Baker Owens
@bakediddypop.bsky.social
ATL resident and booster, working across rural Georgia. Write stuff sometimes about the same.
This can’t possibly be a real thing under consideration…
"Once any logical planner assesses Venezuela’s true scale, the more apt comparison becomes obvious: A U.S. invasion into Venezuela would mirror the Russian miscalculation in Ukraine."
No, Venezuela Is Not a ‘Small Latin American Country’
And talk of a quick invasion and easy ‘regime change’ is dangerously misleading.
www.thebulwark.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:32 AM
This can’t possibly be a real thing under consideration…
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"It’s not a coincidence that one of the first things Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did upon taking office was fire the top lawyers at the Army, Navy, and Air Force." You should be subscribing to The Dispatch to read Nick Catoggio's column, if you weren't already doing so to read Kevin Williamson's.
No One Knows What the Law Is
What constitutes an ‘illegal order’ in 2025?
thedispatch.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
"It’s not a coincidence that one of the first things Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did upon taking office was fire the top lawyers at the Army, Navy, and Air Force." You should be subscribing to The Dispatch to read Nick Catoggio's column, if you weren't already doing so to read Kevin Williamson's.
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Sen Thom Tillis (R-NC) is not amused by ICE's antics in Charlotte and wants an accounting. “I want to make sure that Homeland Security can provide me with the definitive list of people who were detained, how long they were detained, whether or not they were released and, when property was
Thom Tillis wants answers from Homeland Security on Operation Charlotte’s Web
Sen. Thom Tillis used a Senate hearing Thursday to demand answers about what’s happening to NC residents apprehended by Border Patrol.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Sen Thom Tillis (R-NC) is not amused by ICE's antics in Charlotte and wants an accounting. “I want to make sure that Homeland Security can provide me with the definitive list of people who were detained, how long they were detained, whether or not they were released and, when property was
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Note for Democratic politicians: you don't have to start your condemnations of ICE raids with "We all want to catch violent criminals, but..." Just say "These raids have nothing to do with catching criminals and everything to do with terrorizing innocent minority groups."
November 20, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Note for Democratic politicians: you don't have to start your condemnations of ICE raids with "We all want to catch violent criminals, but..." Just say "These raids have nothing to do with catching criminals and everything to do with terrorizing innocent minority groups."
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sorry what newjerseyglobe.com/congress/van...
Ex-Van Drew staffer staged fake attack, writing 'Trump Whore' across her stomach and alleging men held her down and cut her body - New Jersey Globe
A 26-year-old Ocean City woman who claimed she was brutally assaulted because she worked for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Ocean City) instead orchestrated the
newjerseyglobe.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
sorry what newjerseyglobe.com/congress/van...
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The old-guard conservatives didn't believe the groyper/white-nationalist fringe was in charge, because a lot of the people pointing it out weren't "real conservatives" to them. Better late than never. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-conser...
The Conservative Old Guard Wakes Up and Smells the Groypers
Older Republicans and professional right-wingers are suddenly recognizing the GOP’s young-Nazi problem.
www.thebulwark.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The old-guard conservatives didn't believe the groyper/white-nationalist fringe was in charge, because a lot of the people pointing it out weren't "real conservatives" to them. Better late than never. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-conser...
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The reason we have laws* against bribery is that companies will absolutely bribe politicians at the very first opportunity if it is good for the bottom line, because they see it as a sound business decision, not a civilizational betrayal.
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Coinbase donated to Trump's $300 million White House ballroom project as an appeal to the administration, Emilie Choi, the cryptocurrency exchange's president and COO, said at Axios' BFD event today.
Exclusive: Coinbase explains donation to Trump's ballroom
Tech firms like Google, Amazon, and Nvidia also donated to Trump's ballroom fund.
www.axios.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The reason we have laws* against bribery is that companies will absolutely bribe politicians at the very first opportunity if it is good for the bottom line, because they see it as a sound business decision, not a civilizational betrayal.
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$20 trilllion!! Bahaha. Who could possibly believe this? What is even the point? The Saudis would have to invest their entire economy to make their commitment. “But he’s a salesman!” they’ll say. And a lot of people are fools and marks.
The farthest Trump’s own Treasury Secretary will go is “I think those commitments are real.”
November 19, 2025 at 12:10 AM
$20 trilllion!! Bahaha. Who could possibly believe this? What is even the point? The Saudis would have to invest their entire economy to make their commitment. “But he’s a salesman!” they’ll say. And a lot of people are fools and marks.
Make it a Quadrillion or we walk!
Fox News credulously reports that "the Saudis now say their investment pledge in the US will be increased to $1 trillion." THE ENTIRE GDP OF SAUDI ARABIA IS $1.1 TRILLION, so this is total nonsense.
November 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Make it a Quadrillion or we walk!
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There is no mechanism for eliminating the income tax in Georgia to expand the state’s economy. The 1980s caricature of whatever supply-side economics was is now a policy plank. If you want to shrink government, cut spending. Otherwise, you end up like Kansas. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_...
November 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
There is no mechanism for eliminating the income tax in Georgia to expand the state’s economy. The 1980s caricature of whatever supply-side economics was is now a policy plank. If you want to shrink government, cut spending. Otherwise, you end up like Kansas. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_...
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Someone should write a Moynihan report on our elite class, explaining that their problems are not socioeconomic but the product of a pathological ghetto culture.
November 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Someone should write a Moynihan report on our elite class, explaining that their problems are not socioeconomic but the product of a pathological ghetto culture.
