"I have a similar view of this race as I did the TN sen race with bredesen; I 100% believe that Bullock can get to 46%. Its getting those last few points that is the trick Election Twitters crowdfunded Montana poll results @ppppolls / Election Twitter (7/9-10) MoE +/- 2.8% ________ MT-SEN Bullock 46% (+2) Daines 44% MT-AL Williams 44% (EVEN) Rosendale 44% MT-GOV Gianforte 46% (+4) Cooney 42% Election Twitters crowdfunded Montana poll results @ppppolls / Election Twitter (7/9-10) MoE +/- 2.8% ________ MT-SEN Bullock 46% (+2) Daines 44% MT-AL Williams 44% (EVEN) Rosendale 44% MT-GOV Gianforte"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/1282684161510318086)  2020-07-13T14:31Z 70.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@jbarro @EsotericCD IDK it's less than ideal to be an understatement but I'm not sure we should be in the business of tying people to their spouses' beliefs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/1507157568564699140)  2022-03-25T00:49Z 70.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Having had these conversations now about 1000x I'm pretty sure the people defending these tactics haven't seen any of the ads. This is a huge part of the problem: They aren't depicting these candidates as lunatics. 1/ If my friend is choosing between two potential boyfriends and I motivated by a desire to see the eventual relationship fail repeatedly tell her that one of them has four DUIs a battery charge and a coke problem and that causes her to pick him what would be the main takeaway If my friend is choosing between two potential boyfriends and I motivated by a desire to see the eventual"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/1570104468334682114)  2022-09-14T17:37Z 70.1K followers, [---] engagements


"People ask why Democrats didn't get "sellout" Justices like Stevens Souter Blackmun etc. (White aside). The reason is pretty simple: Democrats in the Senate used their power to shape Republican appointments. For Blackmun and Powell Ds rejected four GOP suggestions. 1/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/1651926948577247232)  2023-04-28T12:30Z 70.1K followers, 46K engagements


"Not entirely without independently good reason. But those four suggestions all would have certainly been to the right of Blackmun and Powell. For Stevens Ds had [--] Senators Ford didn't have a lot of wiggle room. Oddly but for Watergate he probably could have gotten Bork. 2/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/1651927519052939265)  2023-04-28T12:33Z 70.1K followers, [----] engagements


"I think a lot of people on the left don't understand that the Biden Admin wasn't just trying to take down "drink bleach posts." If you published something suggesting COVID was a lab leak you ended up on a gov't subsidized list sites like Google used to push you down the algo. 1/ What planet do you live on For starters: an assassin murdered Charlie Kirk for speaking. Your imagine the shoe is on the other foot shtick is delusional. The shoe has been on the other foot for a decade. When Christians are being publicly murdered for their views and the What planet do you live on For starters: an"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/1968768292606050727)  2025-09-18T20:05Z 70.1K followers, 225.5K engagements


"The problem with the chess dot com bots is that they dont play like a [----] player. They play like a [----] player and then throw in a couple [---] level moves and whether you win or not depends entirely on whether you get one of those moves"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2000709670562861300)  2025-12-15T23:28Z 70.1K followers, 149.5K engagements


"@politicalmath It's like no one cooks basic meals from scratch or eats leftovers. No you can't cook from the latest Pioneer Woman every night and have fresh-cut herbs on every meal but this is still like a $500 monthly food budget"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2014004431440748901)  2026-01-21T15:57Z 70.1K followers, [----] engagements


"I really wish we would stop pointing to every bill introduced by legislators particularly state legislators. There's like [----] state legislators Some of them are crazy Doesn't mean the bill is going anywhere"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2014690091713568778)  2026-01-23T13:22Z 70.1K followers, 143K engagements


