Stephen Kent thinks left-leaning pileups and hashtags like #FireGinaCarano are partially responsible for escalating tensions: “These newest tweets, expressing doubt and resentment about COVID and masks and the election, there’s nothing new here.” But, Kent added, “Gina Carano’s not making things better for conservative fans who want to feel welcome when they go to fan conventions and mingle with their fellow lovers of Star Wars. She’s not making things easier for anybody. She’s making things just dramatically more dubious and sad and divisive.”

Basically, what Mathis-Lilley argues is that since the Republic is undone and replaced by a fascistic regime, then the Galactic Senate must be above reproach. He thus ascribes to the story of Star Wars a fawning esteem for the Galactic Senate as an avatar for pluralistic democracy.

In 2020 however, Trump is taken seriously and young people's backs are against the wall economically. Their campuses are closed, their bars are shut down, they aren't allowed in major cities to socialize or go to concerts and they are mad as hell about it.

At the end of the day, I feel this is what we are voting for: “Do we want a union or not? Do we want to trust our elections or not?

“Not all celebrity endorsements are created equal. Some make a difference at the margins, and others can be wildly counterproductive to building your base of support. The reality is that despite people saying all the time that they hate celebrities weighing in on politics, or telling them how to think...celebrities have influence” Stephen Kent

If the drama around The Mandalorian actress could be summarized in one way, it could be that she transparently flew the flag against ritualized shows of support to left-leaning causes, scribbling #BLM or gender pronouns into her Twitter bio, and voicing disdain for President Trump, like her Mandalorian counterpart Pedro Pascal has sufficiently done.

Brad Parscale once called the Trump campaigns digital operation a DEATH STAR ready to fire. Well, now he's been demoted from his lead role atop the battle station.

Stephen Kent on Stu Does America May 2020

I watch a lot of cable news for my day job. As a result, I’ve seen a great deal of the rapid change on television since COVID-19 took hold of American life around March 11, 2020. I wrote for the Washington Examiner about what we may see happen with cable news

Biden, even to his left-wing former rivals, remains someone who can sell a vision of liberal gains while promising a return to “normalcy” in our politics.

Bernie Sanders could win the White House, but he would have to get real about America’s right of center populist leanings.