Ian Walling@ianmhwalling
This is how I feel teaching my Christian students the finer points of Augustine, Luther, or even Genesis as a life long non-Christian.
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Ian Walling
@ianmhwalling
Political Theorist. Visiting Assistant Professor at Valparaiso University. Opinions my own, surplus value my employer's. Mostly work on Aristotle and Freedom.
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- Ian Walling@ianmhwallingIan WallingRT @YousefMunayyer: Columbia University, which is in this district, had her arrested for her activism against the genocide as a student. Now the district sent her to congress with overwhelming support.Ben Smith @semaforbenWidest margin of any New York congressional race01.5K0106K
- Ian Walling@ianmhwallingI need them to be tried by an all Mormon jury, before a Mormon judge, with no mercy.Degenerate Tracker @DegenTracker_BREAKING: Utah criminally charges Kalshi's CEO and COO with 13 counts of illegal gambling00044
BREAKING: Utah criminally charges Kalshi's CEO and COO with 13 counts of illegal gambling4113.8K47.7K4.1M- Ian Walling@ianmhwallingIan WallingRT @jamestalarico: A young man at our town hall asked if I was pushing class warfare. I told him: “We already have class warfare in this country — billionaires are waging war on the rest of us.”04K01.5M
- Ian Walling@ianmhwallingThis is literally a Bernie Sanders quote that used to be considered totally out of bounds to say.James Talarico @jamestalaricoA young man at our town hall asked if I was pushing class warfare. I told him: “We already have class warfare in this country — billionaires are waging war on the rest of us.”00166
- Ian Walling@ianmhwallingI can only read this as Vance jumping ship, and setting himself up for a presidential run, but this seems like a sharp break from his own President, and very early in the Presidency too. You've got two years of awkward moments from here until Trump leaves office.JD Vance @JDVanceOne of the things the data analysts on our side obsessed over was "composition"—whether the electorate looked close enough to 2024 for Republicans to win. And despite polls that showed a Democrat blowout, the data kept on telling us the same story: in some states turnout was merely OK, in other states it was downright amazing, and in no state was it catastrophic. There was a genuine sense of optimism on our team: our people were showing up. So, I asked the smartest data guy I know, does that mean we're going to shock the world? "No," he told me. "We might do better than the polls suggest. But the data is telling us that a lot of Trump/Vance 2024 voters are pissed and planning to vote for the other guys. Our voters are turning out, but they may not vote for us." Well, that looks prophetic now. Our voters did show up. In Florida, for example, the electorate was 9 points more Republican than Democrat, just a couple points worse than 2024. Undoubtedly there were places we could have done better on turnout. But the main problem is not turnout. The main problem is that many people who voted for Trump/Vance in 2024 voted for Democrats in 2026. There will be a lot of infighting and arguing over what happened and why that is. One of the pollsters I really respect told me that our economic messaging wasn’t sharp enough down the stretch. I’m sure that’s true. But the real reason we lost is obvious to almost everyone. Another pollster—one of the smartest people I know in politics, told me yesterday we’d lose the generic ballot by 13 points. I felt negative going into Tuesday, but even I was shocked by this. In his polling, he saw that a lot of Trump 2024 voters were angry and planning to vote for Democrats. He asked those voters who had abandoned us what would cause them to come back on our team. The top four answers, accounting for nearly all of the responses were: 1) End the war 2) Focus on cost of living/inflation 3) Put America First 4) Change our relationship to Israel Our voters showed up. And the above four reasons are why many of them voted for Democrats. This is according to a pollster who nailed the results. While many spent Monday attacking Rachel Campos Duffy for calling for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict, it turns out her political advice was sound. (She’s also a great person.) In the next few