"Honestly Martin should just release a [--] page summary of how A Song of Ice and Fire ends and be done with it. His heart is obviously elsewhere. https://winteriscoming.net/knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms-boss-says-george-rr-martin-there-every-step-way-writing-showutm_source=RSS&utm_medium=pushly_notifications&utm_campaign=101992449&page_source=pushly_notifications https://winteriscoming.net/knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms-boss-says-george-rr-martin-there-every-step-way-writing-showutm_source=RSS&utm_medium=pushly_notifications&utm_campaign=101992449&page_source=pushly_notifications"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2015124672182923547)  2026-01-24T18:08Z 70.1K followers, 59.6K engagements


"If you want to know how the MN situation is playing the fact that Obama and Clinton issued statements and Trump changed tactics pretty much tells you what you need to know"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2015802902934151348)  2026-01-26T15:03Z 70.1K followers, 999.9K engagements


"My [--] year old is learning to play saxophone and while I know the right answer to the question "if you could go back in time what would you do" is "kill Hitler" I'm leaning heavily on 86ing the author of "Oh Susannah" instead"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2015884339565793522)  2026-01-26T20:27Z 70.1K followers, 15K engagements


"People always paid for [--] or [--] newspapers max. With the internet people pay for the Times. Growth Why get your sports from the Post when you have ESPN and a hundred dozen minor sports analysis spots available Same with online comics. It's just (unfortunately) the industry. As the Post lost its primacy it dismantled its bundle of news & fun cutting comics closing bureaus killing Sun. mags etc. but still spiraled down. The NYT went the other way growing the bundle and now leads the pack. Cutting sport and foreign is the wrong strategy. As the Post lost its primacy it dismantled its bundle of"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016154184052047925)  2026-01-27T14:19Z 70.1K followers, 22.1K engagements


"Hot take: The Will Byers' coming out plot was the worst part of Stranger Things because that's probably not how it actually goes down in the 80s. This is a time when a supermajority of Americans thought gay sex should be illegal. In Hawkins IN Probably 70-80%"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016159938398044554)  2026-01-27T14:42Z 70.1K followers, 32.5K engagements


"no one can do so. So for story purposes I get why the writers can't have good guys turn on him but it weirdly ends up sugarcoating the 80s. Because lots of people we would recognize as "good guys" today would be uncomfortable with Will after the fact and even turn him away"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016160868191408411)  2026-01-27T14:46Z 70.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Rs wouldn't need any of WI/PA/MI/NE-2 anymore. But they'd need to hold NC/AZ/GA. The Electoral College rarely gives a large enduring advantage to one party or the other and that seems unlikely to change. Blue states are set to lose [--] electoral college votes in [----]. Purple states will gain [--]. Red states will gain [--]. That means in the 2030s the blue wall wont decide the presidential election . Trump+15 states + FL OH GA NC TX AZ ME2 = [---] electoral college votes https://t.co/wbMgZVY6Ev Blue states are set to lose [--] electoral college votes in [----]. Purple states will gain [--]. Red states will"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016170023492968575)  2026-01-27T15:22Z 70.1K followers, 245.7K engagements


"One reason the projected [----] changes are so substantial is that it reflects a chickens roosting from the botched [----] census (note: not intentionally so imo [----] was a really hard year to conduct a census)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016170706388574318)  2026-01-27T15:25Z 70.1K followers, 35.9K engagements


"@yankeeswin23 _()_/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016176058630918574)  2026-01-27T15:46Z 70.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@mrdougreynolds flamboyant (he used to hand-make satin pirate outfits he wore to school) but also (somehow) closeted to distract from himself. I know it's a closed group but I just thought the notion that none of those characters would be at all put off by it was unrealistic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016179845336588762)  2026-01-27T16:01Z 70.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@mrdougreynolds Bigger picture though I think it's interesting that we *can't* do that anymore because depicting homophobia in good people instantly makes them the bad guys now. Someone said in Downton Abbey (didn't watch) the "good" people are tolerant which is just bizarre. But fascinating"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016180278578848034)  2026-01-27T16:03Z 70.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@tmillsNC Frankly it's part of the movement of the Democratic Party from old class-based appeal in the rust belt to identity/moral based appeals in the sun belt suburbs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016180577259454598)  2026-01-27T16:04Z 70.1K followers, [----] engagements


