Andy Flach
@andyfromtucson.bsky.social
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Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
December 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
When I walked past a prison work crew & one of them said “nice crocs” about my bright red crocs & it didn’t even occur to me to say “nice jumpsuit” until hours later
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
When I walked past a prison work crew & one of them said “nice crocs” about my bright red crocs & it didn’t even occur to me to say “nice jumpsuit” until hours later
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ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
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When I was on CNN's northeast desk, the first job at 6a every morning was to read the local papers. That guided some of what the massive CNN machine followed every day.
When those papers die, CNN doesn't hire new regional reporters. What you get instead is more panel shows, more punditry.
When those papers die, CNN doesn't hire new regional reporters. What you get instead is more panel shows, more punditry.
"The newspaper industry served as a feeder for our entire news media ecosystem. So when we lose those newspapers, we've lost that journalism. In the early 2000s, we had 40 journalists per 100,000 people. We're now down to 8 journalists per 100,000 people," says @victorpickard.bsky.social.
December 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
When I was on CNN's northeast desk, the first job at 6a every morning was to read the local papers. That guided some of what the massive CNN machine followed every day.
When those papers die, CNN doesn't hire new regional reporters. What you get instead is more panel shows, more punditry.
When those papers die, CNN doesn't hire new regional reporters. What you get instead is more panel shows, more punditry.
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“Who’s gonna stop you for that” is Trump’s key political insight
Newly discovered recordings show how far Donald Trump went to attempt overturning the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia.
Trump told the Speaker he could call the session “for transparency, and to uncover fraud,” adding, “Who’s gonna stop you for that?” trib.al/Yk7Lyb5
Trump told the Speaker he could call the session “for transparency, and to uncover fraud,” adding, “Who’s gonna stop you for that?” trib.al/Yk7Lyb5
December 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
“Who’s gonna stop you for that” is Trump’s key political insight
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This is John Roberts' America.
The blatant selling of pardons is perhaps the clearest instance of criminal conduct authorized by SCOTUS. Pardons are a quintessential "official act." So, even when Trump takes a bribe to issue one, he is presumably above the criminal law.
The president’s own chief of staff was reportedly stunned by his pardon of a former Honduran president.
December 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This is John Roberts' America.
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This is the *charitable* read
J. D. Vance has "clearly made the calculation that anti-Semites are part of the Republican Party’s base, and he can’t afford to shunt them to the side as he plots his own presidential bid," Franklin Foer argues. theatln.tc/aaUENxUw
December 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This is the *charitable* read
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US coal generation has collapsed from about 50% of electricity in 2005 to just 14% today. It’s one of the fastest energy transitions in modern history. Operating a coal plant now costs more than building new wind and solar in every state. buff.ly/lhSKS7D
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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Can the war on coal still be won?
Ten years ago, the U.S. was on track to phase out coal by 2030, thanks to the Sierra Club. Now Trump and AI are delaying the fuel’s decline.
buff.ly
December 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
US coal generation has collapsed from about 50% of electricity in 2005 to just 14% today. It’s one of the fastest energy transitions in modern history. Operating a coal plant now costs more than building new wind and solar in every state. buff.ly/lhSKS7D
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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“The law explicitly prohibits the board of trustees from making the center into a memorial to anyone else, and from putting another person’s name on the building’s exterior.” apnews.com/article/kenn...
Kennedy Center Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump name added to building
A planned Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Kennedy Center has been canceled. Musician Chuck Redd, the show's host, says he called off the performance after the White House announced President Donald ...
apnews.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
“The law explicitly prohibits the board of trustees from making the center into a memorial to anyone else, and from putting another person’s name on the building’s exterior.” apnews.com/article/kenn...
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We're at the point in the year where I have no idea what day of the week it is and I no longer care. This is freedom, this is the way humans are meant to live
December 27, 2024 at 1:07 PM
We're at the point in the year where I have no idea what day of the week it is and I no longer care. This is freedom, this is the way humans are meant to live
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Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
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“Like Prime, but with human beings.”
December 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“Like Prime, but with human beings.”
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Trump isn’t even pro-corporate or pro-market! He’s a mafia shakedown artist who is crushing the economy by extorting everyone in sight, inserting himself directly into private companies and looting their profits. His support for rich people is conditional on their support for him. Personality cult.
December 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Trump isn’t even pro-corporate or pro-market! He’s a mafia shakedown artist who is crushing the economy by extorting everyone in sight, inserting himself directly into private companies and looting their profits. His support for rich people is conditional on their support for him. Personality cult.
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I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
December 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
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Just a few examples of FBI/DOJ documents that haven't been released:
The 2019 prosectors' memos on co-conspirators they considered charging.
The 2007 60-count draft indictment of Epstein.
A raft of victim statements detailing abuse from powerful men.
And much more
None has been released.
