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Why Offense Wins

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09.03.2025

I’ll confess I don’t pop on social media much for personal use. Though I post daily and have the largest following I’ve had to date in my years of public commentary, I find it a pedantic way to pass the time. 

I’d rather cheer on my sons’ Tae Kwan Doh tournaments or my daughter’s musical endeavors.

But sometimes, in the early morning, while it's still dark, I fall down the rabbit hole. This morning I awoke to a steady line of strangely reassuring posts. 

First, you need to know that I follow many people I disagree with. I seek out what the other side is saying, and they say it all no place louder than in their feeds. 

So this morning, screaming from the headlines of X, Instagram, and TikTok are the Bernie Sanders rallies from this weekend in Michigan and Wisconsin. Posters boasting videos with snarky captions like, “Look at the size of this crowd” or “Look how long the line is to get in.” The videos seem impressive until you learn that crowd sizes were 4,000 & 8,000, respectively, both in extremely........

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