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What your president and his team are prioritizing.
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
What your president and his team are prioritizing.
Just think about how much this is costing. To commit war crimes.
November 18, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Just think about how much this is costing. To commit war crimes.
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Ladies and gentlemen...The War on Christmas.
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Ladies and gentlemen...The War on Christmas.
I think we owe Dan Quayle an apology
Trump: And you know, we got rid of the drip drip water, we call it the drip drip, where it drip drips out of the sink, states with tremendous water, so much water they have nothing but problems getting rid. They had restrictions on water. It comes down from heaven, right?
November 18, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I think we owe Dan Quayle an apology
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"Yes, democracy is not perfect," said Ukraine's Oleksandra Matviichuk (@avalaina.bsky.social). But "the alternative to our imperfect democracy is the hell of a restored Soviet bloc." She and others spoke at the Berlin Freedom Conference. From me, a journal. www.thenextmove.org/p/in-the-cit...
In ‘The City of Freedom,’ Part I
Notes on the Berlin Freedom Conference.
www.thenextmove.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
"Yes, democracy is not perfect," said Ukraine's Oleksandra Matviichuk (@avalaina.bsky.social). But "the alternative to our imperfect democracy is the hell of a restored Soviet bloc." She and others spoke at the Berlin Freedom Conference. From me, a journal. www.thenextmove.org/p/in-the-cit...
Who could possibly have foreseen!
"Businesses from Wall Street to main street are struggling to comply with President Donald Trump’s byzantine tariff regime, driving up costs and counteracting, for some, the benefits of the corporate tax cuts Republicans passed earlier this year" share.google/XqyzMKvnuOTf...
November 17, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Who could possibly have foreseen!
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No mention of the Saudi personal deal with Trump letting family pocket millions?
www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/p...
Trump pulling out all the stops to welcome Saudi crown prince for first White House visit since Khashoggi killing | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump is planning to receive Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House this week with all the trappings of a state visit, sources familiar with the m...
www.cnn.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
No mention of the Saudi personal deal with Trump letting family pocket millions?
www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/p...
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FACT CHECK: TRUE
November 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM
FACT CHECK: TRUE
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Stop calling MTG a "voice of reason." She's acting like any cult leader who's been pushed out from an internal power struggle. She's promoted Sandy Hook as a hoax and Jewish space-laser conspiracies. She is nothing less than a complete loon, whom no one should take seriously.
November 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Stop calling MTG a "voice of reason." She's acting like any cult leader who's been pushed out from an internal power struggle. She's promoted Sandy Hook as a hoax and Jewish space-laser conspiracies. She is nothing less than a complete loon, whom no one should take seriously.
Every single ICE dollar in 2029 can go towards bringing people back - if they want to come - and processing immigration claims paperwork.
“mass deportation” trauma from this era is going to be a scar that’s with us for a long time
“With immigration agents under intense pressure to deport thousands of people each day, Ms. Lopez was pushed through the system swiftly and was deported within four days of the factory raid.
As a result, Jorge is now cared for by two siblings who are barely adults themselves.”
As a result, Jorge is now cared for by two siblings who are barely adults themselves.”
November 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Every single ICE dollar in 2029 can go towards bringing people back - if they want to come - and processing immigration claims paperwork.
““The only reason a candidate would need to use a deepfake to make up an opponent’s words and manipulate a video to deceive Georgians is if they didn’t think they could win on their own.”
Ossoff pledges not to use deepfake campaign videos, while Collins digs in. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
Ossoff pledges not to use deepfake campaign videos, while Collins digs in
U.S. Rep. Mike Collins' deepfake video of U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff roiled Georgia's U.S. Senate race. Collins' campaign says it will continue to use similar methods.
www.ajc.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
““The only reason a candidate would need to use a deepfake to make up an opponent’s words and manipulate a video to deceive Georgians is if they didn’t think they could win on their own.”
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One of the stupidest things I had to witness up close this year at DOE was the full-on effort to throw money at defunct or dying coal assets, all because Trump made a bunch of economically illiterate promises on camera.
Americans will pay a steep price for it.
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Americans will pay a steep price for it.
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Trump Wants to Prop Up Coal Plants. They Keep Breaking Down.
According to a new analysis shared exclusively with Heatmap, coal’s equipment-related outage rate is about twice as high as wind’s.
heatmap.news
November 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
One of the stupidest things I had to witness up close this year at DOE was the full-on effort to throw money at defunct or dying coal assets, all because Trump made a bunch of economically illiterate promises on camera.
Americans will pay a steep price for it.
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heatmap.news/energy/coal-...
Americans will pay a steep price for it.
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heatmap.news/energy/coal-...
If you estimate this as 5 million households, less than 4% of the country, PE buying up homes is a much much bigger impact in many areas. In Atlanta, it’s not even close.
HUD Secretary Scott Turner: "I want to get to the root: over 12 million illegal aliens came into our country, which has put a great strain on our housing supply and affordability."
November 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If you estimate this as 5 million households, less than 4% of the country, PE buying up homes is a much much bigger impact in many areas. In Atlanta, it’s not even close.
I don’t think most brains can wrap around how huge the country is. 12 million people - how many households is that? 5 million? - spread across the country is not impacting national freaking housing supply.
HUD Secretary Scott Turner: "I want to get to the root: over 12 million illegal aliens came into our country, which has put a great strain on our housing supply and affordability."
November 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I don’t think most brains can wrap around how huge the country is. 12 million people - how many households is that? 5 million? - spread across the country is not impacting national freaking housing supply.