The 2019 prosectors' memos on co-conspirators they considered charging.
The 2007 60-count draft indictment of Epstein.
A raft of victim statements detailing abuse from powerful men.
And much more
None has been released.
December 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Just a few examples of FBI/DOJ documents that haven't been released:
The 2019 prosectors' memos on co-conspirators they considered charging.
The 2007 60-count draft indictment of Epstein.
A raft of victim statements detailing abuse from powerful men.
And much more
None has been released.
The 2019 prosectors' memos on co-conspirators they considered charging.
The 2007 60-count draft indictment of Epstein.
A raft of victim statements detailing abuse from powerful men.
And much more
None has been released.
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Official data is in today, and US solar continues to grow rapidly, with generation up 21% compared to last year!
December 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Official data is in today, and US solar continues to grow rapidly, with generation up 21% compared to last year!
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With US GDP released today (4.3% annualized), we now have Q3 growth data for every G7 country
Here's each country's cumulative increase in real GDP, since just before the pandemic:
🇺🇸 +15.3%
🇨🇦 +11.3%
🇮🇹 +6.3%
🇬🇧 +5.3%
🇫🇷 +5.2%
🇯🇵 +1.0%
🇩🇪 -0.2%
Here's each country's cumulative increase in real GDP, since just before the pandemic:
🇺🇸 +15.3%
🇨🇦 +11.3%
🇮🇹 +6.3%
🇬🇧 +5.3%
🇫🇷 +5.2%
🇯🇵 +1.0%
🇩🇪 -0.2%
December 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
With US GDP released today (4.3% annualized), we now have Q3 growth data for every G7 country
Here's each country's cumulative increase in real GDP, since just before the pandemic:
🇺🇸 +15.3%
🇨🇦 +11.3%
🇮🇹 +6.3%
🇬🇧 +5.3%
🇫🇷 +5.2%
🇯🇵 +1.0%
🇩🇪 -0.2%
Here's each country's cumulative increase in real GDP, since just before the pandemic:
🇺🇸 +15.3%
🇨🇦 +11.3%
🇮🇹 +6.3%
🇬🇧 +5.3%
🇫🇷 +5.2%
🇯🇵 +1.0%
🇩🇪 -0.2%
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CBS furiously trying to take down the 60 Minutes segment about human rights abuses at the El Salvadoran prison that Bari Weiss spiked
December 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM
CBS furiously trying to take down the 60 Minutes segment about human rights abuses at the El Salvadoran prison that Bari Weiss spiked
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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The thing where Trump names everything after himself isn’t a funny little quirk but an incredibly reliable indicator that a leader is in fact a dictator. It doesn’t happen in any democratic society, no sane leader does it
December 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The thing where Trump names everything after himself isn’t a funny little quirk but an incredibly reliable indicator that a leader is in fact a dictator. It doesn’t happen in any democratic society, no sane leader does it
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This has been made available, so for purposes of commenting on Bari Weiss's decision to spike the story, here's a live-post of that segment.
It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process
It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process
December 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This has been made available, so for purposes of commenting on Bari Weiss's decision to spike the story, here's a live-post of that segment.
It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process
It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process
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In the battle between people who are proud to be called Nazis and Nazis who would rather not be called Nazis, JD Vance is neutral and believes in a big tent.
December 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
In the battle between people who are proud to be called Nazis and Nazis who would rather not be called Nazis, JD Vance is neutral and believes in a big tent.
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If voters want lower inflation and interest rates, maybe Democrats should run on taxing the rich to reduce the deficit.
www.slowboring.com/p/the-case-f...
www.slowboring.com/p/the-case-f...
The case for progressive austerity
Lower inflation and lower interest rates can be achieved.
www.slowboring.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If voters want lower inflation and interest rates, maybe Democrats should run on taxing the rich to reduce the deficit.
www.slowboring.com/p/the-case-f...
www.slowboring.com/p/the-case-f...
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Yeah it’s not just media. Our entire political class seems to have pretty much mutually decided that white supremacy is a sideshow distraction. It’s like they forgotten what these ideas really mean or how disruptive they were historically.
I’m not aware of a single national democrat who has made this point and so under the rules of media as they have been at least for my entire life, it’s not an “issue“
December 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Yeah it’s not just media. Our entire political class seems to have pretty much mutually decided that white supremacy is a sideshow distraction. It’s like they forgotten what these ideas really mean or how disruptive they were historically.
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All of the people in this photo descend from America's 2nd Vice President and 3rd President, Thomas Jefferson. Would JD consider these people white? If not, why not? They're all "heritage Americans" in that they descend from a founder, yes?
December 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM
All of the people in this photo descend from America's 2nd Vice President and 3rd President, Thomas Jefferson. Would JD consider these people white? If not, why not? They're all "heritage Americans" in that they descend from a founder, yes?