months, there's going to be a lot of gaslighting. Expect to hear any number of establishment politicians say the solution to our woes is amnesty. I'm open to the idea that we should change enforcement—by focusing more on businesses that hire illegal labor, for instance. But anyone pushing amnesty is lying to you. The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night. If you'd like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that's at least honest. But everyone knows why we lost. And any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there. I remain hopeful about our country. To the people who are pissed off and want to say, “I told you so”: you’re right, you did tell us so. Take that energy into electing Republicans who share your worldview. To the people who are just pissed at the results, you should be. Let’s take that anger and get back to the work of saving our country.00050
One of the things the data analysts on our side obsessed over was "composition"—whether the electorate looked close enough to 2024 for Republicans to win. And despite polls that showed a Democrat blowout, the data kept on telling us the same story: in some states turnout was merely OK, in other states it was downright amazing, and in no state was it catastrophic. There was a genuine sense of optimism on our team: our people were showing up. So, I asked the smartest data guy I know, does that mean we're going to shock the world? "No," he told me. "We might do better than the polls suggest. But the data is telling us that a lot of Trump/Vance 2024 voters are pissed and planning to vote for the other guys. Our voters are turning out, but they may not vote for us." Well, that looks prophetic now. Our voters did show up. In Florida, for example, the electorate was 9 points more Republican than Democrat, just a couple points worse than 2024. Undoubtedly there were places we could have done better on turnout. But the main problem is not turnout. The main problem is that many people who voted for Trump/Vance in 2024 voted for Democrats in 2026. There will be a lot of infighting and arguing over what happened and why that is. One of the pollsters I really respect told me that our economic messaging wasn’t sharp enough down the stretch. I’m sure that’s true. But the real reason we lost is obvious to almost everyone. Another pollster—one of the smartest people I know in politics, told me yesterday we’d lose the generic ballot by 13 points. I felt negative going into Tuesday, but even I was shocked by this. In his polling, he saw that a lot of Trump 2024 voters were angry and planning to vote for Democrats. He asked those voters who had abandoned us what would cause them to come back on our team. The top four answers, accounting for nearly all of the responses were: 1) End the war 2) Focus on cost of living/inflation 3) Put America First 4) Change our relationship to Israel Our voters showed up. And the above four reasons are why many of them voted for Democrats. This is according to a pollster who nailed the results. While many spent Monday attacking Rachel Campos Duffy for calling for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict, it turns out her political advice was sound. (She’s also a great person.) In the next few months, there's going to be a lot of gaslighting. Expect to hear any number of establishment politicians say the solution to our woes is amnesty. I'm open to the idea that we should change enforcement—by focusing more on businesses that hire illegal labor, for instance. But anyone pushing amnesty is lying to you. The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night. If you'd like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that's at least honest. But everyone knows why we lost. And any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there. I remain hopeful about our country. To the people who are pissed off and want to say, “I told you so”: you’re right, you did tell us so. Take that energy into electing Republicans who share your worldview. To the people who are just pissed at the results, you should be. Let’s take that anger and get back to the work of saving our country.69.2K30.8K285K72.4M- Ian Walling@ianmhwallingIan WallingRT @caitoz: Not one single person believes this is true. Israel doesn't believe it. Washington doesn't believe it. Nobody reading about it in the New York Times believes it. But we're hearing about it anyway like it's a real thing, because too many powerful people want more bombing in Iran.The Spectator Index @spectatorindexBREAKING: Israel has informed the United States it has intelligence that Iran is 'considering the use of chemical weapons against its adversaries', according to New York Times report.02.3K070.5K
