Morning Jolt: The Real Uniparty

WITH JIM GERAGHTY

May 15 2024

On the menu today: First, thanks to everyone who got the advance orders for Dueling Six Demons off to a strong start.

You hear a lot of griping about the alleged "uniparty" — really just relatively rare areas of agreement between Democrats and Republicans — but those gripes rarely address the most consequential, and harmful, areas where the two parties agree. Neither party wants to tackle Social Security, Medicare, or any other entitlement-reform proposal; both parties have convinced themselves that tariffs are the road to prosperity; and, to take an example near and dear to my heart, neither party is all that interested in investigating or discussing the origin of Covid anymore. Meanwhile, for the second time in five days, President Biden falsely claims the inflation rate when he took office was 9 percent. Either he's lying, or his memory is failing — which one is worse?

Where Our Two Parties Agree — to Be Terrible

Over on the homepage ...

READ MORE >