Jake Gotta
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It makes you sound crazy to say this out loud, but it's becoming increasingly clear that the United States government has been effectively toppled by a group of overt pedophiles
Barely a few hours after President Donald Trump named him as the next nominee to chair the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh was revealed to be in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case files.
Trump's Fed chair pick named in Epstein files just hours after his nomination
Barely a few hours after President Donald Trump named him as the next nominee to chair the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh was revealed to be in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case files.According to The New Republic, "Warsh’s name appears to be on an emailed list of guests to 'St. Barth’s Christm...
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January 31, 2026 at 12:15 AM
It makes you sound crazy to say this out loud, but it's becoming increasingly clear that the United States government has been effectively toppled by a group of overt pedophiles
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True all over Marin! That’s why we have such crappy bicycle infrastructure
Traffic engineers will say “we can only build what the council approves” and council members will say “we can only look at what the traffic engineers present to us” and nothing ever gets fixed and people keep dying
January 30, 2026 at 8:40 PM
True all over Marin! That’s why we have such crappy bicycle infrastructure
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ah spoken like someone who does not understand that 19-year-olds shouting at the phrenologists who were invited to speak at their universities is the real assault on free spech
January 30, 2026 at 1:54 PM
ah spoken like someone who does not understand that 19-year-olds shouting at the phrenologists who were invited to speak at their universities is the real assault on free spech
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"new tone" was a totally imaginary story that the media invented to try to staunch the bleeding Trump was suffering this weekend and help move past what turned out to be a completely disastrous story for the administration
so much for the ✌️”new tone”✌️
Just a fundamentally evil, malevolent person. Rotten to the very core.
January 30, 2026 at 2:26 PM
"new tone" was a totally imaginary story that the media invented to try to staunch the bleeding Trump was suffering this weekend and help move past what turned out to be a completely disastrous story for the administration
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most poasting, especially here, is fundamentally extremely low stakes and not that important, but I think establishing a very strong norm that being this type of loser who acts like they’re in Red Army Faktion & lectures people on not signing up for protests or using media is worthy of scorn is good
where i live is generally pretty public, so whatever, but posting it is an exact example of ways people like will don't give a fuck about activist safety
January 29, 2026 at 11:10 PM
most poasting, especially here, is fundamentally extremely low stakes and not that important, but I think establishing a very strong norm that being this type of loser who acts like they’re in Red Army Faktion & lectures people on not signing up for protests or using media is worthy of scorn is good
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Like the old saying goes, when you have your opponent on the ropes you make a deal to give him 1-2 weeks to recover
Latest intel: The 5 govt funding bills will pass, & the 6th, the DHS bill, will get a continuing resolution to buy time to negotiate whatever these conditions in ICE are. The fight right now btwn Schumer & the White House is how long that CR will be. The WH wants 3 months; Schumer wants 1-2 weeks.
January 29, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Like the old saying goes, when you have your opponent on the ropes you make a deal to give him 1-2 weeks to recover
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If I was in charge, the ATP would only cover multiuse paths, bike/ped overcrossings, barriers to protect bike lanes, and sidewalk gap closures, as well as signal work *required* to make those changes happen.
If that were the case, the money would go *so* much farther.
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If that were the case, the money would go *so* much farther.
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I saw a $5M project that didn't add any bike infrastructure at all. They repaved a section of road, built 4 diagonal curb ramps (diagonal! on a busy/fast state highway) and installed new lights. We need to revamp the CA ATP program so that this is not allowed
January 29, 2026 at 10:26 PM
If I was in charge, the ATP would only cover multiuse paths, bike/ped overcrossings, barriers to protect bike lanes, and sidewalk gap closures, as well as signal work *required* to make those changes happen.
If that were the case, the money would go *so* much farther.
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If that were the case, the money would go *so* much farther.
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Cities should discourage car ownership and driving for all sorts of reasons, not least of which is the closure of businesses catering to automobiles makes room for new shops and housing.
Northeast corner of 2nd Ave & 1st St
Gas station➡️Mixed-use building with 31 condos
Northeast corner of 2nd Ave & 1st St
Gas station➡️Mixed-use building with 31 condos
January 29, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Cities should discourage car ownership and driving for all sorts of reasons, not least of which is the closure of businesses catering to automobiles makes room for new shops and housing.
