Hotter, Badder, and Unpopularer Takes

[McNukes™ #NYCMMWasAHero]

On The Office, Jim should have stayed with Karen instead of dumping her for the clearly inferior Pam.

Inferior on what grounds, dare I ask?

Karen just seems smarter, more career-driven, higher achiever. Jim was a slacker, but she seemed like a good match who could influence him to maximize his potential. Pam, who had little ambition and failed art school, seemed annoyingly insecure (a plot point several times in the later seasons, after they were already married), in contrast to Karen's high confidence.

This is credit score dating.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Demint started the recession.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

Also here is the really hot one that gets you condemned by anybody ever: Third parties took more from Trump than Hillary

That is borne out by the national exit poll, which had the binary choice vote tied, if I remember correctly.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

The US Senate has only slightly more democratic legitimacy than the European Commission.

[morgankingsley]

Michael Dukakis didn’t bomb the death penalty question in 1988.

There was no way he was getting out of it free regardless of answer

[Antonio the Sixth]

The US Senate has only slightly more democratic legitimacy than the European Commission.

On a similar note, the European Commission has outright more democratic legitimacy in setting policy for the UK that the House of Lords.

[McNukes™ #NYCMMWasAHero]

Hoover ended the Great Depression; Roosevelt not only prolonged it, but caused it to double dip.

[Grassroots]

There is nothing hypocritical about speaking out against Trump’s behavior and rhetoric while voting with him 90% of the time on policy

Spitting straight facts right here.

[Grassroots]

Meritocracy should be a core principle of the US government and should actually be fully applied.

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

Since presidents are decided by electoral percentage and not popular percentage, it is better to talk about presidents victory margins by their electoral percent, like Trump winning 57 percent of the vote

If that was the case, Trump would still really only have 50.4%, not 57%. But the Electoral College needs to be abolished in any case.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Sence I talked about the Rock Hall last time, and my dad is in Cleveland looking for a job...

There's too many British Invasion and Blues acts in. I see the merits of, say, Bobby "Blue" Bland, The Dave Clark 5, Solomon Burke, The (Young) Rascals, Little Willie John (who would have been better as an Early Influence) or The Lovin' Spoonful, but why do they have priority over, say, The Smiths or Joy Division/New Order?

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

If we do it right, automation can make life for all of humankind a utopia.

[Pericles]

Since presidents are decided by electoral percentage and not popular percentage, it is better to talk about presidents victory margins by their electoral percent, like Trump winning 57 percent of the vote

Alternatively their margin in the tipping-point state could be used.

[538Electoral]

The 2018 midterms will NOT be a good example to base 2020 predictions. History shows that midterm results and the next presidential elections differ from each other. In 2010. If we assumed the House predictions were 100% correct for 2012. Romney would've won New Jersey and I think that says enough.

I know the "MUH ARIZONA and KANSAS D" crowds will come at me for this one.

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

The randomness of a coin flip can be more easily disrupted than that of a game of rock paper scissors.

[Continential]

Everyone can vote from the second they are born.

[morgankingsley]

The randomness of a coin flip can be more easily disrupted than that of a game of rock paper scissors.

Honestly I agree with this claim

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Everyone can vote from the second they are born.

Quite the hot take given the voting age is 18. 

[free my dawg]

Every time someone says Bernie should drop out and endorse Warren, I die a little inside. Not because I like Bernie, but because it's a wrong take that would help Biden more than it'd help her.

[Grassroots]

Iceland's policy on downs syndrome should be applied elsewhere.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Iceland's policy on downs syndrome should be applied elsewhere.

I'll see that take and raise you the take that Iceland's treatment of Down Syndrome (my understanding is that it can't really be called a "policy") should attract the same level of opprobrium that China got for the one child policy.

[💥💥 brandon bro (he/him/his)]

People at large, including almost all users on Atlas, vastly underestimate how popular most of the progressive agenda is in suburbs.

[IceSpear]

People at large, including almost all users on Atlas, vastly underestimate how popular most of the progressive agenda is in suburbs.

Atlas still thinks that Medicare for all plays better in McDowell County, WV than in Fairfax County, VA.

[YE]

The 2018 midterms will NOT be a good example to base 2020 predictions. History shows that midterm results and the next presidential elections differ from each other. In 2010. If we assumed the House predictions were 100% correct for 2012. Romney would've won New Jersey and I think that says enough.

I know the "MUH ARIZONA and KANSAS D" crowds will come at me for this one.

Polarization is higher now than in 2010 though.

[OSR stands with Israel]

People at large, including almost all users on Atlas, vastly underestimate how popular most of the progressive agenda is in suburbs.

Atlas still thinks that Medicare for all plays better in McDowell County, WV than in Fairfax County, VA.

It likely won’t play well in either county when Dems try to implement it . The next midterm will be a massive GOP wave .