"It's hard to say how this plays out in [----] redistricting given the "no holds barred" nature of things right now but under current law this probably adds like [--] Republican House seats on balance. Electoral College impacts are larger than congressional. #NEW: [----] Apportionment Forecast based on [----] Census Bureau Population Estimates (January [--] 2026). Forecast prepared by Dr. Jonathan Cervas (CMIST) at Carnegie Mellon University https://t.co/DACPg0Nldf #NEW: [----] Apportionment Forecast based on [----] Census Bureau Population Estimates (January [--] 2026). Forecast prepared by Dr. Jonathan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016187266863870168)  2026-01-27T16:31Z 70.1K followers, 40.6K engagements


"My assumption is: OR -1D CA -2D -2R AZ +1D UT +1R ID+1R TX +4R FL +3R +1D GA+1R NC +1D IL -1R -1D WI-1R MN -1R PA-1D NY -2R RI -1R"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016187839868780927)  2026-01-27T16:33Z 70.1K followers, 36.6K engagements


"@TonerousHyus Most of these extrapolate out so they take account of these trends. Ie it isn't simply where things stand today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016190289820397967)  2026-01-27T16:43Z 70.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@ChrisCillizza He'll get like a billion dollars in Resistance Bucks. And like you say you can't beat someone with no one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016194871267033526)  2026-01-27T17:01Z 70.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@statsprovenutn A lot of those states are pretty close to maximally safe gerrymanders. Even CA right now would be a disaster for Ds in an R wave year. It probably works out to about [--] Republican seats net"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016198945316147426)  2026-01-27T17:17Z 70.1K followers, [----] engagements


"A lot of debate about various estimates of reapportionment. A methodological note: The Cervas/CMU estimates assume linear growth from [----]. The ARP estimates look at the last [--] years and weight recent years more heavily. That's part of why FL is higher in the CMU estimates"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016238891024466284)  2026-01-27T19:56Z 70.1K followers, 18.6K engagements


"@DamonLinker @scotthar_tx @jeremymbarr @grok I mean how do you characterize Coleman Hughes I don't think anything other than "heterodox" is accurate"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016239366067060851)  2026-01-27T19:58Z 70.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@ZacharyDonnini What's more interesting is if the Supreme Court of WI orders a redraw for a 4-4 or 3-5 map"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016292942986506541)  2026-01-27T23:31Z 70.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Its not the cold that gets me though that doesnt help. Its the grey"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016294166536290481)  2026-01-27T23:36Z 70.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@hencexox @SJonNantucket Yeah but this is the type of thing the Virginia Supreme Court gets hung up on. Itll be interesting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016338401197236374)  2026-01-28T02:31Z 70.1K followers, [---] engagements


"Thats it. We live in a simulation. No way reality could be this absurd on its own. Donald Trump does not support the 2nd Amendment. Donald Trump does not support the 2nd Amendment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016341984969945383)  2026-01-28T02:46Z 70.1K followers, 21.2K engagements


"@AlexanderHSPark Just to put VA in perspective the state only merged law and equity courts [--] years ago. There's no summary judgment. There's no intermediate appellate court. It's still pure contributory negligence. It doesn't have promissory estoppel. It's a weird jurisdiction"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016508578077573537)  2026-01-28T13:48Z 70.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@ChrisCillizza Someone posted this today and I think it's basically correct. OTOH Frey is the mayor of Minneapolis which is probably at the bottom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016534225948741884)  2026-01-28T15:29Z 70.1K followers, 17.4K engagements


"@baseballcrank But maybe this time the precedent can be cabined in to cover only this specific situation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016540898130116969)  2026-01-28T15:56Z 70.1K followers, [----] engagements


"I am going to start a running thread where every time my son plays "Oh Susanna" on the saxophone I mark it here. So you can share my misery. Oh Susanah"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016557391941079493)  2026-01-28T17:02Z 70.1K followers, 14.8K engagements


"RT @charlescwcooke: Jacob Frey is on solid ground when implicitly pointing to Printz v. United States he says that he does not have to he"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016567717944258952)  2026-01-28T17:43Z 70.1K followers, [--] engagements