Northeast corner of 2nd Ave & 1st St
Gas station➡️Mixed-use building with 31 condos
Northeast corner of 2nd Ave & 1st St
Gas station➡️Mixed-use building with 31 condos
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To put a finer point on this, upzoning single-family neighborhoods would probably make a lot of homeowners wealthier by enhancing the value of the land underneath their homes. But it would also raise the specter of apartments (and maybe even non-white apartment-dwellers) on their block.
I don't think there's any plausible scenario in which a big spurt in homebuilding wipes out the wealth of incumbent homeowners, but that's not really what Trump is talking about when says he wants to protect property values. It's a segregationist dog whistle, always has been.
January 29, 2026 at 6:57 PM
To put a finer point on this, upzoning single-family neighborhoods would probably make a lot of homeowners wealthier by enhancing the value of the land underneath their homes. But it would also raise the specter of apartments (and maybe even non-white apartment-dwellers) on their block.
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FWIW, I wrote about this strategy (becoming a charter city to skirt preempting state housing laws) back in 2024. Every state constitutional and land-use attorney I spoke to was very skeptical it would work.
calmatters.org/housing/2024...
calmatters.org/housing/2024...
These cities have a new tactic to evade California housing laws. Legal experts are dubious
Can anti-density advocates get around California’s aggressive housing laws by becoming charter cities? Some intend to try.
calmatters.org
January 29, 2026 at 6:55 PM
FWIW, I wrote about this strategy (becoming a charter city to skirt preempting state housing laws) back in 2024. Every state constitutional and land-use attorney I spoke to was very skeptical it would work.
calmatters.org/housing/2024...
calmatters.org/housing/2024...
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This is very confusing, @nytimes.com. How can both of these things be true at the same time?
January 29, 2026 at 6:10 PM
This is very confusing, @nytimes.com. How can both of these things be true at the same time?
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This is the vicious cycle that happens in every city that lacks (A) visionary and brave electeds or (B) visionary and brave engineers.
Both are rare (the latter more so), and so we are trapped in an endless loop of doing absolutely nothing besides repaving our roads like they were in 1950.
Both are rare (the latter more so), and so we are trapped in an endless loop of doing absolutely nothing besides repaving our roads like they were in 1950.
Traffic engineers will say “we can only build what the council approves” and council members will say “we can only look at what the traffic engineers present to us” and nothing ever gets fixed and people keep dying
January 29, 2026 at 9:19 PM
This is the vicious cycle that happens in every city that lacks (A) visionary and brave electeds or (B) visionary and brave engineers.
Both are rare (the latter more so), and so we are trapped in an endless loop of doing absolutely nothing besides repaving our roads like they were in 1950.
Both are rare (the latter more so), and so we are trapped in an endless loop of doing absolutely nothing besides repaving our roads like they were in 1950.
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Bike lane. No stopping any time.
So now waiting for police to get rid of this ass.
So now waiting for police to get rid of this ass.
January 29, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Bike lane. No stopping any time.
So now waiting for police to get rid of this ass.
So now waiting for police to get rid of this ass.
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This is the CDC map for homicide rates by state for the most recent year on their website.
Gov. Landry, who leads one of the states in the nation with the highest murder rate, is on television chiding Minnesota, one of the states with the lowest murder rates.
Gov. Landry, who leads one of the states in the nation with the highest murder rate, is on television chiding Minnesota, one of the states with the lowest murder rates.
January 29, 2026 at 5:41 PM
This is the CDC map for homicide rates by state for the most recent year on their website.
Gov. Landry, who leads one of the states in the nation with the highest murder rate, is on television chiding Minnesota, one of the states with the lowest murder rates.
Gov. Landry, who leads one of the states in the nation with the highest murder rate, is on television chiding Minnesota, one of the states with the lowest murder rates.
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Once again, Republicans get to talk about blue states/urban areas like this, & Democrats get asked about why they don't respect Real Folkz in rural 🇺🇸/red states.
It's a disgusting double standard, & it should've stopped decades ago. The 2nd best time is now.
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It's a disgusting double standard, & it should've stopped decades ago. The 2nd best time is now.
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This is the CDC map for homicide rates by state for the most recent year on their website.
Gov. Landry, who leads one of the states in the nation with the highest murder rate, is on television chiding Minnesota, one of the states with the lowest murder rates.
Gov. Landry, who leads one of the states in the nation with the highest murder rate, is on television chiding Minnesota, one of the states with the lowest murder rates.
January 29, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Once again, Republicans get to talk about blue states/urban areas like this, & Democrats get asked about why they don't respect Real Folkz in rural 🇺🇸/red states.