BREAKING: Israel has informed the United States it has intelligence that Iran is 'considering the use of chemical weapons against its adversaries', according to New York Times report.1.9K8718.2K1.8M- Ian Walling@ianmhwallingIan WallingRT @DjsokeSpeaking: We shouldn't let this make us think that the redistricting "failed" though. Ds won by 13% nationally In Texas, a 24% swing net them a single seat - Ds need to urgently respond to the gerrymanders bc they won't keep getting D+13 years to overcome themumichvoter @umichvoterIn the end Republicans only won 1 new seat out of their mid decade redistricting 2024 seats ➡️ 2026 seats LA 🔵 2 ➡️ 🔵 1 TN 🔵 1 ➡️ 🔵 1 FL 🔵 8 ➡️ 🔵 8 AL 🔵 2 ➡️ 🔵 2 TX 🔵 13 ➡️ 🔵 14 OH 🔵 5 ➡️ 🔵 8 NC 🔵 4 ➡️ 🔵 10-110131025.9K
In the end Republicans only won 1 new seat out of their mid decade redistricting 2024 seats ➡️ 2026 seats LA 🔵 2 ➡️ 🔵 1 TN 🔵 1 ➡️ 🔵 1 FL 🔵 8 ➡️ 🔵 8 AL 🔵 2 ➡️ 🔵 2 TX 🔵 13 ➡️ 🔵 14 OH 🔵 5 ➡️ 🔵 8 NC 🔵 4 ➡️ 🔵 10-11227895578.3K- Ian Walling@ianmhwallingIan WallingRT @ZachWLambert: Senior Advisor to Ken Paxton says “our churches, Christianity—it’s all gone” after the blue wave last night. If you think Christianity is gone because of these election results, then you weren’t worshipping Jesus… you were worshipping the Republican Party.03.1K0154K
- Ian Walling@ianmhwallingIan WallingRT @LiquidHbox: holy fuck.
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed @AbdulElSayedGimme three months and his golf buddies in Florida wouldn’t even vote for him. I’ll smoke him by 7. Bet on it.04K01.9M 
Gimme three months and his golf buddies in Florida wouldn’t even vote for him. I’ll smoke him by 7. Bet on it.3.4K19.5K206K20.3M- Ian Walling@ianmhwallingPlease, please do this.alassëa 🦭 ︎ @isilanorienDemocrats theoretically now hold enough trifectas to ratify the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact and effectively abolish the Electoral College0011287
alassëa 🦭 ︎@isilanorienDemocrats theoretically now hold enough trifectas to ratify the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact and effectively abolish the Electoral College1411.6K16.3K343K- Ian Walling@ianmhwallingIan WallingRT @DemocraticWins: BREAKING: In a powerful move, Rep. Robert Garcia, who will Chair the House Oversight Committee once Democrats win tonight, just announced he will be overseeing the quick introduction of investigations into the Trump family's corruption and ties to the Epstein files. Let's go.011.1K0656K
- Ian Walling@ianmhwallingIan WallingRT @Sarah_pdx: rural whites voting for evangelical liberal democrats because they think the president’s foreign policy is stupid, tariffs are too high, and the economy is rigged…070627
- Ian Walling@ianmhwallingIan WallingRT @RobertSkvarla: This would be a great time to begin pushing for something akin to another Church Committee that could investigate DHS, ICE, the FBI, DOGE, and every other agency spying on Americans0410028K
- Ian Walling@ianmhwallingIan WallingRT @Taniel: JUST IN: Dems have gained control of the state government of Wisconsin. For first time since 2010. They have flipped state Senate & flipped state House, and kept the governorship. Among things they're likely to do: repeal Scott Walker's restrictions on collective bargaining.0801094.5K
- Ian Walling@ianmhwallingIan WallingRT @GBBranstetter: Last thing (maybe) but if Adam Hamilton can win in Kansas - Kansas! - without sacrificing trans people's dignity in the process there is zero excuse for any other candidate0563040.7K
- Ian Walling@ianmhwallingKansas is allowed to keep using John Brown in their hype videos for college football.NewsWire @NewsWire_USADAM HAMILTON, DEMOCRAT, WINS KANSAS SENATE RACE — PROJECTION00197
- Ian Walling@ianmhwallingIan WallingRT @LauraLoomer: If God is in charge, why did he let our country get taken over by Muslims and communists? Something for people to think about.Lisa Boothe @LisaMarieBootheThe good news is that God is in charge.048603.6M