"By the way a lot of talk around here surrounds Pennsylvania so I wanted to take a second to plug our sister site realclearpennsylvania dot com. It's a great one-stop shop for news out of the Keystone state along with original journalism interviews and the like"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016576580634456437)  2026-01-28T18:18Z 70.1K followers, [----] engagements


"For an example here's an interview with Conor Lamb that you won't find anywhere else. https://www.realclearpennsylvania.com/articles/2026/01/26/lamb_has_seen_the_democrats_future_it_already_happened_to_him_1160943.html https://www.realclearpennsylvania.com/articles/2026/01/26/lamb_has_seen_the_democrats_future_it_already_happened_to_him_1160943.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016576820183704000)  2026-01-28T18:19Z 70.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@dilanesper It's almost like some people don't really want the border patrol to operate at all"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016578017410048187)  2026-01-28T18:24Z 70.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Yes. But he bought a boat. Rubio is just really good at this. Running circles around those questioning him and making about as good of a case for the administration as possible. https://t.co/XmFD4O0Hyi Rubio is just really good at this. Running circles around those questioning him and making about as good of a case for the administration as possible. https://t.co/XmFD4O0Hyi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016602533754470786)  2026-01-28T20:01Z 70.1K followers, 12.6K engagements


"RT @emzanotti: BRUTAL"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016607797178159591)  2026-01-28T20:22Z 70.1K followers, [--] engagements


"RT @SwipeWright: 🚨BREAKING: A new paper in a top social science journal promotes "data activism" and claims that politically "actionable an"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016609784108081355)  2026-01-28T20:30Z 70.1K followers, [----] engagements


"RT @bendreyfuss: I.worked on this story for a year.and.she just.she tweeted it out"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016651101349560523)  2026-01-28T23:14Z 70.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@ChrisCillizza It doesn't really; you can't execute even a violent criminal behaving peacefully. At best it's only relevant to the extent the appealing features of his bio -- that he's a nurse that family members describe him as kindly -- that keep popping up in discussions matter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016873164907688292)  2026-01-29T13:56Z 70.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@brianros1 https://x.com/ZacharyDonnini/status/2016941205859221512 Because a million people are asking me no this pattern does not go away when you control for climate. Controlling for partisanship people are not moving to warmer states. Controlling for climate people are moving to redder states. https://t.co/Xau6OhOSLO https://x.com/ZacharyDonnini/status/2016941205859221512 Because a million people are asking me no this pattern does not go away when you control for climate. Controlling for partisanship people are not moving to warmer states. Controlling for climate people are moving to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2016962881787441425)  2026-01-29T19:53Z 70.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@ellisislandsup @charlescwcooke with two eyes and a mouth"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2017083851256873122)  2026-01-30T03:54Z 70.1K followers, [---] engagements


"When people talk about Ds winning OH/IA/AK/TX we're talking about states currently as R as NM/NJ/ME/IL/CO are D. It's not outside the realm of possibility (see ME) esp w POTUS at 40% approval and Ds have good candidates (save IA) but don't underestimate the lift involved. Republicans are for sound reasons still favored to hold the Senate. But the chance that things get really ugly across the map is not one that should be easily dismissed. Republicans are for sound reasons still favored to hold the Senate. But the chance that things get really ugly across the map is not one that should be"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2017258232088080654)  2026-01-30T15:26Z 70.1K followers, 29.5K engagements


"@AlanMCole @GaryWinslett At the same time it looks like people get the rankings more-or-less correct Like they're able at some level to distinguish between Schumer and Sanders"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2017275564113936890)  2026-01-30T16:35Z 70.1K followers, [---] engagements


"I don't know where the limits fall regarding what a journalist can and can't do while a violation of the law is occurring around them and I'm not sure where Lemon falls but I'm pretty sure it's more restrictive than most journos on here seem to believe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2017276137114628239)  2026-01-30T16:38Z 70.1K followers, 16K engagements