It's a disgusting double standard, & it should've stopped decades ago. The 2nd best time is now.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
It's a disgusting double standard, & it should've stopped decades ago. The 2nd best time is now.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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Just a reminder, the greatest living American historian filmmaker, Ken Burns, released a 720 min exploration of every facet of the American revolution using zero generative AI and paying for all of its assets instead of cobbling it from stolen data, then he gave it away for free on PBS this year.
First trailer for Darren Aranofsky's new AI animated series 'On This Day... 1776'
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
January 29, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Just a reminder, the greatest living American historian filmmaker, Ken Burns, released a 720 min exploration of every facet of the American revolution using zero generative AI and paying for all of its assets instead of cobbling it from stolen data, then he gave it away for free on PBS this year.
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What kills kids in America:
1. cars
2. guns
Guess what the GOP has worked relentlessly to support for half a century now?
1. cars
2. guns
Guess what the GOP has worked relentlessly to support for half a century now?
Gov. Landry: "I like to ask Democrats if they like their communities to be dangerous or safe. Do they want their children to be able to walk to school or do they want to worry if they send them on the sidewalks, that unfortunate violent things are going to happen to them?"
January 29, 2026 at 8:01 PM
What kills kids in America:
1. cars
2. guns
Guess what the GOP has worked relentlessly to support for half a century now?
1. cars
2. guns
Guess what the GOP has worked relentlessly to support for half a century now?
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They invaded a city with a force five times the size of the local police department, where the crime rates had been steadily declining, claiming to be restoring law and order, and killed two people in the process. If Biden did it in their town they would have been storming the US Capitol.
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 4:29 PM
They invaded a city with a force five times the size of the local police department, where the crime rates had been steadily declining, claiming to be restoring law and order, and killed two people in the process. If Biden did it in their town they would have been storming the US Capitol.
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Suburban Democrats be like:
Trump: "People that own their homes -- we're gonna keep them wealthy. We're gonna keep those prices up. We're not gonna destroy the value of their homes so that somebody who didn't work very hard can buy a home."
January 29, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Suburban Democrats be like:
“We can’t build safe bike lanes because people will complain if they lose their free parking” is the perfect distillation of what’s city officials actually care about
The city refuses to make it safer, because they don't want to upset drivers who care more about parking spots than the safety of their children.
January 29, 2026 at 6:03 PM
“We can’t build safe bike lanes because people will complain if they lose their free parking” is the perfect distillation of what’s city officials actually care about
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The city refuses to make it safer, because they don't want to upset drivers who care more about parking spots than the safety of their children.
January 29, 2026 at 5:31 PM
The city refuses to make it safer, because they don't want to upset drivers who care more about parking spots than the safety of their children.
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One of the worst things about Prop 13 (besides everything) is that local governments largely fund themselves by begging the state for money rather than raising it themselves by permitting new housing.
In a new op-ed, local housing advocate Ricardo Flores explains how allowing more housing density could prop up the budgets of local governments and schools.
voiceofsandiego.org/2026/01/28/s...
voiceofsandiego.org/2026/01/28/s...
Opinion: Allowing Denser Housing Can Also Fix San Diego’s Budget Crisis – Without Raising Taxes
Dropping minimum lot sizes would create more developable land and increase property tax revenue for local governments.
voiceofsandiego.org
January 29, 2026 at 4:13 PM
One of the worst things about Prop 13 (besides everything) is that local governments largely fund themselves by begging the state for money rather than raising it themselves by permitting new housing.
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i dont think ICE is literally the late nazi regime gestapo but they have deliberately adopted that exact aesthetic and seem surprised the public does not have the apetite for that.
a funny thing tho about trump advisers getting worried in recent weeks that they’re starting to lose people like Joe Rogan is…. If u actually listen to his show, his teetering is just that. Teetering. The viral clips of his criticizing the trump era ice’s “Gestapo” tactics often involve immediate…
Critical point in here: Trump's ICE brutality is alienating young men, and Trump advisers were shocked to learn how bad it's gotten. Maybe they miscalculated in reflexively assuming Greg Bovino (LOL) would be seen as an icon of male bravery and heroism
January 29, 2026 at 2:47 AM
i dont think ICE is literally the late nazi regime gestapo but they have deliberately adopted that exact aesthetic and seem surprised the public does not have the apetite for that.
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john brown saved the union
January 29, 2026 at 3:00 AM
john brown saved the union
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invoking john brown (negative connotation) abolutely tracks with the current democratic party
john brown saved the union
January 29, 2026 at 3:03 AM
invoking john brown (negative connotation) abolutely tracks with the current democratic party