The Local Crank
@thelocalcrank.bsky.social
Cranky GenXer who hates this timeline. Former syndicated political columnist. Coloradoan #copolitics
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A Reading List to explain how we got into this mess
Dreamland by Sam Quinones
The Most Dangerous Branch by David A. Kaplan
The Death of Expertise @radiofreetom.bsky.social
Nixonland, The Invisible Bridge @rickperlstein.bsky.social
Rise of the Warrior Cop @radleybalko.bsky.social
Dreamland by Sam Quinones
The Most Dangerous Branch by David A. Kaplan
The Death of Expertise @radiofreetom.bsky.social
Nixonland, The Invisible Bridge @rickperlstein.bsky.social
Rise of the Warrior Cop @radleybalko.bsky.social
Chuck Schumer isn’t even in the top 10 of Senate Democratic leaders. He sucks at messaging (which isn’t even really the job) & is at best mediocre on whipping the caucus. What we really need is an LBJ, but I don’t see anyone of that caliber in the current crop.
February 16, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Chuck Schumer isn’t even in the top 10 of Senate Democratic leaders. He sucks at messaging (which isn’t even really the job) & is at best mediocre on whipping the caucus. What we really need is an LBJ, but I don’t see anyone of that caliber in the current crop.
How many Republicans are willing to defy Fuckface von Clownstick to save the filibuster?
Sen. Bill Hagerty says Republicans are looking at weakening the filibuster to ram the SAVE America Act through the Senate (Trump, who has called for "nationalizing" elections, has been pushing hard for the bill ahead of the midterms)
February 15, 2026 at 4:13 PM
How many Republicans are willing to defy Fuckface von Clownstick to save the filibuster?
Also lovingly stolen from Reddit
February 14, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Also lovingly stolen from Reddit
Wow, there are a disappointingly large number of activist accounts using ai slop. ai is powered by theft and rewards fascist oligarch techbros.
a man in a black vest stands in front of a group of people and says we don 't do that here
ALT: a man in a black vest stands in front of a group of people and says we don 't do that here
media.tenor.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Wow, there are a disappointingly large number of activist accounts using ai slop. ai is powered by theft and rewards fascist oligarch techbros.
Mr Potatohead has some thoughts about people he thinks are dumb
February 14, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Mr Potatohead has some thoughts about people he thinks are dumb
Lovingly stolen from Reddit
February 14, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Lovingly stolen from Reddit
JFC
🚨 President Trump’s Claim of an “Irrefutable” Argument Supporting His Right to Unilaterally Impose Voter ID and Election Rules May Be Based on Insane Claim that Marriott Hotel Manager Found Secret Text in the Shadows of a Microfilm Copy of the U.S. Constitution electionlawblog.org?p=154326
President Trump's Claim of an "Irrefutable" Argument Supporting His Right to Unilaterally Impose Voter ID and Election Rules May Be Based on Insane Claim that Marriott Hotel Manager Found Secret Text ...
Yesterday I noted the latest set of unhinged social media posts from President Trump in which he declared that voter id requirements and other election changes would be imposed in the midterms via exe...
electionlawblog.org
February 14, 2026 at 6:15 PM
JFC
Eugenicist pedophile oligarchs
A great piece from @alibreland.bsky.social on Epstein's race science obsession—one he shares with much of the contemporary right wing elite www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Epstein Emails Show How the Powerful Talk About Race
The files reveal the disgraced financier’s interest in “race science.”
www.theatlantic.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Eugenicist pedophile oligarchs
Bloated syphillitic old fraud begs for votes from captive audience
The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.
"You have to vote for us.”
February 14, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Bloated syphillitic old fraud begs for votes from captive audience
Never forget: the Trumpists are lazy, incompetent & stupid. We shouldn’t underestimate them, but neither should we fear them.
a man is saying never give up never surrender !
ALT: a man is saying never give up never surrender !
media.tenor.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Never forget: the Trumpists are lazy, incompetent & stupid. We shouldn’t underestimate them, but neither should we fear them.
Reposted by The Local Crank
Remarkable: Majority of working class voters oppose deportations of undocumented immigrants with jobs/no criminal records, per new Marquette data.
