Peter Labuza
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Researcher, IATSE Local 600. Historian/Scholar of media industries law. Maker of delicious foods, baseball enjoyer (Twins Daily contributor) plabuza @ gmail.
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Peter Labuza
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· Jan 18
The Pohlad Empire (Part One): Banking On The Future
This week at Twins Daily, we're running a five-part series detailing the history of the business ventures of the Pohlad family. Even as they prepare to sell the Twins after a 40-year ownership, it's a...
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One last plug: This week I explored this history of the Pohlad Family, who are currently selling the Minnesota Twins. It became so much more than a story of money, but postwar bank fraud, public transit, airline deregulation, and more. Even if you're not a baseball fan, please take a look!
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So much of American history is just impulsive and extremely stupid elites, who don't believe in consequences because they have never personally experienced them, doing highly consequential stuff because they're bored or believe it might make them richer. I guess a lot of our culture, too.
January 3, 2026 at 7:22 PM
So much of American history is just impulsive and extremely stupid elites, who don't believe in consequences because they have never personally experienced them, doing highly consequential stuff because they're bored or believe it might make them richer. I guess a lot of our culture, too.
this will be the lasting photo
January 3, 2026 at 7:34 PM
this will be the lasting photo
great timing!
January 3, 2026 at 7:18 PM
great timing!
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You don't have to listen to these professional liars who are barely trying. 9 months ago they were saying they were powerless to return a man they illegally sent to an El Salvador gulag because it would violate that country's national sovereignty
Vance pushes back and says this was not illegal, arguing "Maduro has multiple indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism. You don't get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the United States because you live in a palace in Caracas."
January 3, 2026 at 3:19 PM
You don't have to listen to these professional liars who are barely trying. 9 months ago they were saying they were powerless to return a man they illegally sent to an El Salvador gulag because it would violate that country's national sovereignty
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A lot of people forget how in 2004 the Bush regime kidnapped the democratically elected President of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and dumped him in Africa.
Is there any modern precedent for abducting a head of state?
Plenty of examples of coups, assassinations and domestic trials, including show trials, but this is like a Crusader Kings plot.
Plenty of examples of coups, assassinations and domestic trials, including show trials, but this is like a Crusader Kings plot.
January 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
A lot of people forget how in 2004 the Bush regime kidnapped the democratically elected President of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and dumped him in Africa.
there’s no plan except to try and take the oil, we are lead by lunatics with no morals and no sense of law
FOX & FRIENDS: What do you think is next for the Venezuelan people now that you have removed Maduro so he can face American justice?
TRUMP: Well, we're making that decision now. We can't take a chance on letting somebody else run it, just take over where he left off. So we're making that decision
TRUMP: Well, we're making that decision now. We can't take a chance on letting somebody else run it, just take over where he left off. So we're making that decision
January 3, 2026 at 3:16 PM
there’s no plan except to try and take the oil, we are lead by lunatics with no morals and no sense of law
gangster state doing abductions
January 3, 2026 at 3:10 PM
gangster state doing abductions
After the Amnity Island attack, political scientists published In Jaws’ Wake: How Our Politics Failed Us, which argued that the response to the shark was worse than the shark itself, in particular the economic devastation from shutting down the beaches and from children suffering from “fun loss.”
January 3, 2026 at 6:20 AM
After the Amnity Island attack, political scientists published In Jaws’ Wake: How Our Politics Failed Us, which argued that the response to the shark was worse than the shark itself, in particular the economic devastation from shutting down the beaches and from children suffering from “fun loss.”
[dumbest film influencer you know] Jaws is cozy cinema.
January 3, 2026 at 6:08 AM
[dumbest film influencer you know] Jaws is cozy cinema.
this is what is called “market efficiency”
always knew the burrito taxi industry was scummy but this is the most unfathomably evil, cartoon villain shit I’ve read in a while. jfc
January 3, 2026 at 3:30 AM
this is what is called “market efficiency”
wsj does a lot of great reporting, but sometimes they are definitely tipping some scales about which story is more important
January 3, 2026 at 2:25 AM
wsj does a lot of great reporting, but sometimes they are definitely tipping some scales about which story is more important
A good example of true Bari-ism: California has also banned cellphones in schools, as have many states. They could interview Newsom or someone from LAUSD, Bbut the goal is to show that DeSantis (who Americans already rejected) is actually the common sense leader.
January 3, 2026 at 1:04 AM
A good example of true Bari-ism: California has also banned cellphones in schools, as have many states. They could interview Newsom or someone from LAUSD, Bbut the goal is to show that DeSantis (who Americans already rejected) is actually the common sense leader.
extremely funny that your wife has to try and publish a mocking defense in your secondary news outlet in order to defend your dumb behavior, dont worry no conflict of interest here
January 2, 2026 at 11:50 PM
extremely funny that your wife has to try and publish a mocking defense in your secondary news outlet in order to defend your dumb behavior, dont worry no conflict of interest here
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People logging back into Bluesky for the first time in a year
October 16, 2025 at 2:58 AM
People logging back into Bluesky for the first time in a year
Technically it earned $0. To avoid any complicated residual procedures, they did tickets for free. If you went to AMC you paid $20 for a snacks voucher.
The ‘STRANGER THINGS’ finale earned $25M-$28M from its run in theaters
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January 2, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Technically it earned $0. To avoid any complicated residual procedures, they did tickets for free. If you went to AMC you paid $20 for a snacks voucher.
The Boys! (The Cruise was like 4 movies, Fleischer was like 30).
January 2, 2026 at 6:36 PM
The Boys! (The Cruise was like 4 movies, Fleischer was like 30).
Heroes of the East (1978) A husband and wife bicker about about whether Chinese or Japanese styles of fighting are better that the husband angers all the masters of Japan and must duel them all and afterwards they decide both are great + become friends + the wife disappears from the plot. 5 bones
January 2, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Heroes of the East (1978) A husband and wife bicker about about whether Chinese or Japanese styles of fighting are better that the husband angers all the masters of Japan and must duel them all and afterwards they decide both are great + become friends + the wife disappears from the plot. 5 bones
Maybe a little tougher than it should be - need to steam it next time following the rest, and get better at slicing thin - but still not bad for a first try.
January 2, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Maybe a little tougher than it should be - need to steam it next time following the rest, and get better at slicing thin - but still not bad for a first try.
incredibly funny that this was the only two things she managed to post
January 1, 2026 at 8:36 PM
incredibly funny that this was the only two things she managed to post
koronet’s pizza shoutout in the mamdani innaguration speech!!!!
January 1, 2026 at 7:59 PM
koronet’s pizza shoutout in the mamdani innaguration speech!!!!
Starting off new year right….
January 1, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Starting off new year right….