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William Burg
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Sacramento history & historic preservation enthusiast. I don't have a podcast, but would be happy to be a guest on yours.
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Look, Vance knows this is false. He doesn’t actually believe it. He has said this outright. For fascist filth like Vance, factual correctness is irrelevant. All that matters is whether it is symbolically correct. It’s vice signaling. Does it accurately represent your imagined fears?
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 14, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?

It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Whistleblower documents indicate the Jeffrey Epstein associate is preparing a “commutation application” for Trump.
Ghislaine Maxwell Seeks Commutation From Trump, Democrats Claim
Whistleblower documents indicate the Jeffrey Epstein associate is preparing a “commutation application” for Trump.
www.forbes.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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“Both of these musicians focus on the materiality of sound and the processes of sound creation, delving in to the tiniest detailed textures and timbres of objects they utilize,” writes Michael Rosenstein. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/7994927...
Zhao Cong / Kevin Corcoran — -1 outside / 24 inside (Aloe)
Zhao Cong / Kevin Corcoran - lengthways -1 outside / 24 inside documents collaborations between Zhao Cong and Kevin Corcoran when the two were in Beijing to perform at a series run by Aloe Records....
dustedmagazine.tumblr.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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This is one of those headlines that you can't believe -- and the story itself, even wilder.
New Version of Seminal Austin Horror Brings a Lost Throbbing Gristle Soundtrack to Light • The Austin Chronicle
An infamous gem of Austin’s 1980s underground film scene gets a special screening this weekend, but that’s not what’s getting director Neil Ruttenberg excited. It’s that the screening of “Mask of Sarn...
www.austinchronicle.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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You have to survive. There are graves to piss on that haven't been dug yet.
November 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
So it looks like we got our Blue Wave, just a year late.
November 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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November 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Night of the wrong wives coming for the American right.
October 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Still this: "I disliked Biden because [thing Trump did], and I missed Trump because [thing Biden did]. I voted for Trump again because I wanted [thing Harris promised], But I really hope that Trump doesn't [core Trump campaign promise]."
October 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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this is the guy at the noise show you know to avoid
Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.
October 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Just under 12% of Sacramento County — that's 190,000 people — is on SNAP and will lose benefits in five days. If you have *any* cash to spare, now would be a really really really good time to send it their way: www.sacramentofoodbank.org
October 27, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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When transphobes talk about "basic biology" like they're experts, it always reminds me of a seven year old who declares they know all the numbers that exist because they learned to count to 100.
October 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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This (moderate) level of racial competency is VERY rare for someone of this demo; white folks should’ve been listening to and learning from people like this for decades.

Sadly, it’s too late to dismantle racism, now. Racism has won.
White America chose it instead of a hyper-qualified Black Woman. 🙁
October 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Donald Trump knocked down the White House East Wing without notice and before approvals —a developer move known as ‘anticipatory demolition,’ where you tear down a building before the preservationists can intervene. His dad did it too.
Trump Used His Dad’s Dirtiest Move on the East Wing
Donald Trump knocked down the White House East Wing without notice and before approvals —a developer move known as ‘anticipatory demolition,’ where you tear down a building before the preservationists can intervene. His dad did it too.
www.curbed.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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October 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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It’s extraordinary that anyone would even think ‘the normies won’t care about the East Wing’. Conservation of built heritage is one of the most powerful normie causes going, it matters enough to have entire fields of law in every country, and an industry strong enough to employ people like me
October 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Will history remember demolition of the East Wing as America's "Ballroom Blitzkrieg"?
October 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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When Trump or his goons talk about "antifa," they might as well be talking about demons or leprechauns.

But this fake threat shows how the Trump administration has fully absorbed real organized criminal gangs.

Yep, echoes of Nazi history in this.

www.salon.com/2025/10/22/h...
How the Proud Boys invented antifa
The far-right gang has been fully absorbed by Trump's White House
www.salon.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Thinking bout this right now for no real reason—

“When Donald Trump Razed the Bonwit Teller Building, He Promised the Met Its Art Deco Friezes. A New Book Details How He Pulverized Them Instead”
When Donald Trump Razed the Bonwit Teller Building, He Promised the Met Its Art Deco Friezes. A New Book Details How He Pulverized Them Instead | Artnet News
Read an excerpt from the book 'Art and Crime: The Fight Against Looters, Forgers, and Fraudsters in the High-Stakes Art World.'
news.artnet.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Whoa. Chicago mayor calls for a general strike; now we're talking

www.huffpost.com/entry/chicag...
Chicago Mayor Issues Defiant Call For A General Strike
It was an audacious proposal, given that the U.S. has never held a true, nationwide general strike.
www.huffpost.com
October 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM