Well then. UK got whacked in last night’s game, Democrats caved to the MAGA budget bill, and the predicted thunderstorms didn’t show up here. Three strikes – a decidedly shitty night.

I knew the Democrats were bad at messaging (and that conservatives were good at it), but it’s much, much worse than I thought. According to media Matters, Conservatives reach five times as many Americans with their messages than their counterparts on left. That explains a lot. It’s not just Faux News on traditional TV – it’s every online media platform. Read the article, it’s eye opening. Conservatives play the long game and they’re winning hearts and minds, bigly. This is how and why at least half of America’s population has morphed into MAGA culture.

Politics aside, I decided to go punish some golf balls rather than wallow in today’s news. I went back to Crescent Hill GC, and on a Saturday morning, no one was there. (Pro tip, if you want the course to yourself, go when there’s a tornado warning across the area. Sane people stay home. The courses are open.) I enjoyed my windy round. Weather has its upsides.