"@dhmontgomery Yeah I imagine CA conservatives are a different type of conservative than your average ID militia type (or mormon in the south of the state)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2017284034280235366)  2026-01-30T17:09Z 70.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@adub01488424 I honestly don't know. I think it's an interesting question how much you can embed yourself in a group engaging in illegal activity without becoming a part of it. I just think the answer isn't as obvious as the journos here seem to suggest"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2017285297730474368)  2026-01-30T17:14Z 70.1K followers, [---] engagements


"One assumes the B-2 bomber flies faster than this. Also that we won't be taking off from one of their carriers. This animation is published by the IRGC. Demonstrating how theyll be taking down the B-2 bomber if it enters the Iranian airspace. https://t.co/PlQln2kF1P This animation is published by the IRGC. Demonstrating how theyll be taking down the B-2 bomber if it enters the Iranian airspace. https://t.co/PlQln2kF1P"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2017291802710020360)  2026-01-30T17:40Z 70.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@acd_4 Texas has been. Georgia/NC are sort of exceptions in that they get a lot of Democrats from outmigration"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2017306104305267111)  2026-01-30T18:37Z 70.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@ThePoliticalHat I'm not at all high on her. Beating Sarah Palin in a weird three-way race is much different than beating Dan Sullivan. I lived through "don't sleep on Al Gross" throughout [----] so it will take a LOT to move me off of this prior"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2017306877005050216)  2026-01-30T18:40Z 70.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@bendreyfuss THE WIN WAS TOO BIG TO STEAL BUT THEY TRIED OH HOW THEY TRIED BEN DREYFUSS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2017336748645155119)  2026-01-30T20:38Z 70.1K followers, 10.7K engagements


"@Chris_arnade @asymmetricinfo I'm also an asshole who has no problem forcing the other people seated to move so I can go to the bathroom. :-)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2017610302657814646)  2026-01-31T14:45Z 70.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@Chris_arnade @asymmetricinfo TBH I usually get upgraded and rarely fly long haul. If I were flying internationally this would be a different story"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2017620551695536448)  2026-01-31T15:26Z 70.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@David_Beck_Atty @asymmetricinfo I'm also a bit of a white knuckler so its useful to be able to look out the window and say "no we didn't really just drop [-----] feet.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/2017620737289241067)  2026-01-31T15:27Z 70.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@Joelmentum If you spent the whole time saying to yourself "Christ I hope I'm not making a mistake with all of these numbers" then yes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/527088145226272769)  2014-10-28T13:23Z 70.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@BenjySarlin @baseballcrank This started well before that.In August he got [--] times as much earned media as Kasich Rubio and Cruz combined"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/710233068418813952)  2016-03-16T22:35Z 70.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Just got a fundraising pitch from an R candidate in NC. He's giving away an AR-15 to one person who joins his list. Did not expect that one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/728224117380554756)  2016-05-05T14:05Z 70.1K followers, [--] engagements


"My supposed best friend dragged me to a party where I didnt know anyone before ditching me so she could lose her virginity to the class dirtbag. Then I got eaten by a monster and everyone forgot about me until Season [--]. https://x.com/profmusgrave/status/1002705277664231424 https://x.com/profmusgrave/status/1002705277664231424"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/1003318864015450112)  2018-06-03T16:53Z 69K followers, [---] engagements


"@KatrinaTrinko Not nearly enough seating for everyone"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/1088172478059311105)  2019-01-23T20:31Z 69K followers, [--] engagements


"@smotus There's actually a political psych paper hidden in here somewhere. https://x.com/kabir_here/status/1131604203678445569 I can't stop tweeting about @pewresearch today because they keep posting fascinating research New survey on what Democrats think the best age for a president is and how candidate traits (gender race etc.) affect their enthusiasm https://t.co/WVYXiIr8yk https://x.com/kabir_here/status/1131604203678445569 I can't stop tweeting about @pewresearch today because they keep posting fascinating research New survey on what Democrats think the best age for a president is and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SeanTrende/status/1131640434952986625)  2019-05-23T19:17Z 69.1K followers, [--] engagements

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