Remember how pundits said 2024 meant Dems must become restrictionist to win back working class? I challenge that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Remember how pundits said 2024 meant Dems must become restrictionist to win back working class? I challenge that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
February 14, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Remarkable: Majority of working class voters oppose deportations of undocumented immigrants with jobs/no criminal records, per new Marquette data.
Remember how pundits said 2024 meant Dems must become restrictionist to win back working class? I challenge that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Remember how pundits said 2024 meant Dems must become restrictionist to win back working class? I challenge that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Reposted by The Local Crank
DHS is expanding its efforts to identify Americans who oppose Immigration and Customs Enforcement by sending tech companies legal requests for the names, email addresses, telephone numbers and other identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize the agency.
February 14, 2026 at 1:52 PM
DHS is expanding its efforts to identify Americans who oppose Immigration and Customs Enforcement by sending tech companies legal requests for the names, email addresses, telephone numbers and other identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize the agency.
Funny, we tried regime change in Iran once before. How'd that work out?
Trump embraced potential regime change in Iran and declared that 'tremendous power' will soon be in the Middle East, as the Pentagon sent a second aircraft carrier to the region reut.rs/4bVU5b2
February 13, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Funny, we tried regime change in Iran once before. How'd that work out?
Shorter Pam Bondi:
February 13, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Shorter Pam Bondi:
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Wow, it's always the people you most suspect!
February 13, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Wow, it's always the people you most suspect!
Nothing will win the hearts and minds of the protestors quite like bombing the shit out of them
Exclusive: The U.S. military is preparing for the possibility of sustained, weeks-long operations against Iran if President Trump orders an attack, two U.S. officials told Reuters, in what could become a far more serious conflict than previously seen between the countries reut.rs/4kErI3k
Exclusive: US military preparing for potentially weeks-long Iran operations
The U.S. military is preparing for the possibility of sustained, weeks-long operations against Iran if President Donald Trump orders an attack, two U.S. officials told Reuters, in what could become a ...
reut.rs
February 13, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Nothing will win the hearts and minds of the protestors quite like bombing the shit out of them
Not that I expect any logic in stupidity, but I notice that pretty much 100% of the He-Man "Alpha Male" dudes slobber all over Trump, a pathetic cowardly whiny schlump.
February 13, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Not that I expect any logic in stupidity, but I notice that pretty much 100% of the He-Man "Alpha Male" dudes slobber all over Trump, a pathetic cowardly whiny schlump.
JFC
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 8:22 PM
JFC
JFC
Fuentes then fantasizes about “breeding gulags”: “So just like Hitler imprisoned Gypsies, Jews, communists, you know, all of his political rivals, we have to do the same thing with women… They go to the breeding gulags. The good ones will be liberated. The bad ones will toil in the mines forever.”
February 12, 2026 at 4:46 PM
JFC
"Big lady, tears in her eyes. Sir, she said, sir, please lower my tariffs."
Trump: "So I put on a 30% tariff, which is very low. I got an emergency call from I believe the prime minister of Switzerland. She was very aggressive ... I didn't really like the way she talked to us, so instead of giving her a reduction, I raised it to 39%."
February 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
"Big lady, tears in her eyes. Sir, she said, sir, please lower my tariffs."
Any minute now Bondi is just going to pop up out of her chair with a good old fashioned seig heil!
a man with blonde hair is wearing a black suit and tie with a badge that says ' ss ' on it .
ALT: a man with blonde hair is wearing a black suit and tie with a badge that says ' ss ' on it .
media.tenor.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Any minute now Bondi is just going to pop up out of her chair with a good old fashioned seig heil!
None of them have souls. Not a single one
Pam Bondi just laughed when asked if she would apologize to Epstein Survivors.
February 11, 2026 at 3:59 PM
None of them have souls. Not a single one
Republicans protect pedophiles
Jayapal: To the survivors in the room, if you are willing, please stand. And if you are willing, please raise your hands. If you have still not been able to meet with this DOJ. Please note for the record that every single survivor has raised their hand.
February 11, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Republicans protect pedophiles
*chef's kiss
McIver: Do you consider yourself a religious man?
Lyons: Yes
McIver: How do you think judgment day will work for you with so much blood on your hands? Do you think you’re going to hell?
Lyons: Yes
McIver: How do you think judgment day will work for you with so much blood on your hands? Do you think you’re going to hell?
February 10, 2026 at 5:44 PM
*chef's kiss