Michael Elizondo
@elidelajandro.bsky.social
Associate Editor/De facto Traveling Correspondent for TrueBlueLA.com
Lawyer, writer, rabble-rouser. I will live Skeet games I go to.
Lawyer, writer, rabble-rouser. I will live Skeet games I go to.
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"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime."
-- Mark Twain
-- Mark Twain
I saw this on Reddit this morning. A map of passport ownership. Looks pretty familiar, (minus Utah and its missionaries.)
February 13, 2026 at 11:37 PM
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime."
-- Mark Twain
-- Mark Twain
You. 👏🏼 Can't. 👏🏼 Reform. 👏🏼The. 👏🏼 American. 👏🏼 Gestapo. 👏🏼
House Democrats have been clear: ICE should operate just like any other law enforcement agency.
Reform ICE now!
Reform ICE now!
February 13, 2026 at 7:29 PM
You. 👏🏼 Can't. 👏🏼 Reform. 👏🏼The. 👏🏼 American. 👏🏼 Gestapo. 👏🏼
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end qualified immunity and make cops carry personal liability insurance
"'She is dead,'" Officer Auderer told Officer Solan, before bursting out laughing.
"'No, it’s a regular person,' Officer Auderer said, adding: 'Yeah, just write a check — $11,000. She was 26, anyway. She had limited value.'"
"'No, it’s a regular person,' Officer Auderer said, adding: 'Yeah, just write a check — $11,000. She was 26, anyway. She had limited value.'"
Seattle to Pay $29 Million to Family of Woman Fatally Struck by Police S.U.V.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
end qualified immunity and make cops carry personal liability insurance
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yep, they're still at it in LA and Portland too
the media is gonna be like "time for a new narrative" and it's so important to keep talking about how none of the cities they invaded have become more safe since the spotlight shifted away from them
the media is gonna be like "time for a new narrative" and it's so important to keep talking about how none of the cities they invaded have become more safe since the spotlight shifted away from them
ICE “left” Chicago in November, but they’ve disappeared three people from my community in two days this week.
Don’t believe the hype about them, leaving Minnesota, either.
Don’t believe the hype about them, leaving Minnesota, either.
February 12, 2026 at 7:17 PM
yep, they're still at it in LA and Portland too
the media is gonna be like "time for a new narrative" and it's so important to keep talking about how none of the cities they invaded have become more safe since the spotlight shifted away from them
the media is gonna be like "time for a new narrative" and it's so important to keep talking about how none of the cities they invaded have become more safe since the spotlight shifted away from them
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Gift article: "We won’t get anything resembling democracy until we clear that widespread debris, and that means sending a bunch of these liars to prison, because they are the real criminals. America desperately needs truth and consequences."
The lying is out of control. People need to go to prison. | Will Bunch
The outrageous lies of the Trump regime, from ICE shootings to a commerce secretary's Epstein falsehoods, must be punished.
share.inquirer.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Gift article: "We won’t get anything resembling democracy until we clear that widespread debris, and that means sending a bunch of these liars to prison, because they are the real criminals. America desperately needs truth and consequences."
Liver inflames my gout. Coconut is generally gross. Black licorice is just anise, the candy.
Grapefruit is just IPA, the fruit.
So...four, I guess.
Grapefruit is just IPA, the fruit.
So...four, I guess.
February 13, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Liver inflames my gout. Coconut is generally gross. Black licorice is just anise, the candy.
Grapefruit is just IPA, the fruit.
So...four, I guess.
Grapefruit is just IPA, the fruit.
So...four, I guess.
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Maybe we just let 30 guys who (mostly) got rich enough to buy baseball teams compete the same way in baseball that they competed to get the money they used to buy the baseball teams.
Sick and tired of hearing how much help billionaires need. All a cap system is is corporate welfare.
Sick and tired of hearing how much help billionaires need. All a cap system is is corporate welfare.
February 12, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Maybe we just let 30 guys who (mostly) got rich enough to buy baseball teams compete the same way in baseball that they competed to get the money they used to buy the baseball teams.
Sick and tired of hearing how much help billionaires need. All a cap system is is corporate welfare.
Sick and tired of hearing how much help billionaires need. All a cap system is is corporate welfare.
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You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
So the Taco Bell down the street from my job stopped carrying Baja Blast Zero but instead started carrying Mountain Dew Zero.
If I want Baja Blast Zero, I either have to go to the Taco Bell across town or buy itself myself from Target.
Boo.
If I want Baja Blast Zero, I either have to go to the Taco Bell across town or buy itself myself from Target.
Boo.
a little girl is laying on the ground in the rain wearing a straw hat .
ALT: a little girl is laying on the ground in the rain wearing a straw hat .
media.tenor.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:31 PM
So the Taco Bell down the street from my job stopped carrying Baja Blast Zero but instead started carrying Mountain Dew Zero.
If I want Baja Blast Zero, I either have to go to the Taco Bell across town or buy itself myself from Target.
Boo.
If I want Baja Blast Zero, I either have to go to the Taco Bell across town or buy itself myself from Target.
Boo.
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ICE “left” Chicago in November, but they’ve disappeared three people from my community in two days this week.
Don’t believe the hype about them, leaving Minnesota, either.
Don’t believe the hype about them, leaving Minnesota, either.
February 12, 2026 at 6:27 PM
ICE “left” Chicago in November, but they’ve disappeared three people from my community in two days this week.
Don’t believe the hype about them, leaving Minnesota, either.
Don’t believe the hype about them, leaving Minnesota, either.
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“I don't see any plan, any strategy, any end game. I don't see anything from this administration, just fuck everything up as much as you can. You can print that.”
The Trump administration has revoked the key rule allowing the EPA to regulate greenhouse gases. What's next? A big, stupid mess, reports @mollytaft.com:
The Fight Over US Climate Rules Is Just Beginning
As the EPA moves to roll back the endangerment finding, which allows it to regulate greenhouse gases, experts predict uncertainty for business and a protracted legal fight.
www.wired.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:31 PM
“I don't see any plan, any strategy, any end game. I don't see anything from this administration, just fuck everything up as much as you can. You can print that.”
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Kiké Hernández’s deal is official. Evan Phillips was transferred to the 60-day IL.
February 12, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Kiké Hernández’s deal is official. Evan Phillips was transferred to the 60-day IL.
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I know this seems like it should be impossible, but both of these statements are true: Trump's judicial nominees all refuse to denounce the January 6 insurrection or say that he lost the 2020 election, and ALSO, some Senate Dems keep voting to confirm those nominees to life-tenured judgeships
Why Are Senate Democrats Still Voting to Confirm Trump’s Judicial Nominees?
Democrats on the Judiciary Committee keep decrying Trump nominees as unqualified extremists. They also keep voting to confirm them.
ballsandstrikes.org
February 12, 2026 at 6:51 PM
I know this seems like it should be impossible, but both of these statements are true: Trump's judicial nominees all refuse to denounce the January 6 insurrection or say that he lost the 2020 election, and ALSO, some Senate Dems keep voting to confirm those nominees to life-tenured judgeships
Called it.
Twins are acquiring LHP Anthony Banda in a trade with Dodgers for international signing money. Jackson Kowar was designated for assignment.
February 12, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Called it.
We can now get The Catch bobblehead, which is fun.
-manifesting-
-manifesting-
February 12, 2026 at 6:17 PM
We can now get The Catch bobblehead, which is fun.
-manifesting-
-manifesting-
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Rick Scott: "No one wanted Renee Good or Alex Pretti to die, but ... "
February 12, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Rick Scott: "No one wanted Renee Good or Alex Pretti to die, but ... "
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NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
February 12, 2026 at 3:22 AM
NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
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This fucking guy
February 12, 2026 at 3:03 AM
This fucking guy